Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #711322THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 25, 1972
* New York Dolls - punk rock music band pioneers
* Hotel Diplomat - New York City concert advertisement
* Very first venue performance ? one year prior to 1st album
Page 56 has a 4 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for a "New York Dolls" performance at the... Read full description -
Item #711308LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Nov. 16, 1966
* Roberto Clemente wins NL MVP award
* Pittsburgh Pirates
This 18 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 5:
"National League MVP Awarded To Clemente"
Tells of Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente winning the National League Most Valuable Player award for... Read full description -
Item #711306LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, November 19, 1966 This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 3: "Alston Sad About Sandy But Is Not Pessimistic". Tells of Sandy Koufax announcing his retirement due to arthritis in his left elbow.
Other news of the day. Small binding holes along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #711302THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1963
* Martin Luther King Jr. about to make history
* March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
* "I Have A Dream" speech fame (day of)
The top of the front page has a one column heading concerning this historic Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. that was scheduled for this day: ... Read full description -
Item #711299THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 25, 1961
* Isamu Noguchi, world famous sculptor
The front-page has the bold, banner headline: "Noguchi Redesigns Washington Sq.", which points to the front-page article: "Washington Square Redesigned: Noguchi Would Have Them Singing On a Mountain",... Read full description -
Item #711268THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1948
* First Arab-Israeli War cease-fire ?
* Mandatory Palestine - Jerusalem
* Israel - Palestinians -
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CEASE-FIRE TODAY IN ALL JERUSALEM SET BY ARABS, JEWS" with subheads. (see images) More on page 4 with related photo.
Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in... Read full description -
Item #711267THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1928
* Ocean Liner S.S. Vestris sinks
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RESCUE SHIPS BRINGING 206 VESTRIS SURVIVORS TO PORT; FIVE BODIES PICKED UP, 116 PERSONS STILL UNREPORTED; SOME SAVED AFTER HOURS IN WATER; LIFE RAFT MISSING" with subheads and list of the rescued and the missing. (see images) Nice... Read full description -
Item #711194THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 31, 1929
* Post St. Valentine's Day Massacre
* George Bugs Moran safe raided by police
* Gangsters - gangland - underworld
* Probably only reported in a Chicago paper
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "RAID ON MORAN SAFE NIPS BIG RACKET PROFITS" with subhead. (see images) The infamous St. Valentines' Day... Read full description -
Item #711192THE DETROIT NEWS, March 19, 1951
* Frank Costello - NYC gangster - mob boss
* Luciano crime family - "The Prime Minister of the Underworld"
* United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce
* Kefauver Hearings
The front page has a nice headline: "O'DWYER SAYS GANGS RULED OUT MOB WARS"... Read full description -
Item #711191THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, September 11, 1939
* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
* World War II WWII beginning
* Nazis invasion of Poland
The front page has a banner headline: "Congress May Be Summoned Later This Week To Repeal Arms Embargo; Canada Declares War; Germans Launch Counterattack on West Front" with subheads. (see images)
Complete... Read full description -
Item #711172NEW YORK TIMES, NY, August 10, 1974
* Gerald Ford is sworn in as President
* The Watergate nightmare is over!
The front page has the three-line banner heading: "FORD SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT; ASSERTS 'NIGHTMARE IS OVER' - Nixon Bids an Emotional Farewell to Washington", with multiple photos. Additional photos and... Read full description -
Item #711157THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 20, 1949
* Nazi General Erich von Manstein
* Guilty of war crimes against humanity
* WWII - World War II field marshall
* Invasion of France architect - Jewish holocaust
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Mannstein Guilty of Crimes, Gets 18 Years' Imprisonment" with... Read full description -
Item #711128CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 4, 1930
* Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
* Win and are declared 1929-30 Big Ten champions
* Future UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden (soph.)
The front page of section two (sports) has a seven column heading: "PURDUE WINS BIG 10 TITLE; BEATS MICHIGAN, 44-28" with subheads and stats.... Read full description -
Item #711091SUN TIMES, Chicago, Dec. 5, 1984
* Bhopal gas disaster - tragedy
* Union Carbide India Unlimited (UCIL)
* World's worst industrial disaster
* Chemical gas methyl isocyanate
The front page has a report headed: "Fumes turn Indian city into a tomb" More on page 14 with related photo. (see images)
Complete with all 128 pages, tabloid size,... Read full description -
Item #711074THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1948
* Cairo-Haifa train bombings 1948
* British ruled Mandatory Palestine
* Zionist militant group Lehi
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "30 BRITISH SOLDIERS DIE IN PALESTINE AS MINES RIP TRAIN" with subheads. (see images) More on page 3 with related map.
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #711073THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army
The top of the front page has three column headline: "CHINESE THRUST FOES BACK IN FIERCE DRIVE AT SHANGHAI; U. S. INSISTS RIVER STAY OPEN" with subheads. (see images) More on the following pages.
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #711072THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 23, 1964
* Mississippi Civil Rights workers disappear
* James Chaney - Philadelphia MS (1st report)
The front page has a one column heading: "3 Disappear In Dixie Rights Push" (see images) First report coverage on the 3 Civil Rights workers that went missing at Philadelphia, Mississippi. This was a... Read full description -
Item #710970LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 26, 1977
* 1984 Summer Olympics site chosen
* Games of the XXIII Olympiad
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "L.A. Selected to Bid for 1984 Olympics" with subhead and related photo. (see images) I suspect this to be an extremely rare item... Read full description -
Item #710969THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 21, 1944
* Operation Hailstone - Truk Atoll
* World War II - Chuuk Lagoon State
* American victory vs. Japanese Imperial Navy
* Pacific Ocean theater of WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "U.S. ATTACK RUINS TRUK" with subheads. (see images) Two related maps are on... Read full description -
Item #710968SECTION III (sports) only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, Sept. 26, 1930
* Rogers Hornsby 1st win as manager
* Chicago Cubs - MLB baseball
* Best publication to be had (rare)
The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "CUBS WIN FIRST GAME UNDER HORNSBY, 4-3" with subheads and box scores. Nice for display. Two... Read full description -
Item #710961FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Sept. 19, 1931
* Mukden - Manchurian Incident
* Japanese invasion of Manchuria
* False flag operation in China
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Japan Lands Troops At Tsingtao Following Occupation of Mukden" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, a... Read full description -
Item #710959NEW YORK TIMES, February 21, 1918
* Knute Rockne named head coach
* Note Dame Fighting Irish
* NCAA college football
Here is a terrific report for any Notre Dame fan. A small one column head in the bottom half of page 12 announces: "NEW NOTRE DAME COACH" "Rockne Appointed to Succeed Harper as Athletic Director" which... Read full description -
Item #710957NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 6, 1942
* Easter Sunday Raid
* Imperial Japanese Navy
* Indian Ocean - Ceylon
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "JAPS CARRY WAR TO INDIA, ATTACK SHIPS, BOMB PORTS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Also reporting on the Battle of Bataan which was coming to a... Read full description -
Item #710870CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 9, 1934
* Gangster John Dillinger
* Post famous wooden gun escape
* Now in the city where he would be killed
The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Seen on South Side; Push Manhunt" Coverage continues on page 4 with related photo. Another related photo is on the back page. (see... Read full description -
Item #710864THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1931
* 1st liquid fueled rocket launch
* Johannes Winkler
Page 27 has one column headings: "LIQUID-FUEL ROCKET IN SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT" "First Projectile So Driven Rises 1,000 feet in German Test and Lands as Planned" (see images) First report coverage on the the very 1st successful launched... Read full description -
Item #710848MORNING REPORT, Bay Area, Feb. 12, 2011
* 2011 Egyptian revolution ends
* President Hosni Mubarak corruption
The front page has a nice heading: "'Egypt is free'" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images)
Seems to be six page special edition (complete), great condition. -
Item #710753ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, June 6, 1939..
* German Ocean Liner MS St. Louis
* Jewish refugees are refused in Cuba
* "Voyage of the Damned" - Jews
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "LINER GOING BACK TO GERMANY WITH 900 REFUGEE JEWS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 20+ pages, a printing flaw... Read full description -
Item #710752FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Jan. 10, 1956
* Jonas Salk & the polio vaccine success
* State of Massachusetts finally approves
This issue has coverage on one of the more significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century, the success of the polio vaccine. The front page has a two column heading: "Salk Vaccine Inoculations... Read full description -
Item #710750THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Penn. October 11, 1921
* New York Yankees 1st ever World Series
* Babe Ruth's second year w/ Yanks vs. Giants
* Photo showing Ruth & his 1st ever WS home run
The front page has a nice banner headline: "GIANTS CAPTURE SIXTH GAME OF SERIES TODAY" with subheads, box scores and inning by inning... Read full description -
Item #710748EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 18, 1916
* Victor Victrola talking machine ad
* Record - phonograph "His Master's Voice"
* Nipper the Dog & different models w/ prices
Page 3 has a very nice full page advertisement for a Victor Talking Machine. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood... Read full description -
Item #710746THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1944
* Battle of the Bulge beginning
* World War II - Belgium
* German offensive campaign
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AMERICANS DRIVE 9 MILES INTO GERMAN FLANK, BUT ENEMY SPEARHEADS CUT TWO VITAL ROADS" with subheads and map. (see images) Nice for display. Coverage near the beginning of the... Read full description -
Item #710743FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Jan. 23, 1956
* Redondo Junction train accident
* Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles
* Surf Line railway crash - disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "2 Killed, 90 Hurt In Train Mishap" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on page 7.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #710741THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1973
* United States Senate Watergate Scandal Committee
* First day of testimony - White House Counsel John Dean
* 1st person to implicate President Richard Nixon
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DEAN TELLS INQUIRY THAT NIXON TOOK PART IN WATERGATE COVER-UP FOR EIGHT MONTHS; HE ALSO NAMES... Read full description -
Item #710739THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Feb. 9, 1957
* King Saud of Saudi Arabia
* President Dwight Eisenhower
* Foreign relations at White House
The top of the front page has a two column photo with heading: "President, Saud End Talks with Base, Arms Agreed on" and subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages, light toning and a little... Read full description -
Item #710737CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Dec. 16, 1974
* Coach Ara Parseghian retires
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* NCAA College Football
The top of the front page has a headline that reads: "Ara quits Irish" with small photo of Parseghian.
The back page has a similar heading that reads: "Ara resigns as Notre Dame coach" (see images)... Read full description -
Item #710736NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1921
* The Osage Nation, Oklahoma
* Richest per-capita in the world
* Black Gold - aka, OIL!
Page three has the one column heading: "OSAGE ARE RICHEST PEOPLE", with the subhead: "Greatest Per Capita Wealth in World Results From Oil Deal.", followed by details taking... Read full description -
Item #710730THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1937
* Battle of Beiping-Tianjin - Peiping - Beijing - Peiking
* North China Incident - Second Sino-Japanese War
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "CHINESE ATTACK AT TIENTSIN; FOREIGNERS SEEKING SAFETY; PEIPING DEFENSES BOMBED" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #710673SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., Jan 12, 1956
* 5 American missionaries kidnapped & killed
* Nate Saint & Jim Elliot murdered with 3 others
* Operation Auca - Waorani people - Ecuador
* Evangelical Christian missionaries
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Fellow Missionary... Read full description -
Item #710672THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 9 only, May 13, 1928
* "Steamboat Bill, Jr." second day ad
* Actor Buster Keaton - silent film - movie
Page 4 of this section has a second day opening advertisement for the silent film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." starring Buster Keaton. This opening day ad measures 7 x 6 1/2 inches.
Complete section 9 only... Read full description -
Item #710648THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 1981
* Christopher Street - West Village in Manhattan
* World's center of gay rights - pride movement
* Notable for the Stonewall Inn location - LGBT
The front page has a photo with heading: "BRANDON JUDELL ON CHRISTOPHER... Read full description -
Item #710647THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York (weekly), Aug. 10, 1982
* Best "Pink Floyd - The Wall" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Live-action/animated musical drama film
Page 44 has a full page advertisement for: "Pink Floyd - The Wall" for it's American premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in... Read full description -
Item #710644LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 28, 1990
* Stevie Ray Vaughan death (1st report)
* Guitarist - singer - musician - songwriter
The bottom of the ftpg. has a report headed: "Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guitar Great, Dies in Copter Crash" with subhead: "The Grammy-winning performer had just completed a Wisconsin concert. Four others are... Read full description -
Item #710642THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 24, 1966* Andy Warhol movie reviews* Experimental underground film* First major commercial successPage 29 has four movie reviews for Andy Warhol's first major film success, "The Chelsea Girls." This takes up the entire page here.
I suspect this to be an... Read full description -
Item #710638THE DETROIT NEWS, July 2, 1934
* Night of the Long Knives
* Adolph Hitler cleans house
* Rebellion in Pre WWII Germany
The front page has a seven column heading: "Cannon Fire Near Munich Is Reported" with subheads. (see images)
Complete in 30 pages, rag edition, a little spine wear, nice condition. -
Item #710637SUN TIMES, Chicago, Dec. 4, 1984
* Bhopal gas disaster - tragedy
* Union Carbide India Unlimited (UCIL)
* World's worst industrial disaster
* Chemical gas methyl isocyanate
Page 3 has a report headed: "Gas leak kills 410 in India" with small related map. (see images)
Complete with all 96 pages, tabloid size, nice condition. -
Item #710636LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 27, 1980
* Best "The Shining" advertisement
* Grand Opening week premiere
* Jack Nicholson psychological horror
A issue on the opening week (Tuesday) of the motion picture hit "The Shining" and perhaps no better newspaper could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home... Read full description -
Item #710439LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 17, 1982
* Best "Pink Floyd - The Wall" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Live-action/animated musical drama film
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture cult classic hit "Pink Floyd - The Wall" and perhaps no better issue could be found than... Read full description -
Item #710438THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 12, 1973
* Led Zeppelin album release advertisement
* English rock band - "Houses of the Holy"
* Robert Plant - Jimmy Page - John Bonham
Page 53 has a full page advertisement for a music store in Manhattan focusing on the release of "Houses of the... Read full description -
Item #710347THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1945
* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* World war II era original
* Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin
The front page has a five column headline: "TRUMAN IS SELECTED TO PRESIDE AS BIG THREE CONFERENCE OPENS; FLEET STILL HAMMERS AT HONSHU" with subheads and related photo. Much more inside.
forty-two... Read full description -
Item #710346SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Nov. 1, 1978
* Artist Mary Vincent's violent attack
* Arms mutilation with hatchet - ax
* Lawrence Singleton indictment
The top of page 22 has a five column heading: "Girl tells of rapes, ax mutilation" with photos of the victim and suspect. (see images) This crime was committed about a month... Read full description
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