Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #698491THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 7, 1943
* Battle of Munda Point ends w/ U.S. victory
* United States Army vs. Imperial Japanese Army
* New Georgia Campaign - Solomon Islands
The top of the front page has a six column headline: "AMERICANS CAPTURE MUNDA'S AIRDROME" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues on page 5 with... Read full description -
Item #698490SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., Sept. 17, 1972
* Secretariat wins Hopeful Stakes- Saratoga
* Pre Triple Crown thoroughbred horse racing
The bottom of page 36 has a brief and discrete report with a one column heading: "Secretariat Wins Futurity At Belmont" (see image) This was Secretariat's 3rd major victory.... Read full description -
Item #698486THE NIPPON JIJI, "Leading Japanese Daily Newspaper In Hawaii", Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A. December 8, 1941
* Attack on Pearl Harbor
* U.S. to enter World War II
* Imperial Japanese Navy
Interesting to have this banner headline: "U.S. CONGRESS DECLARES WAR AGAINST JAPAN AS FDR... Read full description -
Item #698481THE GANGPLANK NEWS, Embarkation Camp, St. Nazaire, France, April 10, 1919 As noted at the top of page 2, this newspaper is published by the American Expeditionary Forces "by and foe the Embarkation Personnel and the homeward bound soldiers of our Army."
The masthead incudes: "Nous Servons" which is... Read full description -
Item #698479THE MENACE, Aurora, Missouri, April 25, 1914 An anti-religion newspaper, but more decidedly anti-Catholic, which this newspaper considers the "menace" to the nation.
Four pages, some foxing, minor chipping at margins, good condition. -
Item #698478THE SQUARE DEAL, Richmond, Virginia, March 14, 1919 "Devoted To The Interests Of Organized Labor". A tabloid-size newspaper filled with labor-related reports and news.
Eight pages, a bit of light dirtiness, good condition. -
Item #698462BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany. May 14, 1936 This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era. The full front page is a photo of Ribbentrop the foreign minister. A wide variety of photos and articles within
Complete in 40 pages, 11 by 14 3/4 inches, minimal margin... Read full description -
Item #698449THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 5, 1905
* By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan
As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the... Read full description -
Item #698442THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 10, 1946
* General Masaharu Homma
* Bataan Death March trial
* Japanese atrocities to POWs
* Manila, Philippines
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "HOMMA IS LINKED TO 'DEATH MARCH'" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in great condition. -
Item #698437THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, April 2, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #698423CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Dec. 21, 1924
* Red Grange wins Big Ten football MVP
* Illinois Fighting Illini college football HB
* Chicago Tribune Silver Football award
* Very 1st year of this award (very rare as such)
The front page of the sport's ection has a terrific banner headline for display: "RED GRANGE AWARDED TRIBUNE... Read full description -
Item #698422FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Aug. 17, 1953
* 1953 Iranian coup d'etat
* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
* Shah of Iran - 28 Mordad
* Mohammad Mosaddegh
The front page has a one column heading: "Supreme Power Held By Mossadegh; Iran's Shah Flees" (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition. -
Item #698410CENTRE DAILY TIMES, State College, Penn., June 16, 1949
* Eddie Waitkus shot
* Philadelphia Phillies - MLB baseball
* Ruth Ann Steinhagen
The front page has a one column heading: "Ed Waitkus Improved; Girl Held" (see image) Coverage on Philadelphia Phillies baseball star, Eddie Waitkus, being shot by obsessed fan, Ruth Ann Steinhagen.
... Read full description -
Item #698408THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1959
* Fleet admiral William D. Leahy death
* Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief
* Most senior U.S. military officer in WWII
* First flag officer to ever hold a five-star rank
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Fleet Admiral Leahy Dies at 84; Presidents; Chief of Staff in... Read full description -
Item #698407THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1946
* Tokyo War Crimes military Trial - Tribunal begins
* Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo & others indicted
* Crimes of aggression against humanity - peace
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ALLIES INDICT TOJO AND 27 FOR A PLOT TO RULE THE WORLD" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #698397THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 1940
* Hercules Powder Company explosion
* Kenvil NJ New Jersey (1st report)
* World War II coverage
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "27 DEAD, 25 MISSING, 200 HURT IN BLAST AT JERSEY PLANT" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 16 with related large... Read full description -
Item #698390THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 28, 1957
* Amonate, Tazewell County Virginia
* Pocahontas Fuel Company disaster
* Coal mine No. 31 gas explosion
The front page has a banner headline: "MINE BLAST TRAPS 21" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the coal mine gas explosion in mine No. 31 of the Pocahontas Fuel... Read full description -
Item #698389THE ALAMOGORDO BANNER, New Mexico, Jan. 26, 1900
* Very rare territory publication - Otero County
This is the volume 1, number 6 issue of a newspaper about which I can find nothing. It is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of Newspapers" nor can I find information elsewhere on the internet. This... Read full description -
Item #698386DAILY SENTINEL, Sitka, Alaska, June 3 (misprint: proper date on inside pages is July 3), 1959
* Alaska statehood on the 4th of July
A dramatic front page, taken up simply with: "A Salute To the 49-Star Flag", the flag of the United States, and a large photo of the city of Sitka.
This is more a... Read full description -
Item #698385THE HOUSTON DAILY POST, Texas, January 11, 1901
* If ever there was a single newspaper which heralded the birth of the oil industry in America, this is it.
Although discoveries were made in various locations long before this date, this discovery--to be known as Spindletop--marked the emergence of the oil industry at a time... Read full description -
Item #698382LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, June 7, 1917 This is about as patriotic as any magazine cover can get, as the entire front page is the United States flag and nothing more. The title & date of the issue are found on page 3. The United States had just declared war on Germany less than 2 months earlier... Read full description -
Item #698380THE SIDNEY DAILY NEWS, Ohio, April 12, 1945 The banner headline announces: "YANKS CROSS ELBE IN FINAL DRIVE" but this is not the focus of the issue.
Many issues of this day--the day President Franklin D. Roosevelt died--put out an "Extra" edition with the report. This newspaper opted for a more unusual way of... Read full description -
Item #698371THE COCOA TRIBUNE, Florida, Feb. 20, 1962
* John Glenn makes history
* Mercury-Atlas 6 mission
* Friendship 7 - same day coverage
A great bold, banner headline above the masthead announces: "GLENN MAKES IT ! " with a lead-in: "Out Of This Roiled And Back Again...". Also on the front... Read full description -
Item #698370LOS ANGELES EXAMINER--EXTRA, April 11, 1951
* Douglas MacArthur Fired
* World War II Pacific hero
* President Harry Truman
The very bold, banner headline announces: "GEN. M'ARTHUR OUSTED FROM ALL COMMAND" with a photo of him as well.
The front page also reports on the "Red Scare" in... Read full description -
Item #698368THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, December 7, 1941
* Pre Pearl Harbor attack on America
* Dated December 7, 1941 (DAY OF)
This is what the people read in their morning newspaper at about the same time their radios reported the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This somewhat benign banner head: "Roosevelt Sends Personal Note to... Read full description -
Item #698366THE MIAMI HERALD--EXTRA, Florida, Aug. 15, 1945
* World War II ends - peace
* Japanese surrenders - WWII
A simply wonderful newspaper celebrating the end of World War II, with very large, bold letters simply proclaiming; "WAR ENDS" and above the masthead: "JAPANESE SURRENDER". Various subheads... Read full description -
Item #698359THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1932
* Amelia Earhart - transatlantic flight
* 1st woman to achieve in airplane solo
* Visits Rome, Italy - Benito Mussolini
Page 6 has a one column heading: "WELCOME IN ROME FOR MRS. PUTNAM" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Compete in 46 pages, this is... Read full description -
Item #698346TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, March 6, 1922
* Babe Ruth signs contract
* New York Yankees baseball
* Highest paid baseball player
The top of page 6 has column heads: "RUTH TO CASH IN $75,000 AND A SWAT BONUS" "Contract Makes Him Best Paid Athlete in World".
Also, the same page has a column: "Billy Evans... Read full description -
Item #698328NEW YORK TIMES, March 29, 1929
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart
* Gets Airline Transport Pilot License
Page 16 has one column heads: " Permit For Miss Earhart" "She is Fourth Woman to Aviation Transport License".
Complete in 48 pages, minor margin wear, nice condition.
Note: While the major historic... Read full description -
Item #698323NEW YORK PEST, Christmas Week, 1962 This is a parody newspaper of the "New York Post", all content within being parodies of recent events.
Tabloid-size, 8 pages, very nice condition. -
Item #698322AMERICAN BUNKER, Hotel Astor, New York City, Feb. 3, 1940 This is a parody of the "American Banker" newspaper, all notices and reports are comic. This is an "Extra" issue so it may be complete, however we believe there were more pages as reference is made to pages 3 thru 7 (but perhaps part of the comic theme).... Read full description -
Item #698321NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, Oct. 27, 1945 A patriotic red, white & blue issue with the banner headline: "TRUMAN BASES PEACE ON POWER" with subhead: "Tells Policy at Commissioning of Huge Carrier Roosevelt".
The decorative front page is printed in red and blue ink. Pages 2 and 3... Read full description -
Item #698318This is an: ARMY TALKS EXTRA edition, May 9, 1945, just after the end of the war in Europe. The lead article begins: "The German armies have been completely crushed in battle; you and the millions of other U.S. and Allied soldiers have won the greatest military victory in history..." with much more.
Much of the balance of the issue is focused on the... Read full description -
Item #698316ARMY TALK - ORIENTATION FACT SHEET, War Department, Washington, D.C., May 12, 1945 Printed at the top is: "Restricted" and the note that this is issue #71.
The banner head on the front page is: "Major Problems In Your War Against Japan" not that the war in Europe had been won.
This is the first of this title we have... Read full description -
Item #698314USA TODAY, Washington, D.C., September 15, 1982
* Vol. 1 No. 1 issue
* Grace Kelly killed
* Hollywood actress
* Princess of Monaco
This is the very first issue of this iconic newspaper, billed as the country's first, nationwide, satellite-delivered, general interest daily newspaper.
In... Read full description -
Item #698313THE DAILY PALO ALTO, Stanford University, California, March 1, 1905
* Death of Jane Stanford - murder mystery ?
* Stanford University founder - best title
This is the school newspaper published by this now prestigious university in northern California, and the content which consumes most of the front page--although... Read full description -
Item #698312THE WAR RESISTER, Enfield, England, Summer (July), 1936 This is a pamphlet-size periodical (number 40) obviously focused on resisting the coming war. Hitler was well on his way to the goal of dominating Europe, and this publication advocated staying out of his way.
Complete in 24 pages, 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches, great condition. -
Item #698309ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE, Little Rock, Nov. 4, 1992
* President Bill Clinton
* Wins presidential election (1st)
* Best publication to be had ?
Great to have this event from the capital of Arkansas, Clinton's home state, with a front page headline: "Clinton Wins" with subheads and color photo. More inside... Read full description -
Item #698307JACK ARMSTRONG TRU-FLITE NEWS, Minneapolis, October, 1944 This is the volume 1, number 2 issue of a promotional "newspaper" for Tru-Flite model planes.
A curious newspaper with no advertisements save for the promotional offers on the back page. For one Wheaties box top and five cents you get model plates of the Curtis... Read full description -
Item #698304PRIVATE NEWS LETTER, Petrograd (today St. Petersburg, Russia), March 17, 1917
* Russian Revolution of 1917
Noted under the title is "(Translations from Russian Papers)". This is a very rare "newspaper", typewriter-set on four individual sheets, reproduced on a mimeograph machine on... Read full description -
Item #698300THE BOSTON TIMES, Massachusetts, March 11, 1932 This is the volume 1, number 2 issue of a union newspaper and almost all the reports within are union-related.
The editorial inside begins: "The communication given prominence in this issue...is timely and thought provoking. Is America to follow Germany, England... Read full description -
Item #698299THE SATURDAY EVENING HITCHING POST, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oct. 15, 1904 The masthead notes this is: "A Good Thing To Tie To". this is a volume 1 issue.
This is primarily an advertising publication, with various tidbits & curiosities scattered among the ads. Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inches, very nice condition. -
Item #698298DAILY TAFT BULLETIN, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1912
* William Howard Taft
In the masthead below the dateline is: "Issued by the National Taft Bureau, Raleigh Hotel, Washington. D. C." This is the number 4 issue.
A single sheet with the reverse taken up with a "Table of Delegates To The Republican National Convention... Read full description -
Item #698296DAILY MIRROR, London, England, May 5, 1926 This is a small, somewhat crudely-produced issue of this famous tabloid printed during the historic General Strike in the United Kingdom.
A General Strike was called by the Trades Union Congress in support of the coal miners' stand against enforced pay cuts. It... Read full description -
Item #698295WHEELING DAILY NEWS, West Virginia, March 16, 1907 Printed above the masthead is: "1907 FLOOD SPECIAL" with the banner headline noting: "RIVER IS YIELDING UP ITS DEAD" with related subheads including: "The City A Scene of Desolation" "Victims' Bodies Are Recovered" and more on the... Read full description -
Item #698293THE KETCHIKAN DAILY NEWS, Alaska, Sept. 19, 1960 The front page reports Khrushchev's arrival in New York to attend a United Nations session: "Khrushchev Gets Cold Reception" with more.
Also on the front page: "Castro Arrives in New York" and a photo of Mrs. Marjorie Lennox, a secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba,... Read full description -
Item #698292THE BANNER, Dwight, Illinois, December, 1908
* Rare publication
As noted in the masthead this is the: "Official Organ Sons of Veterans" and calls itself the: "Patriotic Journal of American".
A handsome, patriotic masthead.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1//2 inches, printed on glossy-stock newsprint, nice condition.
AI notes:... Read full description -
Item #698291THE TIMES, San Mateo, California, Oct. 18, 1989
* Loma Prieta earthquake disaster
* San Francisco, California
The banner headline above the masthead: "BAY AREA REELS UNDER DEVASTING 6.9 QUAKE" with another banner head more local to San Mateo: "Peninsula Is Spared The Worst" Various related... Read full description -
Item #698289ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, Florida, Nov. 8, 1944
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* 4th presidential election victory
* Unusual musical themed headline
Among the list of unusual newspaper headlines, this would rank near the top. See the photo for the "musical" announcement concerning the election of Franklin D.... Read full description -
Item #698288THE CAPITAL, Annapolis, Maryland, Jan. 17, 1991
* Operation Desert Storm
* Gulf War begins
* Persian Gulf
Noted above the masthead: "Special Edition - Operation Desert Storm" with the headline proclaiming: "WE'RE AT WAR ! " with a map of the Iraq War vicinity.
Presumed complete in 10 pages being a Special... Read full description
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