Ballooning - Flight
Ballooning - Flight
Underdog debuts in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...
Item #691724
November 26, 1965
NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 26, 1965
* Underdog debuts in New York City
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
* Great item for Superhero collectors
The top of page 49 has a two column heading: "Giant Underdog Enlists in Macy's Parade" with subhead and related photo showing the Bullwinkle balloon. I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at t... See More
Exploding Plastic Inevitable in 1966... Andy Warhol...
Item #715985
October 13, 1966
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 13, 1966
* Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable
* The Velvet Underground and Nico performance ad
* Balloon Farm (Electric Circus) underground nightclub
The bottom of page 25 has a 9 1/2 x 3 inch advertisement for a "Andy Warhol's Plastic Inevitable THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO" performance at T... See More
1966 Timothy Leary & Andy Warhol...
Item #714543
October 27, 1966
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 27, 1966
* Dr. Timothy Leary ad
* Psychedelic celebration #2
* Andy Warhol's Plastic Inevitable
* The Velvet Underground & Nico
Page 17 has a 4 x 3 1/2 inch ad for a "DR. TIMOTHY LEARY" lecture at Village Theater.
Page 18 has a small advertisement for: "Andy Warhol's The Velvet Underground & Nico... See More
1967 Easter Sunday be-in... "Summer of Love"...
Item #711978
March 30, 1967
THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, March 30, 1967
* Central Park be-in - "Summer of Love" beginning
* Hippies - counterculture - Easter Sunday love
The front page has a heading: "Central Park Rite Is Medieval Pageant" with lead-in: "Be-In, Be-in, Being" with 3 related photos. Three full page pictorials inside. (see images)
source: Jim Steinman: Th... See More
The Grateful Dead comes East for the 2nd time...
Item #717898
December 21, 1967
THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 21, 1967
* Grateful Dead - 2nd New York City visit
* Village Theater performance advertisement
* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
* Andy Warhol pop-up book release party w/ photos
Page 28 has a small but very early advertisement for "The Grateful Dead of San Francisco" which performed two nights at the... See More
1st successful Transatlantic Balloon flight...
Item #637467
August 17, 1978
THE DENVER POST, Denver, Colorado, August 17, 1978
* 1st successful Trans-Atlantic Balloon flight
* Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, & Larry Newman land near Paris
The front page has a near-full banner heading: "3 Balloonists Land Near Paris", with a large photo of the balloon in flight, photos of Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, & Larry Newman, and a small map. Although quite sur... See More
2012 "jump from space"... Felix Baumgartner...
Item #712867
October 15, 2012
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 15, 2012
* Red Bull Stratos - jump from space
* Daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner
* High-altitude skydiving - stratosphere
* Helium balloon parachute record jump
The front page of section AA has a heading: "He Leaps into record books" with related photo. (see images) First report coverage continues on page AA2 with heading: "Daredevil breaks sound... See More
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