Charles Lindbergh's ticker tape parade...

OMAHA EVENING BEE & OMAHA DAILY NEWS, June 14, 1927 



* Aviator Charles Lindbergh welcome home

* Ticker tape parade in New York City



The front page has a banner headline: "WEATHER STOPS 'LINDY'S' FLYING TO CAPITAL" with subheads and a photo of the New York ticker-tape parade for Charles Lindbergh headed "When 'Lindy' Came Home".

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U.S. Open golf championship...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 14, 1927



* U.S. Open golf championship

* Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania

* Great headline for display



This 28 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "HAMPTON TOPS U. S. OPEN" with subheads and related photo (see images). It is nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice hea... See More  

Paris Tennessee murder...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 17, 1927



* Joseph Upchurch negro murder

* Paris, Tennessee



This 28 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "SHERIFF IS KILLED BY CRAZED NEGRO"



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with some margin wear and chipping, little irregular at the spine, otherwise good.

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1927 Charles Lindbergh welcome home ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1927



* Charles Lindbergh welcome home (St. Louis)

* Transatlantic solo airplane flight hero



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "LINDBERGH FLIES TO ST. LOUIS WELCOME; SIRENS AND CHEERS GREET TIRED FLIER; ARMY PLANS NON-STOP FLIGHT TO HAWAII" with subheads. (see) Lengthy reporting continues on pages 2 & 3 with a few related phot... See More  

Richard Byrd Transatlantic flight in 1927....

TAUNTON EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 29, 1927



* Richard Evelyn Byrd takeoff

* Transatlantic flight attempt



This 14 page newspaper has a nice two line banner headline on the front page: "BYRD IS AWAY AT DAWN ON FLIGHT TO FRANCE" with subheads and related photos. (see)



Other news of the day. Light browning with margin wear, mostly along the spine, otherwise good. Should ... See More  

Richard Byrd transatlantic flight... Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 30, 1927



* Richard Evelyn Byrd transatlantic flight

* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig

* Sacco and Vanzetti



This issue has a three line banner headline on the front page: "BYRD BATTLES FOG, FLIES ON TOWARD PARIS; REPORTS TO SHIP 200 MILES OUT AT SEA; ARMY FLIERS REACH HAWAII IN 26 HOURS" with many subheads and related photo. Much more inside (see... See More  

Richard E. Byrd Transatlantic flight in 1927...

* Richard Evelyn Byrd

* Transatlantic flight



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BYRD IN DENSE FOG, HE REPORTS AT 2:30 A.M.; NO SIGHT OF LAND OR WATER FOR TEN HOURS" with subheads and photo. (see) Much more on the following pages.

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Richard Byrd's Trans-Atlantic Flight....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 1927.



* Richard Byrd's Transatlantic flight in fog



The front page has has a nice three line, full banner headline: "BYRD FLIES FOR HOURS IN FOG OVER FRANCE SEEKING FOR PARIS AND A PLACE TO LAND; LAST MESSAGE FROM HIM AN SOS NEAR DAWN", with related subheads and a nice photo of Richard Evelyn Byrd.  Additionally, there is a related map on page 2.... See More  

Nice banner headline on noted golfer Bobby Jones...

CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, July 13, 1927



* Golfer Bobby Jones

* Open Championship

* St. Andrews, Scotland



This is section 3 only of the issue but it has its own masthead & dateline. The banner headline announces: "JONES LEADS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OF BRITISH OPEN TOURNEY" with a nice full-figure photo of Bobby Jones headed: "Champion Shows The Way". Also a subhead: "Supe... See More  

Bobby Jones winning the Open Championship...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1927



* Golfer Bobby Jones

* Open Championship

* St. Andrews, Scotland



The sport's section (page 15) has a banner headline: "British Open Golf Field Is Led by Jones, Whose 68 Ties St. Andrews Record" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the 1927 Open Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. Always nice to have notable events in histor... See More  

Ty Cobb's 4,000th hit...

THE WORLD, New York, NY, July 19, 1927



* Ty Cobb has 4,000th hit

* Richard E. Byrd's homecoming



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "GIBSON BESTS GROVE IN PITCHERS' BATTLE" and "Tigers Defeat Athletics, 5 to 3, Settling Issue in the First Inning" - both of which tell of the game between the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers in which... See More  

1927 Bobby Jones... British Open champion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1927



* Golfer Bobby Jones

* British Open champion

* RMS Aquitania (welcome home)



The sport's section (page 7) has a banner headline: "Crowds Greet Jones on Ship and Ashore as British Golf Winner Returns Home'" with subheads and related photo. (see) Coverage on Bobby Jones coming home after winning the 1927 British Open golf championship.

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Sacco and Vanzetti Executed in 1927...

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1st Dole air race in 1927....

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 16, 1927



* 1st Dole Air Race

* Early aviation - airplanes

* Woolaroc - Art Goebel



This 16 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Nine Planes at Starting Line For U. S. - Hawaiian Flight; Aviators Await Fog Lifting" with subheads. (see photos) Tells of the very 1st Dole Air Race from Oakland Ca to the Hawaiian Island... See More  

1st Dole air race in 1927....

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 18, 1927



* 1st Dole Air Race

* Early aviation - airplanes

* Woolaroc - Art Goebel



This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "42 Ships Combing Pacific For 2 Lost Hawaii Planes; Goebel Wins, Jensen Second" with subheads. (see) Tells of the very 1st Dole Air Race from Oakland Ca to the Hawaiian Islands.



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1st Dole air race in 1927....

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 19, 1927



* Dole Air Race

* Early aviation - airplanes

* California to Hawaii



This 18 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "No Trace of 5 Fliers in 2 Planes" with subheads. (see)



Tells of the Dole Air Race from Oakland Ca to the Hawaiian Islands.



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Sacco and Vanzetti Executed in 1927...

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Tom Sheehan and Babe Ruth...

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Aviation cover...

JUDGE magazine, New York, September 24, 1927  The cover of this issue is entitled "Plane Jane" and is an illustration of a lady pilot about to climb into a plane. The issue is comprised of a variety of articles, poems, illustrations, stories and advertisements.



This is complete in 34 pages measuring approximately 11.25 x 8.5 inches and is in nice condition.

Execution of General Francisco Serrano...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, October 5, 1927



* Francisco R. Serrano executed

* Mexican rebel leader



This 18 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "MEXICAN REBEL LEADER IS EXECUTED" with subheads that include: "13 Aides to Serrano Are Slain" and more. This tells of the execution of General Francisco R. Serrano.



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Ruth Elder... Transatlantic flight try...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, October 11, 1927



* Ruth Elder

* Woman Aviator

* Transatlantic flight try



This 14 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Ruth Elder Ready to Hop Off New York to Paris Non-Stop; Awaits Last Weather Report" with subheads.



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Ruth Elder... Transatlantic flight...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, October 12, 1927



* Ruth Elder - Woman aviator & actress

* 1st Transatlantic flight try (Woman)



The front page has a one column heading: "FLORIDA GIRL FLYER IS SEEN OVER ATLANTIC" with subhead. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 20 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.... See More  

1927 ticket stub for Yale football game at the Bowl......

Here is an original ticket stub for the 1927 football game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Army Cadets at the Yale Bowl. Yale won this game 10-6. The front side of this ticket stub is generally very nice. Unfortunately the back side has some surface issues due to the fact that was attached within a scrap book and had to be removed causing these issues. See images. Still a nice, solid ticket.

Charles Lindbergh makes the headlines again...

DOUGLAS DAILY DISPATCH, Arizona, Oct. 30, 1927  Banner headline for Charles Lindbergh some 5 months after his historic flight across the Atlantic: "22,350 Mile Tour Gives Lindbergh New Air Record" with subhead: "Youthful Aviator Visits Every State In Union In Three Months & Three Days; Sees Millions" plus a photos of him, his mother, and his plane (see).

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1927 Pittsburgh gas explosion...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, November 14, 1927



* Pittsburgh PA gasometer explosion (early 1st report)

* Largest gas tank in the World at the time



This 22 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "BLAST KILLS SCORE; 500 HURT" with subheads that include: "WORLD'S GREATEST GAS TANK EXPLODES, WRECKING HOMES, FACTORIES IN PITTSBURGH" and more (see i... See More