1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 26, 1964



* Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad

* Conviction for obscenity comedy performance



The top of the front page has a heading: "Lenny's Censors on the Couch - p.5"

Page 5 has a heading: "The Bruce Conviction: A View from the Couch" Coverage continues on another page.

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The Albany Movement... Georgia civil rights...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 4, 1962



* The Albany Movement - Georgia

* Shiloh Baptist Church gathering

* Negroes - civil rights movement

* Martin Luther King Jr. speech



The front page has a heading: "In Albany Jails" with lead-in: "The Press of Freedom" and related photo. (see images) Lengthy text continues on multiple inside pages.

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1944 D-Day invasion... Occupying French beaches...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, June 8, 1944.



* Bayeux, France becomes first French town occupied

* Normandy invasion - France being invaded by Allies

* World War II German defense falling apart



The front page has a nice banner headline: "PARIS HIGHWAY, RAILROAD CUT AS ALLIES SEIZE INLAND TOWN" with subheads and related photo. (see images) Nice for display.

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The iconic phrase that defined the hippie movement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Sept. 29, 1966  



* Great Timothy Leary article w/ photos

* "TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT" start

* Psychedelic drugs - LSD - magic mushrooms

* Harvard University Psilocybin Project founder



Beginning on the front page is a wonderful and detailed article concerning Dr. Timothy Leary with the heading: "At the Village Theatre: Dr. Leary's For... See More  

1938 Howard Hughes Around World ending...

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, July 14, 1938.



* Aviator Howard Hughes

* Airplane flight around World

* Nearing the end



The front page has a banner headline: "HUGHES AIRPLANE NEARS NEW YORK CITY" with subheads. (see images)

Complete in 8 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine.

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1913 Women's suffrage...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 28, 1913



* Flora Drummond and Charlotte Despard

* Guerrilla warfare begins in London & Dublin

* British suffragettes - Woman's suffrage leaders



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SUFFRAGETTES IN LONDON AND IN DUBLIN BEGIN MILITANCY" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the &q... See More  

1985 KISS rock band concert Ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 26, 1985



* KISS rock band concert advertisement

* Madison Square Garden MSG - Manhattan

* "Asylum" album tour w/ Black N' Blued



Page 105 has a 7 x 3 1/4 inch advertisement for a "KISS" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

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Civil rights activist Daisy Bates... Little Rock Nine...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 22, 1962



* Civil rights activist Daisy Bates

* Little Rock Central High School

* Integration crisis editorial - Negroes



Page 10 has a editorial by Mary Perot Nichols on NAACP leader Daisy Bates regarding the Little Rock Central High School segregation crisis. The heading reads: "P.S. to Little Rock Story Is Written in Villa... See More  

1962 Malcolm X vs. Bayard Rustin debate ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 18, 1962



* Malcolm X - civil right movement leader

* African American Muslim Minister activist

* Bayard Rustin - socialism activist - debate ad



The bottom of the back page has a 3 3/4 x 2 inch advertisement for: "'Separation Or Integration' a debate between Malcolm X and Bayard Rustin" at the Community Church i... See More  

1967 Death of the Hippies mock funeral...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 30, 1967



* Death of the Hippies - hippy movement

* Haight-Ashbury mock funeral - S.F.

* End of "The Summer of Love"



Page 3 has a heading: "Autumn in the Haight: Where Has Love Gone" and related notice. (see images) Lengthy report continues on multiples inside pages with 3 related photos.

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The "Groovy Murders" of 1967... coulterculture era...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 12, 1967



* The Groovy Murders in East Village - New York City

* Linda Rae Fitzpatrick & James Leroy Hutchinson



The front page has a heading: "High on Life and Deader than Dead" with 3 related phots. (see images) Report continues on page 3.

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Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), the poet ? in 1963...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1963



* Boxer Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali

* The Bitter End poetry contest - poems

* Bill Cosby nightclub advertisement



The front page has a heading: "No Lean and Hungry Look On Coffee-House Cassius" with 2 related photos. (see images) Article continues on a inside page.

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1915 Jess Williard vs. Jack Johnson title fight...

EVENING HERALD, Los Angeles, April 5, 1915 



* Jess Williard vs. Jack Johnson 

* "Great white hope" wins

* Heavyweight boxing title fight (1st report) 

* INCOMPLETE but all fight reporting is present



The front page has a terrific banner headline in red lettering: "WILLARD KNOCKS OUT JOHNSON" with subhead and nice photo of Willard. (see images) Also round... See More  

1st Jimi Hendrix solo album is released in 1970...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 23, 1970



* Jimi Hendrix "Band of Gypsys" album release ad

* American electric guitarist, songwriter and singer

* Live at the Fillmore East - 1st solo album without group



Page 35 has a full page advertisement for the release of Jimi Hnedrix's first solo album "Band of Gypsys" which was recorded at the Fil... See More  

1948 Battle for Jerusalem... Surrender to Arab Legion...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 29, 1948



* Battle for Jerusalem - surrender to Arab Legion

* 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine

* Jews - Jewish - Judaica



The top of the front p-age has a three column headline: "JEWS IN OLD CITY SURRENDER BUT STRUGGLE FOR HIGHWAY TO JERUSALEM INTENSIFIES" with various subheads. (see images) Related photo and map is on page 2.

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"The Living Theatre" closes it's doors in 1963...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 24, 1963



* The Living Theatre - experimental theater

* Avant-garde - Julian Beck - Judith Malina

* Closed for bankruptcy - tax evasion crime



The front page has a heading: "Living Theatre Goes Broke; Becks Brigged by Feds" with 2 related photos. (see images) Article continues on a inside page. Lengthy text continues on ... See More  

Battle of Cape Esperance in 1942....

LOS ANGELES TIMES, October 14, 1942



* Battle of Cape Esperance

* Savo Island, Guadalcanal

* World War II - WWII

* INCOMPLETE ISSUE ****



The front page has a banner headline: "Navy Sinks Five Jap Warships in Night Battle Off Solomons" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on the Battle of Cape Esperance and Savo Island, Guadalcanal.

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Two of the best Kennedy assassination issues to be had...

Here is a terrific pair of issues on the assassination of John F. Kennedy from the city where it happened. Both issues are THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS from Texas.

Note: While we do offer each of these issues as stand-alone items, purchasing them as a set will enable you to take advantage of a discounted price.



You get the November 23, 1963 edition which is a quite rare & extremely desirable ne... See More  

1976 Led Zeppelin & Lynyrd Skynyrd ...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 25, 1976



* Early Led Zeppelin - English rock band

* "The Song Remains the Same" concert film

* Opening day MSG movie advertisement

* Lynyrd Skynyrd - upcoming area concerts ad



Page 53 has a nice full page advertisement for the opening day showing of "The Song Remains the Same" film in New York City. Coverage of ther... See More  

The Dunkirk evacuation, 1940...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 28, 1940 



* Battle of Dunkirk (evacuation) - France

* Operation Dynamo "Miracle of Dunkirk"

* Allied soldiers on English Channel beaches



The front page has a nice banner headline relating to the stranding of allied forces on the beaches of Dunkirk, the focus of a motion picture, with: "BELGIANS DETHRONE KING FOR SURRENDERING ARMY; Entire Lef... See More  

Jewiish activist Herman Bernstein death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 1, 1935



* Herman Bernstein death

* Jewish activist - Jews



The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "HERMAN BERNSTEIN DIES IN BERKSHIRES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Herman Bernstein, American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and Jewish activist. He was the founder of the Jewish newspaper, The Day (Der... See More  

1962 death of Marilyn Monroe...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 16, 1962



* Death of Marilyn Monroe (1st mention in this publication)

* Actress, singer, model and sex symbol



Page 4 has a heading: "For Marilyn Monroe" Report continues on the following page. Being a weekly publication, this is actually the first mention of her death in this counter culture community newspaper.

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The march on Washington, and King's famous line: 'I have a dream..."

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Sept. 5, 1963  



* Martin Luther King Jr. - civil rights movement

* March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

* Rare mention of "I Have A Dream" quote



Page 5 has a lengthy & detailed article headed: "200,000 Invisible Men" above which is a photo captioned: "The Marchers In Washington". This is coverage of the famous Martin L... See More  

1972 Willowbrook State School expose... Jackson Browne...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 3, 1972



* Willowbrook State School - Children with disabilities

* Early Geraldo Rivera expose on neglect and abuse

* Early Jackson Browne night club performance ad



Beginning on the front page is a expose report headed: "Willowbrook's children: our final shame" with two related photos. (see images) Coverage continue... See More  

1963 Camp Summerlane attack... Racially motivated...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 18, 1963



* Camp Summerlane - Western North Carolina

* Pro integration ethical humanist Summer camp

* Rosman NC racist mountaineers attack



The front page has a heading: "Mountaineers Drive Camp Out of Hills, Into Jersey" with lead-in: "Von Hilsheimer Is Organizer" (see images) Article continues on a inside pa... See More