Capture of Fort Donelson, with a front page diagram...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, February 18, 1862 



* Fort Donelson, Tennessee 

* Civil War original w/ map 



The front page has a small one column map headed: "Plan Of Fort Donelson" and first column heads which include: "GLORIOUS VICTORY" "The Fall of Fort Donelson" "Johnston and Buckner, the Rebel Generals, Captured" "15,000 Othe... See More  

Dick Button gold medal... American figure skater...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, February 3, 1948



* Dick Button - American figure skater

* Olympics - gold medal champion



This 52 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 32 (sport's section): "Button Takes Lead Over Gerschwiler in Olympic Figure Skating Contest" with subheads and two column photo. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Rag editi... See More  

The death of Amos Alonzo Stagg... 1st ever space walk... Selma-Montgomery March...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, March 18, 1965



* Judge grants Selma to Montgomery march

* Amos Alonzo Stagg death (1st report)

* Cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov, 1st ever human space walk (historic)



This newspaper has a banner headline on the front page above the masthead: "Russian Takes First Space Walk From Orbiting Ship" with subhead "2 Cosmonauts Up; One Walks ... See More  

Nice Remington print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 8, 1888  Full ftpg. shows a scene from the Civil War: "Gunner". Halfpg: "Towing a Vessel Through an Off Shore Blizzard" and "Wreckers at Work on the Sunken Steamer 'Iberia'". Nice fullpg. F. Remington print: "Bringing in a Deserter". Fullpg. print: "Their Pride" shows a black family. Two full pag... See More  

Early helicopter...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, October 14, 1925



* Early helicopter (Autogyro)

* 1st successful flight made to the public



This 52 page newspaper has a two column headline at the bottom of the front page: "Plane With Vanes Rises Almost Vertically; Briton Drives Spanish Craft Up 1,000 Feet".



Tells of a successful helicopter flight in it's infancy.



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Early Willie Mosconi... pocket billiards....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1938



* Early Willie Mosconi - pool

* Pocket billiards championship



The sport's section (page 26) has a one column heading: "MOSCONI DEFEATS CARAS BT 125-75" with subheads. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 46 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.... See More  

Of "The House that Cazzie Built" fame...

Cazzie Russell... University of Michigan star...

THE DETROIT NEWS PICTORIAL MAGAZINE, Detroit, Michigan, February 7, 1965



* Cazzie Russell - from during his "building of the house" era

* Michigan Wolverines' basketball legend

* Would become the NBA's #1 pick, all-star, coach, and winner of Athletes in Action's, "Coach Wooden 'Keys to Life' Award."



The cover has a full-page color photo of Cazzie, wi... See More  

1928 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, July 29, 1928



* 1928 Summer Olympics

* Amsterdam, Netherlands

* Opening ceremonies



The front page has a nice banner headline: "FISTS MAR OLYMPIC OPENING" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.

Complete 1st and 2nd section only with 36 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. In gre... See More  

Babe Ruth's last game at Yankee Stadium...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, September 25, 1934



* Babe Ruth's last game at Yankee Stadium

* New York Yankees - MLB baseball



The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column heading: "TIGERS CLINCH FLAG AS YANKS BOW TO BOSOX" with subhead and box scores (see) Ext includes: "Babe Ruth, making his last appearance of the year at the stadium and probably h... See More  

Baseball...

LIBERTY magazine, from New York, dated September 30, 1933

   

* Baseball Pennants

* Colored Ads



The color cover of this issue is of young cowgirl with her laso (see photos). There is no related article on this inside.



This issue contains an article entitled "How Pennants are Really Won - When Luck Steps In, Bang Goes Everything, Says a Famous Baseball

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General William Walker...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 24, 1860  Page one has an interesting article dated August 29, 1860, "Nicaragua-The American Minister-An Ultimatum-Walker And His Chances", which has about 10 linera inches of text regarding Walker, his arrival at Truxillo, and an encouragement to resist him.  Two additional articles within the issue also provide comments on the last days... See More  

The Jews of New York...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1891 Full front page shows: 'A Reception at the Progress Club, New York'. Half page: 'Improvements of Delaware River at Philadelphia' is a nice view. Story with 2 Remington prints.

Full page: 'The Government Rainfall Experiments in Texas' shows 5 scenes. Over two full pages of text & illustrations on: 'The Jews of New York... See More  

1940 Texas A&M Aggies Sugar Bowl victory...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, January 2, 1940



* Rose Bowl: USC Trojans vs. Tennessee Volunteers

* Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Missouri Tigers

* Sugar Bowl: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Tulane

* Cotton Bowl: Clemson Tigers vs. Boston College Eagles



The sport's section (page 18) has first report coverage on the 4 major bowl games with various headings. (see images)

Complete w... See More  

Baseball.... 4th of July...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, May 30, 1914



* Beautiful 4th of July, patriotic color wrapper



In this issue there are several illustrations including "Captains of Industry--VII--George Broadhurst" by James Montgomery Flagg; "Pen and Inklings" by Oliver Herford; the double page centerfold illustration which is titled "Tryin the Old Swing" by Everett... See More  

1927 Jack Sharkey boxing win...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1927



*Jack Sharkey vs. Mike McTigue

* Heavyweight boxing match

* Madison Square Garden



The sport's section (page 16) has a banner headline: "Sharkey Knocks Out McTigue in Twelfth Round at Madison Square Garden" with subheads and round by round coverage. (see) First report coverage on the Jack Sharkey vs. Mike McTigue boxing fight. Nice to have fro... See More  

1899 Wisconsin Badgers football victory...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 30, 1899



* 1899 Wisconsin Badgers college football

* Victory over the Michigan Wolverines

 

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CHAMPIONSHIP GAME" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era ... See More  

The arrest of Christy Mathewson...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 21, 1917



* Christy Mathewson arrested

* Sunday blue law violated

* Baseball - John McGraw



This 20 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "M'Graw And 'Matty' Summoned To Court", "Police Charge Sunday Benefit Game for 69th Was Part of National League Schedule". See photo for brief coverage on the arrest of Christy Mathewso... See More  

Jeff Sweetser and Chick Evans... 1923 amateur golf...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 28, 1923  The Sports Section tells of Jess Sweetser defeating Chick Evans in the semi-final for the 1923 Western Amateur Golf Championship. The previous year Sweetser defeated Bobby Jones to win the championship, and this was the final step in his request to repeat. Unfortunately he would lose in the final round. Nice to have both Jess Sweetser and Chick Evans sho... See More  

Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter...

CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN sport's section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 1938



* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter

* New York Yankees - MLB baseball

* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row



The top of the front page of this sport's section only has a nice banner headline: "PEARSON HURLS NO HIT TILT FOR YANKS !" The top of page 2 also has a nice banner headline: &quo... See More  

Lawrin Wins Kentucky Derby...

THE DETROIT NEWS, sport's section only, May 8, 1938



* Lawrin wins Kentucky Derby

* American Thoroughbred racehorse



The front page of this section has a banner headline: "Lawrin Wins With Dauber Second, Can't Wait Third" with subheads and two photos. Nice for display. Two more photos on the following pages.

Other sporting news of the day. Complete sport's section only ... See More  

Joe DiMaggio continues the consecutive game hitting record...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, July 6, 1941 



* Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees

* All time MLB hitting streak record continues (46)



The front page of this section has a one column heading: "YANKEES WIN, 10-5, WITH FIVE HOMERS, ONE BY DIMAGGIO" with subheads that include: "Joe, on First Time Up Against Athletics, Extends Hitting Mark to 46 Games in Row"... See More  

The Coliseum at Rome...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Oct. 6, 1866 Four small illus. of houses on the front cover: "Philip Embury's House," "Strawbridge Meeting House," "The Rigging Loft," and "The First Methodist Church and Parsonage, in New York." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Coliseum at Rome." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Rev. William Arthur, President of th... See More  

"Plutarch Lights of History--Whitman"...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, February 26, 1916



This issue has a color cover page before the title page.



In this issue, there are several articles including "Pen, Ink and War" by Elon Jessup which includes several ink illustrations; "What I Saw in Poland" by W. H. Hamilton; "The Senate and Republican Victory" by McGegor; "Mobilizing the AD.&... See More  

Highlands of the Hudson River... Cricket Match - New Yorkers vs. Australians....s

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 19, 1878  Nice fullpg. Nast: 'The Crowning Point of His Life' & another Nast fullpg. showing Uncle Sam. Fullpg: 'Northern Entrance to the Highlands of the Hudson' is nice and a full page illustration: "Too Late for the Coach--An Old Time Incident" by Reinhart. There is also a nice fullpg: "The Cricket Match Between The ... See More  

Baseball... The recent London dog show...

WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, NY, July 12, 1862  The front page of this issue features an illustration captioned: "The Two First Premiums", which accompanying subheads:  "Bloodhound and Black and Tan Terrier" and "The Recent London Dog Show".

Page three of this issue includes a rather lengthy article concerning baseball entitled:  "Ph... See More