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Early 1900's Harper's Weekly (illustrated)... 2nd-rate and damaged...
Item #694721 (10) WHOLESALE VARIETY LOT of ten 2nd-rate & damaged Harper's Weekly illustrated newspapers from the early 1900's. Well over 50 prints - each over 100 years old! All will be dated fro...
$63.00
America at war: The Great War Collection (eleven issues)...
Item #649249 THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven origina...
$195.00
The Spindletop oil discovery transforms the oil industry in Texas...
January 14, 1901
Item #679355 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, January 14, 1901 * Discovery of oil gusher in Beaumont, Texas * Beginning of the Great Spindletop oil well Although discoveries were made in various locations lo...
$196.00
Spindletop oil discovery...
January 17, 1901
Item #679354 NEW YORK TIMES, January 17, 1901 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 wh...
$288.00
Rare and early stock market title...
January 01, 1903
Item #649268 WALL STREET DAILY NEWS, New York, 1903 This interesting & quite rare newspaper is subtitled: "A Daily Journal Devoted to Financial Interests", from over a century ago. This newspaper has a w...
$29.00
Color Illustrations from 1906...
July 22, 1906
Item #678658 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SUPPLEMENT, California, July 22, 1906 This unique color cover supplement has several interesting illustrations starting with a full front page illustration of "The Goddess of ...
$25.00
Displayable issue for the outdoorsman...
February 29, 1908
Item #674500 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN--"Sportsman Number", New York, February 29, 1908 See the photo for the great color cover which has an outdoor sports theme. The front page is a photo of: "Mountaineering...
$62.00
Baseball-themed color cover...
September 16, 1911
Item #674749 HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 16, 1911 The full color front cover is a baseball-themed print captioned: "IF" showing 3 men arguing over a 3-2 baseball game, presumably discussing "wh...
$58.00
Displayable color croquet cover...
March 21, 1912
Item #674555 LESLIE'S, New York, March 21, 1912 The prime feature of this issue is the very nice color cover, showing a woman playing croquet. This issue also features a very nice color back cover for "Grape-...
$44.00
Horse racing magazine from Lexington, Kentucky...
Item #646999 THE THOROUGHBRED RECORD, Lexington, Kentucky, 1913 As the title would suggest this magazine is focused on horse racing, and the masthead notes: "A Weekly Thoroughbred Journal Published by the T...
$28.00
Ice skating displayable color cover from 1913...
January 13, 1913
Item #679319 THE PEOPLE'S HOME JOURNAL, New York, January 13, 1913 (front cover only) This color cover has a wonderful color image of a young girl putting on her ice skates. Would look great framed.
$21.00
Horse racing magazine from Lexington, Kentucky...
Item #673923 THE THOROUGHBRED RECORD, Lexington, Kentucky, March 15, 1913 * "Horse Capital of the World" As the title would suggest this magazine is focused on horse racing, and the masthead ...
$24.00
A record of the construction of the Panama Canal...
January 01, 1914
Item #649251 CANAL RECORD, Ancon, Canal Zone, 1914 This small-size periodical from the Isthmus of Panama is an interesting newspaper published by the "Isthmian Canal Commission", given free of charge t...
$21.00
Displayable color cover... "The Call Of The Wild"...
July 30, 1914
Item #671028 LESLIES ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, July 30, 1914 This issue features a color illustration captioned: "The Call Of The Wild" on the front page, showing a woman in a nautical-style outfit raising an oar,...
$31.00
Inventions, patents, and more... From the early 1900's...
Item #649215 (10) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York A lot of ten issues from 1900 - 1915. Not a "supplement" of the regular issue, but rather a separate stand-alone title which got its start to report...
$50.00
Louis D. Brandeis... 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice...
June 06, 1916
Item #674549 THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 6, 1916 * Louis D. Brandeis inuaguration * 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice Page 6 carries a column-wide headline: "BRANDEIS SEATED ON SUPREME BENCH" with s...
$75.00
Wilson wins the presidential election...
November 10, 1916
Item #669504 SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Nov. 10, 1916 * Woodrow Wilson election * Charles Evans Hughes The banner headline proclaims: "WILSON RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT ON FACE OF RETURNS" with various s...
$58.00
By and for brewery and soft drink workers...
Item #649248 BREWERY & SOFT DRINK WORKERS' JOURNAL, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918 An interesting folio size newspaper for members of the: "International Union of United Brewery & Soft Drink Workers" fro...
$29.00
Progressing towards Prohibition...
July 03, 1919
Item #674035 THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, July 3, 1919 * Headed towards prohibition * Liquor - beer to be abolished The top of the first column reports on the progress towards Prohibition: "...
$32.00
Rabbis reject Palestine as Jewish homeland... Cox-Roosevelt Presidential Ticket...
July 07, 1920
Item #679215 THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1920 * Central Conference of American Rabbis * Rejects labelling Palestine as Jewish homeland * The Cox-Roosevelt Democratic Ticket The middle of page 10 has: &q...
$65.00
Creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
November 11, 1921
Item #679194 CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Illinois, Nov. 11, 1921 * Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The front page has a 4 image series depicting a famous poem, "The Colors", 1st publishe...
$125.00
First Olympics under International Olympic Committee...
January 26, 1924
Item #678284 THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 26, 1924 * 1st winter Olympics held * Chamonix France This issue has a one column headlines on page 9 that includes: "OLYMPIC ICE GAMES OPEN AT CHAMONIX", "Hi...
$48.00
Very early Boy Scout magazine...
March 15, 1924
Item #673919 THE SCOUT, London, March 15, 1924 An early issue of the Boy Scout magazine, and noted in the masthead: "Founded by Sir Robert Baden-Powell" who is credited with founding the Boy Scouts. This w...
$28.00
Neat title... "THE MOSQUITO"...
March 21, 1925
Item #679273 THE MOSQUITO, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, March 21, 1925 A curious little newspaper which appears to be the combination of the Middlesex Plain Dealer and the Perth Amboy Press. Filled mostly with local news ...
$8.00
Charles Linbergh's 1927 ticker tape parade...
June 13, 1927
Item #679282 THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1927 * Great Charles Lindbergh welcome home * Ticker tape parade in New York City The front page has a three column headline: "COL. LINDBERGH, ...
$34.00
Richard Byrd's Trans-Atlantic Flight....
July 01, 1927
Item #678299 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...
$48.00
Unusual death of the world's third richest man...
July 05, 1928
Item #674670 TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, July 5, 1928 Page 8 has a column-wide report on the death of renounced Belgian financier Alfred Loewenstein, at the time the third richest man in the world: "Low...
$48.00
From the Panama Canal Zone...
March 18, 1931
Item #673928 THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, March 18, 1931 A little magazine noted as the: "Official Publication of the Panama Canal" with a wealth of data concerning the canal and its ...
$17.00
HMS M2 disaster... British submarine sinks...
January 27, 1932
Item #678285 THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 27, 1932 * HMS M2 disaster * Royal Navy aircraft-carrying submarine The front page has a two column, 2 line headline: "British Submarine Fails to Rise; Fifty-four Men o...
$45.00
Kate Gleason's death... The "Madame Curie of machine tools"...
January 10, 1933
Item #679341 THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1933 * Catherine Anselm "Kate" Gleason death * American engineer & businesswoman The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "KATE GLEASON, ENGIN...
$40.00
Working towards ending Prohibition...
February 17, 1933
Item #674560 FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, February 17, 20, and the "Extra" of the 20th, 1933 * 18th Amendment - prohibition end imminent * House votes to repeal - 21st Amendment - Blaine Act ...
$62.00
Death of Billy Sunday...
November 07, 1935
Item #678286 THE OMAHA BEE - NEWS, Nov. 7, 1935 * Billy Sunday death (1st report) * Baseball player & evangelist The front page has a seven column headline: "BILLY SUNDAY, EVANGELIST, IS DEAD", wi...
$75.00
Adolf Hitler opens the 1936 Summer Olympics...
August 01, 1936
Item #679222 FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 1, 1936 * Olympics open in front of the Nazi Party The front page has a three column, three line headline: "Olympic Games Given Rousing Sendo...
$64.00
Jesse Owens wins olympic gold in 1936....
August 04, 1936
Item #680481 THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1936 * Jesse Owens Olympic gold * United States dominance * In front of Adolph Hitler & Reich This 18 page newspaper has on...
$55.00
Hitler Takes Czech Lands...
October 03, 1938
Item #676637 THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Oct. 3, 1938 * Current day Czechoslovakia * Nazis - Adolph Hitler The front page has a two column headline: "GENERAL PEACE PACT PROPOSED AS ...
$38.00
A Jewish homeland in Ethiopia?... Doc Barker killed...
January 15, 1939
Item #674550 PACIFIC EMPRESS, "A Newspaper Printed & Published Daily Aboard Canadian Pacific Steamships", Jan. 15, 1939 A rather rare, small newspaper with the bkpg. having: "Jews Reject Il Duce'...
$45.00
Lou Gehrig ends his 2,130 game streak...
May 03, 1939
Item #674533
THE NORWICH SUN, Connecticut, May 3, 1939
* Lou Gehrig's games played streak ends (1st report)
* New York Yankees - Major league baseball
The sports page has a two line, 2 column head: &
...
$94.00
"NAZIS DESTROYED IN FRENCH ATTACK" - WAR EXTRA! 9 A.M. Final...
June 12, 1940
Item #679987 LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, June 12, 1940 (9 A.M. Final Edition) * Great WWII reporting! * War Extra The top of the front page has: "WAR EXTRA", followed by the dramatic 2-line, full-...
$48.00
Report on Pearl Harbor, in a pro-Nazi newspaper...
December 10, 1941
Item #679446 EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Dec. 10, 1941 * Rare German occupation title * Bombing of Pearl Harbor * World War II - WWII A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an...
$65.00
50 issues with World War II content...
Item #649270 (50) WORLD WAR II -- A lot of fifty issues each with front page war headlines. Folio-size; nice for resale or for someone wishing to begin a collection. The issues may have edge tears and/or a rough left ...
$140.00
A World War II newspaper from the Navy Yard...
January 01, 1944
Item #649240 BEACON, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1944 A military paper produced at the Navy Yard, which was a major site for not only the building of new warships but also the repair of vessels damaged in the war. As woul...
$9.00
Allied propaganda newspaper dropped from planes...
August 18, 1944
Item #674798 NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, Aug. 18, 1944 * Very rare WWII air drop issue A most fascinating single sheet newspaper, which translates to "News For The Troops", published by the...
$49.00
For those who objected to the war...
October 01, 1944
Item #673927 THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR, New York, October, 1944 * Rare anti-World War II title As the title suggests, this newspaper from the midst of World War II espoused non-participation by being a cons...
$32.00
A broadside "newspaper" covering World War II...
October 13, 1944
Item #674074 TEL-PICS, New York, a lot of five issues: Sept. 18, 28, 30; Oct. 4, 13, 1944 * Rare World War II photo broadsides This was a broadside (printed on one side only) newspaper originally meant to be displ...
$42.00
Fantastic broadside on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt...
April 12, 1945
Item #680012 THE SCIO TRIBUNE--EXTRA !, Linn County, Oregon, April 12, 1945 * Very unusual broadside extra * Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR death * Great for display The photos tells it all. We have never see...
$157.00
Military newspaper printed in the jungles of New Guinea...
October 06, 1945
Item #649247
GUINEA GOLD, "Australian Edition", Oct. 6, 1945 On November 19, 1942, Australian and U.S. troops fighting Japanese invaders in the New Guinea jungle read the first issue of "Guinea Gold&
...
$22.00
Young evangelist Bill Graham prays with the president Truman...
July 15, 1950
Item #678870 THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 15, 1950 * Young evangelist Billy Graham's 1st White House visit * Prays with President Harry Truman at the White House * Would become the spiritual advisor...
$98.00
Bob Feller pitches his third no-hitter....
July 02, 1951
Item #673984 CENTRE DAILY TIMES, State College & Bellefonte, Pa., July 2, 1951 Near the top of the sports page is: "Feller In 3rd No-Hitter" and: "Pitchers Excel in Top Tests". The report begin...
$35.00
Most runs in a single inning - 1953 Boston Red Sox...
June 19, 1953
Item #679281 TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, June 19, 1953 This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 14: "Bosox Break Seven Records In 23-2 Romp" with box scores. (see) Thi...
$29.00
James Dean... one of the best to be had on the iconic teen actor...
September 29, 1955
Item #692762 MOTION PICTURE DAILY, Sept. 29, 1955 * James Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" advertisement * Perhaps the best to be had on the iconic teen actor * One month prior to it's premier...
$420.00
America's first man in space...
May 06, 1961
Item #674534 THE EVENING TELEGRAM, Herkimer-Illion, New York, May 6, 1961 * Astronaut Alan Shepard * 1st American in space * Mercury-Redstone 3 - Freedom 7 America's first man is space is heralded wi...
$64.00
John F. Kennedy assassinated...
November 22, 1963
Item #649230 ORLANDO EVENING STAR--EXTRA, Florida, November 22, 1963 Certainly to go down in history as one of the more memorable events of the 20th century, this newspaper has a bold banner headline proclaiming the t...
$42.00
Reporting John F. Kennedy's assassination...
November 23, 1963
Item #672486 GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, North Carolina, Nov. 23, 1963 The banner headline announces: "KENNEDY IS ASSASSINATED; PRO-RED HELD AS KILLER" with two related photos. Complete in 2 sections and 22 pag...
$45.00
Two of the best Kennedy assassination issues to be had...
November 23, 1963
Item #649283 (2) THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Nov. 23 & 25, 1963 A terrific pair of issues on the assassination of John F. Kennedy from the city where it happened. Note: While we do offer each of these issues as sta...
$250.00
One of the best Kennedy assassination newspapers to be had...
November 23, 1963
Item #649296
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Nov. 23, 1963 A quite rare & extremely desirable newspaper with a first report on John F. Kennedy's assassination, from the city where it happened.
The two line bold
...
$225.00
Dallas newspaper on the shooting of Oswald...
November 25, 1963
Item #649295
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Dallas, Texas, November 25, 1963 Terrific and most unusual issue, as the entire front page--save for the banner headline: "Night Club Man Kills Oswald -- John F. Kennedy&#
...
$68.00
Rachel Carson dies of cancer...
April 15, 1964
Item #678677 SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 15, 1964 * Rachel Carson dead from cancer * Author of Silent Spring dies The front page has and image and the two column heading: "'Silent Spring' Author...
$120.00
Neil Armstrong steps on the moon in 1969...
July 21, 1969
Item #674380 WAPAKONETA DAILY NEWS, Ohio, July 21, 1969 * Best issue to have on this historic event ? * Neil Armstrong's hometown newspaper A great issue on this significant event as this newspaper is from N...
$500.00
1969 review of the Rolling Stones days after their Madison Square Garden performances...
December 04, 1969
Item #680008 THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, December 4, 1969 * Lengthy review of The Rolling Stones * Post Madison Square Garden concert - 1969 U.S. Tour Advertised on the front page (which...
$88.00
President Richard Nixon "quits"...
August 09, 1974
Item #674160 DAILY NEWS--EXTRA, New York Aug. 9, 1974 A very dramatic front page with over half of it taken up with: "NIXON QUITS". The balance has the official announcement: "President Nixon announced ...
$42.00
Ronald Reagan is inaugurated... Hostages are released...
January 21, 1981
Item #679633 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, North Carolina, January 21, 1981 (1st section) * Ronald Reagan inauguration * Iran hostage crisis ends The front page has a great two-line full banner headline: "Hostage...
$48.00
Premiere weekend of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...
June 17, 1981
Item #679165 LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 17, 1981 The front page of the CALENDAR section has: "'LOST ARK' A RESOUNDING TRIUMPH AT BOX OFFICE", which continues on an inside page which also has a 4 3/4&quo...
$75.00
Ronald Reagan embraced by Black Conservatives...
October 04, 1981
Item #677571 THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 4, 1981 (Magazine Section only) * The New Black Conservatives * Cuba trains up next generation of Marxist This front page has an image of Nathan Wright Jr, Gloria Toote a...
$32.00
War on Iraq begins... In a military newspaper...
January 17, 1991
Item #649286 THE STARS AND STRIPES--EXTRA, "Authorized Unofficial Publication for the U.S. Armed Forces", Jan. 17, 1991 The bold banner headline proclaims: "WAR ERUPTS" and beneath which is: "...
$38.00
Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig's record...
September 07, 1995
Item #649307 THE SUN, Baltimore, September 7, 1995 A very historic issue for the baseball collector, being the Baltimore newspaper reporting Cal Ripken's 2,131st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig's record ...
$28.00
Mark McGwire sets home run record...
September 08, 1998
Item #649220 THE ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH -- STADIUM EXTRA, September 8, 1998 This "Stadium Extra Edition" reports Mark McGwire's breaking of Roger Maris' single season home run record. This issue is ...
$18.00
McGwire breaks Maris' home run record...
September 09, 1998
Item #649306 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Missouri, September 9, 1998 See the photo for a terrific & very displayable headline: "JUBILATION" celebrating Mark McGwire 62nd home run of the season, breaking Rog...
$16.00
Cal Ripken Jr. ends the streak at 2,632...
September 21, 1998
Item #649302 THE SUN, Baltimore, September 21, 1998 This 52 page newspaper contains the report of Cal Ripken Jr. ending his famous streak of consecutive games played. The front page headline reads: "2,632 - Ripke...
$24.00
Death of The Beatles' George Harrison...
November 30, 2001
Item #696264 DAILY NEWS, New York, Nov. 30, 2001 See the photo below for the great front page heading and photo concerning the death of Beatle George Harrison. Lengthy article & many more photos on the inside pages. The...
$28.00
Smallest newspaper in the world...
January 01, 2003
Item #649261 VOSSA SENHORIA, Divinopolis, Brazil, 2003 A fascinating curiosity as this is the smallest newspaper in the world (as recognized by Guinness Book of Records). This monthly newspaper started in 1935 as a so...
$48.00
Death and obituary of Shirley Chisholm...
January 04, 2005
Item #680040 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, January 4, 2005 * Death of Shirley Chisholm * 1st African American Woman elected to the United States Congress Page 10 of Section B has a half-page report on the death...
$225.00
Review & premiere of "The Help", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
August 10, 2011
Item #679145 LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 10, 2011 * Premiere of "The Help" - advertisement and review * Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, and Emma Stone * Multiple award winner A terrific issue on the premie...
$98.00
Review & premiere of "The Color Purple" & "Out of Africa"...
August 10, 2011
Item #679146 LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 10, 2011 * Premiere of "The Color Purple", starring Whoopi Goldberg * Premiere of "Out of Africa", starring Meryl Streep & Robert Redford * Contrasting ...
$120.00
Pre-release color ad for "12 Years a Slave", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
October 13, 2013
Item #679175 LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 13, 2013 (Calendar Section) * Pre-premiere ad for "12 Years a Slave" * Steve McQueen - Chiwetel Ejiofor & Michael Fassbender * Best Picture, Director, Foreign Acto...
$125.00
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