By the famed Isaiah Thomas in 1795...

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, June 24, 1795



* 18th century American publication



Published  by Isaiah Thomas, perhaps the most famous printer of the 18th century, and whose collection became the foundation of the American Antiquarian Society. Handsome masthead makes this a displayable newspaper.

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Jewish Holocaust coming to light after the war...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 14, 1945



* Jewish holocaust revelations 

* Nazi prison guards sentenced to hanged

* Dachau concentration camp 

* German General Anton Dostler execution photo



The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "36 DACHAU KILLERS TO DIE BY HANGING" with subhead.

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THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 16, 1936



* Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg ousted

* Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg coup

* Prelude to the 1938 Austria Anschluss



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "AUSTRIA ENDS STARHEIMBERG FASCIST ARMY" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)

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Scottsboro Boys rape case ends in 1937...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1937



* Scottsboro Boys case ends w/ release

* African American teenagers - Negroes



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCOTTSBORO CASE ENDS AS 4 GO FREE; 2 MORE GET PRISON" with subheads. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.



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Battle of Shanghai in 1937...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., Sept. 18, 1937



* Battle of Shanghai - China 

* Yellow River flood waters as defense

* Pre- Nanjing - Nanking air raid bombing

* Imperial Japanese Army

* Second Sino-Japanese War



The front page has a three column heading: "CHINESE TURN FLOOD WATERS ON JAPS TO HALT N. CHINA DRIVE" with subheads. (see images) 

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Leopold - Loeb case... Bobby Franks murder...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 2, 1924



* Leopold & Loeb trial

* Bobby Franks murder

* Thrill Killing case



The top of the front page has a one column heading on the Leopold - Loeb case with: "SAYS LOEB WAS 'MENTALLY ILL'" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 18 pages, light toning, some margin wear, generally good. Should be handled with care.



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1941 Army-Navy game... college football...

SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of The Detroit Free Press November 30, 1941



* The Army-Navy game

* College football rivalry

* West Point vs. Annapolis

* Attack on Pearl Harbor close



The top of the front page of this section has a banner headline: "98,924 See Navy Roar from Behind to Hand Army 14-6 Defeat" with subheads, related photo, stats and lineups. Pearl Harbor would be attacked t... See More  

Emma Goldman is arrested in 1901...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 10, 1901



* Emma Goldman hunted

* Anarchists - anarchy

* Assassin Leon Czolgosz

* re. William McKinley shooting



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ARRESTED ANARCHISTS" with subheads. Also on the front page is: "McKINLEY'S RECOVERY" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being f... See More  

Men to set the boundary line between New York & New Jersey...

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 17, 1770  Almost the entire front page is taken up with a report headed: "The History of Dueling", being a review of a book.

The back page has an: "Extract of a Letter From New York" concerning several men chosen as commissioners: "...for settling the boundary line between the Colonies of New York and New Jersey, met at Hartford...... See More  

1939 Chicago Auto Show....

SECTION 5 (Automobiles) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 5, 1939 The front page has a banner headline: "40TH ANNUAL CHICAGO AUTO SHOW OPENS" with the entire section devoted to the Automotive industry with new innovations and many photos. Great reading. This particular auto show featured the very first car with air conditioning. 

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Evangelist Dwight L. Moody 1876 sermon...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 20, 1876



* Evangelist Dwight L. Moody's sermon

* Preaches at P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome



The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "THE REVIVAL" with subhead. Text takes up over a full column.

Other news of the day. Complete with all 8 pages, small archival mend at the top of page 2, nice condition.



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Adolf Hitler as Führer... Europe trembles...

SECTION 8 only of the New York Times, August 12, 1934



* Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany

* Europe braces itself for possible war



The front page of this section has a banner headline: "WAR OR PEACE?--EUROPE'S BALANCE SHEET" with subhead, 3 related photos and map. 1934 was a very tumultuous time in Germany with the recent appointment of Adolph Hitler as ... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1681...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, July 21, 1681



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century

* Unique gift idea for that history buff



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As wa... See More  

Bobby Jones wins U.S. amateur title photos...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, September 23, 1928



* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones

* Brae Burn Country Club - golf

* United States Amateur Championship



This 14 page section has various photos throughout including 4 on the United States Amateur golf championship at the Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Massachusetts. These photos are featured on page 2 of this rotogravure se... See More  

THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 11, 1948



* Swarm of Birds - bizarre incident 

* Empire State Building strike

* Mass nocturnal migration tragedy



The front page has a two column heading: "Bird Swarm Killed as Big Flight Rams Empire State Bldg." (see images)

Complete with 22 pages, rag edition in nice condition. Some small binding holes along the spine. 



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1912 Kinmundy, Illinois train wreck...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., Jan. 22, 1912



* Kinmundy, Illinois train wreck

* James T. Harahan killed

* Illinois Central Railroad



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "PROMINENT RAILROAD OFFICIALS MEET DEATH ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL" with subheads. (see images) Twelve pages, light toning, some margin wear, generally good. Should be handled with care.



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1929 Amelia Earhart speed record...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 23, 1929



* Female aviator Amelia Earhart

* Airplane speed record in L.A.



Page 12 has a somewhat discrete report with one column heading: "Miss Earhart Gets Women's Speed Mark" with subhead. (see image) 

Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition.



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Lengthy report on the national currency... Seizure of Florida...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 18, 1820  Taking over 3 pages is a continued report from the  Secretary of the Treasury on the "National Currency". Also within is over a page on the: "Seizure of the Floridas" followed by: "The Slave Question". Nearly 4 pages of reports from "Congress" as well.

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Eugene Burton Ely... First shipboard airplane landing fame...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 25, 1911



* Aviator pioneer Eugene Burton Ely

* 1st shipboard airplane landing fame

* USS Pennsylvania cruiser

* Predecessor to the modern day aircraft carrier

* City of San Diego visit announcement 



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ELY, WHO MADE FAMOUS WARSHIP FLIGHT, COMES TO SAN DIEGO ON FRIDAY" with subheads (s... See More  

1948 Nanjing crisis... China communists...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 19, 1948



* Nanking - Nanjing, China crisis - Civil War

* Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government

* Communist People’s Liberation Army (PLA)



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "China Reds Rout Army at Nanking" with subhead. (see images)

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1936 McAlester prison break... Hindenburg airship...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, May 14, 1936



* McAlester, Oklahoma prison convicts break

* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship

* Returns home after 1st American visit



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "1 SLAIN, 11 SHOT IN WILD BREAK BY 24 CONVICTS" with subhead. (see images)

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1943 USS Ranger sinking hoax by Germany...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1943



* USS Ranger (CV-4) sinking hoax by Nazis

* United States Navy aircraft carrier - WWII



The front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS SAY U-BOAT SANK U.S.S. RANGER" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in great condition.



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Albert Einstein 1st visit to Caltech...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, January 4, 1931



* Professor Albert Einstein

* California Institute of Technology

* Theory of General Relativity



The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Dr. Einstein Consults California Physicists" with subhead. (see)

Complete 2nd section only with all 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition. 



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Cuban missile crisis in it's infancy...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 14, 1962 



* Cuban missile crisis beginning

* Cold War - Soviet Union

* Warning of Soviet troops



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "No Present 'Serious Threat' In Cuba, President Declares" with subheads. (see images) This was during the initial landings by Soviet troops and their equipment. 

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Helen Hicks wins 1931 U.S. Amateur golf champiopnship...

SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Sept. 27, 1931



* Women's golfer Helen Hicks victory 

* U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship 

* Grover Cleveland Golf Course - Buffalo 



The top of the front page of this section has a banner headline: "HELEN HICKS WINS, 2 AND 1; QUEEN OF U.S. GOLF" with subhead. (see images)

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