On the new town of Manayunk, Pennsylvania...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 1, 1827  



 * "Flat Rock" becomes Manayunk, Philadelphia



Page 2 has an interesting article headed: "Manayunk", previously known as Flat Rock, which is a nice article on this town just north of Philadelphia.

It notes: "This new village at 'Flat Rock' on the Schuylkill, near Phila., has five cotton mills...e... See More  

THE WHO 1976 MSG concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, March 1, 1976



*  The Who - English rock band - group

* "The Who by Numbers Tour" advertisement

* Madison Square Garden concert (sold out)

* Roger Daltrey - Pete Townsend - Keith Moon



Page 85 has a full page advertisement for a "THE WHO" concert at Madison Square Garden.

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1970's Pinball Machines craze...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July Aug. 2, 1976



* Pinball machines craze of the 70's

* Solid-state era - microprocessors

* Electronic gaming in it's infancy



The front page has a heading: "Crazy About PINBALL!..." Pages 14 & 15 has a editorial on the current craze for pinball machines that was entering the solid-state era in the gaming indust... See More  

1975 Jayne County... glam punk rock... Craig Russell...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 6, 1975



* Jayne (Wayne) County at the Coventry ad

* First openly transgender rock music singer

* Glam proto-punk foul mouthed songwriter

* Craig Russell (Canadian actor) female impersonator

* Trude Heller's Club performance advertisement



Page 44 has two advertisements for upcoming performances by "WAYNE COUNTY ... See More  

Wall Street Journal from the Great Depression...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, San Francisco, California, November 23, 1931



* Original from the Great Depression



This newspaper has business news, charts, stock quotes and more throughout during a time in American history that was not so promising. Get a first hand look at what was going on in the business World during this dark time.

Complete with 8 pages, light even toning, a few tiny binding h... See More  

1975 "Great American Music Fair" festival ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, August 4, 1975



* "Great American Music Fair" festival advertisement

* Syracuse, New York - Beach Boys - Doobie Brothers

* America - Jefferson Starship and more



Page 85 has a nice full page advertisement for the upcoming "GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC FAIR" at the New York State fairgrounds in Syracuse. (see images)

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1976 Democrat politician Wayne Hays sex scandal...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 14, 1976



* Ohio Democrat politician Wayne Hays

* Sex scandal with secretary Elizabeth Ray



The front page has a headline: "Sexual Politics: WAYNE HAYS MUST GO" with a piece on the scandal that begins on page 13 with related photo. See images for portion of the text.

wikipedia notes: In May 1976, the Washington Post brok... See More  

Washington Square Village sold... Moondog ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 26, 1963  



* Washington Square Village sold

* New York University buys

* Moondog - Louis Thomas Hardin

* Blind composer, Musician, performer

* Greenwich Village performance advertisement



The front page has a heading: "NYU IS Top Landowner, Buys Washington Sq. Village" Article continues on multiple inside pages.

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Meletius IV of Constantinople death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30 1935



* Meletius IV of Constantinople

* Greek Patriarch of Alexandria

* Emmanuel Metaxakis  death



The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "GREEK PATRIARCH, 65, DEAD IN EGYPT" with subheads and photo. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high qualit... See More  

United States about to enter WWI...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 28, 1917



* World War I - WWI

* America close to entering

* Great headline for display



The front page has a nice banner headline: "INSISTS GERMANY MAKING WAR" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display.

Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile fro... See More  

Partition of India in 1947...

THE DETROIT NEWS, August 16, 1947



* Partition of India (2nd report)

* India and Pakistan independence



The front page has a one column heading: "Jew, Arab Are Killed in Clashes" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on the recent partition of the British Indian Empire into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India.

Complete with 22 pages, rag edition in nice condition. ... See More  

1850 Magazine by the famed Charles Dicken...

HOUSEHOLD WORDS, London, England, June 29, 1850



* Charles Dickens publication



This 24 page issue is in nice condition and measures 6 x 9 inches. This was a weekly journal which was conducted by Charles Dickens as noted in the masthead. This magazine has mainly literary reading (stories, poems etc.), some by Charles Dickens himself.



wikipedia notes: "On 21st January 1846 Charles Dick... See More  

1931 Adolph Hitler's Nazi movement... Al Capone...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, October 13, 1931



* Adolph Hitler accused of high treason by communists

* Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) men

* Nazi movement prior to Hitler's coming to power

* Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone's tax evasion trial



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DEMAND TRIAL OF HITLER FOR 'HIGH TREASON'&qu... See More  

1927 Gallup, New Mexico...

THE GALLUP HERALD, New Mexico, Aug. 18, 1927



* McKinley County - Native Americans population

* "Heart of Indian Country" Navajo, Hopi & Zuni tribes

* 6th Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial - notice



The top of front page has a banner notice for a upcoming event: "Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial--Gallup's Big Annual Show--Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, August 24, 25 an... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied exterminations - Gassing tests

* New Britain Campaign begins w/ U.S. troops ashore



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. TROOPS INVADE NEW BRITAIN, WIN FOOTHOLD"  with subheads that include: "Americans Ashore" and more.

Page 3 has small one column he... See More  

Prohibition begins in 1920 America...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 25, 1920



* 1st year of prohibition in America

* Fight on crime in gangland Chicago

* Pre Al 'Scarface' Capone era

* No beer liquor - nice headline for display



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U.S. AND STATE SMASH RUM" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Great to have framed at any local bar. This is what threw Chicago into... See More  

Wiley Post's sets record as first solo around-the-world pilot...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1933 



* Aviator Wiley Post - airplane pilot

* First person to fly solo around the world 

* The landing in New York City (1st report)



The top of the front page has a 4 column headline: "POST ARRIVES SAFELY IN NEW YORK, CIRCLING WORLD IN 7 DAYS, 19 HOURS; MOLLISONS ARE FLYING THE ATLANTIC" with many subheads and related photo. More on this on... See More  

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  

1st Arab summit... defending Palestine from Jews...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 31, 1946



* First Arab League Summit - Inshas, Egypt

* Defending Palestine from Jewish immigration



The front page has a six column heading: "Arabs United to Keep Jews Out" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with all 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.



Note: The first Arab summit in modern history was the product... See More  

Adolf Hitler seizing power in Germany...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Oct. 12, 1931 



* Early Adolph Hitler

* Pre-Nazi Germany

* Bruning government



The front page has a very early report on the ascendancy of Hitler and his Nazi party with one column heading: "HITLER WOULD BE GERMAN 'IL DUCE'" with subhead and photo. (see images)

This was before Hitler came to national power as Chancellor of G... See More  

1939 Wizard of Oz debut... opening day...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., Sept. 29, 1939



* "The Wizard of Oz" premiere

* Opening week advertisement

* Judy Garland and more

* World War II beginning



Page 21 has a advertisement in early film history. See images for a 4 x 4 inch ad for the opening week of "The Wizard of Oz" in Taunton, Massachusetts. (see images) This film opened in Taunton just 2 days earlier.

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Battle of Arawe... New Britain campaign...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 19, 1943



* Battle of Arawe - Operation Director

* New Britain campaign - Australia

* Territory of Papua and New Guinea

* United States Marine Corps - U.S. Marines



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ALLIES MAKE NEW GAINS AT ARAWE, AND FELL 10 MORE ENEMY PLANES" with subheads and photo of U.S. Marines landing ashore. (see images)

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1935 Adolph Hitler starts to build Nazi army...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 20, 1935



* re. Treaty of Versaillies broken by Germany

* Adolph Hitler starts military buildup (draft)

* Prelude to World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "'STEEL RING' TO HEM GERMANY" with subheads. (see images) Much more on the following pages. Related photo and heading on the back page.

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Rare 19h century women's suffrage newspaper...

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL, Boston, Oct. 16, 1880 



* Rare publication

* Women's suffrage



Rare women's suffrage paper founded in 1870, produced by--among others--Lucy Stone, Alice Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, and Mary Livermore. Published: "...to the interests of Woman, to her educational, industrial, legal & political Equality, & especially to her right of Suffrage&quo... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1674...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 24, 1674



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* Hold something in your hand 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