Richard E. Byrd Transatlantic flight in 1927....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 2, 1927



* Richard Evelyn Byrd crash landing

* Transatlantic flight - photos



The front page has a nice banner headline: "Noville Tells of Ghostly Flight Amid Perils' Last Drop of Gas Gone, Says Byrd of Crash" with many subheads and photos of the men involved. (see images) More on the following pages, loads of text.

Incomplete issue containing 16 of the... 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  

The Beatles come to Shea Stadium in 1966...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 11, 1966



* The Beatles visit to New York City editorial

* Liverpool, England rock band - counterculture music

* John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr & George Harrison

* Lenny Bruce drug overdose death - memorial

* Stand-up comedian - satirist - obscene comedy



Page 9 has a editorial on The Beatles' recent visit to New York C... 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  

1946 Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 30, 1946



* Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee

* Automobiles - cars - trucks - Henry Ford

* Only in a Detroit publication (very rare)



The front page has a headline: "JUBILEE GRANDSTAND FALLS; SCORE INJURED" with subhead. and related photo.  (see images) A few more related photos are on the back page.

Complete with 22 pages, light toning and some we... 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  

J. Robert Oppenheimer loses security clearance...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 2, 1954



* Manhattan Project pioneer  - Atomic weapons

* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

* Loses clearance for nation's atomic secrets



The front page has a banner headline: "OPPENHEIMER LOSES APPEAL TO ESCAPE 'RISK' TAG'" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 40 page... See More  

The death of Benito Mussolini...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 30, 1945 



* Benito Mussolini assassinated (1st report)

* National Fascist Party - Duce of Fascism

* World War II Italy



The front page has a three column heading: "MUSSOLINI KILLED" with subhead and photo showing Mussolini laying dead on the ground. (see images) More on page 6.

Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in great condition. ... See More  

1912 Floyd Allen gang... Hillsville, Virginia...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 26, 1912



* Floyd Allen clan - gang hunted

* Hillsville VA Virginia

* Courthouse shootout



The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CLOSE ON THE HEELS OF THE ALLEN GANG" with subhead. (see images) 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  

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.

Complete ... See More  

1942 USS Lexington (CV-16) launching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1942



* USS Lexington (CV-16) launching

* Essex-class aircraft carrier "The Blue Ghost"

* World War II - United States Navy

* Battle of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf fame



The front page has a three column photo with heading: "Namesake Of The Lost Lexington Is Launched" with brief text. The top of page 45 has a one column heading: "... See More  

Kennedy assassination report in a Dallas newspaper...

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Nov. 23, 1963 



* President John F. Kennedy JFK assassination

* From the city where he was assassinated

* Slightly 2nd rate with minor right margin wear



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 banner headline proclaims: "KENNEDY SLAIN O... See More  

1943 Operation Galvanic.. Tawara & Makin Islands...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Nov. 22, 1943



* Operation Galvanic - World War II

* Battles of Tawara and Makin Islands

* Gilbert Islands - Pacific Theatre - WWII

* United States Marines Corps. Betio landing



The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering that announces: "BIG CENTRAL PACIFIC DRIVE IS UNDER WAY!" with subheads and related map. Nice for display. Aerial view ... See More  

Charles Birger execution....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1928



* Gangster Charles Birger hanging - execution

* Prohibition era bootlegger - charged w/ murder



Page 25 has a smaller one column heading: "Last Illinois Hanging Sends Birger To Doom" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage the execution of Charles Birger for the murder of Mayor Joseph Adams. Always nice to have notable events in history r... See More  

Review & premiere of "Schindler's List", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 15, 1993



* Best "Schindler's List" advertisement

* Steven Spielberg - Liam Neeson

* Grand Opening Day premiere



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Schindler's List" and perhaps no better newspaper could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area&#... See More  

Apollo 9 pre Moon landing mission...

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 7, 1969



* Apollo 9 spaceflight mission success

* Prelude to the Moon landing (Apollo 11)

* Testing the Lunar Module & other procedures



The front page has a four column heading: "Red Rover Recovers, Takes Walk in Space" with related photo. (see images) I suspect this to be a very rare item as the actual Moon landing a few m... See More  

Colombian drug lord killed...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 16, 1989



* Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha assassination

* Colombian drug lord - narcoterrorism

* Medellín Cartel - "Don Sombrero"



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Colombian Police Kill Drug Lord" with subhead and photo of Gacha. (see images) First report coverage continues inside.

Complete with all major sections (150+ ... See More  

Start of World War II close...

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 27, 1939 



* World War II about to start

* Adolph Hitler defying World 

* Poland attacked in 4 days



The front page has a nice banner headline: "QUEST FOR PEACE CONTINUES" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside. Germany would attack Poland 4 days later, starting World War II.

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"The Order" white supremacist leader killed...

SUN-TIMES, Dec. 10, 1984



* Racist leader Robert Jay Mathews killed

* The Order - white supremacist group

* Neo-Nazi terrorist organization

* Whidbey Island shootout - Washington



Page 64 has a two column heading: "Suspect's body found in rubble after FBI siege" (see images)

Complete with all 120 pages, light toning along the spine, nice condition.... See More  

America's pull-out of Vietnam...

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 28, 1975 



* Vietnam War ending

* Fall of Saigon imminent

* Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

* Viet Cong besieging the city

* Surrender two days away



The front page has a headline announcing: "Reds drive to edge of Saigon" with related photo. Much more inside.

Tabloid-size, complete with all 120 pages, nice condition.... See More  

Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition... Much on the Pacific Northwest...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 3, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue called "Pacific-Northwest Number". The front page of this issue has an illustration of "Bird's-Eye View of the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition at Seattle."



However, perhaps the most notable article is: "Farthest South", which is of explorer Ernest H. Shackleton's record... See More  

Bobby Fischer to win World Chess Championship....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 24, 1972



* World Chess Championship (1972)

* Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Vasilievich Spassky

* First American to eventually win (game 6)



The front page has a two column heading: "Fischer Surprise Sinks Spassky" First report coverage continues on page 2 with move by move description and illustration of the board. (see images)

I suspect this to be an... See More