Joe Louis boxing title fight...
Item #585481
January 26, 1939
THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, January 26, 1939
* Joe Louis "Brown Bomber"
* Heavyweight boxing title fight
This 14 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on page 8: "Joe Floors John Henry in 2:29 to Retain Heavyweight Crown" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on Joe Louis knocking out John Henry Lewis in defending his heavyweight boxing ... See More
1998 John Elway Denver Broncos Win Superbowl...
Item #583753
January 26, 1998
THE DENVER POST, Denver, Colorado, January 26, 1998
Note: The Denver Post printed two versions for this date. This is the edition which shows John Elway holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy up in victory.
* Denver Broncos win Super Bowl XXXII
* John Elway & Terrell Davis
* Green Bay Packers
This 100+ page newspaper contains news of the Denver Broncos finally wi... See More
Elway Wins Super Bowl...
Item #583733
January 26, 1998
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS from Denver, dated January 26, 1998. Nice front page and back page (see photos below) headlines and photos of the first Super Bowl title with John Elway leading the way. More inside. A tabloid-size newspaper, in very good condition.
Japanese soldier found in Guam, 1972...
Item #581795
January 26, 1972
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, January 26, 1972
* World War II Japanese Soldier Found in Hiding
* Shoichi Yokoi
This 42 page newspaper has a two line, two column headline on page 6: "WW II Ends on Guam For Japanese Sergeant" with a two column before and after photo of Shoichi Yokoi who was in hiding thinking World War II was still active. Other news of the day throughout. Small bi
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* World War II Japanese Soldier Found in Hiding
* Shoichi Yokoi
This 42 page newspaper has a two line, two column headline on page 6: "WW II Ends on Guam For Japanese Sergeant" with a two column before and after photo of Shoichi Yokoi who was in hiding thinking World War II was still active. Other news of the day throughout. Small bi
Hamilton GA Negroes lynching....
Item #580911
January 26, 1912
VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1912
* Hamilton Ga Georgia
* Negroes lynchings
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "THREE COLORED MEN AND WOMAN LYNCHED" and "Georgia Mob Hangs and Shoots Murder Suspects".
This tells of the lynchings of murder suspects in Hamilton, Georgia. See photos for text here.
Other news of t... See More
Death of Pope Benedict XV...
Item #572957
January 26, 1922
THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, January 26, 1922 This 16 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "POPE'S BODY, INCLOSED IN THREE CASKETS, SOLEMNLY ENTOMBED IN CRYPT OF ST. PETER'S AT ROME" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with some margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
Presidential Candidates... 1820 Census...
Item #572890
January 26, 1822
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 26, 1822 Inside the issue is a report "Next President"... "Pretty work for eight dollars a day!" This article is approximately one full page and includes the names of the those put forth as candidates. The front page and another page inside the issue is reporting on "The Census". Other news of the government and of day... See More
Kingston WV mine disaster....
Item #572426
January 26, 1929
ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, January 26, 1929
* Kingston WV West Virginia
* Coal mine explosion disaster
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "17 ENTOMBED BY GAS BLAST IN COAL MINE" and "Flame Shoots from Shaft With Force Enough to Raze House" and more. This tells of the Kingston Pocahontas Coal company mine explosion in West Virg... See More
1st coast to coast commercial jet flight...
Item #565393
January 26, 1959
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, January 26, 1959
* 1st coast to coast commercial jet flight
* Airplane - aviation
This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 19: "Huge Passenger Jet 'Shrinks' U.S. in Half". Tells of the very first coast to coast commercial jet flight from Los Angeles to New York City.
Other news of the day throughout. Some sp... See More
Chile Earthquake in 1939...
Item #563363
January 26, 1939
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, January 26, 1939
* Massive earthquake in Chile
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Total of the Dead May Go Up to 12,000" and "Estimate Given by Airmen Flying Over Quake Region".
Other news of the day throughout. Lightly browned with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
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* Massive earthquake in Chile
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Total of the Dead May Go Up to 12,000" and "Estimate Given by Airmen Flying Over Quake Region".
Other news of the day throughout. Lightly browned with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
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1st Tarzan film ever made ad...
Item #563129
January 26, 1918
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, January 26, 1918
* Opening day of the very 1st Tarzan film ever made ad
* From the city where it was 1st shown
This 22 page newspaper has a very significant film advertisement on page 11 the film: "TARZAN of the Apes".
This ad is for the very 1st Tarzan film ever made on the opening day at the Broadway Theater in New York City making it the ver... See More
Nathan Sharp... Shaker Establishment...
Item #557328
January 26, 1836
SALEM GAZETTE, Salem, Massachusetts, January 26, 1836
* Uncommon title
* Shakers establishment
Page 3 has a report from the "Zanesville (Ohio) Gazette" that states, in part: "Nathan Sharp, the great head of the Shaker establishment, near Lebanon, has taken one of the sisters to wife..." and absconded with a large sum of money & mortgaged the Shak... See More
first Israeli elections...
Item #554837
January 26, 1949
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, New York, January 26, 1949
* 1st Israeli elections...
* First Knesset...
* Davis Ben-Gurion...
This 50 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that: "EARLY ISRAEL VOTE PUTS LABOR AHEAD"; "Premier's Party and United Workers' Group Share Lead in 37 Villages Tallied".
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, ... See More
Daniel Webster's wife dies...
Item #549252
January 26, 1828
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, January 26, 1828
* Daniel Webster's wife's death
Listed among the page 3 obituaries is one that begins: "In New-York, on Monday Morning last, Mrs. Grace Webster, consort of the Hon. Daniel Webster, Member of the Senate of the United States, From Massachusetts. Her remains are to be removed to this City for interment..." and more, ... See More
Item #547006
January 26, 1944
PM DAILY, New York, N.Y., dated January 26, 1944.
Headlines on the frontpage read "Philip Wylie Answers Pegler on Anti-Semitism - Author Writes on What This Country Would Be Like Without Jews" "Darlanism in S. America" " Dewey vs. FDR - It Would Be A Pleasure".The paper features other war news and stories of the day.
This is a complete issue and is in good con... See More
President Roosevelt making a speech...
Item #177429
January 26, 1907
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 26, 1907
1864 Slavery and the War....
Item #216035
January 26, 1864
THE NEW YORK TIMES from New York, NY and dated January 26, 1864.
* Slavery and the War
* Slavery and the War
* Kentucky and Tennessee
This 8 page newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this very historic time in U.S. history. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes the foll
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1872 Wilmington, North Carolina....
Item #213840
January 26, 1872
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Wilmington, North Carolina, January 26, 1872.
* An Act to Alter the Constitution of North Carolina
* Cape Fear
This 4 page issue is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper. This issue has news of the day and several interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then. Some of the headlines in this issue inclu
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* An Act to Alter the Constitution of North Carolina
* Cape Fear
This 4 page issue is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper. This issue has news of the day and several interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then. Some of the headlines in this issue inclu
Sunday School...
Item #206847
January 26, 1856
SUNDAY SCHOOL ADVOCATE, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1856 Mostly religious-related content, with a few illustrations and a nice religious-themed masthead. Quarto-size, 8 pgs., traces of foxing. Uncut.
Civil Rights at Union College...
Item #206693
January 26, 1859
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 26, 1859 On pg. 7 under "Equal Rights At Union College" is a letter which asks if the college, "endorsed by the state", can refuse the admission of a "young colored man", despite his stellar qualifications. Says the college president asked the junior class to make the decision who, by a majority of ten, voted in favor of admission, but he ... See More
Queen Victoria...
Item #177081
January 26, 1901
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 26, 1901 Front page illustration of General Christian de Wet by Carlston; The Filipino Petition; Washington and Lee University; full page illustration of "Wall Street During the Recent Activity in Stocks"; full page cartoon rendering "The Adventures of the Three Young Clubmen..."; The New York Yacht Club's New Home;and... See More
Item #203909
January 26, 1889
THE CHRISTIAN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, January 26, 1889. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Soldiers stuck in the mud...
Item #201958
January 26, 1863
THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 26, 1863
* The Army of the Potomac stuck in the mud
This 8 page newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this very historic time in U.S. history. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes the following headlines: " The Army Of The Potomac"... See More
Views of Princeton College...
Item #175990
January 26, 1895
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 26, 1895 Full front page illus. of "The Launch of the New Lake Steamer 'North Land,' at Cleveland, Ohio, January 5, 1895." Inside is a 1/4 pg. portrait of "Franxois Felix Faure." Full pg. illus. of "The Street-Car Strike in Brooklyn."
Full pg. containing three illus. of "The War in the East - Shanghai and Its ... See More
West side of New York City...
Item #175364
January 26, 1889
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 26, 1889 Nice doublepage centerfold: 'The Transformation of the West Side of New York City' shows many scenes. Nice fullpg: 'San Rafael & the Golden Gate' shows 6 illus.
Complete in twenty pages.
Baseball on ice skates...
Item #174842
January 26, 1884
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 26, 1884 Full ftpg. print: "Through Burning Oil" shows a fast moving train. Halfpg. print: "The West Shore Railway Terminus on the Hudson River". 2 full page print: "Embarrassment" and "The New York Fanciers' Club Show, Madison Square Garden" which shows has several smaller prints. Halfpg: "Baseball on Sk... See More
Fox hunt in Queens County, New York...
Item #174212
January 26, 1878
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 26, 1878 Nice fullpg. Th. Nast: 'Secretary Of The Interior Investigating The Indian Bureau'. Nice fullpg: 'Police Athletics' Great fullpg. Nast: 'Stand From Under' shows an injured & falling Republican elephant. Nice fullpg: 'A Queens County, Long Island, Fox Hunt'
Wreck of the "Islander"... Honorable Roscoe Conkling...
Item #173062
January 26, 1867
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 26, 1867. Front 1/4 pg. illus. of "Hon. Roscoe Conkling, New York Senator Elect." Also a 1/3 pg. illus. of "Rescue of the Crew of the Wrecked Tug "Islander"." Inside contains many illus. pertaining to "The Mine Explosion in England" including "...The Explosion," "...Descent of Volunteers," "...D... See More
Nice Charleston issue...
Item #172436
January 26, 1861
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 26, 1861 The front page shows: "The Prayer at Sumter". Other prints inside include: "Firing on the 'Star of the West' from the South Carolina Battery on Morris Island" "Group of Guns & Gun Carriages Dismantled by Major Anderson at Fort Moultrie" "Battery at Fort Moultrie, Bearing on Fort Sumter", a full p... See More
Item #151870
January 26, 1889
THE LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE from Leominster, Massachusetts and dated: January 26, 1889. This newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper used during this time in history. This 4 page issue contains news of the day and several interesting advertisements that shows what life was like at this time.
Guiteau found guilty...
Item #150578
January 26, 1882
THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, January 26, 1882 First column heads on the front page: "Guilty As Indicted" "The Murderer of Garfield Condemned" "The Jury Did Its Work In Thirty Minutes" "The Assassin Indignant and Denounces the Verdict as an 'Outrage' ". Heads in the next column: "A Rush For Guiteau" "He Talks Coolly Of The Verdi... See More
Item #140911
January 26, 1865
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN from Albany, New York and dated: January 26, 1865. This newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper used during this time in history. This 16 page issue contains news of the day and several interesting advertisements that shows what life was like at this time. This farming newspaper contains agricultural news.
Item #140229
January 26, 1865
WORCESTER DAILY TRANSCRIPT, Massachusetts January 26, 1865 This 4 page newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this very historic time in U.S. history. This issue is loaded with advertisements and short Civil War reports on inside pages from the day it was first reported that include the following reports: SEE PHOTO! and more from other areas during the w... See More
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