A racist newspaper on the trial of the Lincoln conspirators...

NEW YORK WEEKLY DAY-BOOK CAUCASIAN, June 24, 1865  



* Lincoln assassins trial

* Rare pro-white title

* Reconstruction era



A decidedly racist newspaper which began well before the Civil War & lasted a few years after. As such their reporting on war events provide a contrasting perspective beyond most other Northern newspapers.

Among the reports: "The Assassination Trial&... See More  

By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...

THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 16, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after winning the c... See More  

Bonnie and Clyde on the run...

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1955 Udall, Kansas F5 tornado disaster...

THE DETROIT NEWS, May 26, 1955



* Udall, Cowley Co., Kansas

* F5 tornadoes disaster

* Blackwell, Oklahoma



The front page has a banner headline: "65 Die in Tornadoes" with lead-in: "Death of a Town" and subheads & related photo. (see images)

Complete with 80 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in nic... See More  

1970 "Free Huey!" campaign... Black Panthers...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 19, 1970



* Huey P. Newton & the Black Panthers Party

* "Free Huey!" campaign - protest demonstration

* re. the shooting death of a Chicago police officer



The front page has a heading: "Rage of the Panthers: The Ghetto on Trial" with 3 related photos. (see images) Coverage continues inside. Lengthy text.

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Bergen-Belsen concentration camp horrors...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 20, 1945 



* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

* Nazi death factory horrors revealed

* Eyewitness accounts - Jewish Holocaust



Page 5 contains a very compelling article on the holocaust atrocities on the Jews, with the one column heading: "EYEWITNESS TELLS OF BELSEN HORROR" with subhead. (see images)

Complete in 44 pages, rag edition in very nice cond... See More  

Frank Hawks death, pioneer aviator...

NEW YORK TIMES, August 24, 1938



* Aviator Frank Hawks death

* United States Army pilot

* Speed records holder at the time

* Air racer - airplanes - WWI



The front page has a one column heading: "FRANK HAWKS DIES WHEN PLANE FALLS" with subheads. First report coverage continues on page 3 with photo of Hawks. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famou... See More  

1995 death of Donald Pleasence... Halloween films fame...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 3, 1995



* Actor Donald Pleasence death  (1st report)

* Dr. Samuel Loomis - Halloween films

* Michael Myers' psychiatrist for 5 movies



The top of page 18 under: "Obituary" is a four column heading: "Donald Pleasence; Actor Played Tyrants and Tramps" with photo. (see images) Nice to have from the capital of the entertainment industry.

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1979 "THE WHO" MSG concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 11, 1979



* "THE WHO" American rock band - Roger Daltrey

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement

* "Who Are You" album tour minus Keith Moon



Page 69 has a nice full page advertisement for "THE WHO" rock concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

Note: The Who's 1979 concerts at Ma... See More  

Death of Cochise, the Apache Indian chief...

NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1874 



* Tribal Chief Cochise death (1st report)

* Chiricahua Apaches - Indians



The very bottom of the front page has a very brief and discrete report headed: "Death Of The Indian Chief Cochise" with the text reading simply: "Cochise, the famous Apache chief, died on the 9th of June." (see)

Eight pages, light toning at the margins, should be... See More  

Death of Pope Pius XI...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 10, 1939



* Pope Pius XI death (1st report)

* Vatican City, Rome, Italy



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "POPE PIUS IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 81; CARDINALS AT BEDSIDE IN THE VATICAN AS END COMES IN SUDDEN SINKING SPELL" with many subheads and photo of Pius XI. Loads of text continues inside with a few more related photos.

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2012 death of Michael Clarke Duncan...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 3, 2012



* South Korean Sun Myung Moon death

* Unification Church founder & leader

* Mass marriages - weddings - "Blessings"



Near the bottom of the front page is a heading: "Mass-marriage evangelist; Unification Church founder gained wide popularity" with lead-in: "Sun Myung Moon, 1920 - 2012" and photo. (see images) More on page 4 ... See More  

Autopsy of Chang and Eng... siamese twins...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, February 21, 1874 



* Chang and Eng Bunker autopsy

* re. Siamese Twins death



The top of page 10 has one column headings: "CHANG AND ENG" "Dr. Pancoast's Final Report on the Oriental Monstrosities" and more. (see images)

Another related item on  page 6 with tiny heading: "The Siamese Twins--Results of the Dissection"

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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  

Gerald Chapman convicted...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 5, 1925 



* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence 

* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit 

* Prohibition era outlaw 



The top of the front page has a nice banner headline for display: "SENTENCE CHAPMAN TO HANG" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 2 with photo of Chapman. 

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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  

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  

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

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 29, 1945 



* Jewish Holocaust exposed w/ photo

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations reality 

* Buchenwald death factory discovered 



The top of page 4 has a somewhat famous photo showing malnourished prisoners in their bunk beds with heading: "Liberated from Nazi Concentration Camp" Also a one column heading: "FIND NAZI USED CAMP T... See More  

Death of Danny Thomas, in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 7, 1991 



* Danny Thomas death (1st report)

* American actor, singer, comedian

* "The Danny Thomas Show" fame

* Best publication to be had (rare)



The front page of section B has a heading: "Comic Danny Thomas Dies" with subhead and 2 related photos. (see images) Great to have this report in a newspaper from the capital of the entertainment i... See More  

The Denmark Vesey slave revolt... Would one day fuel Frederick Douglass' battle-cry for freedom...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 13, 1822  



* Denmark Vesey Slaves Rebellion

* Free black man in Charleston SC



The back page has a report of the Denmark Vesey slave revolt, noting that six slaves were executed in Charleston.

The report has a small heading: "South Carolina" and reads: "Six negro men, one of them free, and the rest slaves, were executed at... See More  

General Patton close to death (eve)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1945



* General George S. Patton day of death

* FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2)



The front page has a one column heading: "Patton Contracts Infection" (see image) Patton would die on this day.

FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2), small binding holes along the left margin, good condition.... See More  

1945 "Sun Gun" ?... Nazi Germany scientists...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1945



* Sun Gun - heliobeam - death ray - orbital weapon

* Realization of Nazis' scientists looking into it

* Continued World War II events vs. Japan



Beginning on the front page is a bizarre report with a two column heading: "Nazis' Scientists Planned Sun 'Gun' 5,100 Miles Up" and continuing on page 5. (see images)

Complete with 32 pa... See More  

1987 death of Andy Warhol...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 23, 1987



* Andy Warhol death (1st report)

* American pop artist

* Campbell's Soup Cans

* Marilyn Monroe Diptych



The top of the front page has three column pictorial with one column heading: "Andy Warhol, Pioneer of '60s Pop Art, Dies" (see) The top of page 14 has a our column heading: "WARHOL: Pop Art Pioneer Dies in New York" with photo... See More  

The Furnace Girl of Lake Bluff, Illinois (1928)...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 1, 1928



* Elfrieda Knaak burned - the furnace girl



The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Family Refuses to Believe Miss Knaak Tortured Self" (see images)

Coverage of the (still) unsolved mystery surrounding the burning (and ultimate death) of Elfrieda (Fr... See More  

Camp O'Donnell captured on Luzon Island...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 24, 1945



* Camp O'Donnell captured by U.S. Army

* Post Bataan Death March - Luzon Island

* Japanese brutality - horrors fame

* Rescue of allied prisoners underway

* Battle of the Bulge ending



The front page has a two column heading: "Camp for Bataan's Victims Captured by U. S. Troops" Related map on page 8. (see images)

Complete with 34 pages,... See More