Rahway, New Jersey fire...
Item #216062
May 16, 1860
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 16, 1860.
* Rahway, New Jersey fire... John C. Denman & Co. carriage factory
* Chicago Convention
This 8 page newspaper has original news of the day with advertisements. Some of the headlines in this issue include: "Fire at Rahway, N.J.", "Arizona News", "The Chicago Convention", "Marine Affairs", and much
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* Rahway, New Jersey fire... John C. Denman & Co. carriage factory
* Chicago Convention
This 8 page newspaper has original news of the day with advertisements. Some of the headlines in this issue include: "Fire at Rahway, N.J.", "Arizona News", "The Chicago Convention", "Marine Affairs", and much
Treaty with Mexico....
Item #215654
May 04, 1840
NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, May 4, 1840 On the front page under a woodcut of and eagle is: A Proclamation issued by the President of the United States, stating that: "...a convention for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States upon the Government of the Mexican Republic was signed at Washington...", signed in type: Martin Van Buren. T
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Henry W. Longfellow Poem 1849....
Item #215386
May 04, 1849
SALEM GAZETTE, Salem, Mass., May 4, 1849.
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
* Front Page Poem
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
* Front Page Poem
The front page has a poem: Resignation. By Henry W. Longfellow. News of the day includes: "Kentucky Emancipation Convention" "Cholera at New Orleans" "California Emigrants" and much more. Interesting advertisements as well. First leaf is trimmed close at t
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1872 Agassiz Expedition...
Item #215049
May 13, 1872
NEW YORK HERALD, May 13, 1872.
* Professor Agassiz Expedition
* Patagonian Coast
Page 8 has: "SCIENCE AFLOAT" "The Agassiz Expedition on the Patagonian Coast" "Oysters A Foot In Diameter" "A Desert Where Even Thistles Will Not Grow Hail Stones Large As Walnuts" "Extinct Volcanoes of the Southern Islands" & more. Other news of the day includes: "THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE"
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* Professor Agassiz Expedition
* Patagonian Coast
Page 8 has: "SCIENCE AFLOAT" "The Agassiz Expedition on the Patagonian Coast" "Oysters A Foot In Diameter" "A Desert Where Even Thistles Will Not Grow Hail Stones Large As Walnuts" "Extinct Volcanoes of the Southern Islands" & more. Other news of the day includes: "THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE"
1829 Rare Title....
Item #215043
May 27, 1829
THE SOUVENIR, Phila., May 27, 1829.
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* 1829
Inside has a Soliloquy Of A Drunkard's Wife. Other various topics such as: "The Menageries" "Cinnamon Fields Of Ceylon" and more. Quarto-size , 8 pages, has areas of lite staining, with some in this content, otherwise in good condition.
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1863 Jackson Mississippi....
Item #214859
May 21, 1863
THE NEW YORK TIMES from New York, NY and dated May 21, 1863.
* Capture of Fort De Russey
* Capture of Fort De Russey
* General Grant Evacuates Jackson, MS
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 include
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Braves... Dave Justice
Item #214557
May 27, 1991
THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, May 27, 1991.
Certainly the premier newspaper/magazine for the sporting world, its 40+ pages are simply filled with the latest news in American sports, including a front page photo which was the highlight of the week. The top names and events of all American sports eventually found their way in the pages of The Sporting News.
The front page photo of this
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Certainly the premier newspaper/magazine for the sporting world, its 40+ pages are simply filled with the latest news in American sports, including a front page photo which was the highlight of the week. The top names and events of all American sports eventually found their way in the pages of The Sporting News.
The front page photo of this
Strike the Gold... Kentucky Derby...
Item #214181
May 13, 1991
THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, May 13, 1991.
Certainly the premier newspaper/magazine for the sporting world, its 40+ pages are simply filled with the latest news in American sports, including a front page photo which was the highlight of the week. The top names and events of all American sports eventually found their way in the pages of The Sporting News.
The front page photo o
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Certainly the premier newspaper/magazine for the sporting world, its 40+ pages are simply filled with the latest news in American sports, including a front page photo which was the highlight of the week. The top names and events of all American sports eventually found their way in the pages of The Sporting News.
The front page photo o
Minnesota... NHL palyoffs...
Item #214139
May 06, 1991
THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, May 6, 1991. Certainly the premier newspaper/magazine for the sporting world, its 40+ pages are simply filled with the latest news in American sports, including a front page photo which was the highlight of the week. The top names and events of all American sports eventually found their way in the pages of The Sporting News.
The front page photo of this is
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The front page photo of this is
Uncommon Title From 1807....
Item #213583
May 02, 1807
THE WEEKLY INSPECTOR, N.Y., May 2, 1807.
* Uncommon Title
* 1807 Original
* Small Sized Issue
* Measures 8 x 5 inches
Has commentary, topical items, bit of news and some literary content, including a political poem: De Witt And His Gang. A volume II issue. Uncommon title. Octavo-size, 16 pages.
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* Uncommon Title
* 1807 Original
* Small Sized Issue
* Measures 8 x 5 inches
Has commentary, topical items, bit of news and some literary content, including a political poem: De Witt And His Gang. A volume II issue. Uncommon title. Octavo-size, 16 pages.
Advertisement Extra In 1805....
Item #213522
May 06, 1805
BOSTON GAZETTE EXTRA, May 6, 1805 A folio-size singlesheet containing all advertisements and notices. Nice condition.
Inaugural Running at Belmont Park...
Item #177306
May 27, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 27, 1905
Belmont Park... Yachting...
Item #177305
May 20, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1905
Horse Show...
Item #177304
May 13, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 13, 1905
Item #177303
May 06, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 6, 1905
The Arrest of Vallandigham...A Slaveholding Murder...New Orleans...
Item #212859
May 23, 1863
A CIVIL WAR issue, from the New York Tribune, dated, May 23, 1863.
* The Arrest of Vallandigham
* Slaveholding Murder
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* The Arrest of Vallandigham
* Slaveholding Murder
* New Orleans
This issue is full of Civil War reports, which including the following: "From the Army of the Potomac," "Vallandigham," "Slaveholding Murder," "Governor Seymour on Vallandigham's Arrest," "How the Rebel Armies are Recruited" and "Later From New Orleans." Th
This issue is full of Civil War reports, which including the following: "From the Army of the Potomac," "Vallandigham," "Slaveholding Murder," "Governor Seymour on Vallandigham's Arrest," "How the Rebel Armies are Recruited" and "Later From New Orleans." Th
St. Louis Fair...
Item #177254
May 28, 1904
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 28, 1904
St. Louis Fair...
Item #177253
May 21, 1904
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 21, 1904
Japanese Artillery...
Item #177252
May 14, 1904
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 14, 1904
Japanese in Korea... Auto hill-climbing...
Item #177251
May 07, 1904
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 7, 1904
Yachting...
Item #177204
May 30, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 30, 1903
Pittsburgh...
Item #177203
May 23, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 23, 1903
Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Item #177202
May 16, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 16, 1903
Polo...
Item #177201
May 09, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 9, 1903
Mark Twain Content....
Item #177200
May 02, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 2, 1903
Item #212300
May 22, 1937
LIBERTY magazine, New York, May 22, 1937. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a young lady playing tennis (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Camel cigarettes. Very nice condition, and measuring about 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inches.
NY Times Jigsaw Puzzle...
Lindbergh Does It!...
Item #212093
May 22, 1927
The New York Times - Jigsaw Puzzle, dated May 22, 1927. "Lindbergh Does It!" The past meets the present with this superb 400-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring a front page of The New York Times on the date. The centerpiece is shaped like an open newspaper and the jigsaw also comes with a full-sized paper copy (folded) of the selected front page to assist in assemblage (assembled size is 12... See More
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Coca Cola ad... Baseball...
Item #211947
May 06, 1939
LIBERTY magazine, New York, May 6, 1939. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a illustrations of a lady dressed ready to travel (see photo). The back cover features a color ad of Coca Cola. Stories include "Which Teams Will Win The Pennants This Year?" by Jerry D. Lewis. Very nice condition, a bit of loss at the spine, and measuring about 8 1/4 by... See More
Item #211945
May 20, 1939
LIBERTY magazine, New York, May 20, 1939. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a illustrations of George VI and Edward VIII (see photo). The back cover features a color ad of Camel cigarettes. Very nice condition, a bit of loss at the spine, and measuring about 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inches.
1819 Generals Jackson & Scott...
Item #211510
May 12, 1819
MASSACHUSETTS SPY, OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, May 12, 1819 Pg. 2 has: Gens. Jackson And Scott which includes letters signed in type by each general concerning a misunderstanding from 1817. Pg. 3 has a related letter signed in type: De Witt Clinton. Other news of the day includes: "Artic Discoveries" "The Senate" "Hints For The Season" and more. Several interesting advertisements as well. Minor edge wea... See More
Item #211420
May 22, 1879
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, May 22, 1879. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Lucretia Borgia at Albany" "The Inter-Oceanic Canal Project" "Lewis Pughe" "The J.M. Brunswick & Balke Company Cup" "William Hunter"
Item #211417
May 26, 1879
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, May 26, 1879. A great issue for framing and displaying! "In the Park" "The Dedication of the New Roman Catholic Cathedral Yesterday Morning" "Too Late" "The Nihilist Troubles in Russia" "The Tables Turned"
Item #211416
May 28, 1879
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, May 28, 1879. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Celebration of the Queen's Brithday in Montreal" "The Imperial and Royal Silver Wedding in Vienna" "A Morning Call" "Property of the Chicago and Minonk Coal and Coke Company" "The Gintleman that Pays the Rint" "Hedging"
Item #211411
May 30, 1879
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, May 30, 1879. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Streets of New York" "The Family Jewels" "The Election in Spain" "Sketches in France - the Sower" "Sheep Shearing in the Bavarian Highlands" "James E. Member" "James E. Member's Building at Fishkin-on-Hudson"
Camden and Amboy Railroad In 1834...
Item #211404
May 09, 1834
THE SUN, N.Y., May 9, 1834 Pg. 3 has a report about an accident on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, when two engines travelling in opposite directions made contact at a curve. The Camden & Amboy RR was the first RR in New Jersey and one of the earliest in the U.S. May be one of first railroad accidents! Other news of the day includes: "Another Murder" "Police Office" and more. Several interestin... See More
Chuck Klein...
Item #210968
May 26, 1934
LIBERTY magazine, New York, May 26, 1936. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a female lion/tiger tamer (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes and the inside cover features a color ad for Texaco. Wtihin this issue is an article on Hall-of-Famer Chuck Klein. Very nice condition, and measuring about 8 1/4 by... See More
1834 Monody...
Item #210936
May 23, 1834
THE SUN, N.Y., May 23, 1834 Quite lengthy on the front page is: A Monody, (made on the late Mr. Samuel Patch who killed himself by jumping from a height of 175 feet at Genesee Falls). Other news of the day includes: "Canal Tolls" "Little Rock, (Arkansas Territory)" "A Victim of Drunkenness" Quarto size, 4 pages., has archival mends to a few minor tears in the margins next to the spine, o... See More
1821 Seal Hunting...
Item #210859
May 05, 1821
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 5, 1821 A front page report headed Newly Discovered Land begins: The schooner Express, Capt. Williams, has arrived at Stonington, from New Shetland (the land to the S. of Cape Horn said to have been recently discovered) and has brought home 25,000 valuable fur seal skins. Other details as well. Other news of the day includes: "HAYTI" "New-York Election" and muc... See More
1841 John Tyler...
Item #210847
May 22, 1841
THE CORRECTOR, Sag-Harbor, N.Y., May 22, 1841 Page 2 has an interesting letter: Presentation Of The Tippecanoe Flag Interesting Correspondence To The President Of The United States, signed in type: James Brooks, plus the Presidents reply, signed in type: John Tyler. A few more details about the history of the flag. Other news of the day including: "The Remains of President Harrison" "Steamshi... See More
Item #210714
May 13, 1909
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, May 13, 1909. "A Saturday matinee Crowd in New York" "The Novel Side of Life in Porto Rico" "The People and the Land Where Roosevelt Hunts" "Most Frightful Massacre of the Century" "Glimpses of Roosevelt's Hunting Grounds in East Africa" "A Typical Windy Day in Chicago" "Men of Note in the Baseball World (Johnson, Ames, Griffith, Ball) pl... See More
1894 newspaper & Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show...
Item #209645
May 08, 1894
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 8, 1894 Within this complete, 14 page newspaper is a nice, illustrated one column advertisement for "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, with a small likeness of Buffalo Bill (see the photo below). The rest of the issue is filled with various news of the day & a wealth of ads. Several illustrations scattered throughout. Lightly browned, some margin tears, generally... See More
Ocean steamers...
Item #209166
May 22, 1851
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, May 22, 1851. Page 2 report taking two columns and a bit more: Ocean Steamers The Rise, Progress and Condition of American Ocean Steam Navigation. News of the day. Small hole in the second leaf, otherwise in good condition. 4 pages.
Andrew Jackson...
Item #208818
May 07, 1831
THE CORRECTOR, Sag-Harbor, N.Y., May 7, 1831. On the front page under Resignation of the Cabinet are the resignation letters of War Sec. Eaton, Treasury Sec. Ingram and Navy Sec. Branch, signed in type by each, with President Jacksons responses, each signed in type: Andrew Jackson. 4 pages in nice condition.
Sag Harbor circus ad...
Item #208740
May 04, 1839
THE CORRECTOR, Sag Harbor, May 4, 1839 On the front page under Circus are details about the splendid Equestrian Establishment performed by A. Turner, Sons & Co. 4 pages in good condition. Early for circus advertisements.
Buried alive story...
Item #208737
May 10, 1837
THE CORRECTOR, Sag Harbor, New York, May 10, 1837 On pg. 2 under Buried Alive is part of diary from a man in England, who describes being buried alive. Says the man suffered from attacks especially when there was a full moon, and was believed to be dead, but later awoke after his coffin had been placed in the church vault, and then was rescued after two men heard his cries for help.
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Discovering lime...
Item #208711
May 03, 1851
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, May 3, 1851 On pg. 2 under Interesting And Important Discovery is a report discussing the discovery "...of and valuable mineral, Phosphate of Lime, occurring in large quantities in Hurdstown, near the...Morris Canal, in New Jersey..." and more.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Item #208558
May 23, 1834
AMERICAN SENTINEL, Phila., May 23, 1834 An uncommon title containing mostly ads. Some news and other content on page 2. Occasional foxing.
Item #208129
May 09, 1965
THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, MI, May 9, 1965. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #208127
May 26, 1918
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, LA, May 26, 1918. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #208124
May 26, 1912
THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, OH, May 26, 1912. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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