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Item #724995GRAPHIC SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, May 1, 1938
* Battle of Manila Bay (40th anniversary)
* Admiral George Dewey's victory
* United States Navy - Spanish-American War
The front page Commemorates the 40th anniversary of Admiral George Dewey's victory at the Battle of Manila Bay with his own account and related... Read full description -
Item #724994THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1935
* Ivan the Terrible
* Torture chambers found
* Grand Prince of Moscow
* 1st Tsar of Russia
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Ivan the Terrible's Torture Court Found Under Moscow by Excavators for Subway" (see images)
Complete in 42 pages, this is the rare rag... Read full description -
Item #724993THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 12, 1967
* Tampa, Florida (Central Ave.) riots of 1967
* "Long Hot Summer" civil rights unrest
* African Americans & police brutality
The front page has a one column heading: "Negroes Burn, Loot in Tampa" (see images)
Complete with 6 pages, some small binding holes along the... Read full description -
Item #724992THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 27, 1928
* Laura Hawkins Frazer death (1st report)
* Childhood sweetheart of Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens
* "Becky Thatcher" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Page 4 has a one column heading: "'Becky Thatcher' Dies in Hannibal" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 20 pages, light toning... Read full description -
Item #724991THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 26, 1928
* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
* NYC sightseeing airplane flight
* Christmas Day w/ mother
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Miss Earhart Gives Mother Ride in 'Rubberneck' Plane" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and a... Read full description -
Item #724990NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 25, 1940
* Actress Marguerite Clark death
* Stage and silent films - movies
The front page has a three column heading: "Marguerite Clark Dies; Golden Girl of Silent Filoms" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the... Read full description -
Item #724970THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 13, 1967
* Thurgood Marshall appointed by the president
* 1st African American Supreme Court Justice
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Marshall Given Nod for Position On Court Bench"
Complete with 6 pages, some small... Read full description -
Item #724966NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Jan. 15, 1940
* Christian Front (United States) arrests
* Plot to overthrow the U.S. government
The front page has a one column heading: "17 Arrested As They Got Bombs Ready" with subhead. (see images) More on page 2 with banner heading, a few related photos and the names of the plotters.
Complete with 26... Read full description -
Item #724932ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, May 24, 1939
* USS Squalus (Sailfish) submarine disaster
* Diving bell rescue (1st report)
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "DIVER REACHES THE SQUALUS, MAKES CONTACT WITH CREW; RESCUERS FEAR 26 ARE DEAD" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside.
Complete with 40+ pages,... Read full description -
Item #724931NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 7, 1942
* World War II "Operation Ironclad"
* Naval base of Diego Suarez captured
* Battle of Madagascar - Southeast Africa
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MADAGASCAR BASE FALLS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #724930CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 23, 1932
* "The Mummy" movie - opening day
* Pre-Code supernatural horror film
* Chicago advertisement - Boris Karloff
Page 18 has a 4 x 4 inch advertisement for the premiere of the pre-code film "The Mummy" in Chicago with nice, early graphics. (see images)
Complete with all 52 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #724928THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 17, 1978
* Dick Button & others attacked by thugs
* "The Ramble" section of Central Park
* Anti-gay LGBTQ violence
The front page has a heading: "Hunting Gays in Central Park" with lead-in: "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE VICTIMS",... Read full description -
Item #724927THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 29, 1971
* Vietnam Veterans Against the War
* "Operation Dewey Canyon III"
* March on Washington D.C. w/ photos
* Alice Cooper rock singer and songwriter
* "Love It to Death" album tour - I'm Eighteen
* Manhattan concert advertisement
The front page has a... Read full description -
Item #724926THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 27, 1974
* David Bowie - English singer songwriter musician
* Diamond Dogs Tour - rock-opera style show format
* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement
* The Allman Brothers Band - Dickey Betts
* American rock band concert advertisement
* Nassau Coliseum... Read full description -
Item #724925THE 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... Read full description -
Item #724922USA TODAY, March 20, 1986
* Lyle Alzado - Oakland Raiders "Bod Boy" "Outlaw"
* John Riggins - Washington Redskins power back
* Both announce retirement from NFL football
Near the bottom of the front page of the sport's section has a two column heading: "Alzado packs it in; Riggins sent... Read full description -
Item #724921FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Feb. 1, 1950
* Thermonuclear Fusion enters the playing field
* Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
* Cold War with Russia enters a new phase
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "U.S. Goes Ahead On Development Of Super Bomb" with subhead.... Read full description -
Item #724920THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1950
* Llandow air disaster w/ photos
* Avro Tudor V aircraft - airplane
* World's deadliest aviation accident at the time
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "80 KILLED IN WORLD'S WORST AIR CRASH AS PLANE DIVES NEAR A WALES AIRPORT; ONLY 3 ON FOOTBALL FANS' TRIP... Read full description -
Item #724919COMICS SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune (weekly on Sundays), May 1, 1938
* "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould (color comic strip)
* American police detective w/ Yellow trench coat
This section is loaded with nice, colored comic strips with a full front page strip titled: "DICK TRACY" by Chester Gould (see images)
This... Read full description -
Item #724918THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 2, 1931
* SS Egypt ocean liner found
* Gold & silver salvage fame
* English Channel deep diving
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Divers Find Liner's $5,000,000 Bullion Intact; Reach Egypt's Cargo After Three-year Effort" (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #724917SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 1939
* Texas A&M Aggies college football
* Undefeated season - National champions
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Undefeated Texas Aggies Win by 20-0" with season results. (see images) More on page 3 with lineups.... Read full description -
Item #724916COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1963
* First appearance of baby "Pebbles"
* "The Flintstones" color comic strip
* "Stone age" animated comedy series
This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 7 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with the... Read full description -
Item #724888NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1945
* Beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
* Germans last line of defense (Rhine) breached
* Battle of Iwo Jima near the beginning
The front page has a nice banner headline: "9TH ARMY AT THE RHINE, FOE FLEES IN ROUT; FIRST ADVANCES, BRITISH DRIVE REPORTED; RUSSIANS CLOSING TRAP; NEW GAINS ON IWO" with various... Read full description -
Item #724887THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 7, 1945
* Capture of Cologne, Germany
* 1st major German city to surrender
* Finals weeks of the Third Reich
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SHATTERED COLOGNE FALLS TO 1ST ARMY; 3D SWEEPS WITHIN 20 MILES OF COBLENZ; SOVIET GAIN NEAR STETTIN... Read full description -
Item #724884CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 29, 1929
* Sinclair Oil Corporation founder freed
* Teapot Dome Scandal - bribery
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SINCLAIR, OIL BARON, FREE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related photo on the back page.
Complete with all 44 pages, this is the "rag edition"... Read full description -
Item #724883PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Jan. 19, 1976
* Pittsburgh Steelers - NFL football
* Back-to-back Super Bowl champions
* vs. Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl X
* Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris & Lynn Swann
The front page has a nice banner headline in the iconic team colors: "STEELERS STILL... Read full description -
Item #724878FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Feb. 4, 1950
* Klaus Fuchs arrested
* German atomic bomb scientist
* Russian - Soviet Union spy
* re. Manhattan Project
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Data On H-Bomb Seen Accessible To Spy Suspect" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, minor spine wear,... Read full description -
Item #724876USA TODAY, April 16, 1984
* Christopher Wilder "The Beauty Queen Killer"
* Colebrook, New Hampshire capture and suicide
The front page has a three column illustration headed: "Wilder's survivors not talking" Also a two column heading: "1 can't talk, other trying to sell story" with... Read full description -
Item #724875THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1951
* Joe DiMaggio "The Yankee Clipper"
* New York Yankees MLB baseball
* Announces his last year as a player
The front page of the sport's section (near the back) has a two column heading: "DiMaggio Plan to Quit After '51 Stuns Yankees... Read full description -
Item #724850NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1952 Page 7 has a report concerning the funeral of Eva Peron, wife of the Argentine dictator Juan Peron. But her life outshone that of her husband, with her identifying as one of the common people, causing her to be beloved by the people of Argentina.
The first column head: "4 Die, 2,100 Hurt At... Read full description -
Item #724849CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 16, 1938 The front page has a small heading regarding this feat. The front page of section 2 (sports) has a nice banner headline: "VANDER MEER WINS 2D NO-HIT GAME IN ROW" with subheads, related photo, and box scores. The front page has: "WIRE SNOOPING BILL PASSES".
Complete in 32... Read full description -
Item #724848FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, April 15, 1922 The sports page has a one-column photo of Babe Ruth headed: "A Lonesome Babe" with a caption noting him watching a Yankees game due to his 40-day suspension.
Also a report on the death of famous ball player Cap Anson: " 'Pop' Anson Hears Umpire Call And Goes Home To... Read full description -
Item #724845CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 29, 1934 The front page has a one-column head: "Zaro Agha, the 160 Year Old Turk, Is Dead". A small photo of Agha is on the front page.
Zaro Aga was a Kurdish man who claimed to be one of the longest-living persons ever. He claimed he was born on February 16, 1774 and died on June 29, 1934 in Istanbul, Turkey.... Read full description -
Item #724844THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, January 27, 1971 Near the bottom of the front page is a photo with a caption headed: "Manson Girls' Found Guilty" with just a bit of text. They are Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins, and Leslie Van Houten.
Complete in 10 pages, nice condition. -
Item #724843HERALD EXAMINER, Los Angeles, June 26, 1968 The front page has a bold banner headline: "FORTAS CHIEF JUSTICE; And a Texan Named to Court Vacancy" with subhead and small photo. Nice coverage on Lyndon Johnson nominating Abe Fortas for Chief Justice of the United States.
Also on the front page are two side-by-side... Read full description -
Item #724842CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE (Picture Section), March 11, 1934 The front page is completely taken up with a color illustration of St. Patrick. It is a print of the painting, which at the time was hanging in Saint Patrick's Church in Chicago, and which had survived the 1871 Chicago Fire.
Other prints within this section include... Read full description -
Item #724841THE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Kentucky, June 17, 1918 Nice banner headline on World War I: "AUSTRIANS HELD AT NEARLY EVERY POINT; CROSS THE PIAVE BUT ARE HARD PRESSED" with related subheads.
But perhaps the best content is the nice report on Babe Ruth on the sports page with a full-figure photo of him headed: "... Read full description -
Item #724792THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 2008
* 'Old' Yankee Stadium's final game played
* The House 'Babe' Ruth Built - New York Yankees
The front page features a color photo captioned: "When It's Over, It's Over..." showing Yogi Berra saluting to the fans during a ceremony before the final game at the 85 year-old Yankee Stadium.
The front page of the sports... Read full description -
Item #724790CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Sunday Edition), March 30, 1980 (sections I-V) The front page has considerable detail regarding the merging of the Midwest Mafia - including involvement of Anthony Spilotro ("Tony the Ant") and Nick and Carl Cilvella.
Included are sections I through V. Minimal margin wear and toning, good condition. -
Item #724788NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1999 The front page has a four column photo titled: "With a Few Tears and a Final Assist, Gretzky Says Goodbye".
The front page of the sports section has a much larger photo of Gretzky waving to the crowd, headed: "THE GREAT GOODBYE" with more, and additional reports within.
The complete issue with all 4 sections,... Read full description -
Item #724786THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1961
* Sputnik 9 Russian spacecraft
* "Space Race" heats up for eventual human flight
* Chernushka - Blackie - Russia dog (historic)
* 1st animal returned from space successfully (alive)
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Soviet Orbits and Returns 5-Ton Satellite With Dog" ... Read full description -
Item #724785THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 6, 1908
* "Lonely Hearts" Woman killer Belle Gunness
* La Porte, Indiana murder farm discovery
The top of the front page has a 3 1/2 column headline: "GHASTLY Evidence Found Of Wholesale MURDER" with subhead. (see images). Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description -
Item #724784THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1932
* Bergenfield, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
* Distribution of literature on public streets
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Jehovah's Witnesses movement arrests
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
Page 2 has a small one column... Read full description -
Item #724782THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 5, 1934
* Third Reich - Nazis announce sterilization plan
* Prelude to the Jewish Holocaust - exterminations ?
Page 10 has a one column heading: "Reich Sterilization Of Children Planned" with subhead. (see images) See below for details.
Complete with all 42 pages, light toning, generally in very... Read full description -
Item #724781THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1956
* re. Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
* 27 year old Martin Luther King Jr.
* 1960's Civil Rights movement in it's infancy
The front page has a one column heading: "FIRST NEGRO TRIED IN BUS BOYCOTTING" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 52 pages, light toning at the margins, nice... Read full description -
Item #724760LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 28, 1985
* Head Coach Lou Holtz announcement
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
The top of the fornt page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Irish Give the Ball to Holtz" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no... Read full description -
Item #724745LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 3, 1989
* Lou Holtz's 1st and only title
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* Wins Fiesta Bowl vs. West Virginia
* College football national champions
The front page of the sport's section has a heading: "#1: There's No Stopping Notre Dame" with subhead and related photo. (see) First report... Read full description -
Item #724714LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 8, 1990 The front page of the Sports Section has: "80 Years Ago, the Truth Hurt", with subhead: "Johnson's Victory Over Jeffries Taught Lesson to White America", followed by an extensive retrospective on their infamous boxing match which took place on July 4, 1910. The article continues on page C12... Read full description -
Item #724713MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, May 7, 1942
* United States surrender Corregidor
* Manila Bay, Philippines
* Prelude to the Bataan death march
* General Jonathan M. Wainwright
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a four column heading: "JAPS HUNT FOR GUERRILLA BANDS ON THE PHILIPPINES" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 22 pages,... Read full description -
Item #724712CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 17, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigation
* George 'Bugs' Moran & Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The front page has a one column heading: "SCHOOLS CHIEF GIVES CLEW TO GANG MASSACRE" with subhead.... Read full description
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