Topsfield newspaper with a huge Hires Root Beer ad...
Item #209657
June 11, 1898
THE TOPSFIELD TOWNSMAN, Massachusetts, June 11, 1898. An interesting and uncommon four page newspaper from this small Mass. town with various news of the day & other oddball tidbits throughout. The prime feature is the huge page 2 advertisement for Hires' Root Beer which takes fully half of the page (see photo). There is also much coverage of the Spanish-American War. Four pages, never bo... 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
Front Page Illustration of the Democratic Donkey...
Item #209632
November 15, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, Nov. 15, 1877 This is the popular folio-size illustrated newspaper of 8 pages which contains a full front page political cartoon captioned: "The Democratic Donkey Stripping The Clothes Off The Back of the Army." An inside page has a map of the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. A few other prints throughout, some minor margin tears, some dirti... See More
Rare judicial reform newspaper...
Item #209521
November 02, 1882
THE INDEPENDENT, Baltimore, Nov., 2, 1882. This is a quite rare title, I believe the first we have ever seen, and is the volume 1 number 2 issue. There is a political cartoon on the front page and another on page 3 (see photos). Complete in 4 pages, never bound nor trimmed. Some browning & edge wear, generally rather good.
The Egypt pyramids are studied...
Item #209500
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1802 and is about 55 pages in length. The front page of this issue has a nice masthead of St. John's Gate and contains news & stories from around the world during this very early time in history. VERY INTERESTING READING from the day it was first reported which includes a report from Giza on the Egyptian pyramids. (see) This issue is in nice co... See More
Pilot Knob Missouri...
Item #209428
October 23, 1861
DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated October 23, 1861. 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 Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes a report on Edward's Ferry Maryland and much more.
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Manchester Kentucky...
Item #209419
October 01, 1861
DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated October 1, 1861. 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 Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes a report on Osceola Missouri and much more.
Jeffeson City Missouri...
Item #209418
October 04, 1861
DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated October 4, 1861. 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 Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes reports on Chapmansville WV and much more.
Suffolk Virginia...
Item #209338
March 11, 1864
DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated March 11, 1864. 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 Civil War reports throughout which includes reports on the hanging of Union Soldiers by the Rebels and much more.
Dollar Coin Newspaper...
Item #209328
October 29, 1842
DOLLAR WEEKLY, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1842 The front page has an engraving and a lengthy caption: The Militia Captain. Has an engraving of a dollar coin in the masthead (the cost of an annual subscription). Tattered and few tears in the outer margin of each leaf, bottom margin is a bit tattered, lite dampstaining in the lower half, otherwise good. 4 pages.
Concord New Hampshire...
Item #209317
August 04, 1842
NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Aug. 4, 1842 On the front page under Impeachment of the President are the charges which Mr. Botts proposed to prefer against the President. Stray writing above the masthead, some fold foxing, otherwise in good condition.
Fredericksburg Virginia...
Item #209310
December 03, 1862
DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated December 3, 1862. 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 Civil War reports which includes a report on Nashville Tennessee and much more.
Richard Nixon Inauguration...
Item #209270
January 21, 1969
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, January 21, 1969. This 36 page newspaper is in nice condition and has a two line, six column headline on the front page: "Nixon Asks Nation to Strive For Peace at Home, Abroad" with subhead: "Given Oath As 37th President" with related photos.
From the early years of the Comstock Lode...
Item #209257
VIRGINIA EVENING CHRONICLE, Virginia (City), Nevada, 1872. Virginia City is one of America's largest historic landmarks. Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War. Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed the streets and everybody wanted a piece of the "Riche... See More
Made famous by Mark Twain...
From the town of the Comstock Lode...
Item #209256
DAILY TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE, Virginia (City), Nevada, 1876 Virginia City is one of America's largest historic landmarks. Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War. Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed the streets and everybody wanted a piece of the &quo... See More
A newspaper from the ghost town of Austin, Nevada...
Item #209255
January 01, 1883
DAILY MORNING DEMOCRAT, Austin, Lander County, Nevada, 1883 Sometimes unusual incidents are the reason good things happen. Such is the case with Austin. The town was actually discovered in 1862 by a horse belonging to a W. H. Talbott. The horse accidently kicked up a piece of quartz containing gold & silver. Talbott sent the piece to Virginia City for assay, staked out a claim, and ... See More
"One of the wildest mining camps in the West" & a very short-lived newspaper...
Item #209251
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Pioche, Nevada, 1875 Pioche is located about 180 miles northeast of Las Vegas, hanging on the side of a mountain of Nevada's high desert. In the 1870's it was considered one of the wildest mining camps in the West. According to a number of sources, hired gunmen were imported at the rate of about twenty a day during boom times to fight mining claim encroachments. Evidence of the... See More
From Reno, Nevada...
Item #209248
RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1877 This is an 4 page newspaper which features news on pages 2 & 3 with a wealth of ads on the front & back pages, several of which are illustrated. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in very nice condition with a news agent's stamp in... See More
From the ghost town of Silver City, Nevada...
Item #209247
January 01, 1880
LYON COUNTY TIMES, Silver City, Nevada, 1880 From what I have been able to research Silver City is pretty much a ghost town today, with several old building still standing from its heyday during the mining era in the 1870's and 1880's. Located rather close to the more famous Virginia City, this newspaper began in Silver City in 1874 and relocated to nearby Dayton, Nevada, in December... See More
From historic Dayton, Nevada...
Item #209246
January 01, 1881
LYON COUNTY TIMES, Dayton, Nevada, 1881-1882 Nevada's first non-Indian settlement, Dayton's original residents were hard-scrabble prospectors who panned for gold in nearby Gold Canyon. By the spring of 1851, as many as 200 miners were living in the area. By 1856, the community was generally known as Chinatown, because a large Chinese population was reworking the placer deposits. In N... See More
From Reno, Nevada...
Item #209242
WEEKLY NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1876. This 4 page newspaper features news on the front page as well as pages 2 & 3 but with ads as well. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in nice condition with some minor margin wear or tears. The photo below is "gene... See More
From Elko, Nevada, on the route to the Gold Rush...
Item #209239
January 01, 1880
WEEKLY ELKO INDEPENDENT, Elko, Nevada, 1880 This town had a population of about 2000 during the late 19th century. Situated along the Humboldt River, Elko was along the route traveled by the ill-fated Donner Party and the many who ventured to the California hills in search of gold during the 1849 gold rush. Completion of the Central Pacific Railroad gave the "official" birth to the town in 1... See More
From Elko, Nevada, on the route to the Gold Rush...
Item #209238
January 01, 1889
THE FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada, 1889 This town had a population of about 2000 during the late 19th century. Situated along the Humboldt River, Elko was along the route traveled by the ill-fated Donner Party and the many who ventured to the California hills in search of gold during the 1849 gold rush. Completion of the Central Pacific Railroad gave the "official" birth to the town in 1868. Compl... See More
From Reno, Nevada...
Item #209232
RENO WEEKLY GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1879 The masthead
includes a nice engraving showing the Sierra Nevada mountains which
surround this picturesque city and an inset with some buildings (see
photo). This is an 8 page newspaper which features news on the front
page as well as many inside pages but with a wealth of various
Western-themed ads as well, several of which are illustrat... See More
An early issue from the capital of Nevada...
Item #209229
THE DAILY STATE REGISTER, Carson City, Nevada, 1872 Coin collectors are
very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much
desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark.
Situated just
east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from
its hayday during the mining era has various news of the day on the
inside pages with ads filling pages 1... See More
From the capital of Nevada...
Item #209227
THE NEVADA TRIBUNE, Carson City, Nevada, 1875 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its hayday during the mining era has various news of the day on the inside pages with ads filling... See More
From the Capital of Nevada...
Item #209225
THE CARSON DAILY APPEAL, Carson City, Nevada, 1877 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the famous "C.C." mint marks on gold & silver coins it produced. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its heyday during the mining era has various news of the day on the inside pages with ads f... See More
Great name for a mining town...
Item #209219
EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Eureka, Nevada, 1879 A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote town in northeastern Nevada. This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 ft. elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total county population today is just 1900 residents. In its heyday when mining was the predominate draw from the mid-1870's until the shutting down of mos... See More
Beaufort South Carolina...
Item #209215
November 11, 1861
DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated November 11, 1861. 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 Civil War reports which includes a report on Belmont Missouri and much more.
John Tyler Veto Message...
Item #209206
September 15, 1841
THE CORRECTOR, Sag-Harbor, September 15, 1841. Page 2 has The Second Veto Message Of President Tyler addressed to Congress and signed in type: John Tyler. Concerned the Fiscal Bank Bill. Archival mend to a small fold tear at the spine, otherwise in good condition.
1934 John Dillinger On The Run...
Item #209202
March 05, 1934
NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1934. Front page 3 line, 1 column headline: Dillinger Eludes Hunt In 4 States; Kill Order Issued & subheads: Cordon Is Thrown Over Roads To Ohio, Missouri, Illinois & Indiana Police Search Chicago Underworld--Investigation of Jail Break Is Begun & a few others. 34 pages in good condition except for usual browning at the margins.... 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.
Item #209152
THE OBSERVER, London, 1797-98 A fine, folio size newspaper of 4 page with various news & ads from the late 18th century, during the time of the Napoleonic war and the action in Egypt & elsewhere. Most of the news is from the United Kingdom but some other European reports as well. Never-trimmed margins and with a red-inked tax stamp on the inside. Some edge wear, generally nice. The photo b... See More
Item #209050
August 14, 1909
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, PA, August 14, 1909. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #209048
January 02, 1909
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, PA, January 2, 1909. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #209047
December 14, 1907
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, PA, December 14, 1907. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Louis Pasteur...
Item #209045
April 15, 1905
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1905 The cover pictures a man sitting in front of a fireplace. Within the issue is "An Uncle Remus Rhyme"; "Medical Miracles - Pasteur as the Epic Sower of Ideas"; and more stories and advertisements.
Complete in 28 pages with lite dirtiness to the cover, otherwise in very good condition.
Item #209044
February 18, 1905
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, PA, February 18, 1905. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Presidential Inaugurations...
Item #209038
March 16, 1853
NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, March 16, 1853. On the front page under Presidential Inaugurations is a full column article with facts and particulars about each of previous sixteen inaugurations. First leaf has two minor holes and an archival mend in the first column, a few non-archival mends inside on pages 3 and 4, traces of foxing.
Item #209036
September 02, 1915
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, September 2, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #209029
December 02, 1915
LESLIE'S THE PEOPLE'S WEEKLY, New York, December 2, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #209028
November 25, 1915
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 25, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Item #209027
November 18, 1915
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 18, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! Victrola ad on the back page.
Item #209026
November 11, 1915
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 11, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! Doublepage Reo Truck advertisement. Colored Sterling chewing gum ad on the back page.
Item #209025
September 09, 1915
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, September 9, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! 1916 Maxwell The "Wonder Car" ad on the back page. This issue has stray ink marks on the cover.
Item #209021
January 30, 1913
LIFE MAGAZINE, New York, January 30, 1913. A great issue for framing and displaying! Also includes doublepage illustration "The Greatest Show on Earth" with numberous cartoon renderings of cities and activities.
Item #209019
June 22, 1911
LIFE MAGAZINE, New York, June 22, 1911. A great issue for framing and displaying! Also includes a colored ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Pepsin Gum.
Item #209018
July 18, 1912
LIFE MAGAZINE, New York, July 18, 1912. A great issue for framing and displaying! Also includes an nice double-page centerfold illustration "Job Comforters" on boys going fishing calling to a boy that has to do chores.
From during the French & Indian War...
Item #208979
THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, 1759 A nice Scottish newspaper from this significant year during the French & Indian War, however this issues does not have any noteworthy content relating to the war. But much news of the day, mostly from Europe, and many ads as well. Relatively nice condition with some light browning or dirtiness, small folio-size measuring about 9 1/2 by 14 1/2 inche... See More
Grizzly Bear Attraction...
Item #208978
September 29, 1852
NEW HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT AND STATE GAZETTE, Concord, Sept., 29, 1852. The back page has: The Grisly Bear of California with the report beginning: One of the greatest attractions at the late Ohio State Fair, was a big Grisly Bearfrom the Pacific coast... 4 pages in nice condition.
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