1921 Tampa Bay hurricane...
Item #708903
October 26, 1921
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 26, 1921
* Tampa Bay, Florida storm
* Major hurricane disaster
On October 25, 1921 Tampa Bay suffered the most destructive hurricane to hit the area since 1848.
The one column heading reads:: "Tampa Under Water; Storm Sweeps Coast" See images for somewhat brief report here.
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins,... See More
Battle of Leyte Gulf begins...
Item #708893
October 23, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 23, 1944
* Battle for Leyte Gulf beginning
* Philippines - William Halsey
* Largest naval battle in history ?
* World War II WWII
The front page has a six column headline: "JAPANESE PUSHED TOWARD LEYTE HILLS" with various subheads. (see images)
Complete in 30 pages, light toning at the margins, very minor margin wear, generally in great condition.... See More
Janis Joplin's last concert with Big Brother....
Item #708891
October 17, 1968
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 17, 1968
* Big Brother and the Holding Company
* Last concert w/ Janis Joplin before going solo
* Hunter College (NYC) performance advertisement
Page 35 has a 4 x 2 1/2 advertisement for "Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin" for there upcoming appearance at Hunter College in New York City. (see im... See More
1916 Paducah, Kentucly Negro lynchings...
Item #708843
October 16, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 16, 1916
* Lynching of Negroes Luther Durrett & Brack Kinley
* Puducah, Kentucky hangings - shooting - burning
The front page has a banner headline: "MOB STORMS PADUCAH JAIL AND LYNCHES TWO MEN" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not... See More
1917 Barrackville, West Virginia mine explosion...
Item #708815
October 19, 1917
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 19, 1917
* Barrackville, Marion County, West Virginia
* Jamison Coal and Coke Company No. 7 Mine Explosion and Fire
The front page has a very nice a nice banner headline in red lettering: "FEAR TWENTY KILLED IN MINE" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display.
Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... See More
Trial of the "demon" of Andersonville.... How the soldiers were buried...
Item #708725
October 19, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 19, 1865 Page 5 has column heads: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ" "A Few More Points of Testimony introduced" "Interesting Letter from Commissioner Ouler" "He Swaps Miserable Wretches for Good Material" "The Reading of Wirz's Argument In His Own Defence".
Also on page 5 is a column on: "The Andersonville Graves - Report o... See More
Michael Jordan's 1st regular season NBA game...
Item #708637
October 28, 1984
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 28, 1984
* Michael Jordan's very first NBA game
* Chicago Bulls professional basketball
* Regular season begins with a Bulls victory
Page 22 under: "N.B.A." are scores and stats for the games played the previous day which was opening day for the 1984 NBA season. The standings show Chicago as 1-0 and the box scores show that Jordan scored 16 points in... See More
Ulysses S. Grant for President - 1872 advertisement...
Item #708407
October 25, 1872
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 25, 1872
* Equine influenza - horse epidemic
* 1972 North American outbreak
* Ulysses S. Grant election notice
* Civil War general for president
The top of the back page has a one column heading: "THE HORSE PLAGUE" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up over 2 columns.
A top of page 4 notice endorses the Grant-Wilson ticket. (see)
Complete wit... See More
1946 Gordie Howe's NHL hockey debut...
Item #708345
October 17, 1946
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1946
* Gordie Howe NHL debut
* Detroit Red Wings
* Ice hockey
Page 30 has a one column heading: "LATE DETROIT GOAL TIES TORONTO AT 3-3" with subhead and lineup. Text includes: "...but in less than a minute Rookie Gordon Howe hit a 5 footer to put Detroit ahead 2 to 1" (see)
Complete with all 48 pages, this is the "rag edition" pri... See More
Financial Stock Market Crisis of 1907...
Item #708327
October 17, 1907
THE SUN, New York, October 17, 1907 This issue has fine coverage on the financial stock market crisis of 1907. The front page has: "SMASH OF HEINZE'S CORNER - WHOLE MARKET RUNS DOWN TO MANY NEW YORK RECORDS", which continues on pg. 3. Additionally, there is an inside article on the "FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL" section describing the, "sensational fluctuations durin... See More
1969 Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden ad...
Item #708249
October 30, 1969
THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 30, 1969
* The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969
* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement
* "History's first mystic rock and roll tour "
* Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor
* Raymond Buckland - occult - witchcraft ad
Page 45 has a full page inch advertisement for a very early Ro... See More
1980 THE CARS & Grateful Dead concert ads...
Item #708225
October 14, 1980
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 15-21, 1980
* Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek
* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement
* The Grateful Dead - Halloween night concert ad
* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Page 95 has a 6 x 4 1/2 inch ad for "The Cars" concert at Madison Square Garden.
The same page ... See More
Teddy Roosevelt visits Keokuk, Iowa...
Item #708073
October 01, 1907
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 1, 1907
* President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
* Keokuk, Iowa visit and speech
* Development of the waterways
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "PRES. ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY TAFT" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues... See More
1972 Andy Warhol movie World premiere...
Item #708047
October 05, 1972
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 5, 1972
* World premiere advertisement for the movie "Heat"
* Andy Warhol & Paul Morrissey underground film -
* Joe Dallesandro as "The Hustler" and Sylvia Miles
Page 64 has a advertisement for the World premiere of "Heat", a Andy Warhol film staring Joe Dallesandro and directed by Paul Morriss... See More
1898 Battle of Sugar Point... Minnesota...
Item #707765
October 08, 1898
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 8, 1898
* Battle of Sugar Point - Leech Lake - Minnesota
* Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians - Bugonaygeshig
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE INDIAN TROUBLES" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally f... See More
1979 premiere of "Cocaine Cowboys" advertisement...
Item #707754
October 01, 1979
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 1, 1979
* "Cocaine Cowboys" film advertisement
* Grand opening day movie premieres
* Crime drama - Andy Warhol - Jack Palance
The back page has a full page advertisement for the opening day of the film "Cocaine Cowboys" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really n... See More
Rebecca Latimer Felton appointed U.S. Senator.......
Item #707695
October 04, 1922
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 4, 1922
* Rebecca Latimer Felton
* White supremacist & Democrat
* 1st United States Woman senator
* Historic political item
The front page has a one column heading: "Woman of 87 U. S. Senator from Georgia" Small photo of Felton is on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on the very 1st United States female senator being officially... See More
"Confederate" newspaper from the North...
Item #707672
October 17, 1861
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.
Among the articles within are: "The Condition of Kentucky" "A Western Woman's Views of the Crisis" "The Prisoners of War..." "The News of the Week" "Bad News from Wilso
... See More
Publisher with an interesting life...
Item #707489
October 20, 1811
THE ANTIGALLICAN MONITOR & ANTI-CORSICAN CHRONICLE, London, Oct. 20, 1811 Published by Lewis Goldsmith, of Portuguese-Jewish extraction. Previous to publishing this newspaper he spent much time in France acting as a "secret agent" to Napoleon, including efforts to kidnap King Louis XVIII. Goldsmith escaped to England in 1809 & by 1811 he founded this newspaper (subsequently... See More
Babe Ruth & the Red Sox in the World Series...
Item #707431
October 10, 1915
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Oct. 10, 1915 The front page has nice reporting on game 2 of the World Series, pitting Boston against Philadelphia. Boston would win 4 games to 1.
Babe Ruth was on the Boston team during this Series but the Red Sox pitching was so strong that the young Babe Ruth was not used on the mound and only made a single pinch-hitting appearance in game 5 (gr
The legendary "called shot" home run by Babe Ruth, in a Chicago newspaper...
Item #707386
October 02, 1932
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 2, 1932
* Babe Ruth's called shot (first report)
* New York Yankees World Series (game 3)
* Chicago Cubs - Wrigley Field
* Best title to be had - very rare
This could well be the most desired newspaper in baseball history. This edition reports the famous Babe Ruth "called shot" home run in the 1932 World Series.
As a bit of background, ... See More
Venezuelan Independence... Manifesto of Caracas...
Item #707340
October 19, 1811
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 19 & 26, 1811 This two issue set, under the heading "A Manifesto," has nearly 10 pages dedicated to the Manifesto of Caracas, and related details.
The coverage begins: "By the confederation of Venezuela, in South America, of the reason which influenced them in the formation of an ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE of Spain, and every other f... See More
1985 opening day premiere of "Commando" film...
Item #707323
October 08, 1985
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 8, 1985
* "Commando" film advertisement
* Grand opening day movie premiere
* American action thriller - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Page 57 has a 8 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day of the film "COMMANDO" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare... See More
1982 DEVO concert advertisement...
Item #707321
October 19, 1982
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 19, 1982
* DEVO - American new wave punk rock band
* Palladium Theatre concert advertisement
* "Whip It" - synth-pop song fame
Page 71 has a nice advertisement for a upcoming "DEVO" performance at the Palladium Theatre. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no rea... See More
England is close to conceding independence to the American colonies...
Item #707123
October 08, 1782
THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Scotland, Oct. 8, 1782
* American independence close ?
* General Sir Guy Carleton
* American Revolutionary War
The front page has a report with bits including: "...The late overtures made to the Rebel Congress by Sir Guy Carlton...for making peace with America, having afforded much political speculation, it is with satisfaction we find ourselves ... See More
From this famous mining town in Nevada...
Item #707085
October 30, 1879
THE NEVADA TRIBUNE, Carson City, Nevada, Oct. 30, 1879
* Rare Old West publication
Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much-desired gold & silver coins that bear the "C.C." mint mark.
Named for explorer Kit Carson, this city is just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue is from its heyday... See More
Baseball's very first pennant race won by Philadelphia... Mormons... Ku Klux Klan...
Item #707061
October 31, 1871
NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 31, 1871 Page 5 has a small yet historically significant report of the very first pennant race in professional baseball, some five years before the formal organization of the first professional league.
Headed: "Base-Ball--The Whip-Pennant Won by the Athletic Club of Philadelphia" with a brief report.
The front page has: "Great Stampede of the Ku-klux Con... See More
Nice Mormon content...
Item #707059
October 30, 1871
NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 30, 1871 Among the front page column heads are: "Mormons Visiting Mayor Wells in Prison Yesterday" "Sermon by Elder Cannon to Ten Thousand People" "A Prophecy that God Will Overthrow Their Persecutors" "Defiant Harangue of Elder Pratt in the Same Audience" plus: "Arrest of Kuklux Murderers in Louisiana".
Also of Mormon i... See More
1910 Belmont Park air show... early aviation...
Item #707006
October 25, 1910
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 25, 1910
* 1st major international aviation meet in U.S history
* Belmont Park - New York - early airplanes - aviators
* John Armstrong Drexel breaks altitude flight record
The top of the front page has five column 2 photo pictorial headed: "Five Aviators Circling In Front Of Belmont Park Grandstand At Same Tine" Nice for display. Also a one column heading... See More
Debating the Thirteenth Amendment... Johnson's Proclamations...
Item #706988
October 30, 1865
DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1865 The front page has a somewhat brief article: "The Georgia Convention - Abolishment Of Negro Slavery" which concerns the historic 13th Amendment. When Georgia ratifies it in December it would become the law of the land.
Page 2 has two: "Proclamation" documents signed by: Andrew Johnson. One calls for a day of T... See More
Sandy Koufax wins his first Cy Young Award...
Item #706778
October 25, 1963
NEW YORK TIMES, October 25, 1963
* Sandy Koufax 1st Cy Young
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* Yogi Berra signs as manager
* New York Yankees
The sport's section (page 20) has a one column head: "KOUFAX RECEIVES CY YOUNG AWARD" with subhead. A nice report on Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax winning the first of his three Cy Young awards.
Koufax is also remembered as one ... See More
1975 Roger Daltrey's "Lisztomania" film premiere ad...
Item #706685
October 13, 1975
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 13, 1975
* "Lisztomania" World premiere film advertisement
* British surreal biographical musical comedy movie
* THE WHO rock band frontman Roger Daltrey
Page 119 has a full page advertisement for the World premiere of "LISZTOMANIA" starring Roger Daltrey. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely... See More
The International Cricket Match... Oystering...
Item #706372
October 15, 1859
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 15, 1859 The front page has: "The Great Oyster Excitement - Scene On Board The Schooner Yankee Bird...". The inside has the desirable: "The International Cricket Match At Hoboken - Scene On The St. George's Ground, On The Morning Of The Match", which tells of the match between the United States and England. The opposing p... See More
1972 Yoko Ono & George Carlin...
Item #706289
October 26, 1972
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 26, 1972
* Yoko Ono - "Now Or Never" single release
* re. My Lai Massacre - political song ad
* Stand-up comedian George Carlin advertisement
* "Class Clown" Performances at Palace Theater
Page 53 has a 9 1/2 x 7 advertisement for the release of "Now Or Never" single by Yoko Ono which is a politica... See More
Early The Rolling Stones rock band 1965 ad...
Item #706239
October 07, 1965
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 7, 1965
* Early The Rolling Stones concert advertisement
* English rock and roll band - British invasion
* Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Brian Jones
Page 20 has a somewhat small advertisement for "THE ROLLING STONES" concert at the Academy Of Music in Manhattan. This ad measures 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches. (see image) This... See More
Earliest newspaper in your collection?
Item #706231
October 20, 1641
NOUVELLES, Paris, France, Oct. 20, 1641
* Earliest newspaper in your collection?
The heading roughly translates to: "Ordinary News". This issue predates the earliest English language newspaper we have in our inventory. It was the "sister" publication of the "Gazette", the very first regular newspaper published in France, started in 1631 by Théophraste Ren... See More
Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1677...
Item #706144
October 18, 1677
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Oct. 18, 1677
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, me... See More
Jack the Ripper, in the London Times...
Item #706003
October 22, 1888
THE TIMES, London, England, Oct. 22, 1888
* Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders
* Best title to be had (very rare as such)
During the last half of 1888 the East End of London, primarily the Whitechapel district, was terrorized by a murderer who came to be known as Jack The Ripper. His infamous & brutal crime spree was reported in newspapers around the world--indeed, most Ame... See More
Death of Robert E. Lee, in a Southern newspaper...
Item #705985
October 13, 1870
THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Oct. 13, 1870
* Robert E. Lee death
* Confederate general
All columns on pages 2 & 3 have black mourning rules for the death of Robert E. Lee.
Among the articles inside are " Dead" which has near the beginning: "...with the mournful intelligence that Robt. E. Lee is no more. This sad announcement will wring a wail of gr... See More
A broadside "newspaper" covering World War II...
Item #705973
October 13, 1944
TEL-PICS, New York, a lot of five issues: Sept. 18, 28, 30; Oct. 4, 13, 1944 This was a broadside (printed on one side only) newspaper originally meant to be displayed in store windows, mostly taken up with a large photo of the war, plus a caption. A very unusual item.
Each measures 10 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches, once folded to envelope size with a mailing address on the reverse, good condition, ... See More
Roger Staubach wins for Navy over. Pitt....
Item #705954
October 27, 1963
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 27, 1963 This is the sports section only.
The front page has a two column head: "24-12 Nay Victory Aided by 4 Pass Interceptions" with a related photo showing Roger Staubach. Complete sport's section with 22 pages, nice condition.
Kennedy's last policy/ideals speech...
Item #705953
October 27, 1963
NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 27, 1963
* President John F. Kennedy - JFK
* Last policy/ideals speech given
* Pre-Dallas, Texas assassination
Obviously unknown at the time but less than 4 weeks later John F. Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas.
The front page has an article: "Kennedy, Honoring Frost, Bids U.S. Heed Its Artists" which carries over to page 87, where i... See More
Very early on Ty Cobb, with a photo... Forbes Field...
Item #705949
October 08, 1909
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Oct. 8, 1909 The front page has a column headed: "Detroit Scores One In First Inning Of Great Game Today" "Tyrus Cobb Crosses Plate on Two Bases on Balls, a Sacrifice and a Single by Delehanty" "Mullin & Adams" "Much Interesting in Comparing Playing of Wagner for Pittsburg and Cobb for Detroit".
The article c... See More
Landmark event in women's history: former slave woman petitions as an heir to her brother's estate...
Item #705927
October 22, 1817
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Oct. 22, 1817
* Former Woman slave Pamela Sparhawk
* Newton, Massachusetts petition for estate
In 1818 a woman named Pamela Sparhawk petitioned the Mass. General Court to be recognized as heir to her brother’s estate.
What makes this remarkable? Pamela Sparhawk was a formerly enslaved Black woman.
Pamela separated from her brother in childhood... See More
With a photograph of Christy Mathewson...
Item #705924
October 14, 1910
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Oct. 14, 1910
* MLB pitcher Christy "Matty" Mathewson
* New York Giants baseball star photo
Page 3 has a banner headline: "Leading Events in Athletic World - Mathewson Wins Game" with an uncommon photo of him headed: "Famous Pitcher Who Struck Out 14 Men in Post-Series Game" and captioned: "Christopher Mathews... See More
The Battle of Sugar Point...
Item #705882
October 06, 1898
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, Oct. 6, 1898
* Battle of Sugar Point - Leech Lake - Minnesota
* Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians - Bugonaygeshig
The front page is dominated by much reporting on the Battle of Sugar Point, with heads: "UNITED STATES FORCES ARE MASSACRED BY ENRAGED INDIANS ON BEAR ISLAND" "General Bacon, with 100 Men.l..Goes to Supress a White E... See More
1983 "Never Say Never Again" film opening day ad...
Item #705870
October 11, 1983
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 11, 1983
* "Never Say Never Again" advertisement
* Grand opening day movie premiere - spy film
* Sean Connery's last role as James Bond
Page 46 has a 9 x 6 1/4 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day of the film "Never Say Never Again" (see images) This was Sean... See More
Jam Master Jay shot dead... Run-DMC DJ...
Item #705834
October 31, 2002
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 31, 2002
* Jam Master Jay murder - assassination
* Run-DMC hip hop group musician DJ
* Infancy of mainstream rap music fame
The top of page 17 has a heading: "Member of Pioneer Rap Group Run DMC Is Slain" with photo of Jason William Mizell. (see images) He was gunned down in his recording studio in Queens, New York City.
Nice to have this report in a news... See More
On the historic Funding Act... Building the Cape Henry lighthouse... Much more...
Item #705729
October 06, 1790
GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Oct. 6, 1790
* United States Funding Act of 1790
* Cape Henry Lighthouse construction
* re. Benjamin Franklin's death
The back page has not one, but two documents from the "Treasury Department" concerning carrying into effect the historic Funding Act of 1790, whereby the new federal government would assume the debts
... See More
* United States Funding Act of 1790
* Cape Henry Lighthouse construction
* re. Benjamin Franklin's death
The back page has not one, but two documents from the "Treasury Department" concerning carrying into effect the historic Funding Act of 1790, whereby the new federal government would assume the debts
Great account of the last of the Lincoln-Douglas debates...
Item #705619
October 23, 1858
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 23, 1858
* Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas
* The Great Debates of 1858 (last one)
* Alton, Madison County, Illinois
Keeping in mind that this was from the period of the Lincoln/Douglas debates, page 4 has a report from Springfield headed: "Illinois Politics" which talks of Stephen Douglas.
Taking over a full column on page 6 is a fine re... See More
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