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The circus is coming to town! Cole Bros. and Clyde Beatty... 1940 (1935?)...
Item #695746
July 18, 1940
* Cole Bros. Circus w/ animal trainer Clyde Beatty
* Great displayable item, some in color
* Gloversville, Fulton County, New York
This is an 8-page promotional piece for the "COLE BROS. CIRCUS" coming to Gloversville, New York, July 18, 1940 (see note below). The entire piece is a generic advertisement for the circus' tour for the year, customized only at the very bottom of th... See More
Complete set of all 21 issues of the 'Liberty Gazette' from "1787"...
Item #695742
February 25, 1987
LIBERTY GAZETTE, Feb. 25 thru Sept. 22, 1787 (printed in 1987) The bottom of the front page notes: "Published weekly (may-September, 1987) to bring to the public the development of the United Staters Constitution and show American life as it was in 1787". It was done in Farmington, New Mexico.
Offered here is a complete set of all 21 issues created, which includes the Constitution issue... See More
Report of Kennedy's assassination in a Turkish newspaper...
Item #695741
November 23, 1963
ULUS ADIMIZ ANDIMIZDIR, Nov. 23, 1963 A newspaper from Turkey reporting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The name of the newspaper translates, roughly: "Our Nation Name Is Our Oath". It is entirely in the Turkish language.
Folio size, presumed complete in 8 pages, very nice condition.
1945 Hollywood Black Friday...
Item #695707
October 06, 1945
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 6, 1945
* Hollywood Black Bloody Friday strike riots
* Warner Bros. Studios - Burbank, California
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "HOLLYWOOD RIOT FLARES IN STRIKE" with subhead and related photo. (see)
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in great condition.
Mt. McKinley claims lives of Lindley expedition... Two young scientists die...
Item #695690
May 17, 1932
THE DETROIT NEWS, May 17, 1932
* Denali - Mount McKinley
* Lindley expedition (1st report)
* Both peaks conquered (1st time)
* Theodore Koven & Allen Carpe
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "2 DIE SCALING M'KINLEY PEAK" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 26 pages, rag edition, light toning on the front page, nice condition.... See More
Jerry Pate wins U.S. Open as a rookie...
Item #695684
June 21, 1976
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1976
* Rookie 22 year old golfer Jerry Pate
* Wins U.S. Open golf major championship
* Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia
The top of page 39 has a four column heading: "Pate, Pro Rookie, Takes Open By 2 Strokes With 68 for 277" with two related photos. Leader board on page 41. (see)
Fifty-six pages, piece torn away at top right corner of the f... See More
Camp David Accords signed in 1979...
Item #695682
September 18, 1978
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 18, 1978
* Camp David Accords signed
* Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin
* Egypt & Israel - Jimmy Carter
The front page has a banner headline: "'U.S. to Replace Israeli Basess" with subheads and photo of Begin. (see) More inside.
Complete 1st section only with 30 pages, nice condition.... See More
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is established...
Item #695673
January 23, 1946
THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 23, 1946
* CIA Central Intelligence Agency is established (1st report)
* President Harry Truman
The top of page 14 has a two column heading: "Truman Creates a New Authority To Handle Foreign Intelligence" "Gathering and Dissemination Put Under Secretaries of State, War and Navy With a Central Director as Coordinator" First re... See More
First Official Mother's Day...
Item #695672
April 15, 1914
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 15, 1914 This issue contains an article from the month before Mother's Day was made an official holiday. The article includes: "The Federal Government is lending its assistance to the movement, and on that day the clergy of the whole country will be asked to preach sermons regarding the general welfare of the home and so help to make Mother's Day o... See More
Israel is granted United Nations membership...
Item #695671
May 12, 1949
TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., May 12, 1949
* Israel joins the United Nations (1st report)
* Jewish - Jews - Judaica
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Israel Now Member of United Nations" (see)
Eighteen pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in good condition.... See More
Golfer Johnny Goodman wins 1937 U.S. Amateur
Item #695668
August 29, 1937
SECTION II (sports) only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 29, 1937
* Johnny Goodman wins (1st report)
* United States Amateur Championship
* Omaha, Nebraska golfer
The front page of this section has a banner heading: "JOHNNY GOODMAN WINS U. S. AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP" with subhead. Nice photo on page 5. (see)
Complete section 2 only with 10 pages, this is the "... See More
Death of Natalie Wood in a L.A. paper...
Item #695665
November 30, 1981
SUN-TIMES, Chicago, November 30, 1981
* Natalie Wood death (1st report)
* American film & T.V. actress
The front page has a banner heading: "Actress Natalie Wood drowns off Catalina" with small photo of Wood. (see) First report coverage continues on page 4 with another banner heading and three related photos.
Complete with 96 pages, tabloid size, small "55c" stamp j... See More
1935 Berlin Anti-Jewish riots... Negro lynchings...
Item #695664
July 16, 1935
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 16, 1935
* Anti-Semitic riots - Berlin, Germany
* Pre Kristallnacht - Jewish holocaust - Jews
* Dooley Morgan & Bert Moore Negroes lynchings
* Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
The front page has a one column heading: "Nazi Rioters Attack Jews in Berlin Cafes" (see)
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "2 ARE LYNCHED IN MISSISSIP... See More
1957 Ruskin Heights, Kansas City tornado...
Item #695662
May 21, 1957
THE DETROIT PRESS, May 21, 1957
* Ruskin Heights, Kansas City F5 tornado disaster
* May 1957 Central Plains tornado outbreak sequence
The front page has a nice banner headline: "TORNADO HITS KC; 14 DIE" with lead-in: "More Than 100 Hurt in Kansas, Missouri" and subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with 38 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, some small... See More
President Obama's 2nd Inauguration... Beyonce performs....
Item #695655
January 22, 2013
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 22, 2013
* President Obama's Second Inauguration
* Several pages with both photos and textual details
* Beyonce sings the National Anthem
Several pages of this issue are dedicated to covering the 2nd Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama. See images for details.
The issue is complete in multiple sections and is in very good condition.... See More
Haile Selassie coronation... Emperor of Ethiopia...
Item #695653
November 03, 1930
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 3, 1930
* Haile Selassie I coronation
* Emperor of Ethiopian Empire
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "EMPEROR IS CROWNED IN REGAL SPLENDOR AT AFRICAN CAPITAL" with subheads. First report coverage on the coronation of Haile Selassie as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Complete with 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More
Tommy Lasorda voted into Hall of Fame....
Item #695651
March 06, 1997
LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 6, 1997
* Tommy Lasorda - Dodgers baseball
* Voted into National Baseball Hall of Fame
* Cooperstown, New York
The top of the front page has a heading: "He's Going to Cooperstown" with photo of Lasorda. Much more in the sport's section with front page banner headline. (see) Great to have in this Los Angeles publication. Nice condition.... See More
Premier of Chicken Run - reviews of Shaft & Me, Myself & Irene...
Item #695650
June 23, 2000
LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 23, 2000 (Calendar section only)
* Chicken Run - premier week & double-page ad
* Me, Myself & Irene - premier, review & full page ad
* Shaft - review and double-page ad, 2nd week
A terrific issue of the motion picture hits: "Chicken Run", "Shaft", and "Me Myself, & Irene", and perhaps no better issue could be found than ... See More
Jeffrey Dahmer arrest... serial killer...
Item #695649
August 06, 1991
THE HAYS DAILY NEWS, Kansas, Aug. 6, 1991
* Jeffrey Dahmer arrest
* Serial killer and sex offender
* Rape, murder & dismemberment
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "Mother sues Milwaukee over Dahmer" (see) Coverage on the recent arrest and realization of Jeffrey Dahmer's killings. I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to... See More
Bobby Jones wins 1929 U.S. Open....
Item #695648
July 02, 1929
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 2, 1929.
* Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Open - 2nd report
* Winged Foot Golf Club at Mamaroneck
The sport's section (page 21) has a two column heading: "Georgia House Lauds Jones in Resolution; Atlanta Plans Record Welcome Today" Also a one column heading on the same page: "JONES GOES HOME TO HIS LAW OFFICE" with subheads. (see)
Complete ... See More
Elsa Einstein death... wife and cousin of Albert...
Item #695647
December 22, 1936
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1936
* Elsa Einstein death
* Wife & cousin of Albert
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "MRS. EINSTEIN DIES; WIFE OF SCIENTIST" with subheads and photo. First report coverage of the death of Elsa Einstein, second wife and first cousin of Albert Einstein.
Complete with all 56 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on ve... See More
School prayer barred in 1948...
Item #695645
March 09, 1948
THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1948
* Supreme Court decision (1st report)
* Separation of Church and State in schools
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "RELIGIOUS TEACHING IN SCHOOLS BARRED BY SUPREME COURT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the famous Supreme Court ruling. Nice to have in the World famous publication.
Complete with 48 pages, light to... See More
1933 Calvin Coolidge burial...
Item #695644
January 08, 1933
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, January 8, 1933
* President Calvin Coolidge death - burial
The front page has a nice banner headline: "COOL;IDGE LIES IN HOME HILLS" with subheads. Related photos on pages 2 & 3. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 20 pages, rag edition in gre... See More
Bathysphere deep-sea submersible dive...
Item #695643
September 23, 1932
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, September 23, 1932
* Bathysphere deep-sea submersible
* Otis Barton & William Beebe dive
* New York Zoological Society
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Scientists Explore Atlantic 2,200 Feet Below Surface" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, light staining at the bott... See More
John Wayne Gacy murders... serial killer clown...
Item #695637
February 09, 1980
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Feb. 9, 1980
* John Wayne Gacy trial
* Serial "killer clown"
* Best title to be had ?
Here is a issue re. the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. Page 4 has a heading: "A witness complains Gacy 'staring at me'" with related illustration. (see) Coverage of Gacy's murder trial. Probably only reported in a Chicago ... See More
Premier ads and reviews for "Get Shorty"& "Mallrats"...
Item #695629
October 20, 1995
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 20, 1995 (Front and Calendar sections only)
* Get Shorty - premier double-page ad and review
* Mallrats - premier ad and review
* Les Misérables - premier ad and review
* Now and Then - premier ad and review
A terrific issue of the motion pictures hits: "Get Shorty", "Mallrats", "Les Misér
... See More
Augusta National Golf Course opening round......
Item #695628
January 15, 1933
THE DETROIT NEWS, January 15, 1933
* Augusta National Golf Club course opening
* Founded by golfer Bobby Jones - Georgia
* Home of the Masters golf tournament
The front page of the sport's section has a small one column heading: "Jones Gets 69 On New Course" First report coverage on Jones playing his very first round of golf at the famed course just after it's opening.
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Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics...
Item #695620
July 19, 1912
VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1912
* Jim Thorpe wins Olympic gold medal
* Decathlon - Stockholm Summer Olympic
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
Although legendary athlete Jim Thorpe was born & grew up in Oklahoma, he has very close ties with the city of Carlisle. It was in 1904 when Thorpe attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School that his incredi... See More
Review & premiere of "Heat", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
Item #695616
December 15, 1995
LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 15, 1995
* Best "Heat" & "Jumanji" film advertisements
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere reviews
* American crime - Robert De Niro
* Al Pacino - Val Kilmer
* Fantasy adventure - Robin Williams
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hits "Heat" & "Jumanji" and perhaps no better issue could be foun... See More
The Nome Nugget from Alaska...
Item #695596
July 01, 1938
THE NOME NUGGET, Alaska, July 1, 1938
* Rare publication
Banner headlines on the front page announce: "Typhoon Causes Two Day Horror Japanese Islands" and: "Continuous Chinese Artillery Fire Holds Japs Back".
Four pages, good condition.
First of this title we have offered...
Item #695594
June 06, 1901
THE INDEPENDENT, Honolulu, H.I. (Hawaiian Islands), June 6, 1901
* Very rare publication
* Sandwich Islands
This is the first of this issue we have offered in our 47 years. A typical newspaper of the day with a great wealth of ads and various news reports of the day.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, a faint publisher's stamp near the top, good condition.... See More
Tripartite Pact.... Axis powers unite...
Item #695567
September 27, 1940
NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 27, 1940
* 1940 Tripartite Pact
* Germany - Japan - Italy
* Axis powers officially unite
The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR PACT AIMED AT U. S. JOINS JAPAN AND AXIS" with subheads. First report coverage on the Tripartite Pact which was signed in Berlin by the representatives of Germany (Nazis), Japan and Italy.
Complete in 46 pages... See More
Mongaup Pond NY airplane disaster....
Item #695562
June 11, 1934
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 11, 1934
* Mongaup Pond, Catskill Mountains
* Curtiss T-32 Condor II airplane crash
The front page has a banner headline: "HUNT AIR LINER IN CATSKILLS" with subheads. Early reporting here. related photo on the back page.
Complete 32 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton &a... See More
Captain John Owen Donaldson death....
Item #695560
September 08, 1930
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 8, 1930
* Captain John Owen Donaldson
* World War I flying ace
* Airplane stunting death
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Capt. J. O. Donaldson, War Ace and President Of Newark Air Service, Killed in Stunt Flying" (see) First report coverage on the death of World War I flying ace, John Owen Donaldson. Always nice to have no... See More
John Wayne Gacy murders... serial killer clown...
Item #695559
February 29, 1980
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Feb. 29, 1980
* John Wayne Gacy trial
* Defense rested its case
* Serial "killer clown"
* Best title to be had ?
Here is a issue re. the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. The top of page 7 has a heading: "Gacy 'cold, ruthless' inside, court is told" (see) Probably only reported in a Chicago publication, very rare... See More
John Wayne Gacy murders... serial killer clown...
Item #695558
February 27, 1980
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Feb. 27, 1980
* John Wayne Gacy trial
* Serial "killer clown"
* Best title to be had ?
Here is a issue re. the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. The top of page 14 has a heading: "Gacy is paranoid, defense witness says" (see) Probably only reported in a Chicago publication, very rare as such.
Complete with all 124 pages,... See More
John Wayne Gacy murders... serial killer clown...
Item #695557
February 08, 1980
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Feb. 8, 1980
* John Wayne Gacy trial
* Serial "killer clown"
* Best title to be had ?
Here is a issue re. the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. Page 4 has a heading: "A mother collapses while testifying at trial" with related illustration. (see) Also on the same is a banner heading: "The Gacy case: 2 strategies, 2 tr... See More
Alexander Fleming receives Nobel prize... Penicillin...
Item #695556
December 19, 1945
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1945
* Alexander Fleming
* Penicillin - Penicillium
* Nobel Prize in Medicine
Page 13 has two photos with heading: "King Gustaf Of Sweden Presenting 1945 Nobel Prizes" with one photo having text: "Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, receiving his award in Stockholm" (see photos). Shows Alexander Fleming receiving t... See More
Richard Ramirez "Night Stalker" death sentence…
Item #695554
November 08, 1989
THE HAYS DAILY NEWS. Kansas, Nov. 8, 1989
* Serial killer & rapist Richard Ramirez
* Los Angeles area home invasion predator
* "Night Stalker" sentenced to death
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Ramirez, sentenced to death, says Lucifer will avenge him" (see)
Complete with 26 pages, address label within the masthead, nice condition.... See More
Muhammad Ali guilty...
Item #695551
June 21, 1967
THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, June 21, 1967
* Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay guilty
* United States Army draft dodging
The top of page 8 has a three column heading: "Clay Gets Five Years; Appeals" (see) First report coverage on Muhammad Ali being convicted of draft dodging.
Complete with 12 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine/1st column, small library stamp within t... See More
1946 Goodland, Kansas C-47 crash...
Item #695542
July 20, 1946
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 20, 1946
* Goodland, Kansas
* C-47 military transport crash
* Airplane - aviation disaster
The front page has a small one column heading: "13 Are Killed in Air Crash" (see) First report coverage on the United States Air Force C-47 military transport airplane crash near Goodland, Kansas
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at t... See More
Plane crashes into the Empire State Building...
Item #695535
July 30, 1945
NEW YORK POST, July 30, 1945
* B-25 Mitchell bomber crash
* Empire State Building
* Betty Lou Oliver miracle fall
The front page has a heading: "EMPIRE STATE CRASH PROBED"
Page 5 has a three column heading: "Army Investigating Empire State Crash; Sailor's Body Found" with 2 related photos.
Also of interest is a four column heading on the same page: "The... See More
Georgy Malenkov quits as Soviet premier...
Item #695534
February 08, 1955
THE DETROIT NEWS, Feb. 8, 1955
* Georgy Malenkov quits
* Nikolai Bulganin takes over
* Premier of the Soviet Union
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MALENKOV QUITS !" with lead-in: "Bulganin New Premier" with 2 related photos. Nice for display.
Complete with 42 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generall... See More
Jackie Robinson's 1st MLB home run...
Item #695527
April 19, 1947
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 19. 1947
* Jackie Robinson's 1st home run
* 1st Negro in Major league baseball
* Brooklyn Dodgers "The Bums"
The sport's section (page 10) has a two column heading: "Bums Given Rush At Polo Grounds" with subhead and box scores. Text includes: "Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers' celebrated Negro rookie, also shared in the fence-b... See More
Hélène Boucher killed in airplane accident...
Item #695524
December 01, 1934
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1934
* Helen Boucher killed
* French aviatrix - pilot
* Airplane crash accident
The bottom of the back page has a two column photo headed: "French Woman Air Record Holder Killed"
Page 8 has a small and discrete one column heading: "French Aviatrix Killed in Crash; Held Altitude Mark" (see)
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in nice ... See More
1938 Karel Capek death... Czech writer....
Item #695517
December 26, 1938
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 26, 1938
* Karel Capek death (1st report)
* Czech science Fiction writer
* "War with the Newts" fame
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "KAREL CAPEK DIES; CZECH WRITER" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
Other news, sport... See More
Rare Babe Ruth playing golf photo....
Item #695516
February 03, 1929
SPORT'S SECTION ONLY (Sunday) of the New York Times, February 3, 1929
* Babe Ruth playing golf photo
* New York Yankees spring training
* St. Petersburg, Florida
Page 6 of this section only has a rare photo showing Babe Ruth playing golf in Florida with text that reads: "Babe Ruth Starting His Spring Training on the Links at St. Petersburg, Fla." (see)
Other sporting n... See More
1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising... WWII....
Item #695514
May 22, 1943
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943
* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure
* German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities
* Jewish resistance - Jews
The top of page 4 has one column headings: "JEWS' LAST STAND FELLED 1,000 NAZIS" "Battle in Warsaw Ghetto Was Aided by Armed Squads of Polish Guerrillas" "More Slaughter Starts" and more. (see) See images for text ... See More
USC Trojans wins 1944 Rose Bowl & more....
Item #695513
January 02, 1944
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1944
* Rose Bowl: USC Trojans vs. Washington Huskies
* Orange Bowl: LSU Tigers vs. Texas A&M Aggies
* Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Tulsa
* Cotton Bowl: Texas Longhorns vs. Randolph
The front page of the sport's section has a nice banner headline: "U. S. C. OVERWHELMS WASHINGTON, 29 TO 0" with subheads and large phot... See More
Art Longsjo qualifies for the Olympics...
Item #695512
February 03, 1955
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Feb. 3, 1955
* Art Longsjo qualifies for Olympics
* Olympian Speed Skater & Cyclist
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Art Longsjo, 23, Fitchburg, Wins Speed-Skating Berth On 1956 U. S. Olympic Team" with photo of Longsjo. (see) Probably only reported in this Fitchburg publication, the city where he lived. Very rare as such.
Comple... See More
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