1950 Battle of the Pusan Perimeter... Korean War...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 3, 1950



* Battle of the Pusan Perimeter - Korean War

* United Nations Command vs. North Korea



The front page has a banner headline: "ALL OUT BATTLE RAGES" with lead-in: "Reds Hurl Might into 3 Big Drives" and subheads. (see images) 

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1931 British gold standard dropped...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 21, 1931



* British gold standard stopped - dropped

* Monetary money currency system



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BRITISH SUSPEND GOLD BASIS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. More on page 2, lengthy text. A few related photos are on the back page.

Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small bindin... See More  

1939 USS Squalus submarine disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, May 28, 1939



* USS Squalus (Sailfish) sinking disaster

* Submarine test dive off New Hampshire



The front page of this section has a nice banner pictorial with heading: "Fort Fathoms Undersea An Heroic Rescue Is Made" with smaller subheads.

Other topics throughout. Complete section 4 only with all 10 pages, light toning at the margins, a little ... See More  

1875 Mardis Gras in Memphis illlustrations...

Here is a double page centerfold engraving from the Feb. 13, 1875 issue of THE DAILY GRAPHIC from New York City. This centerfold contains 17 separate illustrations showing scenes from the Mardi Gras celebration in Memphis, Tennessee. This entire centerfold measures 29 x 21 inches, minor margin wear, nice condition.



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1942 Pryor Creek, Oklahoma tornado disaster...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 28, 1942



* Pryor Creek, Oklahoma tornado disaster



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MANY KILLED BY TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA" with subheads (see images)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.



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France swindler Henry Rochette 1934 suicide...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 15, 1934



* Henri Rochette suicide by razor death in France

* French banker - con artist - swindler - fraudster 



The front page has a one column heading: "Famous Crook Cuts Throat in Paris Court" Photo of Rochette is on page 21. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes alo... See More  

1940 Cole Bros. Circus fire disaster...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Feb. 21, 1940



* Cole Bros. Circus fire disaster

* Rochester, Fulton Co., Indiana 

* Death of several performing animals



Near the bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Pigmy Hippopotamus Boiled in His Tank As Fire Destroys 170 Circus Beasts in Cages" (see images) 

Complete with 30 pages, light toning light toning, some small bind... See More  

1938 Karel Capek death... Czech writer....

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.

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1868 Omnibus Admission Bill passed by Congress...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1868



* The Omnibus Admission Bill passes 

* Post Civil War reconstruction law 

* Confederate states back to the Union 



The first column of the front page has a report headed: "The Bill to Admit the Southern States Passed by Both Houses" A related item on page 4 is headed: "Passage of the Omnibus Bill" (see images)

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1st NASA spacecraft launch...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., October 11, 1958



* Pioneer 1 launch

* 1st NASA spacecraft



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Rocket Off To Moon" with subhead and two related diagrams. (see images)

Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.



AI notes: Pioneer 1, launched by NASA on October 11, 1958, was an early U.S. attempt at lunar expl... See More  

1982 Granmaster Flash & the Furious Five...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 7, 1982



* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five performance

* Performance at the Peppermint Lounge advertisement

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music



Page 79 has a full page ad for various upcoming performances at the Peppermint Lounge" nightclub in Manhattan with one of the performers being "Grandmast... See More  

1947 Eastern Airlines Flight 605 disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 31, 1947



* Eastern Airlines flight 605

* Airplane crash disaster 

* Port Deposit, Maryland



The front page has a nice five column headline announcing: "53 KILLED AS AIRLINER CRASHES AND BURNS IN MARYLAND WOODS; DISASTER HERE LAID TO WIND SHIFT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with a related photo and map.

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Rebel generals unite to attack Pittsburgh...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 7, 1864  



* Battle of the Crater - Gen. Burnside

* Last attempt for Northern invasion



Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "A Rebel Mine Exploded Under Our Works" "Expeditions Into North Carolina & Up the Rappahannock" "The Rebel Raid" "Reported Evacuation of Hagerstown by the Rebels&... See More  

Gari Melchers death... American artist....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1932



* Gari Melchers death

* American artist



The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "GARI MELCHERS, NOTED PAINTER, DIES IN SOUTH" with subhead. (see images) 

Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in great condition.



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1945 capture of German U-boat U-858...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1945



* First German U-boat capture post surrender 

* U-858 off New Jersey coast - U.S. Navy 



The front page has a four column photo with heading: "Prowling Ended: German Submarine Surrenders To Our Navy" Also a one column heading: "1ST U-BOAT YIELDS TO US OFF JERSEY" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues inside w... See More  

1981 "FOREIGNER" Manhattan concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 30-Oct. 6, 1981



* Foreigner - American rock band advertisement

* Mick Jones - Lou Gramm - Dennis Elliott

* Madison Square Garden - MSG concert 



Page 63 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming performance by "FOREIGNER w/ Billy Squier" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see image)

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1973 The Allman Brothers Band concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 2, 1979



* The Allman Brothers Band - Dickey Betts

* American rock band concert advertisement

* Madison Square Garden - MSG - Manhattan



Page 85 has a decorative full page advertisement for the "THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND w/ Dave Mason" concert at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. (see images)

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"Alien Order" beginning internment of Japanese during World War II...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, February 19, 1942



* Internment of Japanese Americans

* FDR's Executive Order 9066 (eve)

* Alien control order

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a two column heading: "Congressmen Demand All American-Born Japs Be Moved From Coastal Areas" with lead-in: "Enemy Aliens" and subhead. (see images) FDR would sign order # 9066 on this d... See More  

1951 Frank Costello - NYC mob boss...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1951



* Frank Costello - NYC gangster - mob boss

* Luciano crime family - "The Prime Minister of the Underworld"

* United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce

* Kefauver Hearings



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "COSTELLO, ERICKSON AND ADONIS NAMED IN CONTEMPT MOVE" with subheads. (... See More  

New York Yankee pitches a perfect game...

DAILY NEWS, New York, July 19, 1999 



* David Cone

* Perfect game

* New York Yankees



This tabloid-size newspaper actually as a single sheet, folio size "wrap" to announce the perfect game pitched by Yankee David Cone the day prior, the entire ftpg. take up with a celebratory color photo and huge headline: "PERFECT ! " The reverse of this wrap is on David Cone as wel... See More  

1968 Apollo 8 human spaceflight...

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass., December 27, 1968



* Apollo 8 human spaceflight ends

* 1st manned spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit

* 1st to reach the Moon

* James Lovell - Frank Borman - William Anders



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Apollo 8 Completes Trip With A Bullseye Landing" with related map. (see images)

Complete with 8 pages, light toning at th... See More  

1929 occupation of Haiti... U.S. Marines...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Dec. 6, 1929



* United States occupation of Haiti

* United States Marine Corps

* Les Cayes massacre



The front page has a one column heading: "MARTIAL LAW IN HAITIAN PORT FOLLOWS STRIKE" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.



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Celebrations: Gettysburg... Negroes in Washington... Williamsburg... Society of the Cincinatti...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 5, 1865 



* Cornerstone laid for the Gettysburg monument 



Page 5 has: "Gettysburg", "The Celebration Yesterday on the Great Battle Field", "General Howard's Tribute to the Veterans", "Miles O'Reilly's Poem of the Day and Place", and "The Ceremonies of Laying the Corner Stone of the Gettysburg Monument... See More  

By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...

THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 23, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after winning the c... See More  

1963 Nathaniel Branden & Ayn Rand lecture advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 31, 1963



* Nathaniel Branden and Ayn Rand

* Lecture at the Hotel Roosevelt ad

* Philosophy of Objectivism author

* Objectivist movement - think tanks

* The Fountainhead & Atlas Shrugged



Page 5 has a somewhat small advertisement for "AYN RAND" lecture involving Nathaniel Branden at the Hotel Roosevelt. This ad me... See More