1st non-stop transpacific flight in 1931...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 5, 1931 



* 1st non-stop transpacific airplane flight 

* Hugh Herndon Jr. & Clyde Edward Pangborn 



The front page has a banner headline: "HERNDON, PANGBORN LAND NEAR SEATTLE" with subhead, related photo and map. (see images) First report coverage on the 1st non-stop transpacific airplane flight. (Japan to Washington State)

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THE WHO 1976 MSG concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, March 1, 1976



*  The Who - English rock band - group

* "The Who by Numbers Tour" advertisement

* Madison Square Garden concert (sold out)

* Roger Daltrey - Pete Townsend - Keith Moon



Page 85 has a full page advertisement for a "THE WHO" concert at Madison Square Garden.

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1970's Pinball Machines craze...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July Aug. 2, 1976



* Pinball machines craze of the 70's

* Solid-state era - microprocessors

* Electronic gaming in it's infancy



The front page has a heading: "Crazy About PINBALL!..." Pages 14 & 15 has an editorial on the current craze for pinball machines that was entering the solid-state era in the gaming indus... See More  

1975 Jayne County... glam punk rock... Craig Russell...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 6, 1975



* Jayne (Wayne) County at the Coventry ad

* First openly transgender rock music singer

* Glam proto-punk foul mouthed songwriter

* Craig Russell (Canadian actor) female impersonator

* Trude Heller's Club performance advertisement



Page 44 has two advertisements for upcoming performances by "WAYNE COUNTY ... See More  

Wall Street Journal from the Great Depression...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, San Francisco, California, November 23, 1931



* Original from the Great Depression



This newspaper has business news, charts, stock quotes and more throughout during a time in American history that was not so promising. Get a first hand look at what was going on in the business World during this dark time.

Complete with 8 pages, light even toning, a few tiny binding h... See More  

1975 "Great American Music Fair" festival ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, August 4, 1975



* "Great American Music Fair" festival advertisement

* Syracuse, New York - Beach Boys - Doobie Brothers

* America - Jefferson Starship and more



Page 85 has a nice full page advertisement for the upcoming "GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC FAIR" at the New York State fairgrounds in Syracuse. (see images)

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1976 Democrat politician Wayne Hays sex scandal...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, June 14, 1976



* Ohio Democrat politician Wayne Hays

* Sex scandal with secretary Elizabeth Ray



The front page has a headline: "Sexual Politics: WAYNE HAYS MUST GO" with a piece on the scandal that begins on page 13 with related photo. See images for portion of the text.

wikipedia notes: In May 1976, the Washington Post broke the sto... See More  

Washington Square Village sold... Moondog ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 26, 1963  



* Washington Square Village sold

* New York University buys

* Moondog - Louis Thomas Hardin

* Blind composer, Musician, performer

* Greenwich Village performance advertisement



The front page has a heading: "NYU IS Top Landowner, Buys Washington Sq. Village" Article continues on multiple inside pages.

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Meletius IV of Constantinople death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30 1935



* Meletius IV of Constantinople

* Greek Patriarch of Alexandria

* Emmanuel Metaxakis  death



The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "GREEK PATRIARCH, 65, DEAD IN EGYPT" with subheads and photo. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high qualit... See More  

United States about to enter WWI...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 28, 1917



* World War I - WWI

* America close to entering

* Great headline for display



The front page has a nice banner headline: "INSISTS GERMANY MAKING WAR" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display.

Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile fro... See More  

1997 U.S. premiere of the musical RAGTIME...

Here is a 4 page insert from the June 29th, 1997 issue of the Los Angeles Times promoting the premiere of the musical Ragtime at the Shubert Theatre.



* Ragtime (musical) advertisement

* United States premiere (L.A.)



The front page has has a heading: "RAGTIME IS GREAT THEATER! AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT" and more. Pages 2 & 3 is a nice displayable centerfold promting the new mu... See More  

Edgar Allan Poe Parents Theatre Ad In 1806...

BOSTON GAZETTE, Oct. 9, 1806



* Edgar Allan Poe's father & mother theater ads

* Eliza Arnold Hopkins Poe & David Poe Jr.



The top of page 3 under "Boston Theatre" is a  notice for the performance of "SPEED THE PLOUGH", with Mr. Poe as "Henry" and Mrs. Poe as "Miss Blanford" re. the parents of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Murder Inc. hitman Harry Maione...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 3, 1940



* Murder Inc. hitman Harry Maione

* District Attorney William O'Dwyer



The front page has a two column heading: "Maione of Murder, Inc., Offers To Talk; O'Dwyer Won't Listen" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 44 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.



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Wiley Post's sets record as first solo around-the-world pilot...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1933 



* Aviator Wiley Post - airplane pilot

* First person to fly solo around the world 

* The landing in New York City (1st report)



The top of the front page has a 4 column headline: "POST ARRIVES SAFELY IN NEW YORK, CIRCLING WORLD IN 7 DAYS, 19 HOURS; MOLLISONS ARE FLYING THE ATLANTIC" with many subheads and related photo. More on this on... See More  

Richard Byrd's Trans-Atlantic Flight....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 1927.



* Richard Byrd's Transatlantic flight in fog



The front page has has a nice three line, full banner headline: "BYRD FLIES FOR HOURS IN FOG OVER FRANCE SEEKING FOR PARIS AND A PLACE TO LAND; LAST MESSAGE FROM HIM AN SOS NEAR DAWN", with related subheads and a nice photo of Richard Evelyn Byrd.  Additionally, there is a related map on page 2.... See More  

King Ibn Saud adds another wife in 1935...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 19, 1935



* King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia

* 1st monarch of Saudi Arabia



Page 6 has a small one column heading: "King Ibn Saud Increases Wives by Proxy Marriage" See image for brief text here. Coverage on the Saudi Arabian monarch marrying another new wife.  I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titl... See More  

J. Robert Oppenheimer loses security clearance...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 2, 1954



* Manhattan Project pioneer  - Atomic weapons

* Director physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

* Post atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

* Loses clearance for nation's atomic secrets



The front page has a banner headline: "OPPENHEIMER LOSES APPEAL TO ESCAPE 'RISK' TAG'" with subheads. (see images)

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The invasion in and around Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 9, 1864 



* The invasion in and around Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland...



Among the first column headings on the Civil War are: "The Great Rebel Invasion", "Everything as Clear as Mud", "Nobody Hurt--Everybody Scared", "A Few Small Skirmishes", "Two States Quaking Before a Band of Horse-Thieves", " and ... See More  

Battle of Arawe... New Britain campaign...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 19, 1943



* Battle of Arawe - Operation Director

* New Britain campaign - Australia

* Territory of Papua and New Guinea

* United States Marine Corps - U.S. Marines



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ALLIES MAKE NEW GAINS AT ARAWE, AND FELL 10 MORE ENEMY PLANES" with subheads and photo of U.S. Marines landing ashore. (see images)

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On Yankees winning the 1928 World Series, led by Babe Ruth...

NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 11, 1928 



* New York Yankees & Babe Ruth

* World Series of baseball champions

* Welcome home celebration



The top of the front page has a two-column heading: "Smith Greets Babe Ruth on Homecoming; Calls Him 'Boss of the Youth of America'" The sport's section (page 20) has a banner headline: "Ruth and Other Yanks Get Royal Welcome on R... See More  

1916 German zeppelins air raid on England....

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 9, 1916



* German zeppelins - airships

* Aerial raid on London - England

* World War I - WWI bombing



The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "LONDON IS BOMBARDED" with subhead. (see) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not to... See More  

1937 Shangai victory Japanese parade...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Dec. 3, 1937



* POST Battle of Shanghai - China

* Japanese victory parade bombing

* Second Sino-Japanese War



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BOMB THROWN AT JAPANESE ARMY PARADE IN SHANGHAI" with subheads. (see images)

complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1679...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Feb. 26, 1679



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* Great gift idea for that history buff



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 centur... See More  

1804 Grand Master Isaiah Thomas notice... Masonic...

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL & MASSACHUSETTS FEDERALIST, Boston, Feb. 29, 1804 



* Grand Lodge of Massachusetts notice

* Masonic - Masons - Freemasonry - Freemasons



Page 3 has a notice for a upcoming meeting headed: "Grand Lodge of Massachusetts" Also contains the seal of the lodge. (see image)

News of the day and several advertisements. Complete with 4 pages, a little light foxin... See More  

1941 Bicknell, Indiana coal mine explosion.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1941



* Bicknell, Knox County, Indiana

* Panhandle coal mine explosion disaster



The top of the back page has a one column heading: "14 MINERS KILLED IN INDIANA BLAST" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the coal mine explosion disaster at Bicknell, Indiana.

Complete with 34 pages, light toning at the margins, generally very nice.... See More