1918 Jim Thorpe & Chief Meyers baseball photo...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 22, 1918



* American athlete Jim Thorpe

* Chief Myers and Zach Wheat

* Native Americans in baseball



Page 11 has a two column pictorial with heading: "Redskins are Folding Their Tents And Stealing Away From The Majors" with text. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find is... See More  

"American News"...

THE MIDDLESEX JOURNAL & EVENING POST, London, May 17, 1781  



* Revolutionary War Era

* From The Enemy



Page 2 begins with a report headed: "American News" mostly taken up with a Proclamation signed in type by: Anthony Johnson, commander-in-chief of British forces in the Caribbean, concerning the taking of Dutch ships.

Irregular at the left margin affects a few letter... See More  

Actor John Barrymore death in 1942...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 30, 1942



* John Barrymore death (1st report)

* Stage & Hollywood movie actor



The front page has a five column heading: "John Barrymore, Veteran Actor, Dies" with subhead. Related photos are on page 14. light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

Complete with all 26 ... See More  

Cadiz, Ohio in 1836....

THE HISTORICAL FAMILY LIBRARY, Cadiz, Ohio, May 15, 1836  A magazine of history, delving very extensively into just a few topics with each issue. Unusual in that this periodical's format was to use "flowing text", meaning sentences ran over from issue to issue, so any given publication would begin in the middle of a sentence from the previous issue.

This is the volume 1, number... See More  

On the U.S. Navy's considering San Diego as a naval base...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 25, 1918  



* Naval Base San Diego to be created

* United States Navy considers S.D.

* Best title to be had ? - very rare



A nice issue on the founding era of the United States Navy's relationship with San Diego, one which has grown tremendously ever since 1918 to become the home port of the Pacific Fleet, a base composed of 13 piers, with... See More  

Nice front page reports on World War I...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 30, 1918  Banner headline on World War I: "GERMANS CHECKED AT SOISSONS" and subheads including: "Americans Hurl Back Heavy Assault By Huns" "Reserves At Front" "Germans; Fail To Regain Town" "Huns Fail In Effort To Raid Paris" and more.

Complete in 10 pages, address label in the headline, library st... See More  

Nice front page reports on World War I...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 27, 1918  Banner headline on World War I: "GERMANS RESUME GREAT DRIVE" and subheads including: "War Profits, Incomes & Luxuries Must Bear Added Burden" "Launch Tremendous Attacks At Two Points On West Front" "German Blow Struck At Surprising Point" with more.

Complete in 14 pages, address label in th... See More  

Nice front page reports on World War I...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 15, 1918  Banner headline on World War I: "AUSTRIA IS PLACED UNDER YOKE OF GERMANY" and subheads: "Four Billions In Taxes Estimated By U.S. Treasury" "Two-Thirds of War Expense is Met By Liberty Bonds Sales" "Agreement Reached At Conference Makes Berlin Real Capital" and more, including two front page photos h... See More  

Nice banner headline on World War I...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 13, 1918  Banner headline on World War I: "TEUTONS PLAN DOUBLE DRIVE" and subheads: "Austrians Hurled Back by Italians" "Great Events Near In West" "Biggest Blow of War Impending on West & Italian Fronts" plus more.

Complete in 12 pages, address label in the headline, library stamp in the masthead, nice c... See More  

Nice banner headline on World War I...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 9, 1918  Banner headline on World War I: "GERMAN SMASH FAILS" plus also: "Rushing Great Army" "U. S. WARSHIP SINKS GERMAN DIVER" "One Shot Breaks Sub In Two" "British Regain Lost Ground; Huns Getting Ready For New Drive" and more;

Complete in 14 pages, address label in the headline, library stamp in... See More  

Huge Civil War map is very displayable...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 7, 1864 



* Battle of Spotsylvania (EVE)

* Robert E. Lee & large map



Most of the front page is taken up with a huge map headed: "THE SCENE OF THE IMPENDING CONFLICT. Virginia from Fredericksburg to Richmond--The Fords, Rivers, Railroads, Turnpikes, etc. between Our Army & the Rebel Capital."  Half of the first column is taken up with related ... See More  

1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phul ends...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1954



* Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends

* First Indochina War - Vietnam

* Viet Minh communist revolutionaries



The front page has four column heading: "DIENBIENPHU'S ENTIRE GARRISON LOST" with subheads. Two small related maps on page 3. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with all 116 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, nice condition.... See More  

Lindbergh baby found dead in 1932... Detailed coverage...

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, Ohio, May 13, 1932 



* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping

* Body found - 1st report

* Outstanding front-page coverage



The top of the front page has a great 3-line banner headline: "CONDON AND CURTIS CALLED TO HOPEWELL FOR QUIZZING AS LINDBERGH RETURNS TO FIND HIS INFANT SON SLAIN; RUN DOWN THE MURDERERS! IS DEMAND OF OFFICIALDOM", with mu... See More  

World War I reports...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 3, 1918  The banner headline announces: "ALLIES GAIN GROUND" with much more on World War I including: "French Capture Hill and Wood; Successes Also Won by British" " "Expansion Program For American Army Already In Motion" and more.

Complete in 14 pages, address label on the front page, inked library stamp in the m... See More  

Mahatma Gandhi released from jail...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1944  



* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

* The Mahatma jail release



This 30 page newspaper has a 2 column headline on the front page: "Gandhi Freed Unconditionally; British Act on Health Grounds"

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II. Very nice condition.... See More  

The Mormon War...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 29, 1858  The front page features a print of: "Hon. William M Gwin, of California".

Other prints within include: "'Travel Notes in Bible Lands" includes a print of: "Plain and Ruins of Sardis".

"The Great Bell Crevasse' is just above New Orleans and shows 3 scenes. Nice full page illustrations of the:  "... See More  

Many baseball player prints in the Supplement...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 3, 1890  The most desired item in this issue is the four page supplement which is entirely taken up with the: "Opening Of The Base-Ball Season of 1890 - The Leading Players and Their Positions." Included are 29 illustrations of the better players of the era, including A.C. Anson, John M. Ward, William Ewing, Timothy J. Keefe, John G. Reilly, Charle... See More  

Early Winslow Homer print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 22, 1858  The front page shows: "Hon. William H. English, of  Indiana". Among the inside pages are a full page: "Coming Thru the Rye"; half page: "Accident on the New York Central Railroad near Utica" "The Island of Perim, Red Sea"

Perhaps the feature print is the desirable full page by Winslow Homer: "The B... See More  

Saudi-Yemeni War armistice signed... Ibn Saud...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 14, 1934



* Saudi-Yemeni War armistice signed

* King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Armistice Is Declared in Arabian War; Yemen Is Said to Accept Peace Terms" (see) First report coverage on the signing of the armistice in the Saudi-Yemeni War. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in thi... See More  

With the original, orange wrappers...

THE NATIONAL STOCKMAN & FARMER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1888  This is not the typical sort of magazine we would offer, however this issue still has the original, orange outer wrappers (rare as such) which more typically were removed over the years.

Complete in 20 pages, never bound nor trimmed, some dirtiness to the front covers with wear at the margins, two small address label... See More  

The day the Hindenburg blew up....

NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, May 6, 1937  



* LZ 129 Hindenburg

* Pride of Nazi Germany

* Famous trip to America

* Day of the disaster



The front page has a very interesting--and uncommon--report of the Hindenburg flying over New York City just hours before its fateful end.

This newspaper was an unusual late afternoon-early evening NYC publication causing some events to be covered on the ... See More  

Many prints of Cairo, Illinois...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 24, 1890  The prime feature is a great doublepage centerfold with 25 prints of: "Views In Cairo, Illinois, One of the Rapidly Growing Cities of the West."

Among the other prints are: "New Jersey--Magnificent Peddie Memorial Church in Newark, Recently Dedicated..."; a fullpg. of 9 prints of "...Hon. William McKinley, Jr. M... See More  

Germany's illustrated magazine from the Nazi era...

BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany. May 14, 1936  This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era. The full front page is a photo of Ribbentrop the foreign minister. A wide variety of photos and articles within

Complete in 40 pages, 11 by 14 3/4 inches, minimal margin wear, never bound nor trimmed, good condition.

Published by P.T. Barnum...

ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, May 21, 1853  Phineas T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly", the latter two becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers would last for only 48 issues, or less than one year.

Among the prints are: "Destructi... See More  

Published by P.T. Barnum...

ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, May 21, 1853  Phineas T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly", the latter two becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers would last for only 48 issues, or less than one year.

Among the prints are: "Destructi... See More