Jack Nicklaus wins his 17th major in 1980.....
Item #679991
August 11, 1980
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 11, 1980
* Jack Nicklaus "The Golden Bear"
* 1980 PGA Championship - golf
* Oak Hill Country Club - Rochester
* His 17th of 18 major wins
The top of the front page of the sport's section has a banner headline: "Play It Again, Jack! He Wins Fifth PGA Championship" with 2 photos. (see) First report coverage continues on page 5 with anot... See More
1916 Relations w/ Germany crumbling...
Item #679988
January 31, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 31, 1916
* Relations w/ Germany deteriorating
* Pre-United States involvement in WWI
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AMERICANS GIVEN WARNING TO LEAVE GERMANY" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in... See More
"NAZIS DESTROYED IN FRENCH ATTACK" - WAR EXTRA! 9 A.M. Final...
Item #679987
June 12, 1940
LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, June 12, 1940 (9 A.M. Final Edition)
* Great WWII reporting!
* War Extra
The top of the front page has: "WAR EXTRA", followed by the dramatic 2-line, full-banner headline: "NAZIS DESTROYED IN FRENCH ATTACK". Additional headlines include: "BRITISH SMASH ITALY BASIS" and "Rain Aids Defense of Paris; Fascist Bombs Hit Geneva.&... See More
1916 Great Northern Railway avalanche...
Item #679985
February 07, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 7, 1916
* Sinking of the Lusitania case
* Compromise with Germany ?
* World War I tensions
The front page has a nice banner headline: "BERLIN OFFERS CONCESSION" with subhead: "LUSITANIA CASE NOW NEARING FINISH" (see) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to fin... See More
Gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond convicted...
Item #679982
August 10, 1931
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 10, 1931
* Gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond convicted
The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "DIAMOND RULE ENDED, DECLARES BENNETT" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
Allied propaganda newspaper dropped from planes...
Item #679980
June 10, 1944
NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, June 10, 1944
* Very rare WWII air drop issue
A most fascinating single sheet newspaper, which translates to "News For The Troops", published by the Psychological Warfare Division of the Allied forces and dropped by Allied aircraft over Germany during the closing year of the war. This newspaper/leaflet was created to counter Goebbels' propaga... See More
1914 Butte, Montana labor riots...
Item #679973
June 13, 1914
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 13, 1914
* Butte, Montana labor riots
* Clashes between copper miners
* Western Federation of Miners
* Industrial Workers of the World
The front page has banner headline: "Mob Defies Municipal Authorities in Montana" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issu... See More
Federal Baseball League dissolves in 1915...
Item #679919
December 23, 1915
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 23, 1915
* Federal Baseball League dissolves
Page 11 has a two column heading: "ORGANIZED BALL AGAIN TRIUMPHS". (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 12 pages, small library stamp within th... See More
A set of five newspapers frm the early years of World War I...
Item #679889
January 01, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California A lot of five issues dated Feb. 21, Jan. 25, Jan. 11, Dec. 29 of 1916 & Dec. 29, Dec. 21 of 1915
* World War I - WWI
* Nice headlines for display
Each has a nice front page banner headline from the early years of World War I (prior to U.S. involvement) with related front page coverage.
The photos show the entire front page of each issue. Eac... See More
Notable cartoon on the plight of Jewish refugees...
Item #679880
July 03, 1938
NEW YORK TIMES, July 3, 1938
* Jewish refugees political cartoon
* Escaping Adolph Hitler & Nazi Germany
The top of an inside page (E-3) has a very notable political cartoon concerning the plight of Jewish refugees trying to flee Nazi Germany, notable enough that it is a feature display in the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
This cartoon was created in anticipation... See More
The Pfanschmidt ax murders of 1912...
Item #679868
September 30, 1912
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 30, 1912
* The Pfanschmidt family ax murders
* Payson (Quincy), Adams County, Illinois
The front page has a one column heading: "SAY SENSATIONS ARE COMING IN MURDER CASE" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in... See More
1912 Maria Tarnowska in Russian prison...
Item #679865
September 24, 1912
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 24, 1912
* Countess Maria Tarnowska
* Russian Woman convict
* Solitary confinement w/ photo
The top of the front page has a two column photo with heading: "Woman Whose Beauty Was Once Talk Of Europe Now Dying In Russian Prison" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to ... See More
1912 Battle of Coyotepe Hill...
Item #679863
October 05, 1912
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 5, 1912
* Battle of Coyotepe Hill - Masaya
* United States occupation of Nicaragua
The front page has a a nice banner headline: "AMERICAN MARINES KILLED ON BATTLEFIELD" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in p... See More
1912 "The Great Race"...
Item #679861
October 28, 1912
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 28, 1912
* "The Great Race" automobile race
* San Diego to Phoenix - Arizona
* Best publication to have in ? (rare)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "STEVENS-DURYEA IS 35 MILES FROM PHOENIX AT 2:20" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find iss... See More
1912 USS New York launching...
Item #679859
October 30, 1912
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 30, 1912
* USS New York (BB-34) launching
* United States Navy battleship
The top of the front page has a three column photo with heading: "HUGE SUPER-DREADNAUGHT NEW YORK IS LAUNCHED" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from... See More
1912 Rawlins, Wyoming Negro lynching...
Item #679845
October 02, 1912
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 2, 1912
* Negro Frank Wigfall lynching
* Wyoming State Penitentiary
* Rawlins, Carbon County
The front page has a one column heading: "'NEGRO LOCKED IN STATE PRISON LYNCHED BY CONVICTS" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragi... See More
1914 Bai Lang Rebellion... "White Wolf"...
Item #679809
June 06, 1914
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 6, 1914
* Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa
* Tornado - storm disaster
The front page has banner headline: "DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN PATH OF CYCLONE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete wit... See More
1914 Bai Lang Rebellion... "White Wolf"...
Item #679807
June 04, 1914
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 4, 1914
* Chinese "Bandit" Bai Lang Rebellion
* "White Wolf" vs. Yuan Shikai government
The front page has banner headline in red lettering: "CHINESE BRIGANDS DESTROY TOWNS WITH FIRE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not ... See More
1908 Portland, Maine city hall fire disaster...
Item #679803
January 24, 1908
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 24, 1908
* Portland ME Maine
* City hall fire disaster
The front page has a banner heading: "FIRE AND STORM RULE IN THE EAST" with subheads that include: "A Million the Loss At Portland, ME." and more. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not tot... See More
1908 Goldfield, Nevada labor troubles ending...
Item #679802
January 04, 1908
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 4, 1908
* Goldfield NV Nevada
* Labor troubles of 1907 ending
* Gold miners - owners
The front page has a two column heading: "GOLDFIELD STRIKE SEEMS BROKEN" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
C... See More
How rhe Younger and James brothers could rob banks...
Item #679762
July 05, 1901
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, July 5, 1901 Page 7 has over a full column taken up with: "TACTICS OF BANDITS" "A Raid That Was All Carefully Planned In Advance" "How Men Like three Younger and the James Brothers Could Ride Into a Town in Broad Daylight, Rob a Bank and Get Away". A fascinating article.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Rare pair with the parody issue for Al Neuharth's birthday...
Item #679754
March 22, 1983
USA TODAY, March 22, 1983 A fascinating--and quite rare--pair of issues of this date, the first being the "regular" edition sold nationwide, and the other being a parody edition in honor of the newspaper's founder, Al Neuharth.
The later edition is the same as the regular save for the front page. Every item on the front page is a spoof relating to Neuharth. A very limited-run ... See More
1947 Princess Elizabeth engagement...
Item #679747
July 10, 1947
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 10, 1947
* Princess Elizabeth engagement
* Future Queen Elizabeth II of England
The front page has a two column photo with heading: "Princess to Wed" Also a one column heading: "Elizabeth Engaged to Ex-Prince" with subhead and smaller photo of Philip Mountbatten. (see)
The top of page 7 has a report regarding UFO's.
Complete with 30 pag... See More
Supreme Court outlaws school prayer...
Item #679734
June 26, 1962
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 26, 1962
* School prayer deemed unconstitutional
* Engel v. Vitale Supreme Court decision
* Separation of church and state
The front page has a four column heading: "High Court Ruling May Doom School Religious Observances" with caption: "Prayer Recitation Unconstitutional" Historic first report coverage on th... See More
1908 Black Patch Tobacco Wars... Night Riders...
Item #679715
January 07, 1908
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 7, 1908
* Black Patch Tobacco Wars
* Civil unrest & violence
* Nights Riders in Kentucky
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Night Riders in The Tobacco War" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from... See More
Muncie, Indiana streetcar strike & riot of 1908.....
Item #679713
January 02, 1908
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 2, 1908
* Muncie, Indiana streetcar strike of 1908
* Union workers & strikebreakers riot
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RIOT FOLLOWS STRIKE IN INDIANA CITY". (see)
Complete with 12 pages, small library stamps within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, a few small archival mends on page 2, generally good.... See More
Early U.S. military airplane crash in 1913...
Item #679662
November 24, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 24, 1913
* Early airplane crash - deaths
* United States Army aviators
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "TWO ARMY AVIATORS ARE KILLED IN SHORT FALL" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper... See More
The great storm of 1914 California...
Item #679660
January 26, 1914
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 26, 1914
* The Great Storm of 1914 disaster
* Santa Barbara, California & more
The front page has a nice banner headline: "HEAVIEST STORM IN YEARS SWEEPS CALIFORNIA" with subheads. (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 totally fragile ... See More
1914 Marconi wireless lamp announced...
Item #679658
February 17, 1914
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 17, 1914
* Inventor Guglielmo Marconi
* Wireless - radio lamp invention
The front page has a two column heading: "Marconi Again At Work Perfecting New Device" with subhead and related photo. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from th... See More
1914 Frank Schulte baseball photo...
Item #679657
January 06, 1914
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 6, 1914
* Frank "Wildfire" Schulte photo
* Chicago Cubs - MLB baseball
Page 8 has a two column photo headed: "FRANK SCHULTE" with brief text. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 12 pag... See More
1914 Sakurajima eruption disaster...
Item #679656
January 13, 1914
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 13, 1914
* Sakurajima stratovolcano eruption disaster
* Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
The front page has four column headline: "THOUSANDS BELIEVED KILLED BY ERUPTION OF VOLCANO" with subheads. (see) 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
Ronald Reagan is inaugurated... Hostages are released...
Item #679633
January 21, 1981
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, North Carolina, January 21, 1981 (1st section)
* Ronald Reagan inauguration
* Iran hostage crisis ends
The front page has a great two-line full banner headline: "Hostages Are Freed As Reagan Sworn In", with multiple subheads and additional related articles within. See images for details. Nice for display.
Complete 1st section only with all 26 pages, includ... See More
1914 HMS A7 submarine disaster...
Item #679616
January 16, 1914
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 16, 1914
* HMS A7 submarine sinking
* Royal Navy - Whitsand Bay
The front page has a banner headline: "BRITISH SUBMARINE FAILS TO COME TO SURFACE" with subheads. (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 totally fragile from this era in paper.... See More
Harrt Thaw arrested in 1906...
Item #679612
June 26, 1906
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 26, 1906
* Harry Thaw & Evelyn Nesbit
* Stanford White murder arrest
The top of the front page has a four columN headline: "INSANITY WILL BE PLEA OF HARRY THAW" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in pap... See More
John Dillinger robs Pana, Illinois bank ?...
Item #679610
April 20, 1934
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1934
* John Dillinger gang ?
* Pana, Illinois bank robbery
The top of the back page has a one column heading: "$27,629 BANK RAID LAID TO DILLINGER" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on a bank holdup at Pana, Illinois. I cannot find anything online that connects Dillinger to this robbery, so was it him ?
Forty-four pages, various cutouts thro... See More
Al Capone tax evasion case, in a Chicago newspaper...
Item #679608
June 08, 1931
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 8, 1931
* Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Income tax evasion case
* Best title to be had (rare)
The front page has a one column heading: "HUNT CAPONE'S HIDDEN RICHES FOR U. S. DEBT" with subhead. (see)
Related photo is on the back page. Capone would plead guilty about a week later.
Terrific to have this report in a Chicago newspaper... See More
1913 photo of Fred Merkle... New York Giants...
Item #679607
November 05, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 5, 1913
* Fred "Bonehead" Merkle photo
* New York Giants - MLB baseball
The top of page 12 has a two column photo of Fred Merkle with brief text. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 18 pages, small li... See More
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is found two years later...
Item #679592
December 13, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 13, 1913
* "Mona Lisa" painting found
* Leonardo da Vinci
* Florence Italy
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "AUTHENTICITY OF PAINTING IS CONFIRMED" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in pa... See More
1913 New Castle, Colorado mine disaster...
Item #679591
December 16, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 16, 1913
* New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado
* Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
* Vulcan coal mine explosion disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "THIRTY-EIGHT MINERS ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not tot... See More
1913 White House wedding...
Item #679586
November 25, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 25, 1913
* President Woodrow Wilson's daughter
* White House wedding - Jessie
* Francis Bowes Sayre Sr.
The front page has a banner headline: "WILSON-SAYRE WEDDING IS BRILLIANT AFFAIR" with subheads and related pictorial. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are ... See More
Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913.....
Item #679584
November 06, 1913
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 6, 1913
* Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913
* Union workers & strikebreakers riot
The front page has a nice banner headline: "INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD IS ORDERED TO INDIANAPOLIS" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile f... See More
Joe DiMaggio breaks Yankees record for consecutive games with a hit...
Item #679579
June 18, 1941
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 18, 1941
* Joe DiMaggio breaks Yankees record
* Consecutive games with a hit (30)
* From his hometown newspaper
The top of page 2 of the sport's section a two column heading with caption: "Di Mag Hits In 30th Tilt..." with "DiMag-o-Log" and box scores. First report coverage of New York Yankees star Joe DiMaggio breaking the record... See More
Rescue of "Baby Jessica" McClure in 1987....
Item #679555
October 17, 1985
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 17, 1985
* Rescue of Jessica McClure
* "Baby Jessica" well fall
* Midland, Texas
The front page has a one column heading: "Jessica Makes It to Safety--After 57 Hours" with with two related photos. (see) First report coverage continues on page 24 with another related photo.
Complete 1st section only with pages 1-30, very nice condition.... See More
New York City tugboat strike of 1946....
Item #679554
February 04, 1946
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 4, 1946
* New York City tugboat strike begins
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TUG STRIKE BEGINS, THREATENS CITY'S FOOD, FUEL SUPPLY" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all 38 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
wikipedia notes: During the strike wave of 1945–46 a strike of almost 3,500 tugboat workers occur... See More
1927 East St. Louis tornado disaster...
Item #679548
September 30, 1927
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 30, 1927
* East St. Louis tornado disaster
The front page has a nice banner headline: "60 DEAD IN ST. LOUIS TORNADO" with subheads. (see) Nice for display
Complete 1st section only with 20pages, light toning some wear at the margins, more so along the spine, generally good.
1906 launching of the RMS Lusitania...
Item #679542
June 07, 1906
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 7, 1906
* RMS Lusitania launching
* British ocean liner steamship
* German U-boat sinking fame
The front page has a one column heading: "LARGEST LINER IS LAUNCHED" with subhead. (see) (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era ... See More
1906 Arthur Pue Gorman death...
Item #679541
June 04, 1906
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 4, 1906
* Arthur Pue Gorman death (1st report)
* Maryland Democrat Party leader
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GORMAN DIES IN WASHINGTON" with subhead. (see) (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in p... See More
1906 Dora Montefiore & English suffrage...
Item #679539
May 24, 1906
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 24, 1906
* Dora Montefiore - Women's suffragist
* Woman suffrage in England
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "ENGLISH WOMEN IN OPEN REVOLT" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper... See More
1906 waters of the Rio Grande treaty signed...
Item #679538
May 21, 1906
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 21, 1906
* United States & Mexico Convention
* Waters of the Rio Grande distribution
* President Theodore Roosevelt signing
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "THE RIO GRANDE TREATY SIGNED" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues th... See More
1906 Morral Affair... King of Spain...
Item #679537
May 31, 1906
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 31, 1906
* Morral affair - attempted regicide
* King Alfonso XIII of Spain
* Wedding day w/ Victoria Eugenie
The top of the front page has a two & three column headings: "BOMB HURLED AT ALFONSO" "KING OF SPAIN IS MARRIED IN MADRID" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp&quo... See More
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