Postdam Conference (Germany)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1945 



* Potsdam Conference (Germany) 

* World war II era original 

* Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin 



The front page has a five column headline: "TRUMAN IS SELECTED TO PRESIDE AS BIG THREE CONFERENCE OPENS; FLEET STILL HAMMERS AT HONSHU" with subheads and related photo. Much more inside.

forty-two pages, light toning and a little wea... See More  

Cherbourg, France captured...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 24, 1944



* Capturing Cherbourg, France

* Post D-Day - Normandy landings

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a banner headline: "ATTACK ON CHERBOURG GAINS; EARLY FALL SEEN" with subheads. (see images)

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Jinan incident... Japanese Army... China...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1928



* Jinan incident begins - Republic of China

* National Revolutionary vs. Japanese Army

* Kuomintang government - Chiang Kai-shek



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "3,000 BESIEGED JAPANESE FIGHT HORDE OF CHINESE FOR 2 DAYS IN TSINAN-FU" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 36 pages, rag edition, a few small binding slits and... See More  

Patton's Third Army battles along the Rhine......

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 27, 1945



* 1st & 7th United States Army

* Generals Patch and George S. Patton

* Rhine river - Rhineland crossing

* Limburg & Frankfurt, Germany



The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "7 ARMIES OVER RHINE; Patch Crosses River; 1st Races On 35 Miles" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related map on page 2. A few rela... See More  

1916 lynching of Paulo Boleta...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 14, 1916



* Lynching of Paulo Boleta

* Greenwich Village - NYC

* Italian immigrant beaten to death

* Early, same day reporting



The front page has a seven column headline in red lettering: "LYNCH LAW IN NEW YORK" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find iss... See More  

After John Dillinger's infamous jail escape...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 10, 1934 



* Gangster John Dillinger

* Post famous wooden gun escape

* Hunted in the Midwest



The front page has a one column heading: "NEW DILLINGER HUNT ON; SHOTS HALT POLICE CAR" with subhead. Related photo on page 4. (see images) This was probably one of the most famous escapes from a high security jail in United States history.

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1983 King Sunny Ade editorial w/ photos...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 15, 1983



* King Sunny Adé editorial w/ photos

* Nigerian Jùjú singer - Yoruba popular music

* African pop musician pioneer - Multi-instrumentalist



Beginning on the front page is a editorial by Greg Tate with heading: "King Sunny Ade': 'Him Cool, Him Wicked'; Are You Ready for Juju?&qu... See More  

Marshall Applewhite in 1975... Heaven's Gate...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 20, 1975



* Early Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles

* Heaven's Gate - new religious movement - cult

* Two witnesses of Revelation ? UFO religion

* Waldport, Oregon citizens go missing - mystery



The front page has a heading in orange lettering: "The UFO Cult Mystery: Did 60 Vanish"

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Albert Einstein in 1931...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 19, 1931



* Professor Albert Einstein

* New Unified Field Theory

* Gravitation & electricity



Page 14 has a one column heading: "Einstein Explains His Unified Theory" with subhead. (see images) 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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1942 Doolittle raid of Japan.... official report...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 21, 1943



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan official report

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier



The front page has a nice banner headline: "FULL STORY OF TOKIO RAID!" Nice for display. First report coverage continues on pages 8 & 9 with nice photos. (see) This was the official report on the Jimmy Doolittle ... See More  

Jury convicts gangster Al Capone, reported in a Chicago newspaper...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 18, 1931 



* Al 'Scarface' Capone guilty

* Infamous tax evasion conviction

* Best title to be had - very rare

* Inventor Thomas Edison death



The front page has the perfect headline for any collector of gangster-era newspapers, particularly being in a Chicago title: "U.S. JURY CONVICTS CAPONE". The sub-headline: "Gang Monarch Guil... See More  

1971 Hazelwood massacre... Detroit, Michigan...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 15, 1971



* Hazelwood Street massacre - murders

* Detroit, Michigan home shootings

* 8 African-Americans executions



Page 10 has a heading that reads: "Detroit Police Hunt 4 After 7 'Executions'" (see images)

Complete with 42 pages, tiny binding holes along the spine, nice condition.



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40th President Ronald Reagan death in L.A. paper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 6, 2004



* Ronald Reragan death - "Ronaldus Magnus"

* 40th President of the United States  & actor

* Also former governor of California



The front has a banner headline: "Reagan Dies at 93; Popular President Changed the Political Landscape" with subheads and color photo. (see images)

Much more inside, loads of text. Way too much to photo... See More  

Rita Hayworth gives birth to princess in 1949...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 28, 1949



* Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth

* Princess Yasmin Aga Khan born

* Prince Aly Khan daughter - Pakistan



The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "PRINCESS BORN TO RITA" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. Some small binding holes along the spine. ... See More  

Kansas City massacre... Pretty Boy Floyd...

THE DETROIT NEWS, June 17, 1933



* Kansas City massacre

* Union Square shootout

* Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

* Bank robber Frank Nash

* Early, same day coverage



The front page has a one column heading: "5 DIE IN FIGHT FOR A CONVICT" with subheads. (see images) A early, same day report on this infamous gunfight.

Complete with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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Nice prohibition related headline in 1929...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 7, 1929



* Government against liquor - beer

* Chicago gangland wars

* Al 'Scarface' Capone era

* Prohibition & great depression



The front page has a nice headline for display regarding the current law making consumption of alcohol illegal with: "REFORM DRY FORCES--HOOVER" with subheads (see images).

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1946 Winecoff Hotel fire disaster... Atlanta, Georgia...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 9, 1946



* Winecoff Hotel fire (1st report)

* Atlanta,  Georgia disaster



Page 24 has a editorial on the recent holocaust in Atlanta with one column heading: "The Atlanta Holocaust" Page 30 has a somewhat brief related article with heading: "Survives 7-Floor Leap" with subhead. (see images) This disaster happened on the night of Dec. 7th.

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Eve of World War II... Poland on edge...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 29, 1939 



* World War II about to start in 3 days

* Adolph Hitler defying the World 

* Poland invasion is imminent ?



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CHAMBERLAIN PUTS WAR OR PEACE UP TO HITLER, FLEET HELD IN READINESS" with many subheads and related photo. (see images) They would attack in 3 days which started World... See More  

Joe Biden suspends campaign in 1987...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 24, 1987



* Joe Biden withdraws from race

* Due to past allegations of wrongdoing

* 1988 presidential campaign



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Biden Quits Race, Cites Mistakes" with subhead and photo of Biden with his wife making the announcement. Amazing he would become president 33 years later under the same scrutiny. I suspect this... See More  

Death of Alfred Hitchcock in a L.A. paper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 30, 1980



* Alfred Hitchcock death (1st report)

* "The Master of Suspense"

* Psychological thriller director

* Best publication to be had ?



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Alfred Hitchcock, Master of Mystery Movies, Dies" with photo. (see) Nice to have this death report in a newspaper from the capital of the entertain... See More  

Premiere of "Jennifer's Body", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 18, 2009



* Best "Jennifer's Body" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* Supernatural horror black comedy film



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Jennifer's Body" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood... See More  

1966 Village Voice placard... Jules Feiffer...

Here is what I believe to be a placard advertisement for the Greenwich Village publication "Village Voice" with a focus on the weekly cartoon by the famed Jules Feiffer. A written date on the back reads: "Feb. 17, 1966" which means this was from the beginning of the counterculture movement in America. I searched the internet to try to find a similar item and nothing comes up. I... See More  

Nice print of Ted Healy, founder of the Three Stooges...

SECTION 9 ONLY of the New York Times, May 19, 1929



* Print of Ted Healy of The Three Stooges fame



The front page of this section of this Sunday newspaper features an uncommonly large illustration which features both Ted Healy and Jobyna Howland. Brief text begins with: "Two Somewhat Different Players of Comedy Who Will Figure in the Week's New Entertainments. Ted Healy, a Funny Man ... See More  

Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" Martian attack causes panic...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn. Oct. 31, 1938 



* "War of the Worlds" - Orson Welles

* Radio broadcast causes panic (1st report)

* Mars invasion - martians



Page 3 has an article on the infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast delivered by Orson Wells. This radio adaptation of H.W. Wells' "War of the Worlds" novel was taken seriously by many listen... See More  

1984 beginning of hip hop rap music...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 17, 1992



* New-school hip hop - rap music near the beginning

* Public Enemy - rappers Chuck D and Flavor Flav

* Early "House of Pain" performances advertisement

* Performance at the Ritz nightclub - Manhattan



Page 131 has a advertisement for "PUBLIC ENEMY - ICE T -HOUSE OF PAIN" performances at the Rit... See More