First trans-Pacific flight to Australia...

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, June 9, 1928 



* 1st Trans-pacific airplane flight ends

* Southern Cross monoplane to Australia

* Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith 



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Pacific Flyers Arrive in Australia; Fight Gales on Flight From Fijis" with subheads and related pictorial. (see images) More on page 2.

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Califronia rowing crew wins national title in 1934....

SPORT'S SECTION only of The Springfield Union, Mass., June 17, 1934



* University of California Golden Bears crew

* Wins national championship in men's rowing

* Poughkeepsie Regatta - Hudson River



The front page of this section has a banner heading: "CALIFORNIA CREW SWEEPS TO VICTORY ON HUDSON" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the University of Californ... See More  

First woman, Jackie Cochran, breaks sound barrier.....

THE DETROIT NEWS, May 19, 1953



* Jacqueline Cochran breaks the sound barrier

* 1st ever woman to do so - jet airplane



The front page has a one column heading: "Sonic Barrier Bows 1st Time to a Woman" Photo of Cochran is on page 21. (see images)

Complete with 52 pages, light toning and a little wear a the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally good.



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"Mr. Lincoln...is rising in prominence" says it all...

NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 15, 1860  This issue is one of those so desired by collectors, when innocent reports--often inconspicuous amongst the jumble of lengthier articles--wold only find relevance in the passing of years.

Keep in mind that at this point, the Republican National Convention in Chicago had yet to formally begin (May 16-18) and Abraham Lincoln was pretty much an unknow... See More  

19th century San Diego, California...

THE WORLD, San Diego, California, Feb. 5, 1874 



* Rare Old West publication

* Cave Creek ambush - Apaches



A very early issue from this now-famous Southern California city, this issue published when the population was just 2,300.

The top of page 3 has a report headed: "Arizona" with subhead. (see images)

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Seabiscuit wins Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 17, 1938



* Seabiscuit wins Hollywood Gold Cup

* Santa Anita Stakes - Arcadia, California

* Thoroughbred racehorse racing



Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Seabiscuit, in $50,000 Victory, Redeems Self". (see images) The top of the front page of the sport's section has a banner photo headed: "THEY COULDN'T KEEP W... See More  

1945 USS California (BB-44)... Japanese kamikaze attacks....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 28, 1945



* USS California (BB-44) - Tennessee-class battleship

* Japanese kamikazes - Battle of Lingayen Gulf



The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Kamikaze Hits the California; Battleship Fights On; Losses 203". This is on the Japanese kamikaze attacks on the USS California during the Battle of Lingayen Gulf. Reporting on many disasters ... See More  

This town was founded during the California Gold Rush...

THE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER, Downieville, California, August. 6, 1881  



* Rare Old West title

* Gold mining town

* Sierra County



Downieville is a very small town at 3,000 ft. elevation in Northwestern California. It was founded in late 1849 during the California gold rush & was first known as "The Forks" for its location at the confluence of the Downie River and the North For... See More  

Aimee Semple McPherson 1944 death...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, September 28, 1944



* Sister Aimee Semple McPherson

* California evangelist death



The front page has a three column photo with heading: "Aimee Dies; Followers Weep And Pray" Also a two column heading: "Aimee Semple McPherson Dies at 53 of Heart Attack" (see images) First report coverage continues inside with another photo of McPherson.

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Early newspaper from this famous beach community...

REDONDO BREEZE, Redondo Beach, California, Aug. 24, 1917



* West Coast beach community

* Los Angeles County



An early newspaper from one of the more famous beach communities in Los Angeles County. The popular television series "Baywatch" was filmed in Redondo Beach. Only one institution has any notable holdings of this newspaper.

A combination of local & national news, offering... See More  

Early from Salinas, California...

THE MONTEREY DEMOCRAT, Salinas City, Monterey County, California, Dec. 25, 1880 



* Rare publication

* Old Wild West



An early title from the county seat of Monterey County, just south of San Francisco. Very typical of newspapers from the era with a nice mix of news of the day and advertisements, some illustrated.

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Mary Vincent's 1978 violent attack told...

SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Nov. 1, 1978



* Artist Mary Vincent's violent attack

* Arms mutilation with hatchet - ax

* Lawrence Singleton indictment



The top of page 22 has a five column heading: "Girl tells of rapes, ax mutilation" with photos of the victim and suspect. (see images) This crime was committed about a month earlier.

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The 1929 Rose Bowl... Riegels runs the wrong way...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. January 2, 1929



* Rose Bowl football game

* California vs. Georgia Tech

* Roy 'Wrong Way' Riegels



The front page has a two column heading: "Tragic Gridiron 'Boner' Costs California Win Over Georgia" with subhead. (see images) Coverage of the game continues in the sport's section with lineups.



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Death report of President Zachary Taylor... R. W. Emerson... California gold...

BOSTON MUSEUM, July 20, 1850   Page 4 has: "Death of President Taylor". which tells of the passing of President Zachary Taylor. Other items of interest include: "Transcendentalism Explained", which appears to be a bit of sarcasm related to the transcendental views of Ralph Waldo Emerson, a poem which encouraging its readers to count each day as precious, "Latest ... See More  

1960 Cal Poly Mustangs football team disaster...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 30, 1960



* California Polytechnic State University

* Football team airplane crash - Toledo, Ohio

* Cal Poly Mustangs - San Luis Obispo



The front page has a banner headline: "18 in Football Squad Die In Toledo Airliner Crash" with subheads. (see images)

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Beatles admit guru was an error... Timothy Leary leaves Millbrook...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, May 16, 1968



* Beatles admit Maharishi was a mistake

* Dr. Timothy Lear leaves Millbrook for California w/ photo

* Includes famous LSD quote: "turn on, tune in, drop out"



A great issue of this famous counter-culture newspaper as the front page has two iconic photos: one of John Lennon & Paul McCartney pointing to an inside article which states tha... See More  

Franks Hawks breaks airplane speed record....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 6, 1929



* Aviator Frank Hawks

* Transcontinental airplane flight

* Speed record broken



The front page has a one column heading: "Hawks Breaks Coast to Coast Flight Record" Related photo on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on Franks Hawks record breaking transcontinental west-to-east airplane flight. Always nice to have notable events i... See More  

Deaths of Thurgood Marshall and Thomas Dorsey...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, California, January 25, 1993



* Thurgood Marshall death (1st report)

* 1st African American Supreme Court Justice



The front page carries the two column wide, two line announcement "Thurgood Marshall, 84, First Black Justice, Dies" with subhead "Supreme Court: Retired jurist was a leader in the legal battle to end forced segregation in the U.S.". "R... See More  

Great front page early print of Yosemite Valley... The Chicago Fire...

THE CUB, San Francisco, California, November, 1871



* Yosemite Valley engraving - illustration

* Sierra Nevada Mountains - California

* The Great Chicago Fire disaster



A curious little newspaper which features an engraving of a bear cub in the masthead. A semi-monthly paper with a great front-page print of: "Yosemite Valley" with a related article. Nice to have this early illustr... See More  

The shuttle Challenger explodes...

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, California, Jan. 29, 1986



* Space Shuttle Challenger disaster



One of the most tragic events in American history - intensified by the fact that millions of children were watching the event unfold via television feeds in their schools due to one of the passengers being school teacher Christa McAuliffe. The inside contains many related photos and articles - too many to it... See More  

One of the most dramatic Kennedy assassination issues to be had...

CITIZEN-NEWS, Hollywood, California, November 22, 1963



* Unique JFK assassination issue



See the photos for one of the most dramatic front pages to be had reporting the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Unlike most issues of the day, which would have had a photo of JFK on the front page and a headline like "Kennedy Assassinated" with a wealth of reporting, this newsppaer... See More  

Harriett Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin...

THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., April 15, 1852  This newspaper is forever linked to the best-selling novel of the 19th century: "Uncle Tom's Cabin", for the book was originally released as a 40 week serial in this anti-slavery newspaper beginning in June, 1851. It was the newspaper's publisher who encouraged Stowe to produce the work in book form, and it is common consen... See More  

Landmark Supreme Court case on affirmative action...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 1978  The top of the front page has a headline: "Bakke Wins but Justices Uphold Affirmative Action" with various subheads and photo of Allan Bakke. Much more inside with a few more related photos.

This is notable coverage on the landmark Supreme Court decision in "Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke", an historic case which upheld affirmati... See More  

Latest from the California Gold Rush...

SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Sept. 29, 1849  Page 2 has: "California" with the latest news, bits including: "...has been one of the fortunate 'hunters' having accumulated during his short sojourn in California between 11,000 and 12,000 dollars worth of the 'stuff'...".

Much more on the gold rush with subheads: "The Climate and Soil" "... See More  

William Bonin execution... serial killer...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 24, 1996



* William Bonin execution

* American serial killer - rapist

* Freeway Killer - So. California



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "'Freeway Killer's' Final Moments Strangely Calm" with subhead. (see) Nice to have in this Southern California publication.

Complete with all section (100+ pages), nice condition.... See More