Floyd Collins trapped in Mammoth Cave....
Item # 727280
February 05, 1925
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 5, 1925
* Floyd Collins trapped w/ great headline
* Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DIG PATH TO CAVE CAPTIVE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Coverage continues on page. Two related photos are on the back page.
Complete with 32 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins a little more wear along the spine, a little archival mending on pages 2 & 3, generally good. Should be handled with care.
Note: This item comes with a free acid-free folder for protection.
Background: The February 5, 1925 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune stands as a premier artifact from one of the earliest and most sensationalized multimedia news spectacles in American history: the desperate race to rescue cave explorer Floyd Collins from Sand Cave, Kentucky. This specific date marks a harrowing turning point in the timeline; following a devastating cave-in the day prior that completely severed direct contact with Collins, rescuers abandoned the original tunnel and began the frantic, ticking-clock engineering feat captured in the banner headline, "DIG PATH TO CAVE CAPTIVE." The historical significance of this event cannot be overstated, as the agonizing 18-day ordeal revolutionized modern media by transforming a localized tragedy into a national obsession that captivated millions via telegraph, print, and the infancy of broadcast radio. Finding a complete, pristine 32-page specimen of a major metropolitan newspaper like the Tribune from this peak week of coverage is exceptionally rare today. Because newsprint from the 1920s was highly perishable and often broken up by collectors for individual pages, a fully intact issue—complete with its vivid back-page photo spreads and era-defining advertisements—serves as an invaluable, display-worthy time capsule of Jazz Age journalism and a testament to a national moment of collective suspense.
* Floyd Collins trapped w/ great headline
* Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DIG PATH TO CAVE CAPTIVE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Coverage continues on page. Two related photos are on the back page.
Complete with 32 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins a little more wear along the spine, a little archival mending on pages 2 & 3, generally good. Should be handled with care.
Note: This item comes with a free acid-free folder for protection.
Background: The February 5, 1925 issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune stands as a premier artifact from one of the earliest and most sensationalized multimedia news spectacles in American history: the desperate race to rescue cave explorer Floyd Collins from Sand Cave, Kentucky. This specific date marks a harrowing turning point in the timeline; following a devastating cave-in the day prior that completely severed direct contact with Collins, rescuers abandoned the original tunnel and began the frantic, ticking-clock engineering feat captured in the banner headline, "DIG PATH TO CAVE CAPTIVE." The historical significance of this event cannot be overstated, as the agonizing 18-day ordeal revolutionized modern media by transforming a localized tragedy into a national obsession that captivated millions via telegraph, print, and the infancy of broadcast radio. Finding a complete, pristine 32-page specimen of a major metropolitan newspaper like the Tribune from this peak week of coverage is exceptionally rare today. Because newsprint from the 1920s was highly perishable and often broken up by collectors for individual pages, a fully intact issue—complete with its vivid back-page photo spreads and era-defining advertisements—serves as an invaluable, display-worthy time capsule of Jazz Age journalism and a testament to a national moment of collective suspense.
Category: The 20th Century
