Historic Newspapers: The New York Times
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Item #663953NEW YORK TIMES, September 11, 1929
* Augustus Orlebar - Air Vice Marhsal
* Royal Air Force officer - pilot
* Supermarine S.6 seaplane - airplane
* Breaks World air speed record
The front page has one column headings: "BRITISH PILOT FLIES 355 MILES AN HOUR" "A. H. Orlebar, Schneider Captain, Sets World Record in Plane... Read full description -
Item #650096THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 12, 1929
* Louis Marshall death (1st report)
* Jewish community leader - Judaica
* Minorities advocate
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "LOUIS MARSHALL DIES ABROAD IN 73D YEAR AFTER A BRAVE FIGHT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues inside with photo. Loads of text... Read full description -
Item #618423THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 1929
* Edmond Thomas Quinn suicide death (drowning)
* American sculptor and painter
* Edwin Booth bronze statue fame
The front page has one column headings: "E. T. QUINN, SCULPTOR, IS FOUND DROWNED" "Noted Artist in Bronze Had Been Ailing Since He Took Poison Last May" "His Family Is... Read full description -
Item #724619SECTION 10 only of the New York Times, Sept. 15, 1929
* Dornier Do R4 Superwal flying boat - airplane testing
Page 16 of this section has a three column heading: "LARGEST FLYING BOAT IN AMERICA IS TESTED" with subhead and photo. (see images) Other aviation related articles as well.
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Item #712946ROTOGRAVURE SECTION only of the New York Times, September 15, 1928
* Golfer Bobby Jones & more photos
* Pebble Beach golf links - California
* United States - U.S. Amateur Championship
The front page of this section has 7 photos showing scenes at the 1929 Amateur Gold Championship at Pebble Beach with 3 of the, showing Bobby... Read full description -
Item #645452NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 19, 1929
* Pre stock market crash of 1929
This issue offers an interesting diversion from the typical narrative of the millions lost in the stock market crash of 1929, which would happen just over a month from this date. The bottom of the ftpg. has: "A.T.& T. Valued in Market at $4,047,241, 500, Up... Read full description -
Item #678085THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 21, 1929
* The Study club fire
* Detroit, Michigan disaster
* Illegal prohibition era nightclub
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "18 DIE, 47 INJURED IN FIRE AND PANIC IN DETROIT CABARET" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the prohibition era Detroit, Michigan nightclub fire... Read full description -
Item #578830THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 22, 1929
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Space travel ? moon ?
This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page of section 3 (E1, inside): "MOON ROCKETS LURE GERMANY'S SAVANTS", 'Herman Oberth, One of Four Who Are Making Tests, Confident of Ultimate Success" and... Read full description -
Item #620431THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1929
* Charles Lindbergh tropic airmail flights
* Port of Spain - Trinidad and Tobago
The front page has one column headings: "LINDBERGH PARTY REACHES TRINIDAD; HAS WARM ELCOME" "Landing at Port of Spain, Flier and Group Are Nearly Swamped by Throng" "Big Load Of Mail Carried"... Read full description -
Item #551833NEW YORK TIMES, September 26, 1929 This 60 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "MILLER HUGGINS DIES; MANY PAY TRIBUTE" "Manager of Yankees' Baseball Team for 12 Seasons Is a Victim of Blood Poisoning" and more. Continues on page 22 with one column photo of Huggins. Much text. Nice to have in... Read full description -
Item #578834THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30, 1929
* Fritz von Opel
* Early rocket airplane flight
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 7 that include: "OPEL SAYS ROCKET IS BIG AVIATION AID", "Flight is Aimed to Show Ease, Power and Take-Off and Landing Without Run", "Inventor Says Rocket Is 'Perfect Emergency... Read full description -
Item #714738THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30, 1929
* Fritz von Opel RAK.1 aircraft
* Early rocket airplane flight
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "OPEL SAYS ROCKET IS BIG AVIATION AID" with subheads. (see images) Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The Opel RAK.1 was the world's first... Read full description -
Item #714954THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 2, 1929
* 20 Exchange Place skyscraper plans announced
* Financial District - Lower Manhattan - Wall Street
* Also mention of the Empire State Building plans
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "71-Story Skyscraper to Rise in Wall St. Area; City Bank Farmers Trust Edifice Ready in 1931"... Read full description -
Item #579015THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 2, 1929
* Fritz von Opel
* Early rocket airplane flight
This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on page31 that include: "OPEL CONCENTRATES ON LIQUID ROCKET", "He Says It Will Enable Future Flights in Stratosphere at 1,250 Miles and Hour", "Great Heat Developed" and more. Also a... Read full description -
Item #563977THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 5, 1929
* Colorado State Penitentiary riots
* Canon City, Colorado
This 40 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "PRISON RIOT ENDS AS LEADER KILLS COMRADES, THEN SELF; DEATH TOLL 12, 9 GUARDS SAFE" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Rag edition... Read full description -
Item #686603SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, October 6, 1929
* Kinnick Stadium debut (Nile Kinnick)
* Iowa Hawkeyes NCAA college football
This sport's section only is loaded with college football reports from the previous day. Page 4 of this section has small and somewhat discrete headings at the bottom of the page that read: ... Read full description -
Item #580196THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 11, 1929 This 64 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 39: "Rockne Ill at Home as Notre Dame Team Leaves for Navy; Has Nebraska as Guest". Was this the beginning of his leg problem which lead to him coaching his final year in a wheel chair ?
Also a interesting advertisement on page... Read full description -
Item #618361THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 11, 1929
* Knute Rockne sidelined with leg problems
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach
* World Series of baseball
The sport's section page 39 has a two column heading: "Rockne Ill at Home as Notre Dame Team Leaves for Navy; Has Nebraska as Guest". Was this the beginning of his leg... Read full description -
Item #578019THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 12, 1929
* Fritz von Opel
* Early rockets - rocketry
This 100+ page newspaper has three column headlines on page 4XX (inside, near back): "ROCKET MOTOR POINTS WAY TO REACH MOON", "Von Opel's Meteoric Flight Renews the Hope of One Day Penetrating space Beyond the Ozone", with smaller subheads... Read full description -
Item #205543THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 15, 1929 This 64 page issue has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "ATHLETICS WIN TITLE; 3-RUN RALLY IN NINTH BEATS THE CUBS" with several subheads and nice reporting on pages 24 & 25 as well with related photos. Good condition. -
Item #208357THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 17, 1929, from New York. Column headline "Byrd's Dog Teams Start South Across The Barrier To Open Exploring Path" with subhead "Commander Sees Them Off" "He Goes Several Miles With Supporting Party to Aid It" "Away In Clear Weather" "Sledges Make Actual Start Onto Rough Ice Field From Bay... Read full description -
NY Times Jigsaw Puzzle...
Item #212091The New York Times - Jigsaw Puzzle, dated October 25, 1929. "Stock Market Crash" The past meets the present with this superb 400-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring a front page of The New York Times on the date. The centerpiece is shaped like an open newspaper and the jigsaw also comes with a full-sized paper copy (folded) of the selected front page to... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #212328MID-WEEK PICTORIAL, published by THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 9, 1929, from New York. Contains a wealth of photos about the people and events of the day. In generally good condition. Full ftpg. photo of Albie Booth, the diminutive Yale quarterback, in a three-point stance. Stapled-in... Read full description -
Item #714271THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 10, 1929
* Stock Market Crash of 1929
* New York banker suicide
* Governor Al Smith friend
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "J. J. RIORDAN ENDS LIFE WITH PISTOL IN HIS HOME; HIS BANK DECLARED SOUND" with subheads. More on page 2 with photo of Riordan. Nice to have in the NYC publication.
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Item #632909THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 11, 1929
* re. Louis Marshall death
* Jewish community leader
* Minorities advocate
Page 23 has one column headings: "2,500 PAY TRIBUTE TO LOUIS MARSHALL" "Memorial for Jewish Leader is Attended by Delegates of More Than 76 Societies" and more. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to... Read full description -
Item #626781THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1929.
* Malden, Massachusetts shrine (miracle grave)
* Father Patrick Joseph Power
* Holy Cross Cemetery gathering
* Supernatural powers ?
Page 2 has one column headings: "200,000 ARE DRAWN TO MALDEN 'SHRINE'" "Bay State Troopers and Legion Aid Police as Record Throng Visits... Read full description -
Item #618314THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 22, 1929
* Knute Rockne's infected legs worsen
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* College football
The sport's section (page 33) has one column headings: "ROCKNE IS WORSE; INFECTION SPREADS" "Both Legs Are Now Affected, but Coach's Condition Is Not Alarming, Doctor Says" "Notre Dame Mentor Is... Read full description -
Item #648045THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 22, 1929
* Knute Rockne's infected legs worsen
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* College football
The sport's section (page 33) has one column headings: "ROCKNE IS WORSE; INFECTION SPREADS" "Both Legs Are Now Affected, but Coach's Condition Is Not Alarming, Doctor Says" "Notre Dame Mentor Is... Read full description -
Item #721431THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 23, 1929
* Female aviator Amelia Earhart
* Airplane speed record in L.A.
Page 12 has a somewhat discrete report with one column heading: "Miss Earhart Gets Women's Speed Mark" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, nice... Read full description -
Item #648021THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1929
* Georges Clemenceau death (1st report)
* French statesman - Prime Minister of France
* World War I Treaty of Versailles fame
The front page has a three column headline: "CLEMENCEAU, 'FATHER OF VICTORY,' DIES; PASSES AWAY AT 88 AFTER HOURS IN COMA; WORLD JOINS FRANCE IN MOURNING LOSS" with subhead... Read full description -
Item #675730THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 26, 1929
* Raymond Hitchcock death (1st report)
* Silent film & stage actor - Broadway
Page 31 has one column headings: "RAYMOND HITCHCOCK DIES IN CALIFORNIA" "Musical Comedy Star, Long Ill, Collapses at His Wife's Side in Automobile" "On Stage Nearly 40 Years" and more with photo.... Read full description -
Item #566667THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 29, 1929
* Aviator Richard Evelyn Byrd
* South Pole flight begins
* Ernie Nevers makes NFL record in scoring
This 44 page newspaper has a great three line banner headline on the front page: "COMMANDER BYRD OFF ON FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE; RADIO REPORTS 'ALL IS WELL' AT 6:30 A.M., 8... Read full description -
Item #586966THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1929
* Missing Link discoveries ?
* Beijing China - Peking Man
This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 31 that include: "SEES AID IN FIXING 'CRADLE OF MAN'", "Walter Granger Says Skeletons Found in China May Aid Knowledge of Ancestry" and more with smaller subheads. See photos for... Read full description -
Item #649770THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1929
* McAlester, Oklahoma mining disaster
* Old Town Mine explosion
The front page has a one column heading: "OKLAHOMA BLAST ENTOMBS 59 MINERS" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the explosion at the Old Town mine in McAlester, Oklahoma. Always nice to have notable events... Read full description -
Item #586990THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1929
* McAlester, Oklahoma mining disaster
* Old Town Mine
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "OKLAHOMA BLAST ENTOMBS 59 MINERS", "Three Injured Brought Up in McAlester Disaster-Twenty-three Bodies Recovered", " Little... Read full description -
Item #666251THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 20, 1929
* Aviator Richard Evelyn Byrd
* David Livingstone Centenary Medal
* Southern Hemisphere achievement
Page 3 has a one column headings: "LIVINGSTONE MEDAL IS AWARDED TO BYRD" "American Geographical Society Votes Highest Honor for Southern Exploration" "His Achievements Lauded" and... Read full description -
Item #577894THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1929
* John Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions
This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 22: "WALKER TELEVISED AT DEMONSTRATION", "Astonished at Clearness of Voice and Images Reproduced by Baird Device".
Very significant reporting during the founding... Read full description -
Item #618341THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1929
* re. William Desmond Taylor murder
* Irish-American Hollywood actor and director
The front page has one column headings: "SAYS ACTRESS MURDERED TAYLOR" "Ex-Governor Richardson of California Asserts Efforts to Try Her Were Blocked" and more. (see) This murder is still... Read full description -
Item #649760THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1929
* Max Valier
* Rocket car
* Liquid Fuel
Page 6 has one column headings: "LIQUID FUEL SUCCEEDS IN AUTO IN GERMANY" "Used Instead of Rockets by Max Valier, Who Says It Assures Driver's Complete Control" Coverage on Austrian, Max Valier, testing his new rocket automobile with a new liquid... Read full description -
Item #617427THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1929
* Max Valier
* Rocket car
* Liquid Fuel
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "LIQUID FUEL SUCCEEDS IN AUTO IN GERMANY", "Used Instead of Rockets by Max Valier, Who Says It Assures Driver's Complete Control" Coverage on Austrian, Max Valier, testing his new rocket... Read full description -
Item #622817THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1929
* Fritz von Opel visits America
* Predicts mass transportation in rocket airplanes
Page 10 has one column headings: "Von Opel To Study Auto Industry Here" "Says on Arriving He Hopes to See Business Men Crossing Atlantic in Rocket Airplane" with photo. (see) Was he predicting the jet airplane ?
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #712610THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 25, 1929
* Fire at the White House (West Wing)
* Christmas Eve
The front page has a three-column heading: "FIRE WRECKS THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICES; HOOVER RUSHES FROM PARTY TO WATCH IT; AIDES BRAVE SMOKE TO SAVE HIS PAPERS", with many subheads. The coverage of the worst non-war related fire in the White... Read full description -
Item #618346THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 29, 1929
* Hollywood actress Mae West
* Chicago gangster racketeering
Page 3 has one column headings: "CHICAGO RACKETEERS AGAIN PREY ON ACTORS" "Terrorized, the Players Pay Over Money to Keep 'Out of Trouble'". (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete 1st section only... Read full description -
Item #649759THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 30, 1929
* Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan
* Science & the future of mankind
The front page has one column headings: "SCIENCE WILL SAVE MANKIND FROM WAR, SAYS DR. MILLIKAN" "It Will Also Keep the Race From Overcrowding and Starvation, He Tells Scientists" "Destructive Force Denied"... Read full description -
Item #711194THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 31, 1929
* Post St. Valentine's Day Massacre
* George Bugs Moran safe raided by police
* Gangsters - gangland - underworld
* Probably only reported in a Chicago paper
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "RAID ON MORAN SAFE NIPS BIG RACKET PROFITS" with subhead. (see images) The infamous St. Valentines' Day... Read full description -
Item #618501THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1930
* George Edward Woodberry death (1st report)
* Beverly, Massachusetts American poet
Page 23 has one column headings: "G. E. WOODBERRY, AUTHOR, DIES AT 74" "Works on Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne Are Among His Books" "Once Columbia Professor" and more. (see)
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #618504THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1930
* Neva Paris killed (1st report)
* Great Neck NY Woman aviator
The front page has one column headings: "NEVA PARIS KILLED IN CRASH OF PLANE" "Great Neck Woman Flier Dies When Machine Nose Dives Into a Georgia Marsh" and more. (see) Coverage continues inside with photo. (see)
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #725827THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 14, 1930
* Early Jim Londos "The Golden Greek"
* Early professional wrestling match
* vs. Joe Stocco at 71st Regiment Armory
* From the city where it happened
The top of page 33 has a one column heading: "STOCCO IS THROWN TO MAT BY LONDOS" with subhead. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item... Read full description -
Item #618590THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1930
* Medium - seance
* materialized spirit - ghost
The back page has one column headings: "'CARUSO' AT SEANCE HEARD BUT NOT SEEN" "Medium With Much Groaning and Tossing Produces the Aria From 'Martha'" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, a... Read full description -
Item #618514THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 1930
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
* Resistance is the only answer ?
Page 8 has one column headings: "GANDHI DECLARES FAITH IN RESISTANCE" "He Says if India Has to Go Through Civil War Agonies It Won't Be New Thing" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description
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