Historic Newspapers: The New York Times
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Item #618627THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 27, 1930
* Charles Lindbergh airmail flight
* Mahatma Gandhi's salt march
* Great depression era original
Page 3 has one column headings: "LINDBERGH LANDS MAIL AT HAVANA" "Colonel Will Span Caribbean Today on Way to Nicaragua in Next Leg of Flight" and more. (see)
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Item #578923THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930
* Early rocket airplane test flight
* Dusseldorf, Germany
This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6 that reads: "Tail-Less Plane Crashes", "Rocket Machine Is Badly Damaged--German Flier Slightly Hurt" which tells a early rocket plane test flight by Hans Espenlaub of Germany.
Other... Read full description -
Item #618681THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930
* Tekamah, Nebraska
* Tornado disaster
* Mahatma Gandhi arrest ?
Page 3 has one column headings: "STORMS KILL 18 IN MIDDLE WEST" "Tornado Hits Tekamah, Neb., Leaving Six Dead and Many Injured" and more. (see)
Page 9 has: "LOOKS FOR ARREST OF GANDHI IN RAID" with subheads. (see)
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Item #618687THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, May 4, 1930
* Yale varsity crew wins Blackwell Cup
* Columbia & Pennsylvania University
* Bulldogs - Men's heavyweight rowing
* Housatonic River - Derby, Connecticut
The front page of this section has one column headings: "YALE VARSITY WINS, WITH COLUMBIA NEXT" "Eli... Read full description -
Item #664777THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1930
* Gandhi arrested - The Mahatma
* Nashua NH New Hampshire fire
The front page has a two column headline: "GANDHI SEIZED BY BRITISH FOR INDEFINITE DETENTION; TROOPS POSTED FOR CRISIS" with subheads. (see)
Also one column headlines that include: "FIRE SWEEPS NASHUA; OVER 1,000 HOMELESS" and more.... Read full description -
Item #695371THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1930
* Pitcher Vernon 'Lefty' Gomez
* Very 1st MLB baseball victory
* New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox
The sport's section (page 35) has a four column heading: "Yanks, Behind Gomez, Beat White Sox" with subheads, photo of Gomez and box scores. (see) First report coverage on Lefty... Read full description -
Item #618937THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1930.
* Aviator Richard E. Byrd welcome home
* First Antarctica - South Pole expedition
* Al "Scarface" Capone jail release in Miami
The front page has a one column heading: "BYRD REACHES CANAL; STEPS ON HOME SOIL TO CHEERS OF THRONG" with subheads. (see)
Page 30 has a one column... Read full description -
Item #618750THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1930
* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones
* Walker Cup won by U.S.
* Royal St George's Golf Club
* Sandwich, Kent, England
The front page has one column headings: "AMERICAN GOLFERS BEAT BRITISH, 10-2, TO KEEP WALKER CUP" "Capture 7 of the 8 Singles in Final of Tournament Over Links at Sandwich"... Read full description -
Item #624608THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 18, 1930
* Gallant Fox race horse
* Triple crown of horse racing
* Kentucky Derby (1st of 3 wins)
The sport's section (page 27) has a four column headline: "Turfmen Hail Gallant Fox as Champion" with subheads and photo. (see) 1st report coverage on Gallant Fox winning the Kentucky Derby, 1st leg to his eventual... Read full description -
Item #618752THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 21, 1930
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
* Yerwada Central Jail interview
* Indian independence movement
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Gandhi Interviewed in Jail; Asks Full Freedom for India" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 56... Read full description -
Item #616716THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, May 22, 1930
* Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a row
* New York Yankees
This 56 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 21: "Ruth Hits 3 Homers in First Game But Yanks Lose Two" with subheads that include: "3 HOMERS BY RUTH FAIL TO SAVE YANKS" "For First Time in His Career He... Read full description -
Item #618753THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1930
* Sarojini Naidu "The Nightingale of India"
* Salt satyagraha - Indian independence movement
* Mahatma Gandhi imprisonment protest - jailed
Page 7 has one column headings: "MRS. NAIDU JAILED; 200,000 IN PROTEST" "Indian Civil Disobedience Chief Gets Nine Months--One Year for Third of... Read full description -
Item #618971THE NEW YORK TIMES, Editorials, Features (Section 3) only, May 25, 1930
* Memorandum on the Organization of a Regime of European Federal Union
* Aristide Briand
* Plan for European union
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "BRIAND'S EPOCHAL IDEA STIRS EUROPE; Progress of French Statesman's Plan Destined to Be Slow,... Read full description -
Item #618758THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 25, 1930
* Woman aviator pioneer Amy Johnson
* 1st Woman solo flight from England to Australia
The top of the front page has two column headings: "England Thrilled by Lone Flight of Modest Typist to Australia" "King and Commoner Join in Praise of Amy Johnson, First Woman to Make the Perilous Air Journey--Port... Read full description -
Item #669946THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1930
* Chrysler Building skyscraper opens (1st report)
* Becomes tallest building in the World
The top of page 13 has one column headings: "CHRYSLER BUILDING, CITY'S HIGHEST, OPEN" "Forty-second Street Merchants Aid in Ceremony--Speakers Laud Builder's Vision" and more. (see) Great to have... Read full description -
Item #618762THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1930.
* Golfer Bobby Jones
* British Amateur championship (during)
* This would be the 2nd win towards his famous grand slam
The sport's section (page 14) has a banner headline: "Jones Beats Johnston to Gain British Gold Quarter-Finals; Voigt Also Wins"... Read full description -
Item #618792THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1930
* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* The Europe-Pan American flight ending
* Early aviation era original
The front page has two column headline: "ZEPPELIN, OFF FOR HOME, CIRCLES OVER NEW YORK; FAIR WEATHER ON COURSE" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 3 with related photo and map.
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Item #710213THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 5, 1930
* Blenheim - Thoroughbred race horse
* Wins Epsom Derby - Surrey, England UK
* Owner Aga Khan III
The sport's section (page 19) has a banner headline: "500,000 See Blenheim, 18 to 1 Shot, Win English Derby; The Scout II Is 15th" with subheads and photo. (see images) First report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #618791THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1930
* King Carol II of Romania proclaimed
The front page has a two column headline: "CAROL PROCLAIMED KING AMID ROMANIA'S CHEERS; CORONATION IN OCTOBER" and more with photo. (see) Lengthy text continues inside.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40 pages, minor margin wear, nice... Read full description -
Item #618787THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 10, 1930
* Jake Lingle assassination (1st report)
* Chicago Tribune reporter
* Al 'Scarface Capone - Gangsters
The front page has one column headings: "CHICAGO REPORTER SLAIN BY GUNMAN" "Alfred Lingle of The Tribune Sought to Solve Gangs' Crimes--Knew Their Secrets" "ASSASSIN'S IDENTITY... Read full description -
Item #618793THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1930
* Adolf von Harnick death (1st report)
* German Lutheran theologian - church historian
Page 27 has one column headings: "PROF. VON HARNICK, THEOLOGIAN, IS DEAD" "Friend of Former Kaiser Succumbs at 79--Accepted Republican Regime" "Led In Modern Thought" and more with photo. (see)
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #693845THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1930
* Max Schmeling vs. Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing championship
* Famous foul - hit below the belt
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCHMELING WINNER ON SHARKEY'S FOUL; 80,000 AT TITLE BOUT" with subheads and great inside page reporting with nice photos. First report... Read full description -
Item #204548THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, June 13, 1930
* Max Schmeling vs. Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing championship
* Famous foul
This 48 page newspaper has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "SCHMELING WINNER ON SHARKEY'S FOUL; 80,000 AT TITLE BOUT" with subheads and great inside page reporting with... Read full description -
Item #624447THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 19, 1930
* Babe Ruth vs. Albany Senators
* Hawkins Stadium exhibition game
* Home runs promised to orphans
* Bobby Jones - British Open golf
The sport's section (page 31) has one column headings: "RUTH HITS 2 HOMERS AS YANKS TRIUMPH" "One Blow Is Longest Ever Made at... Read full description -
Item #618816THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 27, 1930
* Southern Cross airplane flight
* Fokker F.VII trimotor monoplane
* Charles Kingsford Smith
The front page has four column healdine: "OCEAN FLIERS LAND AT ROOSEVELT FIELD AFTER CIRCLING CITY; 10,000 RUSH PLANE; KINGSFORD-SMITH TELLS FLIGHT DETAILS" with subheads and photos. Much more inside... Read full description -
Item #618815THE NEW YORK TIMES, 1st section only, June 29, 1930
* Jesse Harding Pomeroy
* "The Boston Boy Fiend"
* Bridgewater State Hospital
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Jesse Pomeroy After 54 Years in Prison Plans Escape; Tools He Made Found". (see)
Complete 1st section only with all 26 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #664478THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, June 29, 1930
* Gallant Fox wins Dwyer Stakes
* Thoroughbred horse race - Long Island, New York
* Year of the triple crown
The front page of this section has one column headings: "GALLANT FOX, 1 TO 10, WINS $11,500 DWYER" "Surpasses Sir Barton's Feat by Adding Fourth Great... Read full description -
Item #670378THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1930
* Airplane endurance record flight
* "City of Chicago"- Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
* John and Kenneth Hunter
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ENDURANCE FLIERS SET RECORD, KEEP ON" with subheads. (see) Article continues on page 7 with photo of the Hunter brothers.... Read full description -
Item #627509THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 3, 1930
* Bobby Jones welcome home
* British Open champion
* Broadway ticker tape parade
The front page has one column headings that include: "BOBBY JONES FINDS BROADWAY FAIRWAY" "Firecrackers and Ticker Tape Strew Route to City Hall--'Home Folks' Hail Champion" and more. (see) Much more on page 3... Read full description -
Item #562199THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 3, 1930
* Bobby Jones
* British Open champion
* Broadway ticker tape parade
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that includes: "BOBBY JONES FINDS BROADWAY FAIRWAY" "Firecrackers and Ticker Tape Strew Route to City Hall---'Home Holks' Hail Champion" and... Read full description -
Item #672431ROTOGRAVURE SECTION of the New York Times, July 6, 1930
* Bobby Jones welcome home
* British Open champion
* Broadway ticker tape parade
* Airplane endurance record flight
* "City of Chicago"- Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
* John and Kenneth Hunter
The front page has five related photos regarding the Hunter brothers endurance airplane flight.... Read full description -
Item #639256THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1930
* Ararat Rebellion (Agri)
* Kurdish Republic - Kurds
* Turkey - Turkish - Turks
The front page has a two column heading: "Turks Fight Kurds With Land and Air Forces; Attack Tribesmen on Mt. Ararat on Four Sides" (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #620604THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 9, 1930
* Arthur Conan Doyle death
* Sherlock Holmes writer
* Spiritualism advocate
Page 10 has a one column heading: "CONAN DOYLE BURIAL TO BE ON HIS ESTATE" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, rag edition in great condition. -
Item #709733THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1930
* Robert H. Goddard - Early rockets - rocketry
* 1st photo of Charles Lindbergh Jr. ?
Page 27 has a one column heading: "GUGGENHEIM BACKS ROCKET SKY-STUDY" with subheads. (see images)
Page 3 has a photo of newly born Charles Lindbergh Jr. This could be the earliest photo of him in any... Read full description -
Item #644538THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1930
* First World Cup Soccer games
* Damaged issue - fraction of price
The World Cup tournament began in 1930, with Wikipedia noting its creation: "Due to the success of soccer at the Olympic games,an official game beginning in 1908, the FIFA started looking at staging its own international tournament... Read full description -
Item #621012THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 15, 1930
* John Logie Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions - experiments
* 1st public showing in Great Britain
The front page has a two column heading: "Television Play Is Broadcast in Britain; Dramatic Critic Sees Perfection Far Off" Very significant reporting during the founding of... Read full description -
Item #621045THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 22, 1930
* Gold Star Mothers - Motherhood
* Women Negroes pilgrimages
* Paris, France
Page 11 has a one column heading: "GOLD STAR NEGROES WELCOMED IN PARIS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, rag edition in great condition. -
Item #637645THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 23, 1930
* Glenn Curtiss death
* Aviation pioneer
* U.S. airplane industry
The front page has a one column heading: "GLENN CURTISS DIES, PIONEER IN AVIATION" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description -
Item #694767THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1930
* Krug Amusement Park - Omaha, Newbraska
* "Big Dipper" roller coaster crash disaster
Page 9 has a brief and somewhat discrete report headed: "Two Killed On Coaster" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
Wikipedia notes: The most deadly... Read full description -
Item #628904THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1930
* Chance Milton Vought death (1st report)
* Aviation pioneer - airplane - aviator
Page 13 has a one column heading: "C. M. VOUGHT DIES; PIONEER IN AVIATION" with subheads and photo. (see) Text takes up 1 3/4 columns. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other... Read full description -
Item #578227THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1930
* Robert Goddard
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Research money donated
This 100+ page newspaper has small one column headings on page 14: "$100,000 FOR ROCKET TEST" and "Daniel Guggenheim Assures Backing for Goddard's Experiments".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #620939THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 3, 1930
* Chicago gangland war
* George 'Bugs' Moran
* Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Jack Zuta assassination
Page 7 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO 'SQUEALER' SLAIN BY GUNMAN" with subheads. (see)
Complete 1st section only with 24 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #622184THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1930
* Siegfried Wagner death (1st report)
* German opera composer and conductor
* Bayreuth Festival artistic director
Page 23 has a one column heading: "SIEGFRIED WAGNER DIES AT AGE OF 61" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, rag edition in great... Read full description -
Item #622185THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 6, 1930
* Major General Douglas MacArthur
* Named Chief of Staff of U.S. Army
The front page has a one column heading: "MACARTHUR NAMED CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF" with subheads. (see) Text continues on page 3 with photo. 1st report coverage on Douglas MacArthur being named Chief of Staff of the army with the... Read full description -
Item #621037THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 14, 1930
* Aviator Frank Hawks
* Transcontinental airplane flight
* Speed record broken
The front page has a three column headline: "HAWKS FLIES FROM COAST IN 12 1/2 HOURS, 2 1/2 UNDER MARK SET BY THE LINDBERGHS; EXCEEDS 200-MILE SPEED ALL THE WAY" with subheads. (see) 1st report coverage on Franks... Read full description -
Item #622181THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 16, 1930
* Charles Lindbergh receives Congressional gold medal
* President Herbert Hoover - White House
The front page has a one column heading: "LINDBERGH RECEIVES MEDAL FROM HOOVER" with subheads. (see) Text continues on page 3 witgh photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete... Read full description -
Item #569817THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 20, 1930 This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9: "MOB LYNCHES NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA" "Takes Prisoner From Jail by Ruse...."
This tells of the lynching of Negro Oliver Moore in Tarboro, North Carolina.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise... Read full description -
Item #622187THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 22, 1930
* Marion Terry death (1st report)
* English stage actress - plays
Page 15 has a one column heading: "MARION TERRY DEAD; FAMOUS ACTRESS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 34 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. -
Item #622188THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sport's section only, August 24, 1930
* Paul Jessup breaks world discus record
* University of Washington Huskies
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "WORLD RECORD SET BY JESSUP IN DISCUS" with subhead and photo. (see)
Complete sport's section only with all pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #629615THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 1, 1930
* Jack 'Legs' Diamond's trip to Europe
* Irish American gangster - prohibition era
* SS Belgenland (1914) ocean liner
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "'Legs' Diamond Is Aboard Liner Belgenland Wants to Go to Vichy to 'Take Cure,' He Says" (see)
Other... Read full description
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