Historic Newspapers: The New York Times

Nearly every issue of the New York Times, from the mid-1800's through the 1950's, and several key issues from the 60's to the present, are available for purchase.  These are orignals - no reprints!  If you do not see your issue listed below, use the following search engine to see if your desired The New York Times issue is likely available within our archives:  Check the Rare Newspapers Archives!
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  • Saudia Arabia oil discoveries in 1947....
    Item #718429
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1946

    * Saudi Arabia oil boom

    The top of page 2 has one column headings: "U.S. OIL TOWNS DOT SAUDI ARABIAN SOIL" "Record Boom Is Forecast--Potential Is Estimated to Exceed Our Own Reserves"
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  • Wernher von Braun aids America...
    Item #623586
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 4, 1946

    * Wernher von Braun converts
    * Rockets technology to America


    Page 46 has one column headings: "NAZI SCIENTISTS AID ARMY ON RESEARCH" "Hundreds Are Revealed to Be in U.S. Showing How They Built Rockets, Other Things" with smaller subheads that include: "Nazis Planned Rocket to Hit... Read full description  
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  • V-2 rocket testing in New Mexico......
    Item #579866
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 6, 1946

    * V-2 German rocket test 
    * White Sands, New Mexico

    This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 25: "V-2 SETS NEW SPEED MARK". "Rocket Launched at White Sand Goes 5,000 Feet a Second". See photo for brief text here.

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  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish football... 1946 National champions....
    Item #665898
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 1946

    * Notre Dame Fighting Irish
    * Named National champions
    * NCAA college football


    The sport's section (page 44) has a two column heading: "Notre Dame No. 1 Team for 1946 With Top Offense and Defense" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish... Read full description  
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  • Walter Johnson death...
    Item #571136
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 11, 1946 

    * Walter Johnson death 
    * Washington Senators 


    This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 31 that include: "WALTER JOHNSON DIES IN CAPITAL, 59" "Pitching Star for Washington Senators 21 Years Held Many Baseball Records" and more with photo of Johnson. Nice to... Read full description  
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  • V-2 rocket testing in New Mexico...
    Item #579862
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 12, 1946

    * V-2 German rocket test 
    * White Sands, New Mexico

    This 60 page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 22: "V-2 Rocket Hits 100 Miles Away". See photo for brief text here. Other post World War II news throughout. Other news, sports and advertisements within. Good condition.
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  • Chicago Bear wins 1946 NFL title...
    Item #686597
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1946

    * Chicago Bears win NFL football championship
    * Sid Luckman touchdown play photo
    * New York Giants - players busted on 'Fix' scandal
    * Nice to have from the city where the game was played


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "'FIXER' JAILED HERE FOR BRIDE OFFERS TO FOOTBALL... Read full description  
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  • V-2 rocket reaches highest altitude ever...
    Item #710266
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, Dec.18, 1946

    * V-2 rocket reaches highest altitude ever
    * 1st objects flung into space


    The front page has a two-column headline: "Try to Hurl Rocket Slugs Into Space, Free of Earth". The coverage tells of the 1st time in history that man-made objects where successfully put out into outer space. This... Read full description  
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  • 1946 Newberry SC school bus crash...
    Item #570297
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 19, 1946 

    * Newberry, South Carolina 
    * School bus crash disaster 

    This 60 page newspaper has a small one column headline on page 5: "11 DIE IN SCHOOL BUS HIT BY TRAIN IN FOG"

    Tells of the Newberry, South Carolina school bus disaster which collided with a passenger train.

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  • 1946 World premiere for "It's A Wonderful Life" film...
    Item #712678
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1946

    * Original "It's a Wonderful Life" premiere ad
    * Pre-World premiere showing in New York City
    * James Stewart and Donna Reed
    - Frank Capra

    Page 31 has a 8 x 3 3/4 inch advertisement for the World premiere of what is considered one of the greatest films of all time, It's a... Read full description  
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  • V-2 rocket testing in New Mexico......
    Item #579868
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1946

    * V-2 German rocket test 
    * White Sands, New Mexico

    This 100+ page newspaper has a three column photo on page 21 with heading:

    * ARMY PREPARES FOR TEST OF MAN-MADE METEORS

    Also a two column headline on page E9 (inside, near back): "Rockets Hurling Man-Made Meteors Into Space Might Open a New... Read full description  
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  • Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenburg...
    Item #568126
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 19, 1947 

    * Henry Benjamin 'Hank' Greenburg 
    * Detroit Tigers - Pittsburgh Pirates 

    This 70+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the first page of the sport's section (near the back, section 5): "GREENBURG IS SOLD FOR 'SIZABLE SUM' TO THE PIRATES" "Detroit Parts With Home... Read full description  
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  • Day of Al Capone's death...
    Item #602887
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 25, 1947

    * Al Capone death (day of)
    * Chicago beer baron
    * Gangster - mob boss


    The back page has a very small and discrete one column heading: "Capone's Heart Said to Be Failing". See image for brief text. He would die on this day.

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  • Actress Grace Moore killed...
    Item #560120
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, dated January 27, 1947

    * Grace Moore killed in airplane crash
    * Opera singer & actress
    * Tennessee Nightingale


    This 40 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page:

    * GRACE MOORE DIES IN BURNING PLANE; PRINCE ALSO KILLED

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  • Actress Grace Moore & Al Capone deaths...
    Item #638234
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 27, 1947

    * Grace Moore killed in airplane crash
    * Opera singer & actress - Tennessee Nightingale
    * Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone death


    The top of the front page has a two column  headline: "GRACE MOORE DIES IN BURNING PLANE; PRINCE ALSO KILLED" with subheads that include: "Crash In... Read full description  
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  • Rocky Graziano offered a bribe in 1947...
    Item #636656
    NEW YORK TIMES, January 28, 1947 The front page has one column heads: "GRAZIANO ADMITS $100,000 'FIX' TALK", "Boxing Star Tells Grand Jury of Offers--Three Indicted in Paris Football Plot". The lengthy text continues on the back page.
    Complete in 48 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high... Read full description  
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  • King Ibn Saud & Saudi Aramco
    Item #688296
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 2, 1947

    * Ibn Saud - King Abdulaziz
    * Arabian American Oil Company
    * Saudi Aramco - Saudi Arabia


    Page 25 has an article headed: "Ibn Saud Gratified By Oil Development" (see)
    Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 60 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality... Read full description  
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  • Al 'Scarface' Capone burial...
    Item #600770
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 5, 1947

    * Al 'Scarface' Capone burial
    * Former Chicago gangster leader


    Page 26 has small and somewhat discrete one column headings: "Capone Buried In Chicago" "Less Than Twoscore at Services in Tent at the Grave" See image for brief report on the burial of infamous mob boss, Al 'Scarface'... Read full description  
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  • Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak unveiled...
    Item #692774
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 6, 1947

    * Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak airplane unveiling
    * United States Navy turbojet research aircraft


    The top of page 13 has a three column photo with heading: "The New Trans-Sonic Plane Is Displayed By The Navy" and a two column heading: "First Jet Plane to Test Trans-Sonic Speeds Is Unveiled by Navy and... Read full description  
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  • Robert H. Goddard rockets...
    Item #588702
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 14, 1947

    * Nazis rockets were American ?
    * Robert H. Goddard - rocketeer


    This 44 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 5: "NAZIS' ROCKET CALLED AMERICAN INVENTION".

    Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Rag edition, some tear on pages 3-4 (unrelated), otherwise in great... Read full description  
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  • Pickens, North Carolina Negro lynching...
    Item #569665
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, February 18, 1947 

    * Willie Earle, Pickens NC lynching 

    This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9: "PRISONER LYNCHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA" "Taken From Jail by 25 Armed Men, He is Stabbed and Shot and Body Left by Roadside" and more. (see)

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  • Los Angeles' chemical explosion...
    Item #654569
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, February 21, 1947

    * O'Connor Electro-Plating Company
    * Los Angeles, California
    * Chemical explosion

    This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:

    * EXPLOSION KILLS 15 IN LOS ANGELES, INJURES OVER 100
    * Destroys Electroplating Plant and Smashes Near-by Area With Thunderous... Read full description  
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  • Rocket parachutes to be used...
    Item #673804
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 21, 1947

    * Testing rockets with parachutes
    * German V-2 - White Sands, New Mexico

    This 40 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 38:
    "Instruments Are Released From Rocket By Parachute in a Jump of 68 Miles" (see photos for details).
    Other news of the day throughout including period advertising. This rag... Read full description  
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  • Nazi leader Franz von Papen sentenced...
    Item #694079
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 25, 1947

    * Franz von Papen sentenced
    * Nazi Germany politician
    * Political immoralities


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Von Papen Sentenced to 8 Years By German Court as Major Nazi" First report coverage continues on page 5 with photo of von Papen.
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  • NYC Collyer brothers death (Homer)......
    Item #719776
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1947

    * Collyer Brothers (Homer) death
    * Bizarre & compulsive hoarding


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HOMER COLLYER, HARLEM RECLUSE, FOUND DEAD AT 70" with subheads. Two related photos on page 3. (see) First report coverage on the death of Homer Lusk Collyer, famous New York... Read full description  
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  • Coal mine disaster in Centralia, Illinois...
    Item #642042
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1947

    * Centralia, Illinois
    * Coal mine explosion disaster


    The front page has a two column heading: "119 Miners Feared Dead In Explosion at Illinois Pit" (see) First report coverage on the coal mine disaster at Centralia, Illinois. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World... Read full description  
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  • Jimmy Demaret wins 1947 Masters golf tournament
    Item #650834
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1947

    * Jimmy Demaret wins Masters Tournament
    * Augusta National Golf Club - Georgia


    The sport's section (page 26) has a banner headline: "Demaret Captures Masters Golf Honors Second Time With 7-Under-Par 281" with subheads and scores. First report coverage on Jimmy Demaret winning the 1947... Read full description  
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  • 1947 death of Henry Ford...
    Item #702881
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 8, 1947.

    * Henry Ford death (1st report)
    * Automobile pioneer - Detroit, Michigan


    The front page has a two column headline: "HENRY FORD IS DEAD AT 83 IN DEARBORN" with subheads that include: "Pioneer In Autos" "Leader in Production Founded Vast Empire in Motors in 1903" and more. Lengthy coverage... Read full description  
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  • United Nations Headquarters site...
    Item #580195
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1947

    * United Nations Headquarters site becomes official
    * Turtle Bay, Manhattan, New York City


    This 44 page newspaper has two column headline on the front page that include: "New York Turns Over Land As U.N. Site Is Consecrated" and more. (see photos) Reporting continues on page 4 with related photos. See... Read full description  
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    Item #161116
    THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, dated April 20, 1947. The photo below shows "Princess Elizabeth At 21" on the front page. Trimmed a bit close at the top causing minor loss to the blank margin, otherwise in very good condition.
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  • 1947 Princess Elizabeth photos... 21st birthday...
    Item #691590
    MAGAZINE SECTION only of the New York Times, April 20, 1947

    * Princess Elizabeth turns 21
    * Future Queen Elizabeth II
    * Cover photo & life in photos


    The front page of this section has a photo of the future Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom who turned 21 the day after this publication. Pages 12 & 13 has several photos of... Read full description  
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  • 1947 robot rocket airplane....
    Item #580199
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 30, 1947

    * Pilotless rocket plane
    * Speed of sound tested ?

    This 52 page newspaper has small one column headline on page 7: "Test Rocket Plane Aims At 900 Miles an Hour"

    Please see photo for brief text here. Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
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  • Terre Haute Coal Mine explosion....
    Item #570049
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1947

    * Spring Hill coal mine explosion disaster
    * Terre Haute, Indiana


    This 52 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 17: "FIVE DEAD IN MINE BLAST", "Rescuers Hunt Three Others Trapped in Indiana Shaft", with coverage that tells of the Spring Hill mine explosion near Terre Haute,... Read full description  
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  • 1947 Jackie Robinson receives hate mail....
    Item #695475
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1947

    * Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
    * 1st Negro MLB baseball player


    The sport's section (page 16) has one column headings: "ROBINSON REVEALS WRITTEN THREATS" Dodgers' Negro Star Told in Anonymous Letters to 'Get Out of Baseball'" See images for text here. This event was... Read full description  
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  • BF Goodrich and his tubeless tire...
    Item #558948
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 12, 1947 

    * BF Goodrich 
    * Tubeless tire invention  1st report
     

    This 44 page newspaper has small, discrete one column headlines on page 36: "DEVELOPS TUBELESS TIRE" and "Goodrich Testing New Product Before Placing on Market"

    Tells of the initial discovery of this tire that... Read full description  
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  • Black Dahlia murders continue.......
    Item #578100
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1947

    * Black Dahlia murders
    * Elizabeth Short
    * Hollywood - Los Angeles CA


    This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 22: "MOTHER OF 3 SLAIN NEAR LOS ANGELES", "Murder of Fifth of Kind in the Area This Year--Man Is Held in Previous Case" which tells of more similar murders taking place in... Read full description  
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  • Racehorse Seabiscuit's death in 1947...
    Item #693478
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 19, 1947 

    * Seabiscuit's death (1st report) 
    * Underdog thoroughbred racehorse champion
     

    Page 31 has a two column heading: "Seabiscuit Dies of Heart Attack At C. S. Howard Ranch on Coast". See photos for text. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
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  • 1947 Eastern Airlines Flight 605 disaster...
    Item #716542
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 31, 1947

    * Eastern Airlines flight 605
    * Airplane crash disaster 
    * Port Deposit, Maryland


    The front page has a nice five column headline announcing: "53 KILLED AS AIRLINER CRASHES AND BURNS IN MARYLAND WOODS; DISASTER HERE LAID TO WIND SHIFT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage... Read full description  
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  • 1947 Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro death...
    Item #686387
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 10, 1947

    * Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro
    * New York mobster
    * Murder Inc. co-founder


    The top of the back page has one column headings: "GURRAH JAKE DIES IN PRISON HOSPITAL" "Shapiro, Associate of Lepke in Murder Ring, Succumbs at 50 to Heart Disease" with smaller subheads. First report coverage on the... Read full description  
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  • Babe Zaharias wins in 1947...
    Item #575253
    ELMIRA STAR-GAZETTE, New York, June 12, 1947 

    * Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias
    * Women's professional golf - British Open crown - 1st American to win


    This 32 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 26: "British Women''s Golf Title Captured by Mrs. Zaharias" with photo (see photos).

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  • Babe Zaharias wins British Open...
    Item #679492
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1947 

    * Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias
    * Britsh Open crown
    * 1st American to win


    The front page has a two column headline: "Mrs. Zaharias Is First American To Win Women's British Golf Title". It then continues in the sport's section (page 18) with related pictorial and more headings.
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  • Hawks Mountain B-29 Bomber crash...
    Item #597157
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 16, 1947

    * United States Air Force B-29 Bomber crash 
    * Hawks Mountain, Perkinsville, Vermont VT
     

    This 38 page newspaper has a two column headlines on the front page: "12 Killed as Army B-29 Hits Vermont Mountain in Storm" with photo of the crash sight (see photos). Report continues on page 12... Read full description  
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  • 1947 airplane speed record broken...
    Item #710281
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1947

    * Test pilot Albert Boyd
    * United States Air Force
    * Air speed record broken
    * First jet fighter airplane


    Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "U.S. Jet Flies 623.8 Miles an Hour To Capture World Speed Record" (see images)
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  • Oil tanker explosion in Los Angeles harbor...
    Item #570051
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 23, 1947  This 38 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Los Angeles Harbor Rocked By Explosion of Big Tanker" and more. (see) report continues on page 3 with related photos.

    Tells of the S.S. Markay oil tanker explosion at Berth 167, Mormon Island, Los... Read full description  
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  • Taft-Hartley Act becomes law...
    Item #636652
    NEW YORK TIMES, June 24, 1947  The front page has a 3 line, 5 column headline concerning the enactment of the famous Taft Hartley Act which limited the activities and power of labor unions: "Bill Curbing Labor Becomes Law As Senate Overrides Veto, 68-25; Unions To For Quick Repeal" and subheads, plus a few related reports and a 3 column... Read full description  
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  • Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jimmy Doyle...
    Item #565406
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 26, 1947

    * Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jimmy Doyle
    * Death in the boxing ring (death 1st reported)


    This 48 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 28: "Doyle Dies of Injuries Suffered In Cleveland Bout With Robinson" with subhead: "Brain Operation Is Unavailing and the Los Angeles Boxer Is... Read full description  
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  • Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jimmy Doyle tragedy....
    Item #669347
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1947.

    * Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jimmy Doyle
    * World welterweight title fight
    * Death in the boxing ring


    The sport's section (page 28) has a two column heading: "Doyle Dies of Injuries Suffered In Cleveland Bout With Robinson" with subhead and photo of Doyle. (see)
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  • UFO Craze of 1947... Roswell?....
    Item #604329
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 11, 1947

    * The famous UFO scare that was also during the time of the Roswell, New Mexico incident

    Page 7 has has one column headings: "YES, DISKS FLY ON, BUT INTEREST LAGS" "Reports Still Come From Many Quarters, but There's a Bit of Cynicism in Them" with smaller subheads. See images for text here.

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  • UFO Craze of 1947...
    Item #595297
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 11, 1947 

    * The famous UFO scare that was also during the time of the Roswell, New Mexico incident 

    This 34 page newspaper has one column headings on page 7: "YES, DISKS FLY ON BUT INTEREST LAGS" and "Reports Still Come From Many Quarters, but There's a Bit of Cynicism in Them"See photos for... Read full description  
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  • Coelophysis dinosaurs found in New Mexico... DC-3 airliner crashes in Florida swamp...
    Item #722704
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1947

    * Coelophysis dinosaurs skeletons discoveries
    * Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
    * DC-3 crashes in Florida swamp


    The top of the front page a has two column heading: "Museum Finds Dinosaurs Of 200 Million Years Ago" with subhead. (see images)
    The front page also... Read full description  
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