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Item #554092FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, May 7, 1927
* Hudson Maxim death
* Explosives inventor
This 12 page newspaper has on column headlines on the front page: "HUDSON MAXIM, INVENTOR, DEAD".
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
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Item #657782THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1927
* Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray guilty of murder
* Death sentence - electric chair
* Infamous Daily News photo fame
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MRS. SNYDER AND GRAY FOUND GUILTY IN THE FIRST DEGREE IN SWIFT VERDICT; BOTH TO GET DEATH SENTENCE MONDAY"... Read full description -
Item #557962THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, May 11, 1927
* Ruth Snyder
* Henry Judd Gray
* Guilty - electric chair
* Midwest tornado
* Poplar Bluff, Missouri
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* GUARD MRS. SNYDER, VICTIM OF HYSTERIA
* Jail Heads Take Precautions to Prevent Attempt on Life After Nervous Illness
* Gray Is In fair... Read full description -
Item #568557THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, May 12, 1927
* Charles Nungesser disappears - search
* Transatlantic airplane flight try
* Just before Charles Lindbergh's attempt
This 56 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page: "CLUE TO FLIERS GIVEN IN NORTH" "Newfoundland Men Report... Read full description -
Item #569836THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, May 12, 1927
* Charles Lindbergh Atlantic Ocean flight close
* The race is on to be the 1st
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "SEA AVIATORS' RIVALRY WILL HASTEN START" "With Lindbergh Winging East, Chamberlin Will Hop Off Thursday... Read full description -
Item #220761THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, May 13, 1927.
* Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray Guilty of Murder
* Death Sentence
This 8 page newspaper has a two line, two column headline on the front page: "Court Is To Impose Sentence of Death on Friday Morning, Fatal 13th, at 10 O'clock" with lengthy subhead. Other news of... Read full description -
Item #555560FITCHBURG SENTINEL, from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, dated May 14, 1927.
* Charles Lindbergh historic Transatlantic flight close
* Lindy
* Waiting game
This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
* AVIATORS WAIT FAIR WEATHER FOR HOP TO PARIS
with subhead. (see)
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Other news of the day throughout. Light... Read full description -
Item #565462THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 15, 1927
* Charles Nungesser missing
* Charles Lindbergh post Atlantic flight
* re. Richard E. Byrd attempt
This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Belief Nungesser and Coli In Canada Is Strengthened; Find Aviators Had 10 Flares" with many... Read full description -
Item #568516THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, May 16, 1927
* Race for 1st to cross Atlantic Ocean in airplane
* Charles Lindbergh & more
* Getting close (awaiting better weather)
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "3-PLANE RACE TO PARIS MAY START MAY 18" "Unfavorable Weather Seems... Read full description -
Item #568228FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 17, 1927 This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ROW MAY PUT BELLANCA PLANE OUT OF RACE" "Bertaud and Levine Quarrel Over Delay In Paris Flight; Weather Unfavorable".
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Item #547972THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, Norwich, New York, May 17, 1927.
* Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray
The front page of this issue features an article concerning the imminent execution of Snyder and Gray, the headline of which is entitled: "Mrs. Snyder and Gray Taken To Death House In Separate... Read full description -
Item #561423FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 18, 1927
* Race for 1st to cross Atlantic Ocean in airplane
* Charles Lindbergh waits for fog to lift
This 26 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "ARRANGE 'PEACE PARLEY' IN SQUABBLE OVER FLIGHT" with subheads. (see)
A a few days before Lindbergh's historic flight.
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Item #568766SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 18, 1927
* Race for 1st to cross Atlantic Ocean in airplane
* Charles Lindbergh
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "BYRD ANXIOUS TO START JUMP IN PARIS RACE", "Weather Improves, But Delay Is Urged" and more (see photos).
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Item #556279FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, May 19, 1927
* Eve of Charles Lindbergh historic Transatlantic flight
* Lindy
* Waiting for better weather
This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "BERTAUD OUT OF PARIS FLIGHT, LEVINE DECLARES" with subheads. (see photos)
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Other news of the day throughout. Light browning... Read full description -
Item #161958THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, KS., May 21, 1927. Nice Bold Headline: "Secretary Andrews Out". Includes subheads: "Roy A. Haynes Also Resigns from Dry Job", "Andrews Will Be Succeeded As Boss of Prohibition Forces by Seymour Lowman, Former Lieutenant Governor of New York", "James Doran Replaces Haynes". Nice condition! See photo for additional details. -
NY Times Jigsaw Puzzle...
Item #212093The New York Times - Jigsaw Puzzle, dated May 22, 1927. "Lindbergh Does It!" 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 #577376THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, May 23, 1927
* Charles Lindbergh... Atlantic Ocean flight success
* French Legion of Honor medal bestowed
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "HONOR LEGION CROSS PINNED ON LINDBERGH" "French President Kisses and Embraces Flyer After... Read full description -
Item #568555THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, May 24, 1927
* Charles Lindbergh... Atlantic Ocean flight success
* Trip home to begin
This 20 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "WARSHIP OFFERED LINDBERGH", with related subheads. Photos of Lindbergh's mother also present, with... Read full description -
Item #637881THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, May 24, 1927
* Charles Lindbergh... Atlantic Ocean flight success
* Trip home to begin
This 20 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "WARSHIP OFFERED LINDBERGH", with related subheads. Photos of Lindbergh's mother also present, with... Read full description -
Item #570220THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, May 25, 1927 This 22 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "FRENCH DEPUTIES WILDLY HONOR FLYER LINDBERGH" with subheads. (see)
Tells of Charles Lindbergh's ongoing new celebrity status after achieving the famous flight across the Atlantic.
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Item #569536THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, May 26, 1927 This 20 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page:
* PARIS MASSES BARE HEADS AS LINDBERGH PASSES
with subheads. (see)
This tells of Charles Lindbergh's ongoing new celebrity status after achieving the famous flight across the Atlantic.
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Item #628756THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1927
* Transatlantic Paris flight
* Charles Lindbergh receives Air Force Cross (UK)
* King George of England
The front page has two column headline: "MORE ROYAL HONORS CONFERRED TODAY ON CAPT. LINDBERGH" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in... Read full description -
Item #557408THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, from Detroit, Michigan, dated June 3, 1927
* Charlie Chaplin marriage troubles
* Movie star
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* LITA BRANDED AS 'BAD WIFE' BY FILM STAR
* Chaplin Accuses Her of Friendship For Other Men, Drinking, Neglect of Children
and more. (see)
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Item #588869MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 6, 1927
* 1st Tranatlantic flight of the Columbia
* Wright-Bellanca WB-2 airplane
* Clarence Chamberlin & Charles Levine
This 20 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "BELLANCA HOP ENDS NEAR GOAL" with subheads (see photos).
Other news of the day. Light... Read full description -
Item #573113CHRONICLE AND NEWS, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1927
* Clarence Chamberlin
* Bellanca monoplane Columbia
* Transatlantic flight - Atlantic Ocean
This 20 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "CHAMBERLIN LANDS IN BERLIN; COMPLETES FLIGHT" with subheads and related pictorial. (see)
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Item #594972TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, June 8, 1927
* Clarence Chamberlin
* Bellanca monoplane Columbia
* Transatlantic flight - Atlantic Ocean
This 12 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "CHAMBERLIN AND LEVINE ARE RECEIVED BY VON HINDENBURG" with subheads and photo captioned:... Read full description -
Item #622155TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 9, 1927.
* Charles Lindbergh's coming home
* On board the USS Memphis - light cruiser
The front page has a two column headline: "ALL WASHINGTON IS PREPARING FOR A RECORD GREETING" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light browning, a little margin wear, otherwise good. Should... Read full description -
Item #581253SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 11, 1927
* Victoria Woodhull death (1st report)
* Woman's suffrage leader
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "VICTORIA MARTIN, NOTED SUFFRAGIST, DIES IN ENGLAND", "Active in Reform and Social Work--Helped... Read full description -
Item #723784THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1927
* Great Charles Lindbergh welcome home
* Ticker tape parade in New York City
The front page has a three column headline: "COL. LINDBERGH, CENTER OF GREAT TRIUMPHANT RECEPTION IN NEW YORK" with subheads (see photos).
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Item #688657THE DETROIT NEWS, June 13, 1927.
* Charles Lindbergh welcome home
* New York City ticker tape parade (day of)
* "Spirit of St. Louis"
The front page features a nice banner headline: "NEW YORK GREETS LINDBERGH with many subheads and nice photo. Great for display.
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and a little wear along the... Read full description -
Item #671053OMAHA EVENING BEE & OMAHA DAILY NEWS, June 14, 1927
* Aviator Charles Lindbergh welcome home
* Ticker tape parade in New York City
The front page has a banner headline: "WEATHER STOPS 'LINDY'S' FLYING TO CAPITAL" with subheads and a photo of the New York ticker-tape parade for Charles Lindbergh headed... Read full description -
Item #566840THE DAY, New London, Connecticut June 14, 1927
* Charles Nungesser missing
* Transatlantic airplane flight try
* Charles Lindbergh post Atlantic flight
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Signals in Mountains May Be Nungesser; First Sighted Sunday" with subheads. Other news of... Read full description -
Item #580539MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 14, 1927
* U.S. Open golf championship
* Oakmont Country Club, Pennsylvania
* Great headline for display
This 28 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "HAMPTON TOPS U. S. OPEN" with subheads and related photo (see images). It is nice to have this report on the front page... Read full description -
Item #580570MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 15, 1927
* Outlaw Matthew Kimes getaway
* Kimes-Terrill bank robbery gang
This 24 page newspaper has a nice five column headline on the front page: "'BAD MAN' BINDS MARSHALL TO TREE; MAKES GETAWAY with subheads (see image). Nice to have this report on the front page and very... Read full description -
Item #580482MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 17, 1927
* Joseph Upchurch negro murder
* Paris, Tennessee
This 28 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "SHERIFF IS KILLED BY CRAZED NEGRO"
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with some margin wear and chipping, little irregular at the spine,... Read full description -
Item #573511THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1927
* Joseph Upchurch negro lynching
* Paris, Tennessee
This 36 page newspaper has a small and somewhat discrete one column headline on page 14: "POSSE KILLS NEGRO" and more. (see)
Tells of the lynching (shooting) of negro Joseph Upchurch in Paris, Tennessee.
Other news of the day. Light... Read full description -
Item #652170THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1927
* Charles Lindbergh welcome home (St. Louis)
* Transatlantic solo airplane flight hero
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "LINDBERGH FLIES TO ST. LOUIS WELCOME; SIRENS AND CHEERS GREET TIRED FLIER; ARMY PLANS NON-STOP FLIGHT TO HAWAII" with subheads. (see) Lengthy reporting... Read full description -
Item #562773THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 22, 1927
* Ferguson State Prison Farm
* Madisonville, Texas
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "35 Convicts Escape; Fugitives Unarmed; Dogs, Posse on Trail" with subheads. (see) Tells of the escape of several prisoners at the Ferguson State Prison Farm near Madisonville... Read full description -
Item #565179TAUNTON EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 29, 1927
* Richard Evelyn Byrd takeoff
* Transatlantic flight attempt
This 14 page newspaper has a nice two line banner headline on the front page: "BYRD IS AWAY AT DAWN ON FLIGHT TO FRANCE" with subheads and related photos. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with margin... Read full description -
Item #580484MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 29, 1927
* 1st flight to Hawaii from the mainland
* Lester J. Maitland & Albert Hegenberger
* Fokker C-2 "Bird of Paradise" airplane
This 26 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FLIERS LAND IN HAWAII" with subheads and photos of the two... Read full description -
Item #654212THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1927
* Richard Evelyn Byrd
* Transatlantic flight
The front page has a nice banner headline: "BYRD IN DENSE FOG, HE REPORTS AT 2:30 A.M.; NO SIGHT OF LAND OR WATER FOR TEN HOURS" with subheads and photo. (see) Much more on the following pages.
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Item #610502THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 30, 1927
* Richard Evelyn Byrd transatlantic flight
* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
* Sacco and Vanzetti
This issue has a three line banner headline on the front page: "BYRD BATTLES FOG, FLIES ON TOWARD PARIS; REPORTS TO SHIP 200 MILES OUT AT SEA; ARMY FLIERS REACH HAWAII IN 26... Read full description -
Item #610536THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 30, 1927 The front page of this issue has a three column, three line headline "Byrd Plane Fights Fog, Winds in Mid-Atlantic; Hawaii Hails U.S. Airmen" with subheads "Airplane's Signals Heard on Land and Sea" "Storms Feared Near Ireland" "Radio... Read full description -
Item #550685THE NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, dated June 30, 1927.
* Richard Evelyn Byrd transatlantic flight
* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
This 56 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page:
* BYRD BATTLES FOG, FLIES ON TOWARD PARIS; REPORTS TO SHIP 200 MILES OUT AT SEA; ARMY FLIERS REACH HAWAII IN 26 HOURS
with many... Read full description -
Item #715220THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 1927.
* Richard Byrd's Transatlantic flight in fog
The front page has has a nice three line, full banner headline: "BYRD FLIES FOR HOURS IN FOG OVER FRANCE SEEKING FOR PARIS AND A PLACE TO LAND; LAST MESSAGE FROM HIM AN SOS NEAR DAWN", with related subheads and a nice photo of Richard Evelyn... Read full description -
Item #562786THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, July 2, 1927
* Richard Evelyn Byrd crash landing
* Transatlantic flight
This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Byrd's Nerves Over-Strained; Acosta's Collarbone Broken; Paris Gives Wild Welcome" with subheads. (see)
Also includes a small report: "Report... Read full description -
Item #657914CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, July 13, 1927
* Golfer Bobby Jones
* Open Championship
* St. Andrews, Scotland
This is section 3 only of the issue but it has its own masthead & dateline. The banner headline announces: "JONES LEADS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OF BRITISH OPEN TOURNEY" with a nice full-figure photo of Bobby Jones headed:... Read full description -
Item #649771THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1927
* Golfer Bobby Jones
* Open Championship
* St. Andrews, Scotland
The sport's section (page 15) has a banner headline: "British Open Golf Field Is Led by Jones, Whose 68 Ties St. Andrews Record" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the 1927 Open Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews in... Read full description -
Item #619701THE DETROIT NEWS, July 14, 1927
* Golfer Bobby Jones
* Open Championship
* St. Andrews, Scotland
The front page has a one column heading: "JONES LEADING BY 2 STROKES" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the 1927 Open Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.
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Item #619702THE DETROIT NEWS, July 15, 1927
* "City of Oakland" airplane flight
* Ernie Smith and Emory Bronte
* 1st civilians in trans-Pacific crossing
The front page has a one column heading: "PACIFIC FLIERS SAFE IN HAWAII" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 18 pages, a few... Read full description
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