Historic Newspapers: Issues for under $50

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (pre-start)
* Hugo Eckener

The front page has a nice banner headline: "ZEP DOCKS; CUTS FLYING TIME" with subheads. (see) More on page 2 with small related map. Two related photos are on the back  page. First report coverage on the... Read full description  

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 8, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World begins
* Commander Hugo Eckener

The top of the front page has a four column heading: "DIRIGIBLE HOLDS TRUE TO HER COURSE ABOVE SEA" with subheads.
Complete with all 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins,... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, August 12, 1929 

* Earthquake in Albany, New York? 
* Babe Ruth & baseball youth 

This 22 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
"EARTHQUAKE TREMORS SHAKE ALBANY" with subheads. (see) Best title to have in.

Also one column headlines on page 13 that include:... Read full description  

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Aug. 18, 1929

* Sino-Soviet war conflict begins
* Republic of China - Soviet Union

The front page has a nice banner headline: "SOVIET ARMY INVADES CHINA" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Compete 1st section only with 28 pages, rag edition in great condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 1929

* 1st Women's Air Derby begins
* "Powder Puff Derby"
* Marvel Crosson's crash & death
* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (halfway)

The front page has a one column heading: "WOMAN DERBY FLIER IS LOST IN ARIZONA" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description  

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, August 21, 1929

* 1st Women's Air Derby
* "Powder Puff Derby"
* Marvel Crosson's crash & death

The front page has a seven column headline: "CHARGE GIRL FLYER VICTIM OF MANIAC" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins,... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sport's section only, August 25, 1929

* Helen Wills (Moody)
* US Open tennis championships

The front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "MISS WILLS VICTOR; RETAINS HER TITLE" with subheads and two related photos. 1st report coverage on Helen Wills winning the 1929 United States Open Tennis... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, August 29, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
* 1st to fly around the World (historic)
* Hugo Eckener

This 34 page newspaper has a seven column headline on the front page: "Air Epic Completed as Zeppelin Lands Safely" with subheads that include: "DARING DASH ROUND WORLD ESTABLISHED NEW RECORDS"... Read full description  

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, August 31, 1929 

* Post Hebron Massacre - murders
* Palestine riots - Arabs vs. Jews
* Western Wailing Wall - Buraq  uprising
* Jerusalem, Israel - Safed massacre

The front page has a one column heading: "British Smash Arab Raids on Jewish Towns" (see images)
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 3, 1929

* John Logie Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions - experiments

Page 29 has one column headings: "VOICE AND IMAGE GO TOGETHER OVER WIRE" "Simultaneous Transmission of Clear Televised Pictures and Sounds Demonstrated" "Baird System Can Be Used by Any... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 3, 1929

* John Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions

This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 29 that include: "VOICE AND IMAGE GO TOGETHER OVER WIRE", "Simultaneous Transmission of Clear Televised Pictures and Sounds Demonstrated", "Baird System... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Sept. 7, 1929

* Airplane crash disaster
* "the City of San Francisco"
* Mount Taylor Stratovolcano
* Near Grants, New Mexico

The front page has a nice banner headline: "SEARCH GOES ON FOR MISSING AIR LINER" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 20 pages, light... Read full description  

NEW 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  

THE 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  

ROTOGRAVURE 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  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 20, 1929

* The Study club fire (same day report)
* Detroit, Michigan speakeasy disaster
* Illegal prohibition era nightclub

The front page has a five column heading: "17 Perish in Detroit cabaret Fire" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the prohibition era Detroit, Michigan nightclub fire... Read full description  

THE 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  

THE 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  

THE 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  

THE 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  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 7, 1929

* The Blackburn Cult
* The Great Eleven Club
* May Otis Blackburn
* Queen & High Priestiss
* Willa Rhoads corpse

The bottom of the front page has a one column heading: "'Princess' Buried With 7 Dead Dogs" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 26 pages, light toning and some wear... Read full description  

THE 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  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 12, 1929

* 1929 World Series (game 3)
* Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics
* Major league baseball MLB

The top of the front page has three column headline: "BUSH HALTS MACK'S SLUGGERS; HORNSBY AND CUYLER DELIVER HITS THAT WIN FOR CHICAGO" with subheads and box scores. (see)
Much more in the... Read full description