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Item #659083THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, November 15, 1931
* Christ Church, United Methodist
* Park Avenue at 60th Street - NYC
* Laying of the cornerstone
Page 6 of this section has a two column illustration: "New Christ Church, Methodist Episcopal" with subheads that include: "LAY CHURCH STONE IN PARK AV.... Read full description -
Item #667288ROTOGRAVURE SECTION of the New York Times, November 15, 1931
* District of Columbia War Memorial - WWI
* President Herbert Hoover dedication photos
The front page of this photo section has four related photographs on the dedication of the World War I memorial on Armistice Day.
Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only... Read full description -
Item #586869THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 16, 1931
* Sing Sing Prison's 1st football game
* Alabama Pitts
This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "2,000 INMATES CHEER SING SING'S FOOTBALL", "Convict Eleven Wins Its Debut Game, Inspired by Exit Gate Behind Goal Line" and more. Reporting... Read full description -
Item #672395THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1931
* Phar Lap to race in the Agua Caliente Handicap
* Thoroughbred horse racing to be record broken
Page 29 has one column headings that include: "PHAR LAP EN ROUTE TO MEXICAN COURSE" "Australian Racing Star to Run in $100,000 Agua Caliente" Handicap in March" "Trip... Read full description -
Item #710318THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 19, 1931
* Professor Albert Einstein
* New Unified Field Theory
* Gravitation & electricity
Page 14 has a one column heading: "Einstein Explains His Unified Theory" with subhead. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
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Item #677054THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 21, 1931
* Aviator Charles Lindbergh
* Sikorsky S-40 flying boat
The front page has a one column heading: "LINDBERGH DELAYED WITH CLIPPER IN CUBA" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38 pages, light toning and minor... Read full description -
Item #580345MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, November 21, 1931
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
* Southern California USC Trojans
This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "IRISH LEADING TROJANS, 7-0" with subheads and related photo (see images). Nice to have this report on the front page and... Read full description -
Item #691205THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 22, 1931
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* USC Trojans football game
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "FIELD GOALS TOPPLE HARVARD, NOTRE DAME FROM UNBEATEN LIST" with subheads. (see) The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a nice banner headline: ... Read full description -
Item #631416THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1931
* William Albert Robinson
* Sailing around the World
Page 3 has one column heading: "ENDS WORLD VOYAGE IN 32-FOOT SLOOP" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on William Albert Robinson's sailing around the World completion.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #630695THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1931
* Otto Sverdrup death (1st report)
* Norwegian sailor and arctic explorer
* Albert Einstein & Johannes Kepler
Page 25 has a one column heading: "CAPTAIN SVERDRUP DIES AT AGE OF 76" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other... Read full description -
Item #630577THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, November 28, 1931
* Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame upset
* Loads of text w/ photos
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "ARMY ELEVEN BEATS NOTRE DAME, 12 TO 0, AS 78,000 LOOK ON" with subheads and three relate photos. (see)
Page 5 of this section has a banner headline: "78,000... Read full description -
Item #632009THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1931
* David Bruce death (1st report)
* Scottish pathologist & microbiologist
* M. Hoke Smith death (1st report)
* Governor of Georgia & senator
Page 17 has a one column heading: "HOKE SMITH IS DEAD; EX-SENATOR WAS 76" with subheads and photo. (see)
Also on the same page is a one column heading: ... Read full description -
Item #675886CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE., Nov. 29, 1931
* United States and Japan tensions
* Almost exactly 10 years prior to attack
The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S.--JAPAN RIFT FADING OUT" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 60+ pages, rag edition in great condition.... Read full description -
Item #695072THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1931
* Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan
* California Institute of Technology
* Cosmic rays & breaking down the atom
The front page has a one column heading: "MILLIKAN PICTURES SHOW ATOM SMASHED" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 56 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #719914THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, San Francisco, California, Dec. 4, 1931
* Original from the Great Depression
This newspaper has business news, charts, stock quotes and more throughout during a time in American history that was not so promising. Get a first hand look at what was going on in the business World during this dark time.
Complete... Read full description -
Item #698925THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 5, 1931
* Adolf Hitler predicts rise to power
* Leader of the Sturmabteilung - Brownshirts
The front page has a one column heading: "HITLER VISIONS FASCIST REIGN" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #712549ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Dec. 6, 1931
* Early Helium filled balloons - photos
* Felix the Cat & Tiamat the Dragoon
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Page 5 has two photo s that were taken during the 1931 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. A larger photo show Tiamat the... Read full description -
Item #630620THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 7, 1931
* Adolph Hitler gaining popularity
* German fascist movement
* National socialists (Nazis)
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HITLER SAYS BALLOTS WILL GIVE HIM POWER; SCOUTS TALK OF COUP" with subheads. (see) Coverage on Hitler gaining power in Germany prior to becoming chancellor. Always nice... Read full description -
Item #662229THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 7, 1931
* Frankenstein - Boris Karloff advertisement
* Pre Code horror monster film movie
* Opening week in New York City
Page 29 has a small and somewhat discrete advertisement for the original "Frankenstein" film starring Boris Karloff. (see) This ad is for the 4th day after the opening in NYC.
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Item #696735THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 9, 1931
* President Herbert Hoover
* State of the Union Address
* Great Depression & prohibition era
The front page has a one column heading: "'AID BUSINESS,' CONGRESS TOLD BY PRESIDENT" with many subheads. (see) Complete text of Hoover's annual message to Congress on page 12.... Read full description -
Item #691329CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 9, 1931 The front page has a banner headline: "SLASH ALL PAY IN GERMANY" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition, close cut along the right margin, nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine. -
Item #580369MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 9, 1931 This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "HACK WILSON TRADED FOR BURLEIGH GRIMES"
Nice to have this report on the front page.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with little margin wear and chipping, irregular at the spine,... Read full description -
Item #627968THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 10, 1931
* Jane Addams wins Nobel Peace Prize (1st report)
* 1st woman to win it
The front page has one column headings that include: "NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO GO TO DR. BUTLER AND JANE ADDAMS" $40,000 WILL BE SHARED" "MISS ADDAMS IN HOSPITAL" and more. (see) Continues on page... Read full description -
Item #691212CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Dec. 10, 1931
* Terry "Machine Gun" Druggan
* Irish-American mobster - gangster
* Valley Gang leader - Chicago gangland
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The front page has a one column heading: "DRUGGAN TALKS FAST, BUT JUDGE " with subhead. Related photo is on the back page. (see) When it comes... Read full description -
Item #569808THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 11, 1931 This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17 that include: "WEST VIRGINIA MOB LYNCHES 2 NEGROES" "Sixty Men Take From Lewisburg Jail Pair Accused of Slaying Two Officers" "PHONE POLE IS GALLOWS"
Tells of the lynching of Negroes Tom Jackson and George... Read full description -
Item #630671THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 11, 1931
* Niceto Alcalá-Zamora elected president
* Second Spanish Republic - Spain
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ZAMORA IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SPAIN" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Niceto Alcalá-Zamora becoming the president of the... Read full description -
Item #630718THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 12, 1931
* Adolph Hitler close to expulsion ?
* Alexander Klemin
* Fast airplanes in future - rockets
The front page has a one column heading: "PRUSSIA THREATENS HITLER'S EXPULSION" with subheads. (see)
Page 14 has: "SEES PLANES MAKING 1,200 MILES AN HOUR" "Prof. Kemlin Says... Read full description -
Item #687064CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 14, 1931
* Winston Churchill hit by car in Manhattan
* Accident that could have changed the World
The front page has a one column heading: "Churchill Hit By Automobile On City Street" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, rag edition in... Read full description -
Item #667323THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1931
* Chiang Kai-shek resignation
* President of the Republic of China
* Gustave Le Bon death (1st report)
* French social psychologist
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GEN. CHIANG QUITS CHINA'S PRESIDENCY; LIN SEN TAKES POST" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Chiang Kai-shek... Read full description -
Item #679313THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1931
* Lou Gehrig breaks season record
* RBI runs batted in American League
* Lefty Grove AL pitcher of the year
* MLB major league baseball
The sport's section (page 33) has a one column heading: "GEHRIG'S 184 RUNS NEW LEAGUE RECORD" with subheads and photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in... Read full description -
Item #647854THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1931
* Chicago gangsters defeated
* Al 'Scarface' Capone & more
* Gangland - public enemies
Page 5 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO GANGSTERS DECLARED BEATEN" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, this is the rare rag edition that... Read full description -
Item #561755THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, from Springfield, Massachusetts, dated December 22, 1931
* Assassination of Jack 'Legs' Diamond
* New York City Gangster
* Prohibition era
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
* N. Y. GANGSTERS IN ALBANY WHEN 'LEGS' WAS SLAIN
* New York Police Furnish Names of Two and Tell How Pair Took Auto from... Read full description -
Item #580370MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 22, 1931
* Jackie Mitchell - girl baseball player
* Chattanooga Lookouts minor league team
This 18 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 13: "MEMPHIS GIRL CAGER TO PLAY AGAINST JACKIE MITCHELL HERE" with subheads (see images). Other news of the day including additional... Read full description -
Item #616037THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1931
* Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll indicted
* American mobster hitman
* Dutch Shultz mob war
The front page has one column headlines: "COLL IS POINTED OUT AS SLAYER OF CHILD" "Witness Secreted by Police in Fear of Gang Swears He Saw Him Fire From Auto" and more. (see) Coverage on the indictment of New... Read full description -
Item #659086THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 9 only, December 27, 1931
* Japanese position re. America
* Ten years before Pearl Harbor
* Hugh Byas editorial
The front page has a banner headline: "JAPAN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE UNITED STATES" with subhead, related photo and map. (see) This is an editorial by Hugh Byas on Japan's viewpoint toward... Read full description -
Item #630644THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 28, 1931
* Alfred Perceval Graves death
* Anglo-Irish poet - Dublin, Ireland
Page 17 has a one column heading: "ALFRED P. GRAVES, IRISH POET, IS DEAD" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Alfred Perceval Graves, Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter and folklorist. I suspect this is one of... Read full description -
Item #689309THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 29, 1931
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
* The Mahatma returns to India
* Round Table Conference in London
The front page has a one column heading: "GANDHI WARNS INDIA TO BE READY TO FIGHT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from the Gandhi-Irwin Pact negotiations... Read full description -
Item #691330SECTION TWO (Sports) only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, Jan. 1, 1932
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball
* Early game vs. Northwestern Wildcats
* Nice headline for display - Moose Krause
The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "NOTRE DAME WHIPS NORTHWESTERN, 22 TO 21" with subheads and related photo. (see) Nice... Read full description -
Item #161477BOSTON TIMES, Boston, Massachusetts, 1932. A weekly newspaper by the "American Labor Newspapers Association" with its content mostly focused on labor and union issues. Note that the photo is "generic" and the issue you get will not have these specific photos or be of this specific date... Read full description -
Item #563399THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 2, 1932
* Rose Bowl: USC Trojans vs. Tulane Green Wave
This 26 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 15: "83,000 See Southern California Defeat Tulane, 21 to 12, in Rose Bowl Game" with subheads, stats and lineup. Lots of text, too much to photograph.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning... Read full description -
Item #572236LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, New Hampshire, January 4, 1932
* Dover NH New Hamsphire
* Morrill Block fire
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the the front page:
* DOVER, N.H., HAS BIG FIRE
* Four-Story Business Block in Heart of City IS Destroyed
Tells of the Morrill Block fire in Dover, New Hampshire caused by spontaneous... Read full description -
Item #648457THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1932
* Gandhi arrested - The Mahatma
* Emil Carlsen death (1st report)
* American Impressionist painter
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GANDHI SENT TO JAIL; PARTY TO BE BANNED; ALL INDIA QUITS WORK" with subheads. (see) lengthy text.
Page 21 has a one column heading: ... Read full description -
Item #630698THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 5, 1932
* Jean Harlow "Blonde Bombshell"
* Hollywood "Golden Age" actress
* Lucky Strikes cigarettes ad
Page 14 has a 15 x 9 inch advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes, promoted by Hollywood actress Jean Harlow. (see)
News, sports and other advertisements of the day. Complete in 52 pages,... Read full description -
Item #659211THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 5, 1932
* Don Bradman breaks batsman record
* Australian cricketer
Page 21 has a one column heading: "SET WORLD'S MARK IN CRICKET MATCH" with subheads: "Bradman and Woodruff Score 274 Runs to Break Record for Second Wicket", "Australia Registers 554" and more. First report... Read full description -
Item #220609THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Jan. 5, 1932
* Actress Jean Harlow promotes Lucky Strike cigarettes
Pagte 8 contains a quite large (takes about half of the page) advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes, with famed actress Jean Harlow endorsing them, including a quote by her (see photos). You get the complete 34 pg. issue,... Read full description -
Item #589254THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 7, 1932
* Babe Ruth workout photo
* New York Yankees
* Major league baseball
This 48 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 31: "Ruth, Swathed in Blankets, Begins Training in Gym Amid Usual Pomp", "Movies Record Every Action as Baseball Monarch Starts Workouts--Entitled to $80,000 Salary, Babe... Read full description -
Item #659803THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 8, 1932
* Sir William Mills death (inventor)
* Mills bomb - British hand grenades
Page 24 has a one column heading: "SIR WILLIAM MILLS, INVENTOR, DIS DEAD" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Sir William Mills, inventor of the Mills bomb (British hand grenades).
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #659973THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1932
* Grace Fortescue arrested
* Joseph Kahahawai murder
* Thalia Massie rape ?
* Honolulu, Hawaii
The front page has a one column heading: "MRS. FORTESCUE HELD IN HAWAIIAN MURDER" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the arrest of Grace Fortescue for the murder of Joseph Kahahawai, a innocent... Read full description -
Item #577069LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, January 12, 1932
* Oliver Wendell Holmes resigns
* Supreme Court of the United States
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES RESIGNS", "As Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for Many Years"... Read full description -
Item #672392THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 12, 1932
* Sarah Bogle death - American librarian pioneer
* Phar Lap to race in the Agua Caliente Handicap
* Thoroughbred horse racing record to be broken
Page 23 has a one column heading: "MISS SARAH BOGLE, LIBRARIAN, IS DEAD" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Sarah... Read full description
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