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!
Found 3718 Results
-
Item #692748THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 6, 1938
* Nuremberg Rally - 10th Party Congress opens
* "Rally of Greater Germany" - annexation of Austria
The front page has a two column heading: "Nazi Victory in Austria Stressed As Nuremberg Congress Opens" with subhead. (see) First report coverage inside with photo of Adolph Hitler.... Read full description -
Item #699160THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 10, 1938
* Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak hits 2,100
* Iron Horse keeps rolling like a babbling brook
* Adolf Hitler gives speech at Nuremberg
Page 11 has: "4 GEHRIG HITS HELP HADLEY SCORE, 2-0", with subhead: "Durable Yankee Passes .300 at Bat First Time... Read full description -
Item #662432THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 11, 1938
* Amelia Earhart lost at sea
* Captain Hilton H. Railey
* "Preface To Greatness"
* re. Lost in Pacific Ocean
The top of page 49 has a one column heading: "MISS EARHART HELD VICTIM OF 'CAREER'" with subheads. (see) Amelia Earhart was lost over a year earlier.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #577081THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 16, 1938
* Thomas Wolfe's Death (1st report)
* American Novalist
This 44 page newspaper has one column headings on page 21 that include: "THOMAS C. WOLFE Dead", "Author of 'Look Homeward, Angel'"
One column photo of Wolfe as well. Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #653318THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept.17, 1938
* Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston
* Land speed record breaker
* Thunderbolt (car)
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Eyston Drives Car at 357.5 Miles an Hour To Break Cobb's Record and Regain Crown" (see) First report coverage on George Eyston's... Read full description -
Item #664298THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 18, 1938
* Bethlehem, Palestine - birthplace of Christ
* Raided by Arab gangs - terrorists
The top of page 29 has a one column heading: "ARAB REBEL GANGS SEIZE BETHLEHEM" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 48 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #693353THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 19, 1938
* New York Yankees wins AL pennant
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio era
* MLB baseball - best publication to be had
The sport's section (page 23) has a five column headline announcing: "Yanks Clinch Tenth American League Pennant" with subheads that include: "TWO RECORDS MADE AS YANKS... Read full description -
Item #653324THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1938
* Pauline Frederick death (1st report)
* American stage and film actress
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "PAULINE FREDERICK DIES ON THE COAST" with subheads and photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #565103THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, September 24, 1938
* Westinghouse Time Capsule I
* 1939 New York's World Fair
* Flushing Meadows Park
This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "RECORD OF TODAY BURIED FOR 6939", "5,000-Year Time Capsule Is Lowered Into Well on the World's Fair Grounds", "Contains 1,000... Read full description -
Item #674817THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 24, 1938
* Adolph Hitler & Neville Chamberlain
* Bad Godesberg, Germany meeting
* re. Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia land
The front page has a five column headline: "CHAMBERLAIN SENDS HITLER TERMS TO CZECHS; PRAGUE COMPLETES MOBILIZATION IN 6 HOURS; PARIS CABINET ORDERS PARTIAL MOBILIZATION" with... Read full description -
Item #653347THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 26, 1938
* Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year begins
* Jews - Judaica - Judaism holiday
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
The back page has a one column heading: "PRESIDENT GREETS JEWS ON NEW YEAR" with subheads that include: "HOPE VOICED IN SERMONS" and more. (see) The Jews in certain parts of Europe were... Read full description -
Item #633273NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 28, 1938 The launching & christening of the RMS Queen Elizabeth is reported on pg. 27 with: "LARGEST SHIP SENT INTO SEA BY QUEEN", "Launching Liner Bearing Her Name, Elizabeth Speaks King''s Hope for Peace" and more with smaller subheads.
Also one column headlines on... Read full description -
Item #692642THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mass., October 3, 1938
* Bob Feller 18 strikeouts (record at the time)
* Cleveland Indians - MLB baseball
The sport's section (page 18) has a one column heading: "FELLER SETS MARK BY STRIKING OUT 18" with subhead and box scores. (see) First report coverage on Bob Feller breaking the MLB baseball record... Read full description -
Item #699572THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 8, 1938
* Swedish-American actress Greta Garbro
* Returns to New York from European trip
The back page has a two column photo showing Actress Greta Garbo aboard the ocean liner MS Kungsholm. Also a one column heading: "Garbo Back; Refuses To Discuss Own Life" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34... Read full description -
Item #580693THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1938
* Aviator, Hermann Koehl death
* Atlantic - East to West fame
This 150+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 45 that include: "HERMANN KOEHL, OCEAN FLIER, DIES", "German Captain Pilot of the Plane Bremen on First East-to-West Atlantic Hop", "Shot Down Twice In War" and... Read full description -
Item #653348THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 11, 1938
* Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke death (1st report)
* English amateur cricketer - Yorkshire and England
The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "LORD HAWKE DEAD; LEADER IN CRICKET" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... Read full description -
Item #659173THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 13, 1938
* Grand Duke Kirill (Cyril) Vladimirovich of Russia
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "GRAND DUKE CYRIL DIES IN PARIS EXILE" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do... Read full description -
Item #692617ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION only of the New York Times, October 16, 1938
* German annexation of Sudetenland begins
* Adolph Hitler greeted at Eger, Czechoslovakia
The front page has five related photos with heading: "The German Armies March Into Czechoslovakia" (see)
Complete rotogravure section only with 8... Read full description -
Item #659134THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1938
* Prime minister Winston Churchill
* Radio broadcast to America and London
* "The Defense of Freedom and Peace"
The top of page 5 has a six column headline: "Text of Address by Winston Churchill Replying to Chancellor Hitler" with small photo of Churchill. Contains the complete text of... Read full description -
Item #659135THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1938
* Karl Kautsky death (1st report)
* Marxist theoretician - philosopher
The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "KARL KAUTSKY, 84, MARXIST, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.... Read full description -
Item #653270THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1938
* Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer ?
* Receives: "Service Cross of the German Eagle"
* Field Marshall Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Hitler Grants Lindbergh High Decoration After Bitter Attacks on Flier by Russians" (see)... Read full description -
Item #653271THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 27, 1938
* Tex Austin suicide death (1st report)
* "King of the rodeo" promoter
The top of page 8 has a one column photo of Tex Austin with heading: "'TEX' AUSTIN KILLED BY GAS IN HIS GARAGE" with subhead. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this... Read full description -
Item #584099THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 28, 1938
* Lascelles Abercrombie death
* British poet (1st report)
This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 23: "DR. ABERCROMBIE, 57, LEADING BRITISH POET" and
"Critic and Lecturer at Many Universities Is Dead". 1st report coverage on the death of British... Read full description -
Item #653239THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 29, 1938
* Polenaktion "Polish Action" (1st report)
* Arrests and expulsion of Jews in Germany
* Jewish persecution - pre-holocaust
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GERMANY DEPORTS JEWS TO POLAND; SEIZES THOUSANDS" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events... Read full description -
Item #694734THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 5, 1938
* Will Rogers Memorial Museum dedication
* Claremore, Oklahoma - Rogers County
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "ROOSEVELT LEADS TRIBUTE TO ROGERS" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the dedication of the Will Rogers... Read full description -
Item #653241THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 7, 1938
* Morris Lichtenstein death (1st report)
* Society of Jewish Science founder
* Jews - Judaica - Judaism - Rabbi
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "DR. M. LICHTENSTEIN IS DEAD HERE AT 48" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report... Read full description -
Item #570292THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 22, 1938 This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 14: "NEGRO YOUTH LYNCHED BY MISSISSIPPI MOB" "Seized After Alleged Attack on Woman, 74, at Wiggins".
This tells of the lynching of negro Wilder McGowan in Wiggins, Mississippi.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with... Read full description -
Item #615817THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1938
* Post Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Persecution of Jews continues
* Jewish property in jeopardy
The front page has one column headings: "REICH LEVIES 20% ON JEWS' PROPERTY", "Taxes Holdings of All Worth More Than 5,000 Marks to Meet Huge Fine" Coverage on the ongoing... Read full description -
Item #654663THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, November 27, 1938
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Eviction of Jews from area villages
* Jewish wealth studied
Page 5 of this section has a two column headline: "NAZIS IN FINAL PHASE OF THEIR WAR ON JEWS" with subhead: "Program of Ruthless Expropriation Before Expulsion From Germany Is... Read full description -
Item #589086THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1938
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Eviction of Jews from area villages
* Jewish wealth studied
This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has two column headlines on page 5 of section 4 (inside): "NAZIS IN FINAL PHASE OF THEIR WAR ON JEWS", "Program of Ruthless Expropriation Before Expulsion From... Read full description -
Item #653469THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1938
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Street signs changed from Jewish names to German
* Eviction of Jews from area villages - Jewish wealth studied
Page 6 has one column headings: "REICH JEWS' FLATS CAUSING SCRAMBLE" "Authorities Swamped by Pleas From 'Aryans' for Homes.... Read full description -
Item #653276THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 9, 1938
* Katharine Augusta Carl death
* American woman portrait painter
* Empress Dowager Cixi fame
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "WOMAN PAINTER DIES FROM SCALDS" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Katharine Carl, American portrait painter. She... Read full description -
Item #696453THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 13, 1938
* Actor George Burns
* Gem - jewelry smuggling
* Arrest - pleads guilty
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Burns, Comedian, Pleads Guilty To Charges of Jewel Smuggling" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on actor George Burns pleading guilty for gem smuggling continues inside with... Read full description -
Item #624694THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1938
* Jefferson Memorial begins construction (ground breaking)
* President Thomas Jefferson honored
* Toto the clown death
Page 3 has one column headings that include: "ROOSEVELT LAUDS JEFFERSON'S DEEDS", "President, at Start of Memorial, Says Virginian Set Up Nation as a Democracy",... Read full description -
Item #700423THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 18, 1938
* Hans Bethe at Cornell University
* German-American nuclear Physicist
* Atoms and the lifespan of the sun
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Endless Duel of Atoms Declared Source of Fuel in Furnace and Sun" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 12.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #653439THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 19, 1938
* Jewish persecution in Nazi Germnay
* How the German population perceive it
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Many in Reich Deplore Excesses, But Fear Keeps Them Muzzled" with subhead. (see) A interesting take on how the citizens of Germany really feel about the... Read full description -
Item #653414THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1938
* Murder of Margaret Martin
* Kingston, Pennsylvania
The front page has a one column heading: "MISSING GIRL SLAIN; BODY LEFT IN CREEK" with subhead. (see) First report coverage here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #669530THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 9 only, December 25, 1938
* The Great Depression
* Several case examples
* Christmas time
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "ON CHRISTMAS, REMEMBER THE NEEDIEST" with related illustration. Lengthy text with many cases continues on page 2 with 2 more related prints. Nice for display.
Other... Read full description -
Item #716770THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 26, 1938
* Karel Capek death (1st report)
* Czech science Fiction writer
* "War with the Newts" fame
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "KAREL CAPEK DIES; CZECH WRITER" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other... Read full description -
Item #668818NEW YORK TIMES, December 28, 1938
* Jimmie Foxx wins batting title
* Boston Red Sox - American League
A seven column headline on the sports section reports: "American League Batting Laurels Captured by Foxx of the Red Sox" with subheads: "Foxx Topped List With Mark Of .349" "New High In Home... Read full description -
Item #694688THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 31, 1938
* Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg & Joe DiMaggio
* American League power hitting leaders for 1938
* MLB - Major League Baseball
The sport's section (page 9) has a two column heading: "Foxx Topped the Power Hitters, American League Records Show" with subhead and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #653466THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 1, 1939
* Joseph Goebbels - propaganda minister
* New Year's radio address to Germany
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "GOEBBELS AT HOME FOR RADIO SPEECH" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #653465THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 2, 1939
* Frank Tenney Johnson death - painter
* Old American West - cowboys - frontier
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "FRANK T. JOHNSON, A NOTED PAINTER" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory... Read full description -
Item #653461THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 8, 1939 The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MOONEY PARDONED; TO 'DEDICATE LIFE TO COMMON GOOD'" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with two related photos. Lengthy text.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #670119THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1939
* 1st breathalyzer is tested
* "Drunkometer" - rubber balloon
* Blood alcohol content (BAC)
The top of page 17 has a two column heading: "Motorists Breathe Into Balloons In Test of New 'Drunk-O-Meter'" with subhead. (see) A very early version of the breathalyzer text.
Other... Read full description -
Item #653718THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 11, 1939
* Jack Benny arrested for Gem smuggling
* American comedian, vaudevillian, entertainer
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BENNY IS INDICTED IN CHAPERAU CASE; DENIES HE IS GUILTY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 7 with one column photo of Benny.
... Read full description -
Item #579434THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 15, 1939
* Rocket airplane invention
* Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
This 100+ page newspaper has a two column heading on page XX8 (inside, near back): "'ROCKET' INTERCEPTOR TESTED". This tells of the testing of a new rocket airplane for the United States Army. See photos for text.
Other news of the day,... Read full description -
Item #557493THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 18, 1939 This 42 page newspaper has a nice banner headlines on page 23: "Barrow Is Elected President of Yanks After George Ruppert Declines Post" with many subheads and related photos.
Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Edward... Read full description -
Item #653542THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 21, 1939
* Tom Ricketts death (1st report)
* Stage & film actor and director
* Hollywood movie industry pioneer
The top of page 32 has a one column heading: "THOMAS RICKETTS, PIONEER OF MOVIES" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event... Read full description -
Item #664855THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, January 29, 1939
* Frank Leahy becomes coach
* Boston College Eagles football
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish tackle
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "LEAHY NEW COACH AT BOSTON COLLEGE" with subheads and photo of Leahy. (see) First report coverage on Frank Leahy... Read full description
An Inside Look
Timothy Hughes Rare &
Early Newspapers…
A special thank you goes out
to the staff of WGRC!
to the staff of WGRC!
History's Newsstand Blog
- Lead-up to a Nation… as reported in the newspapers of the day (reflecting back on March, 1776)…
- Who’s Who in Newspapers? Jack Johnson edition (1910)…
- Announcing: Catalog 365 – Released (early) for April, 2026 – Rare & Early Newspapers…
- Mystery Solved … The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln Clarified…
Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers
P.O. Box 3636
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: 1-570-326-1045
E-mail: info@rarenewspapers.com
Hours
Weekdays, 7:30 - 4 (ET)
Full Contact Information
P.O. Box 3636
Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone: 1-570-326-1045
E-mail: info@rarenewspapers.com
Hours
Weekdays, 7:30 - 4 (ET)
Full Contact Information
