Historic Newspapers: Recent Additions

THE RALEIGH TIMES, Oct. 31, 1966

• Ku Klux Klan - KKK in N.C.
• James Robertson "Bob" Jones

The front page has a three column heading: "Dragon Jones Says 'Idiots' Boycott Store" with lead-in: "'Don't

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 4, 1863

• 2nd rate

The most desirable print in this issue is the half page: "Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers (Col. Montgomery) Among the Rice Plantations on

DER TAGES SPIEGEL--EXTRABLATT, Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1989   This four page "Extra" edition is devoted to the opening of the Berlin Wall. The entire front page is a huge photo of people

THE NEW YORK TIMES. Oct. 22, 1952

• Battle of Triangle Hill
• Sniper Ridge - Korean War

The front page has a two column heading: "Swaying Korea Battle Rages For Key 'Sniper Ridge' Post". (see

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 31, 1932

• London, England hunger & unemployment marches & riots
• National Unemployed Workers' Movement (NUWM)

The front page has a nice banner headline: "LONDON MOB RIOTS AT

Sunday CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 1994

• MADONNA editorial in social media
• Singer - songwriter - actress & more
• "Queen of Pop" solo career future ?

Often revered as the

THE DAILY MAIL, Anderson, South Carolina, November 22, 1963

• Terrific issue for display
• JFK John F. Kennedy assassination

I believe this to be an "extra" edition put out very quickly to announce: "KENN

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 10, 1931

• Scottsboro Boys found guilty - death sentences
• Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls

The front page has a one column heading: "Eight

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 10, 1946

• General Masaharu Homma
• Bataan Death March trial
• Japanese atrocities to POWs
• Manila, Philippines

The front page has a one column heading: "Homma Grins as GI Tells of

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Jan. 4, 1979

• John Wayne Gacy in custody
• Hunt for dead bodies in the area
• Did he have an accomplice ?
• Best title to be had ? - very rare

Here is nice issue on the discovery of John

GRAPHIC section of the Detroit Free Press, July 29, 1951

• Hollywood actress & singer Jane Powell

This section contains entertainment related material throughout with a front page color photo of

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 25, 1985 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 25, 1985 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 25 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 8, 1931

• Autogyro plane altitude record
• Aviatrix Amelia Earhart

The front page has a one column heading: "Amelia Putnam Tries Gyro Record" with subhead. (see

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 14, 1978

• John the Baptist & the prophet Elisha
• Coffins found in Egyptian monastery

The front page has a one column heading: "Coffin of John the Baptist Is Unsealed" (see

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 3, 1985 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a

DAILY NEWS, New York, NY, February 27, 1993

• 1st attack on World trade Center

The front page has a nice headline: "NEW YORK'S DAY OF TERROR" with related photo and subhead. (see) Much more on the

NEW YORK POST, Oct. 6, 1939

• Adolf Hitler's speech to the Reichstag
• At the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
• Peace offer w/ demands  to Western allies ?

Above the masthead is a banner heading that reads:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1938

• Lou Gehrig's last contract
• Health failure nears
• Joe DiMaggio wants more also
• New York Yankees baseball

The sport's section (page 31) has a four column heading: "Yanks

B.Z., Berlin, West Germany, November 11, 1989

• Historic Berlin Wall falls in Berlin newspaper

The front page features in large, dramatic fashion an historic headline: "WIR DANKEN ALLE GOTT ! " which

SUNDAY GRAPHIC section of the Detroit Free Press, April 17, 1949

• Hollywood actress Joanne Dru
• Easter Sunday color photo

This section contains entertainment related material throughout with a front

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Sept. 21, 1950

• United States U.S. Marines Corps
• Siege of Seoul, South Korean War

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "U. S. MARINES CRASH INTO SEOUL AS

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 16, 1949

• Pope Pius XII's second encyclical
• Jerusalem Israel & Palestine ordeal
• Jews - Jewish - Judaica - Arabs

The front page has a two column heading: "Pope Asks Israel

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 20, 1994

• Hamas - Palestine terrorist suicide bombing

*Dizengoff Street bus attack in Tel Aviv. Israel

• Jews - Jewish - Anti-Middle East peace process

The front page has a

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 8, 2002

• Hamas - Palestine terrorist suicide bombing
• Sheffield Club - Rishon LeZion, Israel - Jews

The front page has a headline: "Bombing Sends Sharon Home" with subhead:

SPORT'S SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2002

• NBA All-Star Jayson Williams arrested

The front page of this has a heading: "Fatal Mistake" with subhead and related photo. More on page 8

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass, Sept. 4, 1934

• Aviator Doug Davis killed
• Air Racer - barnstorming
• Thompson Trophy airplane race

The top of the front page has a three column heading: "Doug Davis Crashes to

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Sept. 3, 1934

• "Rabbit Maranville Day" at Braves Field
• Boston Braves ML baseball icon & manager

The top of the front page has a two column photo with heading: "Maranville Is

THE DETROIT NEWS, December 5, 1956

• Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football

Page 75 has a two column heading:: "Heisman Trophy Goes to Hornung" with photo. (see

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1950

• Rose Bowl: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. California Golden Bears
• Orange Bowl: Santa Clara vs. Kentucky Wildcats
• Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma Sooners vs. LSU Tigers
• Cotton Bowl:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1934

• King Ibn Saud conquers Yemen
• Saudi-Yemeni War - Saudi Arabia

The top of the back page has a one column heading: IBN SAUD MARCHERS ON YEMEN CAPITAL" with subheads.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1946

• Tokyo War Crimes military Trial - Tribunal begins
• Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo & others indicted
• Crimes of aggression against humanity - peace

The front page

THE DETROIT NEWS, Oct. 17, 1959

• General George C. Marshall death
• United States Army Chief of Staff
• World War II - "Marshall Plan" fame

The front page has a banner headline: "Gen. Marshall Mourned"

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 7, 1980 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section) featuring a collectible print advertisement for the recent release of Blondie's "AUTOAMERICAN" album

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 14, 1990 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 28, 1986 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 16, 1934

• Robert E. Cornish - "real-life Frankenstein"
• Reviving executed convicts is blocked

The back page has a one column heading: "Refuse Permission To 'Revive' dead Men"

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 17, 1934

• Alice Speed-Stoll kidnapping for ransom
• Found alive and returned home
• Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MRS. STOLL IS

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943

• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure
• German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities
• Jewish resistance - Jews

The top of page 3 has one column headings: "JEWS' LAST STAND

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 23, 1951

• Cold War nuclear arms race
• Russia & U.S. atomic bomb tests
• Both on the same week

The top of the front page has a two column  heading: "Soviet Has 3d Atom Blast;

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 7, 1936

• Dust Bowl - agriculture drought - heat wave
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt relief on the way ?

The top of the front page has a one column heading "ROOSEVELT

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 22, 1684

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
• Unique gift idea for the history buff in your

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1943

• Pearl Harbor sunken warships
• U.S. Naval salvage operation
• Righting the USS Oklahoma

The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "'Dead' Ships rise at Pearl

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 9, 1936

• Celestino P. Gonzalez mass family murders
• Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Indiana
• Great depression & dust bowl era

The top of the front page has a two column

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 24, 1946

• Post World War II United Nations - UN
• General Assembly in New York City convenes

The front page has a nice banner headline: "TRUMAN, OPENING U.N., ASKS END OF FEAR

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 17, 1873

• Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia
• Negro Archie Johnson public hanging

The top of page 4 has one column headings: "THE GALLOWS IN VIRGINIA: "Execution of a Negro of

LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 14, 1995

• Glen Edward Rogers captured in Kentucky
• "The Cross-Country or Casanova Killer"

The front page has a heading that reads: "Alleged Serial Killer Captured" with

DAILY WORLD, New York, May 14, 1969

• re. Glenville, Cleveland, Ohio shootout
• Cleveland police and black nationalists
• Civil rights movement - Fred Ahmed Evans

This publication, The World, represents the

CALENDAR section only of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 28, 1987

• Best original "Hamburger Hill" advertisement
• Grand Opening Day movie premiere w/ review
• American Vietnam War film (1969 battle of )

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