Historic Newspapers: Transportation - Railroad-Flight-Automobile

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 17, 1928

• Wilbur & Orville Wright Brothers
• First airplane flight success
• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
• 25th anniversary celebration

The top of page 20 has a one column heading:

SECTION 3 ONLY of the New York Times, December 16, 1928

• Wright Brothers - Orville & Wilbur
• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina airplane flight
• 25th anniversary - editorial on the early history of aviation

Page

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 14, 1909  The prime content within this issue is the page 7 and 8 article with prints: "How the Wrights Made Good - The Story Of Their Successful Flight With A

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1928

• Wright Brothers - Orville & Wilbur
• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina airplane flight
• 25th anniversary celebrations across the World

Page 20 has three related reports

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 21, 1909

• Orville & Wilbur Wright Brothers
• Early airplanes flights aviators
• At Fort Myer, Virginia for tests
• Begin assemblage of airplane

The top of the front page

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, January 20, 1937

• Aviator & film producer Howard Hughes
• Transcontinental airplane speed flight record
• Los Angeles to New York City

The top of page 12 has a two column heading:

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 30, 1904  Near the back is an article marking perhaps the most significant development of the 20th century, that being manned flight. Note this issue is the month

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 9, 1908

• Wright Brothers test flights
• Orville & Wilbur Wright
• Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, NC

The front page is a one column heading: "WRIGHT BROTHERS AGAIN

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1928

• Wright Brothers National Memorial
• Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
• Granite boulder - cornerstone erected

The top of page 4 has a two column heading: "Kitty

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 2, 1904  The significance of this issue is the lengthier-than-most report on page 10 headed: "A Flying-Machine That Flies" which is the great and very historic

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, January 14, 1936

• Aviator Howard Hughes
• Transcontinental airplane speed flight record

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MOVIE PRODUCER FLIES ACROSS U.S. IN

OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, Sept. 10, 1908  Over a full column on page 7 concerns early aviation, headed: "THREE PHENOMENAL TRIPS" "Wrights' Airplane, in Trial at Fort Myer, Breaks All Records"

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 26, 1908  The front page of this issue has an illustration by W. A. Rogers called "Lovers Once, But Strangers Now."

This issue has photos of "The Fatal Fall of

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1908

• Early airplane flights
• Wilbur Wright - Brothers

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WILBUR WRIGHT MAY ATTEMPT A CHANNEL FLIGHT" (see)

THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 17, 1928

• Orville Wright Brothers
• First airplane flight success
• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
• 25th anniversary celebration

The front page has a one column heading: "FIRST FLIGHT 25

THE GLOBE, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9, 1908

• 1st ever airplane flight for over 1 hour
• Orville Wright - Brothers
• Fort Meyer, Virginia

Page 4 begins with column heads: "NEW WORLD RECORD IN

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 5, 1908

• Early airplane flights
• Wilbur Wright - Brothers

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WILBUR WRIGHT SURPRISES THE FRENCH" with subheads. (see)

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 23, 1910  The full front page is a photo captioned: "The Aeroplane That Made A Record Ascension - Walter Brookins and the Wright biplane which broke the world's

THE GLOBE, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16, 1908

• Early airplane - aviation
• Wilbur Wright - Brothers
• Le Mans, France flight

The top of the front page has a column headed: "WRIGHT BROTHERS HOLD

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 26, 1908

• Early airplane - aviation
• Wilbur Wright - Brothers
• Le Mans, France flight
• Record w/ passenger (Paul Zens)

Page 5 has a one column heading: "WILBUR WRIGHT

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 9, 1909 Almost the entire front page is taken up with the famous photo captioned: "A New Kind Of Gull In New York Harbor--Wilbur Wright...made a most spectacular

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 7, 1908

• Aviator Léon Delagrange historic flight
• French sculpture and aviation pioneer
• Early airplanes flight in France

The top of the front page has a four

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 12, 1909

• The Wright Brothers
• Airplane pioneers

This is one of the most displayable issues on the early years of the "era of flight" to be had, featuring large,

THE TIMES, Los Angeles, Jan. 5, 1914

• Orville Wright 0 Wright Brothers fame
• "Automatic stabilizer" invention
• Wright Model E airplane aeroplane
• FRONT LEAF ONLY *******

The top of the front page has a

OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, Sept. 11, 1908

• Early airplane flights
• Orville Wright - Brothers

Page 2 has column heads: "FLYING MACHINES FOR SIX" "Orville Wright Says it is Possible to Operate Them"

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, N.C., July 11, 1938.

• Aviator Howard Hughes takes off
• Airplane flight around World (1st stage)

The front page has a one column heading: "HUGHES PLANE HOPS FOR PARIS" with

THE DETROIT NEWS, from Detroit, Michigan, dated March 2, 1949.

• B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II 1st to circle World nonstop
• Early 1st report w/ nice headline

This 52 page newspaper has a banner headline on

Coldwater Daily Reporter, Coldwater, MI., 7/14/1938. Nice headline that reads Round-The-World Flight Completed Within Four Days. Has subhead that reads Howard Hughes Lands Plane At Bennett Field.

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, North Carolina, September 23, 1908

• Orville Wright Injured
• Thomas Etholen Selfridge Killed
• 1st powered airplane fatality

Page 4 has: "THE AIRSHIP DIASTER", with a

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, July 23, 1930

• Glenn Curtiss death
• Aviation pioneer
• U.S. airplane industry

This 24 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "GLENN CURTISS,

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, August 27, 1910  Full front page photo:  A New Triumph In The Science Of Flight. the photo shows John B. Moisant standing next to the plane he recently flew with a

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 30, 1908

• Early airplane flights
• Wilbur Wright - Brothers

The front page has a one column heading: "Wright Has Fall Escapes Injury" See image for brief report.

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, March 2, 1949

• B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II 1st to circle World nonstop...
• Early report...

This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 16, 1909  Full front page photo: "Wilbur Wright's Amazing Flight", shows Wright in flight over the Hudson River with New York in the background. Inside page has 3

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 23, 1911

• Aviator Robert G. Fowler - early aviation pioneer
• 1st transcontinental airplane flight (stages) (W to E)
• Wright Brothers Model B biplane

The top of the

OMAHA DAILY JOURNAL = STOCKMAN, Nebraska, July 12, 1938

• Aviator Howard Hughes
• Flight around World

This 4 page newspaper from the corn belt has one column headlines on the front page: "HUGHES REACHES

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, March 3, 1949 (Home Edition)

• B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II 1st to circle World nonstop

This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "B-50 Crew

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, August 24, 1911

• Early aviation...
• Airplane flight record broken...

This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1910

This issue features a color cover. (see photos for details).The front page of this issue features a photo of Walter Wellman entitled "WELLMAN AND HIS

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1938.

• Aviator Howard Hughes
• Flight around World success (Early 1st report)

This 20 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page:

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 15, 1910  This issue contains the wonderful double page centerfold print, "Better Than Sugar", by James Montgomery Flagg.  Another print of note is, "A Winter

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 3, 1911  This 12 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "AEROPLANE LETTER CARRIER", "Grahame White Will be

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 5, 1910 Full frontpage photo: "Auburn in his fast Bleriot monoplane and Grahame-White in a farmer biplane during one of the hourly distance contests" which is

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, September 12, 1925

• PN-9 No. 1 seaplane rescue
• Commander John Rodgers

This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

• 'CAPTAIN JOHN' AIRMEN'S HERO
• His

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 19, 1908

• Early bi-plane airplane
• Military reconnaissance

The entire front page is a nice illustration captioned: "The Aeroplane Military Scout" being a nice

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 11, 1899

• Early flying machine
• Pre-Wright Brothers
• Early automobiles
• Prints

The front page of the issue is "The New Bridge Over the Rhine at

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1937

• Aviator Howard Hughes & Aviatrix Jean Batten
• Harmon International Trophy presentation

The top of page 5 has small photos of Howard Hughes and Jean Batten with

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 19, 1914

• Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct
• Baseball interest
• Automobile interest
• Early aviation

The front page has construction scenes of the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct,

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 19, 1914

• Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct
• Baseball interest
• Automobile interest
• Early aviation

The front page has construction scenes of the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct,