Historic Newspapers: Transportation - Railroad-Flight-Automobile

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 23, 1905 

* 20th Century Limited wreck 
* Mentor, Ohio 

This 8 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page that include: "THE 20th CENTURY FLYER WRECKED" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the 20th Century Limited express passenger train... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1944 

* Stockton, Georgia 
* Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 
* Trains collision 

This 60+ page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 32: "45 NEGROES KILLED IN SOUTHERN WRECK". 1st report coverage on the Stockton, Georgia train collision that killed many... Read full description  

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN December 12, 1874 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: KEOKUK IA RAILROAD BRIDGE - PITTSBURGH PA CENTERFOLD OF STEEL INDUSTRY - HOT AIR BALLOON & much more. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them. Very... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1932

* Franz von Papen resigns
* Adolph Hitler - Nazis
* Paul von Hindenberg

This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "PAPEN CABINET QUITS; PARTY HEADS CALLED", "Hindenburg Accepts Ministry's Resignation After Failure to Get Reichstag Backing", "May... Read full description  

VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1912  The front page of this issue features an article "Frank Coffyn, Whose Aeroplane Flies, Swims, Crawls" which includes a photo of Frank Coffyn with a drawing of the aeroplane. The article states that "...This machine is fitted with aluminium pontoons, which... Read full description  

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, June 3, 1910

* Aviator Charles Stewart Rolls
* English Channel airplane flight record

This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ACROSS CHANNEL AND BACK AGAIN", "Marvelous Feat Is Performed by English Aviator", and "Captain Rolls Flies From... Read full description  

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 13, 1903  The front page of this issue features a half page photo of "United States Battleship "Maine" with an accompanying article within. Also within the issue is: "A Novel Automobile Lawn Mower" which is used at the United States Capitol; "New Instruments for Enabling the Deaf to Hear";... Read full description  

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 6, 1927

* 1st Tranatlantic flight of the Columbia
* Wright-Bellanca WB-2 airplane
* Clarence Chamberlin & Charles Levine

This 20 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "BELLANCA HOP ENDS NEAR GOAL" with subheads (see photos).

Other news of the day. Light... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 5, 1931 

* 1st non-stop transpacific airplane flight 
* Aviators Hugh Herndon Jr. & Clyde Pangborn 

This 20 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "AIRMEN PASS HALFWAY MARK OVER PACIFIC" with subheads. Coverage on the 1st non-stop... Read full description  

MILTON EVENING STANDARD, Milton, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1936

* Bruno Hauptmann execution (1st report)
* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping

The banner headline announces: "HAUPTMANN IS EXECUTED FOR KIDNAP-MURDER" with subhead: "Goes to Electric Chair Without Any Statement" and more. There is a related ftpg. cartoon: "Closed At... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 12, 1933

* Reinhold Tiling death
* German rockets pioneer

This 50 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12: "ROCKET CONSTRUCTOR AND WOMAN AIDE DIE" and "Reinhold Tiling and Assistant Hurt Tuesday in Explosion at Osnabrueck, Germany" which tells of the death of Reinhold Tiling by... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, February 16, 1931

* Lillian Leitzel accident - death
* Acrobatic circus star (1st report)

This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Lillian Leitzel, Circus Star, Dies After Fall"
  with subhead: "Little Trapeze Artist Succumbs to Injuries Received... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 26, 1939

* 1st transatlantic passenger service flight
* Pan American - Boeing 314 flying boat airplane

This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2: "Atlantic Clipper's Flight Completed" and "Sister Ship Still Held by Fog at Shediac". See photos for text on the... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, August 27, 1950

* Ransom Eli Olds death (1st report)
* Father of the American automobile
* From the capital of the car industry

This 40+ Sunday newspaper has a one headline on the front page: "Auto Pioneer R.E. Olds Dies at 86" with subhead. 1st report coverage on the death of automobile... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 7, 1955

* Laramie WY airplane crash
* Nice headline for display

This 40 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "66 DIE IN WYOMING PLANE CRASH" with subheads and related photos. 1st report coverage on the Oakland bound DC-4 Airplane crash near Laramie, Wyoming.

... Read full description  

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, March 7, 1931 

* Ruth Nichols - aviatrix 
* Altitude airplane flight record (women) 

This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Ruth Nichols Hops to 30,000-Foot Record" with subhead and photo of Nichols (see photos).

Nice to have on the front page. Other... Read full description  

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, November 6, 1943

* Bombing of Vatican City
* Single German airplane
* World War II - WWII

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Vatican City Raid Bears Out Warning Allies Gave" and "They Predicted Nazis Would Do Bombing..." which was an air raid by just one German airplane... Read full description  

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, October 22, 1929 

* Thomas Edison 50th year anniversary 
* Dearborn MI celebration 
* Henry Ford 

This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "THOMAS EDISON HONORED BY PRESIDENT HOOVER'S VISIT TO ELECTRICAL WIZARD'S DEN"

1st report coverage on the... Read full description  

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, August 25, 1921

* ZR-2 airship crash (1st report)
* R38 class

This 14 page newspaper has a seven column headline on the front page: "Sixteen Americans Die in Dirigible Wreck" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on the ZR-2 airship crash.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, October 16, 1960  The front of this issue contains a photo of Natalie Wood with an accompanying article "The Vamp Is Back". There are several pages of the previews of the new 1961cars at the National Automobile Show. Additional stories and advertisements are within.

This... Read full description  

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, June 20, 1938

* Custer Creek, Montana train wreck
* Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul crack train "Olympian"
* Miles City, Montana

This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TRAIN INTO CREEK; 29 DEAD" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the... Read full description  

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, March 30 (wrong date of 29th printed), 1864  Among the front page column heads are: "VERY LATEST NEWS" "Army OF The Potomac" "The War On the Western Frontier!" "Interesting Rebel Intelligence" "A Railroad Train... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 17, 1933 

* Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd 
* Public enemies era
* Pre Kansas City massacre (day of)
 
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "PRETTY BOY FLOYD ABDUCTS SHERIFF" and
"Notorious Outlaw and a Pal Kidnap Official in Front of... Read full description