Historic Newspapers: Transportation - Railroad-Flight-Automobile
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Item #714739THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1962
* 1st image televised using a satellite (TV history)
* Project Echo - communications satellites
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The bottom of the front page has a photo of the very first TV picture sent across the U.S. by satellite. The two column... Read full description -
Item #714738THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30, 1929
* Fritz von Opel RAK.1 aircraft
* Early rocket airplane flight
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "OPEL SAYS ROCKET IS BIG AVIATION AID" with subheads. (see images) Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The Opel RAK.1 was the world's first... Read full description -
Item #714731NEW YORK TIMES, August 30, 1929
* Empire State Building 1st announced to public
* To be World's tallest building at the time
* Graf Zeppelin ends around World flight (airship)
* Historic aviation feat (1st report)
The front page has a one column heading: "SMITH TO HELP BUILD HIGHEST SKYSCRAPER" with subheads. (see images)
The... Read full description -
Item #714582THE NEWS & COURIER, Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 19, 1876 The front page begins with over half a column on: "Black Bandits At Bay" "A Train Wrecked and Fired Into by Negroes" "Origin of the Trouble..." with further subheads.
Also on the front page: "Crook's Command In Trouble le - A March Through a... Read full description -
Item #714515THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 14, 1977
* "Queen" North America concert tour
* "News of the World Tour" advertisement
* Madison Square Garden performances
* Ronnie Van Zant editorial by Robert Christgau
* re. Lynyrd Skynyrd rock band airplane crash
Page 93 has a 7 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for:... Read full description -
Item #714436LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 26, 1978
* Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182
* Boeing 727 airplane collision disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "Grim Search in Crash Rubble" with subheads, related photo and a map. (see images) Much more inside.
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Item #714329THE DETROIT NEWS, May 19, 1953
* Jacqueline Cochran breaks the sound barrier
* 1st ever woman to do so - jet airplane
The front page has a one column heading: "Sonic Barrier Bows 1st Time to a Woman" Photo of Cochran is on page 21. (see images)
Complete with 52 pages, light toning and a little wear a the margins, small... Read full description -
Item #714288NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1932.
* Amelia Earhart welcome home
* NYC Ticket tape parade
* Transatlantic flight (Airplane)
* 1st woman to achieve solo
The front page has one column headings: "MRS. PUTNAM HOME; GETS CITY'S HOMAGE" "Greeted Down Bay by Swooping Planes, Cheered by Throngs and Decorated by Mayor" and more. (see... Read full description -
Item #714272LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 2, 1983
* Korean Air Line Flight 007 disaster
* Boeing 747 airplane shot down over Pacific
* Soviet Air Forces fighter aircraft
* American-Russian tensions high
The front page has a banner headline announcing: "Soviets Down Jetliner; 269 Aboard..." with subheads and related map. (see images) Much more on... Read full description -
Item #713865LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 14, 1993
* Davey Allison's helicopter crash
* NASCAR Cup Series driver killed
* Alabama Gang - No. 28 Ford
The front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Alabama Gang Has Lost Another" with subhead and small photo of Allison. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with... Read full description -
Item #713858THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., June 25, 1975
* Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crash
* Boeing 727 jet airplane
* John F. Kennedy International Airport
The front page has a banner headline: "109 Perish in Fiery Jet Crash Near New York's JFK Airport" with subhead and related photo. (see images) Much more on page... Read full description -
Item #713709THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 5, 1949
* Superga air disaster
* Fiat G.212 airplane crash
* Torino F.C. Football Club
* Grande Torino soccer team killed
The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "ITALIAN PLANE CRASH KILLS 25" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally... Read full description -
Item #713672THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, November 25, 1935
* China Clipper airplane in flight (2nd stage landing)
* 1st Trans-Pacific airmail commercial service flight
The top of the front has a seven column headline: "CLIPPER LANDS AT MIDWAY ISLAND" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the maiden flight of the first commercial flight... Read full description -
Item #713648AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL, New York, Feb. 1, 1834 This is an early issue of the very first American periodical on railroading.
The best feature of this newspaper may be the great and very early engraving of a railroad train in the masthead, showing an engine with three cars. Note the crudeness of the train, but keep in mind this is from the very... Read full description -
Item #713541LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 8, 1979
* Navajo Indians Nation - Native Americans tribe
* Storms flooding - airlift relief and rescue - hogans
The top of the front page has a four column photo showing a older Navajo Woman being airlifted to safety in a helicopter. Also a two column heading: "Copter Cavalry Rides to Rescue of Navajos" with... Read full description -
Item #713519THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 25, 1935.
* SS Mohawk shipwreck
* Ward Line ocean liner
* New Jersey coast collision
* Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
* Bruno Hauptmann takes the stand
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "190 Are Saved as Ward Liner Sinks in Crash" with subhead and photo. (see... Read full description -
Item #713133LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 28, 1999
* 1999 F-117A shootdown
* Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
* Stealth attack fighter aircraft
* NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
* United States Air Force
The front page has a banner headline: "Stealth Goes Down; Pilot Rescued" with subheads and two related photos. (see images) Nice for display. More on page... Read full description -
Item #713131CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 5, 1947
* Marge Hurlburt killed at airshow
* Airplane crash in a AT-6 aircraft
* Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
The front page has a five column heading: "World Air Speed Queen Dies in Crash" Small photo of Hulburt is on page 3. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, some small... Read full description -
Item #713079LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 13, 2001
* American Airlines Flight 587 disaster
* Belle Harbor, Queens Airplane crash
The front page has a three column heading: "265 Die in N.Y. Jet Crash; Mechanical Fault Probed" with subhead, related photo and map. (see images) Much more inside.
Complete with all major sections (60 pages), very... Read full description -
Item #712870LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 1, 2000
* Alaska Airlines Flight 261 disaster
* McDonnell Douglas MD-83 airliner
* Pacific Ocean airplane crash
The front page has a banner headline: "Jetliner Plunges Into Pacific; 88 Feared Dead in Crash off Ventura County" with subhead, related photo and map. (see images) Much more inside.
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Item #712867LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 15, 2012
* Red Bull Stratos - jump from space
* Daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner
* High-altitude skydiving - stratosphere
* Helium balloon parachute record jump
The front page of section AA has a heading: "He Leaps into record books" with related photo. (see images) First report coverage continues on... Read full description -
Item #712826THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 29, 1976
* Pre singer Ronnie Van Zant airplane crash disaster
* Lynyrd Skynyrd - American Southern rock band
* GENESIS w/ Phil Collins Beacon Theatre advertisement
* Nils Lofgren - American musician concert & album ad
Beginning on page 83 is a editorial on... Read full description -
Item #712823HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, September, 1871 Featured in this issue is an article "Montauk Point, Long Island" which takes 12 pages and includes 22 illustrations. Another nice article is: "The Reformation in Utah" which takes over 8 pages & has a great wealth of information about this... Read full description -
Item #712820FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 28, 1945
* B-25 Mitchell bomber crash
* Empire State Building
The front page has a banner headline: "B-25 Hits Empire State Bldg--15 Die" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the B-25 Mitchell bomber airplane crash into the Empire State Building in New York City.
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Item #712817THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, April 9, 1929
* "Freak Plane" makes 1st appearance photo
* Bizarre airplane invented by Earl E. McClary
The top of the front page has a three column photo headed: "Prepare Unique Plane For First Trial Flights" and brief text. (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, some small... Read full description -
Item #712775THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 6, 1971
* United States Apollo Program (14)
* Manned lunar (moon) landing
* Alan Shepard & more
The front page has a headline: "All's Okay After Moon Walk" with related illustration. (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, a few binding holes along the spine, nice condition. -
Item #712748THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1943
* Aviation pioneer Jimmy Doolittle
* New commander of the Eighth Air Force
* Promoted Lieutenant general
* To lead air attack on D-Day
The front page has a one column heading: "DOOLITTLE TO GUIDE INVASION AIR BLOW" with subhead. (see images)
Other World War II events of the day. Complete with 34... Read full description -
Item #712727LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 22, 1988
* Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
* Lockerbie, Scotland disaster
*Airplane terrorist murders
* Syracuse University students
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "At Least 258 Dead in Scotland Crash of N.Y.-Bound 747" with subhead and two related photos. (see images) More on page 16.... Read full description -
Item #712714THE DETROIT NEWS, June 19, 1947
* 1948 sedan "Torpedo"
* First introduced w/ photo
* Preston Tucker
The top of page 51 has a three column photo of the much-hyped and revolutionary automobile produced by Preston Tucker with heading: "Tucker Torpedo--A Newcomer in the Auto World" The same page has an article headed:... Read full description -
Item #712623CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 26, 1945
* USS Ingraham - destroyer
* United States Navy
* Kamikaze suicide airplane attack
* Battle of Okinawa - Japanese
Page 3 has a one column heading: "Destroyer Ingraham Hit By Suicide Craft" (see image)
I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Item #712609THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, Aug. 22, 1935
* Will Rogers & Wiley Post
* Airplane crash - deaths
The front page has the two-column heading: "Nation Pays Tribute Today At Rogers and Post Rites", with the subheading: "Observance of Obsequies Will Be Held in Many Parts of America While Actual Services... Read full description -
Item #712522THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1932
* Scottsboro Boys death sentences upheld
* Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls
* Alabama Supreme Court decision
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping
* Ransom paid to no avail
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "7 DOOMED NEGROES LOSE ALABAMA PLEA" with subheads. (see images)
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Item #712024FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 23, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty (1st leg)
* 1st airplane flight around the World begins
* Monoplane Winnie Mae
The front page has a one column heading: "Gatty and Post On First Leg Of World Flight" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at t he... Read full description -
Item #711933CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1932
* Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
* 1931-32 Big Ten champions
* Nationals champions as well
* Future UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden
The front page of section two (sports) has a terrific banner headline: "PURDUE WINS 53-18; WOODEN SETS RECORD" with subheads that include:... Read full description -
Item #711855SECTION TWO (sports) of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 23, 1930
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Northwestern Wildcats
* 3rd to last collegiate game coached by Knute Rockne
* ND to be National Champions for 1930 season
* NCAA college football
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "WHAT ROCKNE TOLD IRISH-AT HALF AND... Read full description -
Item #711308LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Nov. 16, 1966
* Roberto Clemente wins NL MVP award
* Pittsburgh Pirates
This 18 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 5:
"National League MVP Awarded To Clemente"
Tells of Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente winning the National League Most Valuable Player award for... Read full description -
Item #711074THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1948
* Cairo-Haifa train bombings 1948
* British ruled Mandatory Palestine
* Zionist militant group Lehi
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "30 BRITISH SOLDIERS DIE IN PALESTINE AS MINES RIP TRAIN" with subheads. (see images) More on page 3 with related map.
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #710743FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Jan. 23, 1956
* Redondo Junction train accident
* Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles
* Surf Line railway crash - disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "2 Killed, 90 Hurt In Train Mishap" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on page 7.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #710281THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1947
* Test pilot Albert Boyd
* United States Air Force
* Air speed record broken
* First jet fighter airplane
Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "U.S. Jet Flies 623.8 Miles an Hour To Capture World Speed Record" (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in very nice... Read full description -
Item #710212THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan 5, 1962
* First automated subway train begins service
* 42nd Street Shuttle (unmanned) transportation
* Times Square - Grand Central Station route
The top of the front page has a four column heading: "First Automated Subway Train starts Run" with subhead and photo (see images) First report coverage continues... Read full description -
Item #710191THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 2, 1974
* TWA Flight 514 disaster
* Boeing 727-231 jet airplane
* Mount Weather, Virginia
The front page has a headline that reads: "Jet Crash Kills 92 Near Washington D.C." with subhead. Related photo on page 8. (see images) First report coverage on page 2 for the TWA Flight 514, Boeing... Read full description -
Item #710181LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 2, 1993
* Alan Kulwicki airplane crash
* NASCAR Cup Series driver
* "Special K" "Polish Prince"
The front page of the sport's section has a heading: "Kulwicki Presumed to Be Dead" with subhead and small photo. (see images)
Complete with all sections (100+ pages), nice condition.... Read full description -
Item #710110SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Jan. 17, 1978
* Stanford University student Sally Ride
* Selected to be a possible future astronaut
* First American Woman to fly in space fame
* Future NASA space program icon w/ photo
The bottom of the front page has a four column heading: "3 Central Coast scientists on astronaut list" with a photo of a... Read full description -
Item #710097SAN JOSE MERCURY, Jan. 16, 1978
* Ted Bundy - American serial killer
* Women - young girls rapist - murderer
* Florida State University sorority house attack
Page 9 has a three column heading: "2 coeds strangled to death, 3 others injured in Florida" with lead-in: "Sorority house terror" and photo of one of his... Read full description -
Item #710072CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 6, 1932
* John Philip Sousa death (1st report)
* American composer and conductor
* "The March King" - military marches
* Charles Lindbergh Jr. baby kidnapping
The front page has a one column heading: "Sousa Is Dead; Stricken After Talk at Dinner" First report coverage continues inside with... Read full description -
Item #710004THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 23, 1952
* American Airlines Flight 6780 disaster
* Elizabeth City, New Jersey airplane crash
* First fatal wreck of a Convair 240 airliner
The front page has a five column photo of the crash site with heading: "Death Flies Into New Jersey Homes on Wings of Doomed Airliner" Also a one column heading: ... Read full description -
Item #709966THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, July 24, 1877 Over three columns of the front page are taken up with a fine account of the Pittsburgh Railroad Strike of 1877, part of the larger Great Railroad Strike which resulted in over 100 deaths including women & children. The incidents followed repeated reductions in wages and sometimes increases... Read full description -
Item #709908THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 20, 1930
* Amelia Earhart autogyro flight
* Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
* First to carry a passenger
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "Miss Earhart Pilots Passenger In Autogiro" with subhead. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description -
Item #709890THE WORLD, NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 1873
* Financial crisis - panic of 1873
* Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company
This issue has fine follow up coverage on what became known as: "The Panic of 1873", which was precipitated by the bankruptcy of the banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company.
There are several reports with one column heads... Read full description -
Item #709883THE DAILY PEOPLE'S CAUSE, Red Bluff, California, March 18, 1876
* Rare old West publication
An interesting title from Northern California. Quite scarce as well, as we only have 3 issues. Various news of the day both local & national, with a wealth of advertisements as well.
Four pages, very nice condition.
background: The March 18, 1876, issue... Read full description
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