Historic Newspapers: U.S. Presidents
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Calvin Coolidge through Lyndon Johnson...
Item #180104(7) Presidential Collection V - a 7 issue set containing one issue each from the administrations of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, providing a single-day snapshot of the atmosphere during each administration. This is set five of a six-part... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #678138THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1923
* President Warren Harding death
* Funeral - Marion, Ohio burial
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MARION LAYS AWAY HER DEAD, SHUNNING POMP AND PAGEANT WHILE NATION'S BUSINESS HALTS AND PEOPLE BOW IN SILENCE; FOREIGN LANDS AND SHIPS AT SEA HOLD HARDING SERVICES" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #646867FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 16 & 17, 1923
* Eamon de Valera arrested (1st report)
* Irish Free State - Ireland president
The front page of the 16th has a one column heading: "IRISH TROOPS TAKE DE VALERA" with subheads. (see) First report coverage here. You also get the issue of the 17th with continued coverage with a... Read full description -
Item #649813THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 16, 1923
* Eamon de Valera arrested (1st report)
* Irish Free State - Ireland president
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DE VALERA ARRESTED BY DUBLIN TROOPS FIRING BLANK SHOTS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, light toning, irregular... Read full description -
Item #699016NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 6, 1924
* King Tutankhamun discovery
* Egyptian Pharaoh 4th chamber
* Egyptologist Howard Carter
The top of page 5 has first column heads: "HOPE TO FIND CROWN AND PHARAOH'S GEMS" "Excavators Think Full Royal Regalia Is Inside the Sarcophagus of the Fourth Shrine" "May Also Contain Papyri"... Read full description -
Item #562949THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1924
* Death of President Woodrow Wilson
This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "FUNERAL OF WOODROW WILSON WILSON TO TAKE PLACE ON NEXT WEDNESDAY" with subheads that include: "WHOLE NATION MOURNS DEATH OF WOODROW WILSON" and much more with nice black bordered... Read full description -
Item #672706THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Feb. 4, 1924
* Woodrow Wilson death (1st report)
The banner headline announces: "Ex-President Wilson Passed Away Yesterday Morning" with subheads including: "Mr. Wilson Died At 11:15 O'Clock" "End Peaceful For Sufferer" and more.
Eight pages, light toning, good... Read full description -
Item #594819THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1924
* Woodrow Wilson death
The front page features a nice banner headline:
"FUNERAL OF WOODROW WILSON ON WEDNESDAY"
with subheads and photo of Wilson. (see) Coverage on the death of President Woodrow Wilson.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, light browning,... Read full description -
Item #545514THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, from Kansas City, MO, dated February 5, 1924.
The front page features a three-line, two-column wide headline "WOODROW WILSON TO BE BURIED WITH SIMPLE CEREMONY" with a subhead "Former President Wished It So; Weeks Offers Arlington, But Is Refused; Coolidge and Taft to Represent Government". Also on the front... Read full description -
Item #578082THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 17, 1924
* Robert Goddard - Rocketry
* Liquid fuel to be introduced
This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 21:
"Force For Goddard Rocket" and "President of Clark University Tells of Plan for "Moon Projectile"" (see photo for text here).
Other news of the day including... Read full description -
First woman nominee for VP on Democrat ballot...
Item #702572TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 28 & 30, 1924 (a two-issue set)
The front page of the June 28th issue has the 2-line, full-banner heading: "COMMITTEE DEADLOCKED OVER ANTI-KLAN PLANK - BITTER FIGHT CERTAIN ON CONVENTION FLOOR", with related subheading and considerable details of the convention. The front page of... Read full description -
Item #161328THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 8, 1924 The ftpg. has a 3 line, 1 column head: "President's Son, Calvin Jr., 16 Dies As Parents Watch" and subheads: "Every Method Known to Science Fails to Avert Death from Septic Poisoning" "Injections Resorted To" "Hope Finally Abandoned at 8 P. M., When the Boy Begins to Sink... Read full description -
Item #678859CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN, Los Angeles, October, 1924 This s a campaign newspaper supporting the Coolidge-Dawes ticket as Republican nominees for the 1924 presidential election. Such newspapers were always short-lived (this is volume 1, no. 14) and typically had limited distribution, making them quite scarce.
The front... Read full description -
George M. Cohan...
Item #661064LIBERTY magazine, New York, November 15, 1924.
* A young lady with her horse is on the cover
* Woodrow Wilson & George M. Cohan
* Multiple colored ads (see photos)
The color cover of this issue has a very nice print of a young lady with her horse (see photos) which would be great for framing. The inside has an article titled: "Twenty Years on... Read full description -
Item #590389THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 4, 1925
* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence
* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit
* Prohibition era outlaw
This 16 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "CHAPMAN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DIE ON GALLOWS JUNE 25TH NEXT; COUNSEL FOR BANDIT TO FILE... Read full description -
Item #648368THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 27, 1925
* Paul von Hindenburg
* 1st election as president of Germany
* 1st report w/ photo
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "VON HINDENBURG IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GERMANY; BEATS MARX, REPUBLICAN LEADER, BY 887,000 VOTES; TWO KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN RIOTING AT POLLS" with several... Read full description -
Item #722505THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 27, 1925
* Paul von Hindenburg
* 1st election as president of Germany
This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Hindenburg Is Elected President Of Germany is Sweeping Victory; His Plurality Approaches 900,000" with subheads.
Light browning with a little... Read full description -
Item #715222CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 27, 1925
* Paul von Hindenburg
* 1st election as president of Germany
* 1st report w/ photos
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "HINDENBURG WINS BY 900,000" with subheads. Nice for display. Some related photos are on the back page.
Complete with 34 pages, light toning, some margin... Read full description -
Item #651898THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1925 The first column head notes: "VON HINDENBURG TAKES OATH OF OFFICE IN BERLIN" with related subheads, the report carrying over to page 16. In January, 1933, he would appoint Adolph Hitler as Chancellor.
Twenty pages, binding slits at the blank spine, good... Read full description -
Item #583928SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 13, 1925
* Paul Von Hindenburg becomes President
* Germany
* Pre Adolph Hitler
This 18 page newspaper has a one column headlines on the front page that include: "HINDENBURG GIVES PLEDGE TO REPUBLIC", "Inaugurated as President of Germany in Simple Reichstag Ceremony' and more (see... Read full description -
Item #647285THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1925
* Paul von Hindenburg inauguration
* Becomes president of Germany
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HINDENBURG TAKES OATH TO REPUBLIC AS REICH PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Paul von Hindenburg becoming the president of Germany.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #579744THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, December 18, 1925
* Billy Mitchell found guilty (court martial)
* Father of the United States Air Force
This 24 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Mitchell Guilty on Every Count; Suspended From Army for 5 Years; President Must Approve Finding" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #697283THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, May 28, 1926
* Jess Sweetser - British Amateur Tournament
* Defeats Bobby Jones in the semi-final round
This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 13: "Bobby Jones Beaten in British Golf Tournament", with subheads, and tells of Jess Sweetser victory over Bobby... Read full description -
Item #578722THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, August 7, 1926, August 8, 1926
* Gertrude Ederle
* 1st woman to swim English Channel
This 10 page newspaper has two headlines on the front page that include: ""Trudy" Gives Party; Yes, With Champagne" and more (see photos).
Other news of the day including period advertising. Usual browning, minor... Read full description -
Item #543201SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts; dated August 23, 1926.
* Charles William Eliot Dies
* President of Harvard
The front page of this issue shows a picture of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard. The accompanying headline reads: "Charles W. Eliot Dies at Maine Summer Home - End Comes Peacefully". Additional... Read full description -
Item #699394THE OMAHA DAILY NEWS, December 23, 1926
* Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker baseball scandal ?
* Gambling and fixing baseball games
* Dutch Leonard letters exposed
* Babe Ruth to benefit in popularity ?
The top of page 10 has a banner heading: "Newest Scandal Makes 'Bad Boy' Babe Ruth Greater Hero Than Ever" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #647499THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 24, 1927
* Federal Radio Commission created (FRC)
* Future Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
* President Calvin Coolidge signs bill
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "President Signs the Radio Control Bill; Will Name Board of Five to Regulate Air" (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #548002THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, March 13, 1927.
* President Coolidge...* Prince Goran Hasselrot...
The banner headline of this issue reads: "Coolidge Planning No Third Term". An addition subhead elaborates stating that "Duty Only Would Lure Him".
The front page of this issue features a photograph of the christening... Read full description -
Item #577376THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, May 23, 1927
* Charles Lindbergh... Atlantic Ocean flight success
* French Legion of Honor medal bestowed
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "HONOR LEGION CROSS PINNED ON LINDBERGH" "French President Kisses and Embraces Flyer After... Read full description -
Item #639665THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, January 16, 1928
* Calvin Coolidge visits Cuba
* Last U.S. President prior to Obama
* Pan-American Conference
The front page has a four column headline: "Helping Hand of U. S. Extended to Solve Problems of Pan-America; Encourages All Peaceful Pursuits" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #675193THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 17, 1928
* Calvin Coolidge visits Cuba
* Last U.S. President prior to Obama
* Pan-American Conference
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "COOLIDGE WINS CHEERS OF STATESMEN BY DECLARATION FOR SELF GOVERNMENT AS HE OPENS PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE" with subheads and photo. (see) Lengthy... Read full description -
Item #680762THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 20, 1928
* Ol' Rip the Horned Toad still alive - lizard
* Eastland, Texas Courthouse - entombed animal
The top of the front page has a small one column heading within inset: "Toad Alive After 31 Years Sealed in Texas Cornerstone" (see) First report coverage on the famous toad being discovered still... Read full description -
Item #668528THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1928
* Rodman Wanamaker death
* Department store magnate
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "R. WANAMAKER DIES SUDDENLY AT 65 AT ATLANTIC CITY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Rodman Wanamaker, department store magnate.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #671669THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1928
* Aviator Charles Lindbergh
* President Calvin Coolidge
* Receives Medal of Honor
* Transatlantic airplane flight
The front page has a one column heading: "COOLIDGE PRESENTS MEDAL TO LINDBERGH" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on aviator Charles Lindbergh receiving the... Read full description -
Item #678456THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1928
* Chauncey Depew death (1st report)
* New York Central Railroad president
* United States senator - New York
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN HIS 94TH YEAR" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues inside with photo of Depew.
Complete... Read full description -
Amelia Earhart flight...
Item #201151CHRONICLE AND NEWS, June 15, 1928 Full front page banner headlines that read "Herbert Hoover Overwhelming Choice of Republican PArty for President" and "CURTIS NAMED FOR VICE PRESIDENT", with a report and picture to follow. This issue also contains the following front page coverage: "2 Planes Ready to Race Across Atlantic Today", "Hornsby Out for... Read full description -
Item #586246ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, June 15, 1928
* Herbert Clark Hoover nominated for President
* 1st report with photo
This 30 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "HOOVER CHOSEN; DAWES LEAVES RACE" with subheads and a nice photo of Herbert Hoover.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A few... Read full description -
Item #717897NEWPORT HERALD, Rhode Island, June 15, 1928
* Herbert Clark Hoover nominated for President
* 1928 Republican National Convention
The front page has a nice banner headline: "HOOVER NOMINATED BY SWEEPING MAJORITY" with subhead and photo. (see images) Nice for display.
Eight pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #161959NEWPORT HERALD, Newport, RI., June 16, 1928. Nice Bold Headline, surrounded by advertisements, reads, "Curtis is Nominated for Vice President". Includes subheads: "Landslide for Kansan Results in His Selection by an Overwhelming Vote; Convention Adjourns in a Happy Mood", "Delegation from Pennsylvania is Responsible for Landslide", "Plans for... Read full description -
Item #657836THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, June 17, 1928
* Herbert Clark Hoover nominated for President
* 1928 Republican National Convention
This is the complete 16 page "Rotogravure Picture Section" only has the front page entirely taken up with a huge photo captioned: "Herbert Hoover, Republican Nominee for President... Read full description -
Item #687267SECTION 9 ONLY of the New York Times, June 17, 1928
* Herbert Clark Hoover nominated for President
* 1928 Republican National Convention
The front page of this section only has a banner headline: "HOOVER: A NEW TYPE AMONG CANDIDATES; The Eingineer, War Organizer and Cabinet Officer Brings His Talents Into the Political Arena for... Read full description -
Item #574464ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, June 28, 1928
* Alfred E. Smith...
* Democratic nomination for President...
This 36 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "SMITH WILL BE NOMINATED TONIGHT" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning, little margin wear, otherwise good.
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Item #724644THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 1928
* Original Declaration of Independence facsimile
* July 4, 1776 with full text and founding fathers (signatures)
* 250th anniversary this coming Summer (2026)
Page 8 has a full page facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence with heading: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776; The unanimous... Read full description -
Item #160328MID-WEEK PICTORIAL, July 7, 1928 Full front page photo is a nice portrait of Al Smith, Gov. of New York, and the Democratic candidate for President.
An inside page has nearly a full-page photo of Bobby Jones and Johnny Farrell, who just defeated Jones for the National Golf Open. A bit of wear at the top, some foxing in the... Read full description -
Item #709616CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE., July 19, 1928
* Alvaro Obregon assassination
* Mexican Revolution general
* President of Mexico
The front page has a great banner headline: "SEIZE 20 FOR OBREGON PLOT" with subheads. (see images) Two related photos on the back page. Coverage on the assassination of General Alvaro Obregon, president of... Read full description -
Item #687814PICTURE SECTION Only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, July 22, 1928
* Huge color photo of "Al" Alfred E. Smith
* Democratic nomination for president
This complete 16 page "Picture Section" only has the front page entirely taken up with a huge color photo captioned: "Alfred E. Smith; Democratic Candidate for President of the... Read full description -
Item #688697CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Aug. 12, 1928
* Herbert Hoover acceptance speech
* Republican nomination for U.S. president
* Stanford University Stadium
The front page has a banner headline: "HOOVER EXPOUNDS DRY LAW" with subheads. (see) More on the following pages with a few related photos. Full text of Hoover's acceptance speech... Read full description -
Item #640661THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1928
* Mary Garrett Hay death (1st report)
* Temperance worker & suffragist leader
The top of page has a one column heading: "MARY GARRETT HAY DIES SUDDENLY" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was... Read full description -
Item #643866THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 26, 1928
* Emilio Portes Gill elected
* 41st President of Mexico
The front page has a one column heading: "PORTES GIL ELECTED MEXICAN PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with photo.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 56 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #647586THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 21, 1928.
* Inventor Thomas Alva Edison
* Honored By President Calvin Coolidge
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "EDISON IS DECORATED BY NATION AND HAILED BY THE PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World... Read full description
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