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Item #587094THE LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL, Kentucky, July 5, 1881
* President James A. Garfield shot
* Close to death - Charles Guiteau
The top of front page has column heads concerning the recent assassination attempt upon President James Garfield: "ALIVE ! " The President Living, & While There's Life There's Hope",... Read full description -
Item #587093THE REPUBLICAN, Red Wing, Minnesota, January 14, 1882
* Red Wing, Minnesota
* Dr. E.D. Cope finds human-like skull skull and declares it the missing link
Page 3 has a one paragraph article, "The Long Sought Missing Link", which tells of Prof. E.D.Cope (of Philadelphia and the Smithsonian Institute fame), discovering a small... Read full description -
Item #587076NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 29, 1849
* Texas gold discovery - Gila River
The front page has over 2 columns on: "Kentucky Constitutional Convention". Page 2 has; "Gold On The Gila" which notes: "...arrived at the Gila river...appearances indicate that gold is as plentiful in that region as it is described to be on the... Read full description -
Item #587064THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 21, 1865
* Post Civil War South
* Freed slaves
The first column on the ftpg. has some nice heads on Reconstruction efforts in the South, including: "SOUTH CAROLINA" "The Views of the Members on Reconstruction" "The Status of the Negro as a Freedman" "Admiral Dahlgren's... Read full description -
Item #587055MIDDLESEX GAZETTE, Middletown, Connecticut, Aug. 5, 1829
* Rare title
* Runaway boy ad
Among the several illustrated ads is an interesting one offering a "1 Mill Reward" for a runaway "...boy named Henry Beebee..." with a description of him. The engraving shows a well-dressed guy on a stroll; one of the more... Read full description -
Item #587053THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1949
* Preston Tucker loses control of his company
* Automobile designer & entrepreneur
* 1948 Tucker Sedan "Tucker Torpedo" fame
This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 29: "Rescue Planned for Tucker Corp." with caption: "Everybody's... Read full description -
Item #587016THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Aug. 21, 1781 Much of the front page is taken up with naval reports from the Caribbean. Page 4 has a nice document from Charleston signed in type by both: Rawdon and N. Balfour, in which they note: "...attention to the general security of the province has obliged his Majesty's troops...to relinquish... Read full description -
Item #586999PUCK, New York, Jan. 17, 1894 Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired for their displayability.... Read full description -
Item #586998JUDGE magazine, New York, Oct. 11, 1890
* Color political prints
Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.
After a... Read full description -
Item #586997JUDGE magazine, New York, Oct. 4, 1890
* Color political prints
Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.
After a... Read full description -
Item #586996JUDGE magazine, New York, Sept. 13, 1890
* Color political prints
Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.
After a... Read full description -
Item #586990THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1929
* McAlester, Oklahoma mining disaster
* Old Town Mine
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "OKLAHOMA BLAST ENTOMBS 59 MINERS", "Three Injured Brought Up in McAlester Disaster-Twenty-three Bodies Recovered", " Little... Read full description -
Item #586966THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1929
* Missing Link discoveries ?
* Beijing China - Peking Man
This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 31 that include: "SEES AID IN FIXING 'CRADLE OF MAN'", "Walter Granger Says Skeletons Found in China May Aid Knowledge of Ancestry" and more with smaller subheads. See photos for... Read full description -
Item #586965THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, May 23, 1958
* Nike missile explosion disaster
* Leonardo New Jersey - Middletown New Jersey
This 44 page newspaper has a seven column headline on the front page: "N. J. Area Fumes as 'Safe' Nikes Kill 7" with subheads and related photo (see photos). 1st report coverage on the Nike base... Read full description -
Item #586924THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, April 14, 1914
* Federal League of Base Ball Clubs
* Very 1st game under this new league
In the sport's section (page 10) under "Federal League" is a small heading: "Baltimore 3, Buffalo 2" which was the very 1st "Federal League" baseball game to be played. The... Read full description -
Item #586904WEEKLY MUSEUM, New York, June 28, 1800 Contents include: "Fate of the Queen Charlotte Frigate" "Representatives of the People" includes a list of the duly elected representatives (see) "Gleanings From History" "New Mode of Traveling For... Read full description -
Item #586885SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 23, 1915
* Women's suffrage movement
* Front page photo
This 22 page newspaper has a nice front page Women's suffrage photo with caption: "Victory" (see photos).
Also one column headlines also on the front page that include: "SUFFRAGE PROSPECT", "Will... Read full description -
Item #586869THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 16, 1931
* Sing Sing Prison's 1st football game
* Alabama Pitts
This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "2,000 INMATES CHEER SING SING'S FOOTBALL", "Convict Eleven Wins Its Debut Game, Inspired by Exit Gate Behind Goal Line" and more. Reporting... Read full description -
Item #586850FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 15, 1937
* Sullivan, Indiana
* Glendora Coal company
* Baker mine explosion (early 1st report)
This 16 page newspaper one column headings on the front page:
"4 Men Burned, 20 Are Trapped In Mine Blast" and "Explosion Occurs 2 Miles From Entrance; Wives, Relatives... Read full description -
Item #586846PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, August 8, 1929
* Graf Zeppelin around World flight (airship)
* Historic aviation feat begins (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "GERMAN GRAF SAILS AWAY ON FIRST AIR TOUR OF THE WORLD" with subhead. 1st report coverage on the initial start of the historic... Read full description -
Item #586845THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 9, 1943
* Battle of Guadalcanal ends
* Solomon Islands campaign
* World War II
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "Enemy Resistance On Guadalcanal Ended, Knox Says" with subheads. Coverage on the final capture of the island of... Read full description -
Item #586832THE EXAMINER, Louisville, Kentucky, April 15, 1848 A quite scarce newspaper which lasted but 2 1/2 years, from June, 1847 thru December, 1849. Among the many items on the front page is: "To The Baptists of Kentucky" which takes over a column. Inside includes: "More Submission to the People--Greater Advances in Human Freedom!!"... Read full description -
Item #586812SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 8, 1881 The front cover of the issue is entitled "The Manufacture of Bolts and Nuts - Russell, Burdsall & Ward, Port Chester, N.Y." and is comprised of several illustrations. Within the issue is "Sewer outlet on Tidal River or Sea Shore"; "Jenkin's Improved Valves";... Read full description -
Item #586811COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, March 30, 1811
* Anti Eldridge Gerry campaign
The front page has a black-bordered item headed: "Gerry And Sequestration! " which is essentially a campaign promotion with a "Black List" of American vessels: "...laden with American Property--Sailing under the... Read full description -
Item #586791KENTUCKY ADVOCATE, Shelbyville, Kentucky, Jan. 11, 1828
* Very rare title
A volume 1 issue of this early & scarce Kentucky newspaper. Contains various news and advertisements of the day. Page 3 includes: "The Navy of the U. States" "Another Steam Boat Disaster" "Horrid Murder" & other items.
Four pages, archivally... Read full description -
Item #586788FRANKFORT DAILY DISPATCH, Frankfort, Kentucky, Sept. 12, 1881
* Great circus advertisement
A typical newspaper of the day with various news and advertisements. The front page includes: "Attempt to Kill Guiteau", the assassin of President Garfield. Page 4 has a very large & great illustrated ad for the Forepaugh Circus (see photos).
Four... Read full description -
Item #586786LOUISVILLE DAILY LEDGER, Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 4, 1872
* Uncommon title
A large size, four page newspaper with various news & ads of the day. Never bound nor trimmed, a few folds & minor margin wear, generally nice condition. -
Item #586785THE UNION STANDARD, Lexington, Kentucky, Sept. 12, 1865
* Rare post Civil War title
A scarce title from this border state, shortly after the end of the Civil War. The paper was formally titled "The National Unionist", obviously being pro-North during the Civil War. Page 2 has several items which relate to the... Read full description -
Item #586782THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, March 26, 1931
* Scottsboro Boys arrested
* Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls
* Mahatma Gandhi - India riots
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 21: "JAIL HEAD ASKS TROOPS AS MOB SEEKS NEGROES"
"Riot Feared in Scottsboro, Ala., After Arrest of Nine, Held for Attacking Girls"... Read full description -
Item #586751THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, May 8, 1957
* Gangster Frank Costello
* Gambling
This 88 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 3: "Costello Starts Term for Defying Jury Quiz" with photo of Costello (see photos). 1st report coverage on famous gangster Frank Costello's contempt of court sentence. See photo for text here.
... Read full description -
Item #586734COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, August 3, 1796 The first column on the front page has an Act of the Mass. Legislature signed in type by: Samuel Adams. Page 2 has: "French Victory on the Rhine" concerning Buonaparte. Also: "Intercourse With Canada". Also a brief yet notable report from Philadelphia: "The... Read full description -
Item #586714THE MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Memphis, Tennessee, June 3, 1873
* Modoc War - Indians
* Captain Jack (Kintpaush) captured
The top of the front page has: "Blessed Peace" "The Celebrated Jack, of Modoc Renown, Is Clutched" "And the United States Army Again Vindicates its Prowess Upon the Lava Beds" with the... Read full description -
Item #586706NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 11, 1861
* Battle of Blackburn's Ford
The front page includes a detailed one column illustration headed: "Plan of The Battle of Blackburn's Ford" with related text. Also nice ftpg. one column war heads: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION" "Gen. Wool Goes to Fortress Monroe"... Read full description -
Item #586692CLEVELAND MORNING LEADER, Ohio, March 18, 1864
* General Ulysses S. Grant
* Officially becomes commander
* Uncommon title
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "Order of General Grant Assuming... Read full description -
Item #586689LOUISVILLE DAILY DEMOCRAT, Kentucky, January 14, 1862
* Uncommon Civil War title
Louisville is difficult to categorize as Union or Confederate during the Civil War as, depending on the time, there were factions within the city supporting both. To placate both sides the two leading newspapers took their stands: the "Courier"... Read full description -
Item #586651NEW YORK HERALD, January 28, 1861
* Abraham Lincoln's trip to Washington D.C.
Page 5 has: "The Lincoln Regime", "The New Administration Still in Favor of Coercion" and "The Day Fixed for the Departure of the President Elect for Washington" which also has a subhead: "Mr.... Read full description -
Item #586650THE WEEKLY HERALD, New York, November 30, 1844
* Early for prints in a daily newspaper
The front page features 3 prints: "The Village Home of Mr. Polk, the President Elect", "Broadway in the Afternoon" and "Trinity Church, Broadway".
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Item #586632DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, 1862 Not only is this a nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but it is from the capital of the Confederate States at the time, the city through which all news reports would be sure to flow.
This issue has various war reports on the inside pages, typically with a very... Read full description -
Item #586631THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL, Atlanta, Georgia, 1863 If the title and city of publication seem to be in conflict, they are not. This newspaper had a fascinating history during the Civil War.
Memphis was a Confederate stronghold up through the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862, at which time the Yankees moved in and it became a... Read full description -
Item #586566JERUSALEM NEWS, subtitled "An American Newspaper--The first daily in Jerusalem printed in the English language.", March 20, 1920
* Rare title - Volume 1 issue
* English language
This newspaper began just 4 months prior. The top of the front page announces a: "Prize Competition" for: "...accounts of actual, personal,... Read full description -
Item #586547THE EXAMINER, Louisville, Kentucky, September 15, 1849 A quite scarce newspaper which lasted but 2 1/2 years, from June, 1847 thru December, 1849. Page 2 has a rather lengthy: "Address of the Central Committee of Louisville to the Emancipationists of Kentucky ! ", "Georgetown College", "Late from Texas", "Later... Read full description -
Item #586482NEW YORK TRIBUNE, October 10, 1864
* Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Virginia
* General Benjamin F. Butler
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "The Great Contest" "Rebel Attack On Butler" "The Enemy Repulsed" "They are Driven to Their Inner Lines" "Important From Missouri--The Enemy... Read full description -
Item #586481NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 28, 1864
* Capture of John S. Marmaduke
* Battle of the Osage
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE WAR IN MISSOURI" "Price Driven out of the State" "Capture of Mardaduke" "The Great Soldiers' Vote Fraud" "Arrest of Gov. Seymour's State... Read full description -
Item #586477NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 17, 1864
* Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia
* Battle of Resaca, Georgia
Among the first column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT CONTEST", "No Further Fighting", "Stuck In Virginia Mud", "The Armies Confront Each Other", "Their Position State", "More... Read full description -
Item #586474NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 25, 1864
* Post Second Battle of Petersburg, Virginia
* Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee
Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT CONTEST", "Grant's New Movement", "He is Getting South of Petersburg", "Butler Cuts the Road... Read full description -
Item #586464NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 13, 1862
* The Southern Press
Among the front page column heads include: "News From the South" "Morbid Condition of the Southern Press" "Rebel View of the Burnside Expedition" "From Gen. Wool's Division" "General Banks' Division".
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Item #586460NEW YORK HERALD, June 20, 1862
* Post Battle of Memphis Tn
* Citizens taking the oath of Allegiance
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Interesting From Memphis" "Crowds of Memphians Taking the Oath of Allegiance" "Dealing In Confederate Notes Prohibited" "Heavy Firing in the Direction of... Read full description -
Item #586459NEW YORK HERALD, June 20, 1862
* Post Battle of Memphis Tn
* Citizens taking the oath of Allegiance
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Interesting From Memphis" "Crowds of Memphians Taking the Oath of Allegiance" "Dealing In Confederate Notes Prohibited" "Heavy Firing in the Direction of... Read full description -
Item #586458NEW YORK HERALD, June 20, 1862
* Post Battle of Memphis Tn
* Citizens taking the oath of Allegiance
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Interesting From Memphis" "Crowds of Memphians Taking the Oath of Allegiance" "Dealing In Confederate Notes Prohibited" "Heavy Firing in the Direction of... Read full description -
Item #586427KENTUCKY GAZETTE, Lexington, April 24, 1886
* Rare title from Kentucky
* Illustrated horse ads
Being from horse country, it is not surprising that the advertisements are focused on horses, with the front page having a large, illustrated ad for one, and the back page entirely taken up with horse ads including 35 which are... Read full description
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