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Item #724921FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Feb. 1, 1950
* Thermonuclear Fusion enters the playing field
* Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
* Cold War with Russia enters a new phase
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "U.S. Goes Ahead On Development Of Super Bomb" with subhead.... Read full description -
Item #724920THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1950
* Llandow air disaster w/ photos
* Avro Tudor V aircraft - airplane
* World's deadliest aviation accident at the time
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "80 KILLED IN WORLD'S WORST AIR CRASH AS PLANE DIVES NEAR A WALES AIRPORT; ONLY 3 ON FOOTBALL FANS' TRIP... Read full description -
Item #724919COMICS SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune (weekly on Sundays), May 1, 1938
* "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould (color comic strip)
* American police detective w/ Yellow trench coat
This section is loaded with nice, colored comic strips with a full front page strip titled: "DICK TRACY" by Chester Gould (see images)
This... Read full description -
Item #724918THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 2, 1931
* SS Egypt ocean liner found
* Gold & silver salvage fame
* English Channel deep diving
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Divers Find Liner's $5,000,000 Bullion Intact; Reach Egypt's Cargo After Three-year Effort" (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #724917SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 1939
* Texas A&M Aggies college football
* Undefeated season - National champions
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Undefeated Texas Aggies Win by 20-0" with season results. (see images) More on page 3 with lineups.... Read full description -
Item #724916COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1963
* First appearance of baby "Pebbles"
* "The Flintstones" color comic strip
* "Stone age" animated comedy series
This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 7 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with the... Read full description -
Item #724888NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1945
* Beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
* Germans last line of defense (Rhine) breached
* Battle of Iwo Jima near the beginning
The front page has a nice banner headline: "9TH ARMY AT THE RHINE, FOE FLEES IN ROUT; FIRST ADVANCES, BRITISH DRIVE REPORTED; RUSSIANS CLOSING TRAP; NEW GAINS ON IWO" with various... Read full description -
Item #724887THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 7, 1945
* Capture of Cologne, Germany
* 1st major German city to surrender
* Finals weeks of the Third Reich
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SHATTERED COLOGNE FALLS TO 1ST ARMY; 3D SWEEPS WITHIN 20 MILES OF COBLENZ; SOVIET GAIN NEAR STETTIN... Read full description -
Item #724885THE LONDON EVENING POST, May 27, 1779
* American Revolutionary War era
* 18th century - from The Enemy
Newspapers from England during the time of the Revolutionary War are always interesting as they give a sense as to life at that time and what political discussions were the "hot topic" of the day. Red tax stamp on page 3.
I... Read full description -
Item #724884CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 29, 1929
* Sinclair Oil Corporation founder freed
* Teapot Dome Scandal - bribery
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SINCLAIR, OIL BARON, FREE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related photo on the back page.
Complete with all 44 pages, this is the "rag edition"... Read full description -
Item #724883PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Jan. 19, 1976
* Pittsburgh Steelers - NFL football
* Back-to-back Super Bowl champions
* vs. Dallas Cowboys - Super Bowl X
* Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris & Lynn Swann
The front page has a nice banner headline in the iconic team colors: "STEELERS STILL... Read full description -
Item #724880THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 23, 1865
* Fort Anderson surrenders
* Wilmington, North Carolina
* Final months of the Civil War
The first column of the front page has one column headings that include: "WILMINGTON" "Evacuation Of Fort Anderson" "The Rebel Works Fiercely Bombarded by the Monitors" "The Enemy... Read full description -
Item #724879NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1863
* Invasion of Maryland & Pennsylvania
* Confederates advance towards Gettysburg
* General Robert E. Lee's rebel forces
* History about to be made (historic)
* Less than a week away
The front page has some nice & detailed reporting on the advance of the Confederates into the... Read full description -
Item #724878FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Feb. 4, 1950
* Klaus Fuchs arrested
* German atomic bomb scientist
* Russian - Soviet Union spy
* re. Manhattan Project
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Data On H-Bomb Seen Accessible To Spy Suspect" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, minor spine wear,... Read full description -
Item #724876USA TODAY, April 16, 1984
* Christopher Wilder "The Beauty Queen Killer"
* Colebrook, New Hampshire capture and suicide
The front page has a three column illustration headed: "Wilder's survivors not talking" Also a two column heading: "1 can't talk, other trying to sell story" with... Read full description -
Item #724875THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1951
* Joe DiMaggio "The Yankee Clipper"
* New York Yankees MLB baseball
* Announces his last year as a player
The front page of the sport's section (near the back) has a two column heading: "DiMaggio Plan to Quit After '51 Stuns Yankees... Read full description -
Item #724865THE ENGLISH CHRONICLE & WHITEHALL EVENING POST, London, England, Oct. 4, 1803 One of the less common titles of early 19th century England, this issue added to the private collection because of the nice engraving in the masthead. This is the first of this title we have offered.
Various reports of the day including... Read full description -
Item #724850NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1952 Page 7 has a report concerning the funeral of Eva Peron, wife of the Argentine dictator Juan Peron. But her life outshone that of her husband, with her identifying as one of the common people, causing her to be beloved by the people of Argentina.
The first column head: "4 Die, 2,100 Hurt At... Read full description -
Item #724849CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 16, 1938 The front page has a small heading regarding this feat. The front page of section 2 (sports) has a nice banner headline: "VANDER MEER WINS 2D NO-HIT GAME IN ROW" with subheads, related photo, and box scores. The front page has: "WIRE SNOOPING BILL PASSES".
Complete in 32... Read full description -
Item #724848FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, April 15, 1922 The sports page has a one-column photo of Babe Ruth headed: "A Lonesome Babe" with a caption noting him watching a Yankees game due to his 40-day suspension.
Also a report on the death of famous ball player Cap Anson: " 'Pop' Anson Hears Umpire Call And Goes Home To... Read full description -
Item #724847NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, April 7, 1935 This rotogravure section has a front page pictorial regarding the newly acquired air force in Germany, with 4 photos of Hitler and 2 of Goering.
The complete ten page rotogravure section only, light toning, minor irregularity at the spine, good condition. -
Item #724845CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 29, 1934 The front page has a one-column head: "Zaro Agha, the 160 Year Old Turk, Is Dead". A small photo of Agha is on the front page.
Zaro Aga was a Kurdish man who claimed to be one of the longest-living persons ever. He claimed he was born on February 16, 1774 and died on June 29, 1934 in Istanbul, Turkey.... Read full description -
Item #724844THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, January 27, 1971 Near the bottom of the front page is a photo with a caption headed: "Manson Girls' Found Guilty" with just a bit of text. They are Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins, and Leslie Van Houten.
Complete in 10 pages, nice condition. -
Item #724843HERALD EXAMINER, Los Angeles, June 26, 1968 The front page has a bold banner headline: "FORTAS CHIEF JUSTICE; And a Texan Named to Court Vacancy" with subhead and small photo. Nice coverage on Lyndon Johnson nominating Abe Fortas for Chief Justice of the United States.
Also on the front page are two side-by-side... Read full description -
Item #724842CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE (Picture Section), March 11, 1934 The front page is completely taken up with a color illustration of St. Patrick. It is a print of the painting, which at the time was hanging in Saint Patrick's Church in Chicago, and which had survived the 1871 Chicago Fire.
Other prints within this section include... Read full description -
Item #724841THE COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, Kentucky, June 17, 1918 Nice banner headline on World War I: "AUSTRIANS HELD AT NEARLY EVERY POINT; CROSS THE PIAVE BUT ARE HARD PRESSED" with related subheads.
But perhaps the best content is the nice report on Babe Ruth on the sports page with a full-figure photo of him headed: "... Read full description -
Item #724792THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 2008
* 'Old' Yankee Stadium's final game played
* The House 'Babe' Ruth Built - New York Yankees
The front page features a color photo captioned: "When It's Over, It's Over..." showing Yogi Berra saluting to the fans during a ceremony before the final game at the 85 year-old Yankee Stadium.
The front page of the sports... Read full description -
Item #724790CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Sunday Edition), March 30, 1980 (sections I-V) The front page has considerable detail regarding the merging of the Midwest Mafia - including involvement of Anthony Spilotro ("Tony the Ant") and Nick and Carl Cilvella.
Included are sections I through V. Minimal margin wear and toning, good condition. -
Item #724789SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Oct. 6, 2001 The front page is almost totally devoted to Barry Bonds breaking the single-season home run record with a very dramatic photos & large headline (#71 and #72). Great to have this report in a San Francisco newspaper despite the later controversy concerning use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Present... Read full description -
Item #724788NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1999 The front page has a four column photo titled: "With a Few Tears and a Final Assist, Gretzky Says Goodbye".
The front page of the sports section has a much larger photo of Gretzky waving to the crowd, headed: "THE GREAT GOODBYE" with more, and additional reports within.
The complete issue with all 4 sections,... Read full description -
Item #724786THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1961
* Sputnik 9 Russian spacecraft
* "Space Race" heats up for eventual human flight
* Chernushka - Blackie - Russia dog (historic)
* 1st animal returned from space successfully (alive)
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Soviet Orbits and Returns 5-Ton Satellite With Dog" ... Read full description -
Item #724785THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 6, 1908
* "Lonely Hearts" Woman killer Belle Gunness
* La Porte, Indiana murder farm discovery
The top of the front page has a 3 1/2 column headline: "GHASTLY Evidence Found Of Wholesale MURDER" with subhead. (see images). Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description -
Item #724784THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1932
* Bergenfield, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
* Distribution of literature on public streets
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Jehovah's Witnesses movement arrests
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
Page 2 has a small one column... Read full description -
Item #724782THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 5, 1934
* Third Reich - Nazis announce sterilization plan
* Prelude to the Jewish Holocaust - exterminations ?
Page 10 has a one column heading: "Reich Sterilization Of Children Planned" with subhead. (see images) See below for details.
Complete with all 42 pages, light toning, generally in very... Read full description -
Item #724781THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1956
* re. Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
* 27 year old Martin Luther King Jr.
* 1960's Civil Rights movement in it's infancy
The front page has a one column heading: "FIRST NEGRO TRIED IN BUS BOYCOTTING" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 52 pages, light toning at the margins, nice... Read full description -
Item #724760LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 28, 1985
* Head Coach Lou Holtz announcement
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
The top of the fornt page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Irish Give the Ball to Holtz" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no... Read full description -
Item #724753THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Feb. 19, 1673
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
* Unique gift idea for that history buff
This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to... Read full description -
Item #724745LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 3, 1989
* Lou Holtz's 1st and only title
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* Wins Fiesta Bowl vs. West Virginia
* College football national champions
The front page of the sport's section has a heading: "#1: There's No Stopping Notre Dame" with subhead and related photo. (see) First report... Read full description -
Item #724735SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 11, 1879 The front page has various scenes from inside a Tobacco Factory. Inside contains images and text re: "A Three Legged Woodcock", "...The Tanks of the Brighton Aquarium", "The Chichester Water tower", and more. Period... Read full description -
Item #724714LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 8, 1990 The front page of the Sports Section has: "80 Years Ago, the Truth Hurt", with subhead: "Johnson's Victory Over Jeffries Taught Lesson to White America", followed by an extensive retrospective on their infamous boxing match which took place on July 4, 1910. The article continues on page C12... Read full description -
Item #724713MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, May 7, 1942
* United States surrender Corregidor
* Manila Bay, Philippines
* Prelude to the Bataan death march
* General Jonathan M. Wainwright
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a four column heading: "JAPS HUNT FOR GUERRILLA BANDS ON THE PHILIPPINES" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 22 pages,... Read full description -
Item #724712CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 17, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigation
* George 'Bugs' Moran & Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The front page has a one column heading: "SCHOOLS CHIEF GIVES CLEW TO GANG MASSACRE" with subhead.... Read full description -
Item #724709THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, February 1, 1958
* 1st satellite put into space by the United States
* EXPLORER 1 (1ST REPORT)
The top of the front page has a five column headline announcing America's successful entry in the space race with: "Space Secrets 'Beep' Back to U.S. As Explorer Rockets Over Earth... Read full description -
Item #724706THE 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 regarding the 25th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight with one column heading. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with... Read full description -
Item #724705MID-WEEK PICTORIAL, New York, March 25, 1920 Fine pictorial published by the New York Times, this issue has the reporting the "German Revolt"; St. Patrick's Day Parade"; "Fashion's Changes" "Asquith's Return" and other photos with text throughout this 24 page issue. In good condition. -
Item #724704THE EXAMINER, London, Oct. 12, 1713
* Rare 18th century publication
This editorial-format newspaper was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift at this time (of Gulliver's Travels fame), It promoted a Tory perspective on British politics, at a time when Queen Anne had replaced Whig ministers with Tories.
Complete as a single sheet... Read full description -
Item #724703THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Feb. 25, 1674
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
* Unique gift idea for that history buff
This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to... Read full description -
Item #724701LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 1, 1989
* Best "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* American Christmas comedy film - Chevy Chase
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "National Lampoon's Christmas... Read full description -
Item #724700THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, Jan. 14, 1920
* The 1920 Reichstag Bloodbath
* Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
* Radicalism vs. Weimar Republic
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "EVERY PART OF GERMANY NOW UNDER MARTIAL LAW" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, some... Read full description -
Item #724699COMIC SECTION only of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 19, 1940
* "The Panic at the Circus"
* Superman (color comic strip) - #29
* 1st year of publication
* Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
This is a first year printing of the "Superman" color comic strip (by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), which... Read full description
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