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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 25, 2009 (Front and Calendar sections)

* 2nd week ad for Avatar
* Premiere ad & review of Sherlock Holmes and It's Complicated
* Many other Christmas weekend ads for blockbuster… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Dec. 25, 1929 

* Fire at the White House (West Wing)
* Christmas Eve 

The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIRE DESTROYS HOOVER'S OFFICES; WHITE HOUSE SAVED AFTER… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 25, 1990

* Best "The Godfather Part III" film advertisement
* Grand opening day movie premiere review
* Francis Ford Coppola - Al Pacino

A terrific issue on the… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 25 1984

* GrandMixer DXT - D.ST. editorial with photo
* 1st Musician to use the turntable as a instrument
* First of the turntablists… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 25, 1993

* Best "Tombstone" and "Grumpy Old Men" advertisements
* Grand Opening Day movie premieres & reviews
* American Western & romantic comedy films 

A… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 25, 2007 

* Oscar Peterson - death report and tribute
* Jazz composer, arranger, pianist, and more
* 8 Grammy Awards among many other accolades

The bottom of the… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 25, 1978

* "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" advertisement
* Grand opening day movie - Donald Sutherland
* Science-fiction horror… more

 YORK TIMES, Dec. 25, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Blockade Run at Charleston by a Very Large Steamer" "Rebel Troops to be Clothed Like National Troops" "The… more

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, Dec. 25, 1790

* First Bank of the United States planning
* Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton 

The front page has the" "Plan Of A National… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 25, 2004 
 
* Many full-page ads leading up to the Oscars
* Christmas-season movie releases: Fat Albert, Hotel Rwanda, The Woodsman, & Meet the Fockers

Christmas… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 25, 1969

* Eric Andersen - folk music singer & songwriter
* The Town Hall Manhattan concert advertisement

Page 39 has a full… more

THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 25, 1790  

* President George Washington
* re. State of the Union Address
* United States Congress reaction
* re. death of Benjamin Franklin

The front… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 25, 1923

* Airship Dixmude explosion disaster
* Imperial German Navy zeppelin
* Given to France for war reparations

The front page has a nice banner headline:… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, December 25, 1872

* Christmas eve train wreck disaster
* Cross Cut Railroad - Portland, New York
* Phineas Barnum Circus Museum Fire

The top of  page 5 has a one column… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 25, 1986

* Marquette Frye death (1st report)
* Watts Riots of 1965 victim
* Excessive police brutality

Near the bottom of the front page of section II is a heading:… more

THE NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington, Dec. 25, 1819  Included within is the historic Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain ceded to East Florida to the United States & renounces any claims to West Florida… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1858 

* Illustrator Winslow Homer
* Christmas prints & Santa Claus

The front page features a print: "Santa Claus Paying His Usual Christmas Visit to… more

THE PRESS, Philadelphia, Dec. 25, 1868  

* President Andrew Johnson proclamation 179
* Amnesty & full pardon for treason (Confederates)

The middle of the front page has: "A PROCLAMATION"… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 25, 1858  The front page features a print and article on: "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow".
Among several prints inside is: "Right Rev. William Ingraham Kip D.C.,… more

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, December 25, 1872

* Christmas Eve train wreck
* Cross Cut Railroad disaster - Portland, New York

The front page has a one column headings: "The Most Terrible… more

GLEASON'S WEEKLY LINE OF THE BATTLE SHIP, Boston, Dec. 25, 1858  This title has one of the largest & most decorative mastheads of the 19th century with a decorative & patriotic border around all… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 25, 1843  

* Smithsonian Institution
* Donations being taken
* Pre construction of building
* From Washington D.C.

The front page has:… more

MARIN COUNTY TOCSIN, San Rafael, California, Dec. 25, 1880

* Rare old West publication

An uncommon title from the Bay Area, just north of San Francisco. A typical newspaper of the day with a… more

SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 25, 1886  

* Mormons - Mormonism

This was still a Territorial newspaper as Utah would not become a state for another ten years.
This is a… more

HERALD EXPRESS--5th WAR EXTRA, Los Angeles, Dec. 25, 1941 

* Battle off the California coast ?

The large headline announces: "SINK JAP SUB OFF CAL. COAST" and: "2nd Sub Bombed Near L.A." with… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 25, 1858  Page 3 has over half a column of detailed reporting headed: "The Slaves of the Echo", an infamous slave ship. It mentions in part:… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 25, 1943

* General Dwight D. Eisenhower
* Chosen to lead D-Day by FDR

The front page has a one column heading: "ALLIED INVASION ARMY TO BE LED BY EISENHOWER"… more

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Dec. 25, 1879  The front page has: "Queer Outcome of Woman's Suffrage" "The Cherokees Not Disposed to Stand Any Nonsense" as well as: "Edison and the Electric… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 25, 1945

* General George S. Patton death burial
* Post World War II reports

The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "PATTON BURIED AT SIDE OF 3D ARMY… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 9 only, December 25, 1938

* The Great Depression
* Several case examples
* Christmas time

The front page of this section has a banner headline: "ON CHRISTMAS,… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 25, 1933

* Archbishop Leon Tourian assassination
* Armenian Apostolic Church of America

The front page has a one column heading "Prelate Slain with Knife in… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 25, 1942

* François Darlan assassination
* French Admiral of the Fleet

The front page has a great banner headline in bold lettering: "DARLAN ASSASSINATED" with… more

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 25, 1813  The issue begins with: "The Embargo Law" which takes 3 pages. Also inside: "Female Heroism". Seven pages are taken up with: "Events of the War" which… more

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER. December 25, 1944

* Battle of the Bulge
* World War II Belgium

The front page has five column headline: "NAZIS' DRIVE HALTED" with subheads. (see)
Complete 1st section… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 25, 1872

* Phineas Barnum Circus Museum Fire

The back page has an article headed: "NEW-YORK FIRES" "A Million Dollars' Worth of Property in Flames" "Barnum's… more

SAN LEANDRO REPORTER "SUPPLEMENT", Alameda County, California , Dec. 25, 1880

* Rare Old West title

A very scarce and quite small single sheet "Supplement" issue, measuring just 9 by 10 3/4… more

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, December 25, 1932

* Moweaqua, Illinois 
* Coal mine disaster 

This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"HOPES FOR 54 MEN TRAPPED IN… more

CHRISTMAS CHIMES, the "Supplement to Tuolumne Independent", California, December 25, 1883 

The masthead has a very nice Christmas theme. The ftpg. also has two Christmas poems & a print: "The… more

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, December 25, 1920.  "Pictorial Digest of the World's News" "The Camera's Record of Natable Events" plus other articles of the day.  A great issue… more

DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 25, 1926 Front page 3 line, 2 column head: "Japans Ruler Dies; Hirohito Takes Throne" & subhead. One col. photo of the late Emperor Yoshihito, who was Hirohitos… more

THE ILLUSTRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY, New York,  December 26. 1885.  A great issue for framing and displaying!…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue. The front page of this issue has a photo of "The Passing of Leopold." This issue has an illustration of ""There… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, December 25, 1915

This issue has a color cover page before the title page which has an illustration titled "'Stick Around'" by Morris. On the back of the… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1897  Full front page illus. of "A Caprice of Time: 1827-1897 - Two Christmases." Two full pgs. of illus. of "Negus Menelek of Abyssinia at Home." Full pg.… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1886  Thomas Nast is credited with creating the modern version of Santa Claus, as well as being a well-known political cartoonist. The entire front page is a… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1880  Front full pg. illus. of "Making Wreaths." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Excavations Under Flood Rock, Hell Gate." Three large illus. of "Sketches… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1875  Front full pg. illus. of" "Selling Christmas Greens - A Scene in Richmond, Virginia." Inside is a full pg. Thomas Nast illus: "J. G. B. Jun., In His… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1869 The front page of the issue contains a fullpage illustration entitled "Home for the Holidays" (Christmas). Inside are five illustrations pertaining to… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1858  The front page features a print: "Santa Claus Paying His Usual Christmas Visit to His Young Friends" shows him in a sleigh pulled by a turkey, with many… more

THE MADISONIAN, Washington, Dec. 25, 1839 Taking three columns on pg. 2 and five columns on pg. 3 is the President's "Message". It is signed in type: M. Van Buren. Acid-free tape mend to an… more