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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 7 1990 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 7, 1990 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 7, 1939

* Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech
* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)

The front page has a nice banner headline: "HITLER PUSHES PEACE OFFER" with subheads. (see… more

Sunday edition CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 7, 1990 

* Walt Disney's "Fantasia" 50th anniversary
* Animated musical with Mickey Mouse 
* Sam Kinison - Stand-up Comedian
* Los… more

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, October 7, 1926

* New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals
* World Series of baseball (DURING game 5)

The top of the front page has a four column headline:… more

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Oct. 7, 1773  

* Phillis Wheatley poem "On Imagination"
* Famous "Slave" servant turned poet

An extraordinary issue, as page 5 contains what might be the first periodical… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 7, 1912

* The Pfanschmidt family ax murders
* Payson (Quincy), Adams County, Illinois

The front page has a one column heading: "SON CHARGED WITH SLAYING… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 7, 1951

* Will Keith Kellogg death w/ photo
* American food industrialist 
* Kellogg Company - Kellogg's 
* Breakfast cereals pioneer 

Page 2 has a two column… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Oct. 7, 1797  Page 2 has a report: "From Presque Isle (on Lake Erie)...that Ensign Callender had arrived there with information that the inhabitants of the Nartches… more

SECTION 4 ONLY of the New York Times, Oct. 7, 1945

* Inside the Los Alamos National Laboratory
* Making the atomic bomb in New Mexico
* Project Y - physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer

Page 9 of… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 7, 1965

* Early The Rolling Stones concert advertisement
* English rock and roll band - British invasion
* Mick Jagger - Keith… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village (weekly), New York, Oct. 7, 1971

* "The French Connection" World premiere advertisement
* American neo-noir action thriller film - movie
* Famed actors Gene… more

THE SCIENTIFIC, New York, Oct. 7, 1880  The masthead notes: "A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science", but this issue is mostly taken up with advertisements. This is a volume 2 issue.
Four pages,… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Oct. 7, 1876  Inside contains a full page print: "American Sketches: Indians At A Hide-Trader's Hut" as well as: "American Sketches: The Mammoth Cave of… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 7, 1929

* The Blackburn Cult
* The Great Eleven Club
* May Otis Blackburn
* Queen & High Priestiss
* Willa Rhoads corpse

The bottom of the front page has a… more

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, October 7, 2010

* Roy Halladay's no-hitter
* Postseason debut
* Best title to be had

The front page has a headline: "Unhittable" with subhead: "Halladay silences… more

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct. 7, 1973

* Yom Kippur War begins (day one)
* Israel vs. Egypt - Syria & more
* Arab-Israeli conflict - Arab States 
* Sinai Peninsula -… more

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 7, 1865  A nice foldout centerfold: "Grand Celebration of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows & Dedication of the Monument...Founder of the Order...In… more

THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Oct. 7, 1864 

* Rare Confederate publication
* Origin of the American Civil War
* Jefferson Davis speech
* Columbia, South Carolina

Among the front… more

THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, October 7, 1783

* Newburgh Conspiracy plan
* General George Washington
* Revolutionary War ending events

 Both the front page and page 2 have nice, lengthy… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 7, 1990

* Colorado Buffaloes college football
* "Fifth Down Game" debacle

The bottom of the front page of the sport's section has a two column heading: "Colorado… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 7, 1861  The front page is dominated by a very large & very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE SEAT OF WAR IN WESTERN VIRGINIA".
There are many front page column heads on the… more

IROQUOIS COUNTY TIMES, Watseka, Illinois, Oct. 7, 1876 

* Rare publication from the Midwest

From a somewhat small town (pop. 5,200) in Eastern Illinois. Various news and ads of the day… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 7, 1883  Page 4 has a quite lengthy & very detailed, descriptive article headed: "Santa Barbara" in California. It offers much praise on the area, beginning: "The… more

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1940

* Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Tigers
* World Series of baseball (game 6)

Above the masthead is a nice scoreboard graph showing the… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 1858  Page 3 has an article headed: "From The Kansas Gold Region", which we now call the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. At the time Pike's Peak was in… more

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Penn. October 7, 1921

* New York Yankees 3rd ever World Series game
* Babe Ruth's second year w/ Yanks vs. Giants
* Early, same day first report

The front page has a… more

THE WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 1981

* Anwar Sadat assassination

The front page has a banner headline: "Sadat Assassinated at Military Show; Deputy Vows to Continue His… more

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, California, a trio of issues for Oct. 7, 8 & 9, 1945, each containing a portion of General J. Wainwright's story on his imprisonment & the mistakes that were made in the… more

THE WORLD, New York, Oct. 7, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Richmond Life" "A Thrilling Biography of the Great General of the South - An Authentic Life of STONEWALL… more

NEW YORK POST, October 7, 1941.

* New York Yankees are 1941 World Series champions
* Major league baseball MLB - Subway series

The sport's section (page 13) has a banner headline: "Dodgers… more

ST LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - Sports Section only, Oct. 7, 1941

* St. Louis Cardinals to win 1942 World Series ?
* MLB - Major League Baseball true prediction

The banner headline reports on the… more

ONCE A WEEK, New York, Oct. 7, 1890  "An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper" not unlike the more successful Harper's Weekly, with the entire front page taken up with a nice print showing: "Pasteur In His… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Oct. 7, 1941

* Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan
* General of the Imperial Japanese Army
* Bombing of Pearl Harbor imminent ?

The front page has a nice… more

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Oct. 7, 1936 

* New York Yankees baseball
* World Series Champions
* Joe DiMaggio & Lou Gehrig era

The sports page has a photo headed: "Clinching Title… more

THE CLEVELAND PRESS, Ohio (miscellaneous dates from Sept.-Dec., 1945 - outer leaves from 7 or more issues)

* Post-WWII Coverage
* Primary coverage - balance of Japan & Germany

The months… more

LONG ISLAND DEMOCRAT, Jamaica, N.Y., October 7, 1856
*Buchanan-Breckinridge endorsement
A nice front page endorsement for the Buchanan-Breckinridge ticket which appears near the top of the first… more

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1943

* New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals
* World Series of baseball (game 3)

The front page has a two column headline: "Yankees… more

Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 7, 1960  This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Round 2 Tonight, Dick vs. Jack". This tells of the upcoming 2nd of… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 7, 1893  The front page has "The World's Columbian Exhibition - Engineering Specialties - The Lake Keuka Wine Co." which has an accompany article. Also the… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 7, 1928 (1st section)

* Michael "Mike Shots" Abbatemarco
* Brooklyn gangster assassination hit
* Frankie Yale organization leader

The front page has a one column… more

LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York Oct. 7, 1915  The front cover is a nice & dramatic color print reflecting the action in the early years of World War I, captioned: "Directing The Big Guns". Articles within… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, October 7, 1871 Within this issue are several nice illustrations, but the best would have to be the very nice doublepage centerfold captioned: "Sunday Morning… more

THE PHOENIX GAZETTE, Arizona, October 7, 1950

* New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies
* Pitcher Whitey Ford World Series debut

The front page has a nice banner headline announcing:… more

THE BISBEE EVENING ORE, Arizona, October 7, 1936

* New York Yankees
* World Series Champions
* Joe DiMaggio & Lou Gehrig
* Front leaf only

This front leaf only has a nice five column… more

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, October 7, 1955

* Laramie, Wyoming airplane crash
* United Airlines Flight 409
* Douglas Dc-4 propliner

The front page has a three column headline: "66… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 7, 1932

* Liquid fueled rocket "spaceship"
* Johannes Winkler test fails

This 44 page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 2: "Liquid Fuel Rocket… more

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, October 7, 1859

* John LaMountain voyage
* Balloonist - ballooning pioneer

The back page has an article headed: "Voyage Of The Atlantic" "Aeronautic Perils, Privations… more

THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, October 7, 1886

* Steamer La Mascotte boiler explosion

The front page has one column headings: "A TERRIBLE DISASTER" "To The Steamer La… more