Historic Newspapers: Search Results

THE ILLUSTRATED POLICE NEWS, Boston, Oct. 23, 1897

* Rare illustrated publication

Although earlier in its distance this was a more bonafide police & law enforcement newspaper, but by this time… more

THE TRIB, New York City, January 9, 1978  This was a very short-lived newspaper (ended April 5) of tabloid size, that hoped to compete with the more dominant Post and Daily News newspapers, also of… more

DAILY TIMES, from Chicago, Illinois dated June 20, 1944. This is a tabloid-size issue with the headlines of "YANKS RACE TO GATES OF CHERBOURG!" with the coverage beginning inside the issue. This… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 9, 2007 

* Anna Nicole Smith death
* Playboy centerfold playmate
* Model, actress & tabloid star

The bottom of the ftpg. has a boxed section headed: "Glitz, Scandal,… more

BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG, Germany, June 20, 1940  This was the Life magazine of Germany, filled with various photos.
The full front page is a photo of British & French troops evcuating Dunkirk,… more

DAILY TIMES, from Chicago, Illinois dated June 29, 1944. This is a tabloid-size issue with the headlines of "RUSS TRAP 22 DIVISIONS NEAR MINSK" with the coverage beginning inside the issue. This… more

DAILY TIMES, from Chicago, Illinois dated June 23, 1944. This is a tabloid-size issue with the headlines of "Nazis Report -- RUSS OPEN BIG DRIVE!" with the coverage beginning inside the issue. This… more

BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG, Germany, May 7, 1942  This was the Life magazine of Germany, filled with various photos.
The full front page shows Heinrich Himmler, SS leader at the Eastern Front in… more

DAILY TIMES, from Chicago, Illinois dated June 27, 1944. This is a tabloid-size issue with the headlines of "2 COMMANDERS SEIZED IN FALL OF CHERBOURG!" with the coverage beginning inside the issue.… more

BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG, Germany, Sept. 12, 1940  This was the Life magazine of Germany, filled with various photos.
The full front page shows a British warship being shelled at from the… more

DAILY SKETCH - MINIATURE COPY, Manchester, England.  The "regular" edition of this title was a tabloid which considered itself "The Premier Picture Paper", having begun in 1908. This is the… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 9, 2007  The bottom of the ftpg. has a boxed section headed: "Glitz, Scandal, Fame, Loss--And Death at 39", with some text & a small photo of Anna Nicole Smith. The article… more

B-Z, Berlin, Germany, December 23, 1989 

* Fall of the Berlin Wall
* Brandenburg Gate opens
* Best publication to be had ? (very rare)

A great issue on the fall of the Berlin Wall, with a… more

THE LAST NEWS - Tomorrows' Headlines Today.  There is no date or city of publication. 

* Gospel Tract Society publication 
* 20th-century apocalyptic ephemera

The dateline simply states "Whorl Wide… more

GOOFY GAZETTE, New York, July 2, 1932  

* Rudy Vallee shot ?

As the title might suggest, this was a a comic newspaper, making fun of current events, people, and places. Perhaps this was most… more

SUNDAY NEWS, New York City, May 8, 1945

* Nazis surrendering in Europe
* General George S. Patton's Army

The front page has a nice banner headline: "PATTON'S MEN TAKE PILSEN" with photo of… more

POLICE GAZETTE, New York, January 31, 1931

* Babe Ruth & boxing
* Ty Cobb & golf

This tabloid calls itself: "The Leading Illustrated Sporting Journal In the World" as noted in the masthead,… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 7, 1963

* Underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger
* Occultist - believer in Aleister Crowley's "Thelema"
* "Scorpio Rising" short film… more

DAILY MIRROR, London, England, May 5, 1926  This is a small, somewhat crudely-produced issue of this famous tabloid printed during the historic General Strike in the United Kingdom.
A General… more

LEVIATHAN, San Francisco, June, 1970 

* Rare radical left publication
* Students for a Democratic Society

This was a New Left radical underground newspaper published in a tabloid newspaper… more

COAST REPORTER - THIRD SERIES --  EXTRA!  A seemingly odd-ball weekly newspaper from Los Angeles, mostly dealing with political issues. The inside masthead notes: "The West's Snappiest Newspaper".… more

THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, May 1, 1989

* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 
* Los Angeles Lakers
* Augusta, Georgia

This tabloid-size newspaper is a complete issue in very nice, clean… more

STARS & STRIPES, June 14, 1945  This was the: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations" as noted in the masthead.
The front page reports: "Okinawa Yanks Intensity… more

DAILY NEWS, WAR EXTRA, Los Angeles, July 1, 1943 

* MacArthur Strikes
* Great WW2 headlines

The 4-line, full-banner headline reads: "WAR EXTRA - M'ARTHUR STRIKES! - INVADES 5 BASES - Fighting… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, June 30, 1987  Page 63 has a full page ad for the October 5-7 & 10-12 Pink Floyd concerts at both Madison Square Garden and the Meadowlands Arena. Another noteworthy… more

DAILY NEWS, New York, NY, October 13, 1973  The front page of this tabloid issue carries the headline "NIXON'S CHOICE IS GERALD FORD" with the subhead "Congress Chiefs Applaud Pick". The article… more

THE NATIONAL LEGIONNAIRE, Indianapolis, Indiana, August, 1945  Noted in the masthead: "Dedicated to the Minute Men on the Firing Line".
The banner headline; "WE HAVE WON THE WAR; WHAT ABOUT THE… more

DAILY NEWS, New York Aug. 9, 1974 

* President Richard Nixon

A very dramatic front page with over half of it taken up with: "NIXON RESIGNS". The balance has: "Acts in 'Interest of Nation',… more

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, March 11, 1980 

* John Wayne Gacy's trial ending
* American serial killer
* "Pogo the Clown" 
* From the city where it happened (rare)

Page 3 has coverage at the end of… more

FORT MEADE POST, Maryland, Dec.10, 1943  

* Rare World War II U.S. Army Post publication
* Photo of entertainer & stripper Gypsy Rose Lee

Thus is the in-house newspaper for Fort George G Meade, and… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, July 7, 1987  As most might be aware "The Village Voice" was an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. It… more

DAILY NEWS--WAR EXTRA, Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 1943  A very displayable issue with this great front page: "Eisenhower announces---ALL ITALY IN SURRENDER ! " and: "Military Armistice In Effect". A very… more

THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, April 17, 1989

* Nick Faldo Wins Masters 
* British Golfer
* Augusta, Georgia

This tabloid-size newspaper is a complete issue and is in very nice,… more

A reprint of the very first NEW YORK TIMES crossword puzzle which was published in The New York Times Magazine, February 15, 1942 (more than one available).


* The first New York Times… more

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, Sept. 26, 1981

* Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in
* United States Supreme Court - 1st woman Justice

The front page has a photos showing O'Connor with President Reagan with… more

DAILY WORLD, New York City, June 17, 1971

* Pentagon Papers 1st made public
* Vietnam War - Lyndon Johnson
* Angela Davis in jail for gun violations

An uncommon title, being a tabloid-size… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Feb. 1, 1968  Beginning on the front page is a review of Bob Dylan's recently released album "John Wesley Harding", the article titled: "Dylan: Nothing Is Revealed".
… more

DAILY NEWS, New York, May 28, 1962  

* Scott Carpenter orbits earth
* Project Mercury-Atlas 7 rocket

The front page reports: " 'Supreme Experience' CARPENTER'S STORY OF ORBIT with a related… more

DAILY NEWS--EXTRA, New York Aug. 9, 1974  A very dramatic front page with over half of it taken up with: "NIXON QUITS". The balance has the official announcement: "President Nixon announced his… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, April 6, 1967

* The Who - English rock band
* First review in a American newspaper
* Roger Daltrey - Keith Moon - Pete Townsend

The Village Voice has the… more

DAILY NEWS, WAR EXTRA, Los Angeles, July 12, 1943 

* Invasion of Sicily Italy
* Operation Husky

The bold banner headline announces: "SEIZE KEY SICILIAN PORTS" with subheads. More inside… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, June 2, 1975

* A Chorus Line is Reviewed pre-Broadway
* Off-Broadway at the Public Theater
* Michael Bennett, Marvin Hamlisch, Nicholas Dante, & James Kirkwood Jr
… more

BOOK REVIEW Section only of the New York Times, May 30, 1937

* Vincent Van Gogh - Dutch painter
* Letters to his brother Theo
* Katherine Woods book review

The front page of this section… more

DAILY NEWS, New York Aug. 9, 1974  A very dramatic front page with over half of it taken up with: "NIXON RESIGNS". The balance has: "Acts in 'Interest of Nation', Asks for End to Bitterness" and… more

THE WOMAN'S TRIBUNE, Washington, D.C., May 25, 1901

* Rare publication - Women's suffrage

Their motto in the masthead: "Equality Before The Law". This was the country's leading women's… more

UTOPIAN NEWS, Los Angeles, California, March 18, 1935  A very unusual & rare title from the depths of the Depression. This newspaper lasted for less than 2 years, and 3 months of that time it was… more

UTOPIAN NEWS, Los Angeles, California, Nov. 4, 1935  A very unusual & rare title from the depths of the Depression. This newspaper lasted for less than 2 years, and 3 months of that time it was… more

UTOPIAN NEWS, Los Angeles, California, Dec. 9, 1935  A very unusual & rare title from the depths of the Depression. This newspaper lasted for less than 2 years, and 3 months of that time it was… more

UTOPIAN NEWS, Los Angeles, California, Nov. 18, 1935  A very unusual & rare title from the depths of the Depression. This newspaper lasted for less than 2 years, and 3 months of that time it was… more

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, April 11, 1975

* Lee Elder breaks the color barrier
* 1st African American in Masters (day 1)
* PGA Professional Gold Accociation

The bottom of the back page has a photo… more