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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 4, 1910 

* Firefighting - firetrucks

The front page is captioned: "Fire Fighting Without Fire Engines" which shows the use of the new fire hydrant system… more

NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Jan. 1, 1878  Page 14 has an article: "Telephone Experiments" which begins: "At a lecture delivered in this city, Professor Bell quaintly remarked respecting his… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 13, 1928 (new discovery - read backgrounds 1 and 2 below)

* Death report of Lewis H. Latimer
* Member of the Edison Pioneers
* Credited for drawing plans for

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 4, 1923

* Mabel Gardiner Hubbard death
* Alexander Graham Bell's wife
* Invention of telephone fame

The top of page 19 has one column headings: "Mrs. A. G. Bell… more

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, July 23, 1930

* Glenn Curtiss death
* Aviation pioneer
* U.S. airplane industry

This 24 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page:… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 4, 1876  

* Johann Philipp Reis
* German scientist & inventor
* Make-and-break telephone

The ftpg. shows: "An Australian Man-Of-War" with a related article. Inside… more

THE AMERICAN SOCIALIST, Oneida, New York, Sept. 18, 1879 A article inside has the heading, "One Thing And Another", which states in part: "Sitting Bull is a powerful savage with a massive face-- as… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1876 

* Johann Philipp Reis
* Very early telephone experiments

Page 4 has a very early article on: "The Telephone" which takes most of a column. Although this… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 29, 1886 The front page has a nice print showing "Early Telephones" from before Alexander Graham Bell's invention, with each of the 6 models labeled by date, name,… more

SUPPLEMENT TO HARPER'S WEEKLY, Sept. 30, 1876  

* Centennial Exposition
* Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Hard to find in undamaged condition

This is a huge foldout print captioned: "The… more