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Item #721435THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 23, 1968
* Harvard Crimson vs. Yale Bulldogs
* Game of the century - Ivy League
* NCAA college football (DAY OF)
The top of page 64 has a banner heading: "Yale Rules 7-Point Favorite Over Harvard in Battle of Undefeated Today" with related photo.
Complete with all 96 pages,... Read full description -
Item #721434THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 10, 1935
* Porgy and Bess folk-opera
* Composer George Gershwin
* Opening day in Manhattan - NYC
The top of page 30 under "NEWS OF THE STAGE" is a two column heading: "'Gershwin's Folk Opera, 'Porgy and Bess', Opens Tonight..." The same page has a small advertisement for the... Read full description -
Item #721431THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 23, 1929
* Female aviator Amelia Earhart
* Airplane speed record in L.A.
Page 12 has a somewhat discrete report with one column heading: "Miss Earhart Gets Women's Speed Mark" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, nice... Read full description -
Item #721427THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 23, 1936
* Robert Pershing Wadlow (18 yrs. old)
* Alton, Illinois Giant birthday
* Tallest man ever recorded in the World
Page 22 has a one-column heading regarding Robert Wadlow: "ILLINOIS BOY GIANT NEARS RECORD SIZE", which includes subheads: "ALMOST 8 FEET 4... Read full description -
Item #721425THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 8, 1935
* SS Normandie begins return voyage
* French ocean liner passenger ship
* New York City to Le Havre, France
The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "NORMANDIE SAILS FOR A NEW RECORD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the start of Normandie's return trip after her... Read full description -
Item #721359THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1942.
* Battle Of Midway victory - 1st photo
* Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma sinking
* George H. Gay Jr. & Elbert S. McCuskey
* Imperial Japanese Navy defeated
* World war II - WWII naval
The front page has a four column photo with heading: "Efficiency: What Happens When U. S. Navy Planes... Read full description -
Item #721357THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 25, 1911
* Aviator pioneer Eugene Burton Ely
* 1st shipboard airplane landing fame
* USS Pennsylvania cruiser
* Predecessor to the modern day aircraft carrier
* City of San Diego visit announcement
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ELY, WHO MADE FAMOUS... Read full description -
Item #721356THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1937
* Karol Szymanowski death
* Polish composer & pianist
* Modernism - Young Poland
The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "K. SYZMANOWSKI, COMPOSER, IS DEAD" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
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Item #721337THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 7, 1908
* Aviator Léon Delagrange historic flight
* French sculpture and aviation pioneer
* Early airplanes flight in France
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "M. DeLaGrange Outdoes Yesterday's Record Breaking" with related photo. (see images)
Surprisingly this... Read full description -
Item #721336THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 19, 1948
* Nanking - Nanjing, China crisis - Civil War
* Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government
* Communist People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "China Reds Rout Army at Nanking" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning at... Read full description -
Item #721335THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 10 only, December 8, 1935
* The Great Depression
* Several case examples
* Winter time - pre-Christmas
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "REMEMBER THESE: THE NEEDIEST OF ALL!" with related illustration. Lengthy text with many cases continues on page 2 with another related print. Nice for... Read full description -
Item #721333THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 2, 1985
* Historic "Star Wars Trilogy" screening at RKO Warner Theatre
* "Star Wars" "The Empire Strikes Back" "Return of the Jedi"
* Luke Skywalker - Darth Vader - Princess Leia - Han Solo
* LAST ONE IN... Read full description -
Item #721331THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, May 14, 1936
* McAlester, Oklahoma prison convicts break
* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship
* Returns home after 1st American visit
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "1 SLAIN, 11 SHOT IN WILD BREAK BY 24 CONVICTS" with subhead. (see images)
The front page has another... Read full description -
Item #721330THE DETROIT NEWS, December 21, 1958
* Atlas missile launching
* 1st voice relay satellite (SCORE)
* 1st object visible w/ naked eye
* President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The front page has a four column heading: "Round Trip to 'Moon' Made by Ike's Voice'" (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, light toning and... Read full description -
Item #721329THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 19, 1935
* King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia
* 1st monarch of Saudi Arabia
The top of page 6 has a small one column heading: "King Ibn Saud Increases Wives by Proxy Marriage" (see image)
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
AI notes: In 1935, King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, the founder of... Read full description -
Item #721328NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, May 27, 1936
* Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary
* Maiden voyage begins w/ photo
The front page has a one column heading: "S.S. QUEEN MARY HEADS FOR U. S." with subhead. First report coverage continues on page 8 with related photo (see images). Nice to have from the city where she would end her maiden... Read full description -
Item #721308THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 4, 1968
* Woody Guthrie memorial concert
* Bob Dylan's 1st public appearance
* Back from motorcycle accident
* Carnegie Hall, Manhattan
* Summer of Love revisited
* Norman Mailer - Wild 90 film
Page 24 has a 5 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for: "A Musical Tribute To... Read full description -
Item #721307THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1943
* USS Ranger (CV-4) sinking hoax by Nazis
* United States Navy aircraft carrier - WWII
The front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS SAY U-BOAT SANK U.S.S. RANGER" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: In April 1943, German radio... Read full description -
Item #721306THE DETROIT NEWS, September 24, 1931
* Prohibition in the United States
* re. 18th - Eighteenth Amendment
* Beer - liquor - alcohol beverages wanted
* American Legion votes to end it
* Wets vs. Drys in Detroit, Michigan
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "LEGIONNAIRES OPEN BATTLE OVER LIQUOR" with... Read full description -
Item #721305THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 1946
* Nuremberg trials - Germany - Nazis
* “Presentation of Documentary Evidence”
* Jewish holocaust - Atrocities against Jews
* Films showing mass murders at camps
The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "FILMS BACK CHARGE OF GERMAN CRIMES" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #721301LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Dec. 1, 1960
* Korabl-Sputnik 3 - Sputnik 6
* Soviet dogs Pchyolka & Mushka
* Prelude to Yuri Garagin's spaceflight
The top of the front page has a six column headline: "Russia Sends 5 - Ton Space Ship Into Orbit With Animals Aboard" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 12... Read full description -
Item #721298THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, January 4, 1931
* Professor Albert Einstein
* California Institute of Technology
* Theory of General Relativity
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Dr. Einstein Consults California Physicists" with subhead. (see)
Complete 2nd section only with all 20 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #721296CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 1, 1936
* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship
* Very 1st Transatlantic flight begins
* Lakehurst, New Jersey explosion fame
The front page has a one column heading: "New Nazi Zep Flying Ocean; 107 on Board" (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small... Read full description -
Item #721295LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 14, 1962
* Cuban missile crisis beginning
* Cold War - Soviet Union
* Warning of Soviet troops
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "No Present 'Serious Threat' In Cuba, President Declares" with subheads. (see images) This was during the initial landings by... Read full description -
Item #721294MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, October 17, 1953
* USS Leyte explosion fire disaster
* United States Navy Aircraft Carrier
The front page has a banner headline: "BLAST ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER KILLS 30" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images)
Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #721293LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 25, 1982
* Twilight Zone: The Movie helicopter accident
* Actor Vic Morrow & 2 others killed
* Hollywood movie - film scene
The front page has a two column heading: "Falling Copter Kills TV Star Morrow, 2 Children" (see images) Great to have this report in a newspaper from the home of the... Read full description -
Item #721291SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Sept. 27, 1931
* Women's golfer Helen Hicks victory
* U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship
* Grover Cleveland Golf Course - Buffalo
The top of the front page of this section has a banner headline: "HELEN HICKS WINS, 2 AND 1; QUEEN OF U.S.... Read full description -
Item #721290THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 9, 1937
* Cunard liner SS Normandie
* Breaks own speed record
* Blue Riband - Atlantic Ocean
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Normandie Tops Own Atlantic Speed Mark; Makes Eastward Crossing at 31.20 Knots". (see images) Always nice to have notable events in history... Read full description -
Item #721257THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 6, 1989
* The making of "MAUS", by Art Spiegelman
* Incredible renowned cartoonist's tale of The Holocaust
* 1st graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize!
The front page has a large, colorful illustration headed, "MAUS LIVES - An Exclusive Excerpt - Art Spiegelman... Read full description -
Item #721256THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 31, 1965
* John Burros suicide death
* Grand Dragon of the KKK
* Ku Klux Klan of New York
* American Nazi Party leader
* Jewish ancestry made public
Near the bottom of the front page is a four column heading: "State Klan Leader Hides secret of Jewish Origin" Lengthy report continues inisde with... Read full description -
Item #721252THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1942
* Post Battle of Bataan & death march
* Major General Edward P. King
* Allies surrender to Japanese
* Philippines Campaign eyewitness account
* World War II - WWII
The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "BATAAN FORCE MET FANTASTIC ATTACKS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages,... Read full description -
Item #721249NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1935
* Post Dutch Schultz assassination
* New York City gangsters hunted
* Johnny Torrio & Lucky Luciano
The top of the front page has one column headings: "POLICE TO REVIVE GANGSTER SQUAD; TORRIO IS IN MIAMI" "Valentine to Restore System of Picking Up All Outlaws Who... Read full description -
Item #721248THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., January 6, 1948
* Semiramis Hotel bombing
* British Mandate of Palestine
* Hajanah - Israel Defense Forces
Page 7 has a somewhat discrete report with one column heading: "Eight More Arabs Killed by Jewish 'Heavy Bombing'" (see image)
Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, generally... Read full description -
Item #721247LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 8, 1960
* Civil Rights activism - protests
* Southern segregation crisis
* Lunch counter sit-ins and arrests
The front page has a three column heading: "Negroes Claim New Claims" with lead-in: "Anti-Segregation Fight" (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #721244THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Jan. 29, 1936
* Richard Loeb killed in prison
* Bobby Franks murderer
* Leopold and Loeb fame
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "LOEB SLASHED TO DEATH BY IRATE CONVICT" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #721243THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1948
* Hideki Tojo hanged (1st report)
* World War II Japanese criminals
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TOJO AND 6 OTHERS HANGED BY ALLIES AS WAR CRIMINALS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: On December 23, 1948,... Read full description -
Item #721174THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 17, 1937.
* Charles "Lucky" Luciano sentence upheld
* New York City gangster - mob boss
* Amelia Earhart famous disappearance
* Search over the Pacific Ocean - Fred Noonan
The front page has a one column heading: "LUCIANA CONVICTION UPHELD ON APPEAL" with subhead. (see images)
Page 2 has... Read full description -
Item #721173CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 31, 1940
* "The Great Dictator" opening day advertisement
* Charlie Chaplin's first true sound film
* Political satire comedy-drama movie
* Adolph Hitler - Benito Mussolini - fascism
Page 20 has an advertisement for the famous Charlie Chaplin movie "The Great Dictator" This ad... Read full description -
Item #721171ROTOGRAVURE PHOTO SECTION only of The New York Times, June 2, 1935
* Early Robert Pershing Wadlow
* Alton, Illinois Giant (17 years old)
* Tallest man ever recorded in the World
The back page of this section has 2 photos with text showing a young Robert Wadlow at his home in Alton, Illinois. The one photo shows him with his family.... Read full description -
Item #721170THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 15, 1933
* Prohibition ending - beer returning
* House passes 3.2 % beer bill
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "House Votes Beer By 316-97; Senate Action Due Today" with subheads. (see images) This led the way for president Roosevelt enacting the beer bill 9... Read full description -
Item #721169FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Sept. 15, 1961
* Attacks on Kamina & Elisabethville
* Operation Morthor - UN offensive
* Katangese troops - Irish armies
* Congo Crisis - Moïse Tshombe
The front page has a one column heading: "Katanga Attacks UN Base" (see images)
Complete with all 18 pages, light toning at the margins, nice... Read full description -
Item #721167THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 18, 1903
* Dr. George Washington Carver in Alabama
* Black-American scientist & educator
* Born into slavery - Tuskegee Negro conference
The front page has a one column heading: "TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE OPEN" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in... Read full description -
Item #721166THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, March 16, 1935
* Child monarch King Ananda Mahidol photo
* Rama VIII of Siam - Thailand - Chakri dynasty
Page 2 has a three column photo with heading: "King Amanda of Siam Continues His Piano Lessons" with brief text. (see images)
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Item #721165DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 31, 1965
* Pro-Vietnam War march in NYC
* Support of American troops
During the Vietnam War, much had been reported on the protests against U.S. action there. Here is a report of American citizens in support of our efforts over there. The front page has a three column heading: "65,000 Stage March in NY In... Read full description -
Item #721164THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1934
* John Dillinger hunted in the Midwest
* Post Crown Point, Indiana jail escape
The front page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER'S SHOTS STOP PURSUING CAR" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the hunt for John Dillinger shortly after his famous escape from Crown Point, Indiana jail.
Complete in 30... Read full description -
Item #721161CENTRE DAILY TIMES, State Collage, Penn., April 2, 1956
* TWA Flight 400 airplane crash
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania takeoff
* Martin 4-0-4 airliner - aircraft
The front page has a five column headline: "Plane Crash Toll 22" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 16 pages, some margin wear, mainly along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #721158SECTION IV only of the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 2, 1979
* John Carpenter's amazingly successful, "Halloween"
* Opening week for 1 year anniversary advertisement
* American slasher film - movie - Jamie Lee Curtis
Page 24 of this section has the iconic advertisement for "HALLOWEEN" This is for the... Read full description -
Item #721157DIXIE SUNDAY MAGAZINE section only of the The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, July 7, 1957 This issue has a double-page centerfold color advertisement for Schlitz beer headed: "Backyard Schlitzecue" (see images) This centerfold is sewn-in.
Complete with all 28 pages, tabloid size, minor spine wear, nice condition. -
Item #721156THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 20, 1935
* Billy Mitchell Trophy Air Race
* Military airplanes - aviation competition
* Captain Karl Gimmler - U.S. Army Air Corps
The front page has a two column heading: "Capt. Karl Gimmler Takes Trophy Race at Selfridge" with subhead. (see images) More on page 12 with banner heading and related... Read full description -
Item #721155THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., Sept. 6, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army (aggressor)
* Second Sino-Japanese War
The top of the front page has a banner headline for display: "JAP WARSHIP HALTS BRITISH VESSEL" with subheads and related photo. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, tiny binding holes and minor wear... Read full description
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