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Item #691868NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 16, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "A Dash In the Direction of Richmond" "The Rebel Force art Charles City Court House Captured" "Their Camp Broken Up, Provisions Destroyed & Horses Brought Off" "Splendid Marching of Our Troops" "The... Read full description -
Item #691862NEW YORK TIMES Dec. 21, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From New Orleans" "A Piracy in the Gulf of Mexico" "A Schooner Captured by Piratical Passengers" "A Rebel Attack Upon Natchez" "Repulse of the Enemy with the Loss of 800 Prisoners" "News From Washington" and... Read full description -
Item #691861NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT" "Army of the Potomac Moving": "Heavy Masses of Artillery & Other Troops Crossing the River" "The War In Alabama" "Demonstrations Upon the Extreme Left of Bragg's Army"... Read full description -
Item #691859NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 14, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From Tennessee" "Two Rebel Divisions at Shelbyville, Above Tullahoma" "Longstreet's Corps, Numbering 30,000, Expected from Virginia" "From the Rebel States--An Expose of Confederate... Read full description -
Item #691857THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 12, 1863
* Second Battle of Galveston, Texas
* Confederate General John B. Magruder
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Galveston Recaptured by the Rebels under Magruder" "The Attack Made by land & Water" "Nearly All the Officers & men... Read full description -
Item #691856NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1863
* Camp Wingfield - North Carolina
* Danville, Kentucky
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Rebels Deferred in Two Engagements" "Attack on Williamsburg with Cavalry & Infantry" "An Attack on Wingfield, North Carolina" "Important Rebel News"... Read full description -
Item #691851THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 11, 1936
* Nuremberg Rally - Adolph Hitler
* "Rally of Honour"
* 8th Party Congress
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "50,000 WITH SPADES MARCH FOR HITLER, PLEDGING LOYALTY" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 52 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #691847THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Nov. 7, 1977
* re. Elvis Presley death
* Drug use
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 introduced free-form, high-spirited, and passionate journalism into the public... Read full description -
Item #691841CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 7, 1929
* Aviator Charles Lindbergh
* Air mail flight to Panama
The front page has a five column heading: "Lindbergh Flies Mail to Panama" with subheads. related map on page 2. (see) First report coverage on the end of Charles Lindbergh's historic 1st air mail flight to Panama .
Complete 1st... Read full description -
Item #691840CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 15, 1922
* Clara 'Tiger Woman' Phillips
* Los Angeles murderess
* Alberta Meadows murder
* Love triangle ? husband
* "Hollywood’s first female psychopath"
The front page has a one column heading: "WIFE BRUTALLY SLAYS RIVAL IN CAVEMAN STYLE" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 20... Read full description -
Item #691838CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 10, 1922
* Madalynne Obenchain murder trial
* Los Angeles shooting murderess
* John Belton Kennedy killing
* Beverly Glen - Santa Monica Mountains
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MADELYNN TELLS HER STORY" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. More on pages 2 & 3 with related photo.
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #691831THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 3, 1946
* Masaharu Homma firing squad execution
* Imperial Japanese Army general in WWII
* Bataan Death March leader - Philippines
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Homma Executed by Firing Squad As Punishment for 'Death March'" (see) First report coverage continues... Read full description -
Item #691830NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 12, 1938
* 1938 Nuremberg Rally - Nazi Germany
* Annexation of Austria ? - Adolph Hitler
* 1 year away from World War II start
The front page has a banner headline: "'We'll Fight for Sudetens,' Hitler Vows" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the 1938 Nuremberg Rally which was named,... Read full description -
Item #691826CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 23, 1945
* Yonabaru (port city) captured
* Battle of Okinawa, Japan
* United States Army (USA)
The front page has a nice displayable headline: "CAPTURE KEY OKINAWA CITY" with subheads. related map on page 2. (see)
Complete with all 34 pages, light toning at the margins, small address stamp within the masthead, a... Read full description -
Item #691821SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 17, 1943
* Beaumont race riot of 1943
* Jefferson County , Texas
The front page has a two column heading: "Texas Race Riots Flare; City Put Under Martial Law" (see)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, small library label on the front page, generally good.
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Item #691818NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 30, 1874
* Red River War
* John w. Davidson
* Native Americans - Indians
The top of page 9 has one column headings that include: "THE WICHITA AGENCY" "Davidson's Troops Fighting and Acting as Firemen" "A Gallant Charge Against a Hostile Band" "Four Civilians Butchered" and more. (see)
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Item #691816NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 8, 1936
* Birth Control in America
* Margaret Sanger
Page 9 contains an article which reports on what was a landmark case in the birth control fight in America. The article has one column headings: "Physician Upheld On Birth Control" "Court Rules contraceptives May Be Imported for Use... Read full description -
Item #691814QUINCY EVENING NEWS, Mass., February 7, 1929
* Aviator Charles Lindbergh
* Air mail flight to Panama
The front page has a one column heading: "Lindy On Last Leg of Flight To Canal Zone" (see) Coverage on the end of Charles Lindbergh's historic 1st air mail flight to Panama .
Complete with 16 pages, light toning, some small... Read full description -
Item #691805NEW YORK TIMES, January 23, 1874
* Early Women's suffrage meeting at Albany
* Susan B. Anthony address re. taxation
Page 5 has over half a column taken up with: "WOMAN SUFFRAGE" "Hearing Before the Assembly Judiciary Committee" concerning the hearing in Albany, New York. It mentioned near the... Read full description -
Item #691804NEW YORK TIMES, January 27, 1874
* David Livingstone death
* African explorer (1st report)
The top of the front page has an article headed: "Latest New By Cable" "Death Of Dr. Livingstone" "He Dies In The Interior Of Africa--His Body Being Brought Home".
Eight pages, four binding holes near the spine... Read full description -
Item #691803NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1874
* Tiburcio Vasquez
* Los Angeles outlaw
* Stage coach robbery
The front page includes: "California" "The Vasquez Band of Robbers Heard From--The Apaches" which begins: "The notorious Vasquez & his gang of outlaws have again been heard from..." concerning the robbery of... Read full description -
Item #691800NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 4, 1874 The front page includes: "Troubles In New Mexico and Colorado" being a report from Denver concerning the troubles in Lincoln County. This was a prelude to the Lincoln County War in 1878, in which Billy the Kid was involved.
The report also mentions: "...the Navajo Indians and... Read full description -
Item #691799NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 12, 1874 The front page includes: "Indian Hostilities" "A Lieutenant & a Corporal Murdered--An Acting Agent Shot--The Bodies Mutilated--Other Hostile Demonstrations" being a report from Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Also: "Further Particulars of the Recent Murders".
Page 3 has... Read full description -
Item #691798NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1874 The front page begins with 1 1/2 columns on: "CONGRESS" "The Modocs and Oregon Settlers" and also on the front page a full column on: "THE INDIAN TROUBLE" with subheads: "Opinion in the Interior Department--Spotted Tail's Complains--Why He Is Off His Reservation--The... Read full description -
Item #691797NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 1874 Page 3 has 2 1/2 columns taken up with: "CHARLES DICKENS" "Further Extracts From Mr. Forster's Biography" containing a wealth of interesting content on this notable writer.
Eight pages, four binding holes near the spine affect about 7 words in the Dickens article, otherwise nice... Read full description -
Item #691796NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 24, 1874
* North Carolina resistance
* Lowry War - Pembroke
* Steve Lowry killed
The front page has a brief yet notable article on the Lowry War in North Carolina: "The Last of the Robeson County (N.C.) Outlaws Killed", noting in part: "...Steve Lowery, the last survivor of the notorious band of... Read full description -
Item #691793NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1874
* Victoria Woodhull
* Tennessee Celeste Claflin
Page 2 has a report headed: "The Challis-Woodhull Libel" "Seventh Day of the Trial--Argument for the Defense--Address of Mr. Brooke" which is concerning the libel trial based on an article on her newspaper.
This is the famed... Read full description -
Item #691791NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 7, 1865 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Sherman's Army" "From Virginia--The Expedition Against Wilmington--Why It Failed" "Proposed Relief for the Savannah Sufferers" "Death of Soldiers in the Hospitals in & About New York" and much more.
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Item #691783NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From the Southwest" "A Company of the First Mississippi Colored Infantry Surprised" "All of Them Killed or Mortally Wounded" "Nothing Definite from General Sherman" "The Great Cavalry Raids in... Read full description -
Item #691781NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 20, 1864
* Tazewell, Tennessee TN
* Moorefield, West Virginia
Among the front page column headlines on the Civil War are: "The War In West Virginia" "The Affairs at Moorefield and Allegheny Junction-Negro Soldiers..." "The War In Tennessee" "A Skirmish Near Tazewell..."... Read full description -
Item #691776NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 26, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From New Orleans" "National Prisoners Shot by the Rebels" "Army Operations In ?Virginia" "A Battle Probable for the Possession of Fredericksburg" "A Rebel Cavalry Raid Into Poolesville, Maryland"... Read full description -
Item #691773NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 24, 1862
* Fredericksburg, Virginia
* General Ambrose Burnside
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "ARMY OPERATIONS IN VIRGINIA" "Refusal of the Rebels to Surrender Fredericksburgh" "The Passage of the Rappahannock to be Disputed" "Our Artillery Put in... Read full description -
Item #691771NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 27, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Shenandoah Valley" "The Army of the Potomac - From Gen. Hooker's Command" "From the Eleventh Army Corps--The Enemy at Kelly's Ferry--Rebel Soldiers Captured" and more.
Additional war reports inside as well.
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Item #691765NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1863 Page 5 has column heads including: "Important From The South" with subhead: "Jeff. Davis Appoints March 27 as a Day of Fasting and Prayer". The proclamation is signed in type: Jefferson Davis.
Also on page 5 are: "The War in Tennessee" "The Rebels... Read full description -
Item #691764NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Capture of the Gunboat Indiana by the Rebels" "Naval Engagement Thirty Miles Below Vicksburg" "The Indiana Badly Crippled & Run Ashore" "The Pirate Florida Again" "The Copperheads Filibustering in the... Read full description -
Item #691763NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "IMPORTANT FROM PORT ROYAL" "Gen. Foster's Troops to Form a Part of Gen. Hunter's Command" "Capture of a Dangerous Rebel Spy" "From the Far West" "Operations of the Army of the Frontier"... Read full description -
Item #691762THE WORLD, New York, June 18, 1861 Page 4 begins with column heads including: "The Southern Rebellion" "Skirmishing Near Washington" "Troops Advancing Into Virginia" "A New Rebel Battery on the Potomac" "Reported Landing of Federal Troops In South Carolina" "War Movements in Missouri"... Read full description -
Item #691761NEW YORK TIMES, March 17, 1863 The front page begins with column heads: "OPERATIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI" "Important Success of the Yazoo Pass Expedition" "Our Gunboats Above Haines' Bluff" "The Movement Against Port Hudson Commenced" "Affairs At Key West" and much more.... Read full description -
Item #691745NILES WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore
* The "Mitigation of Slavery" - 8 issues* Serialized essay by Hezekiah Niles'
* His plan to abolish slavery in America
A set of 8 issues which contain all eight essays by publisher Hezekiah Niles titled the: "Mitigation of Slavery" in which he puts forth five... Read full description -
Item #691744THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 23, 1898
* Harvard-Yale-Cornell Regatta boat race
* Rowing races - Thames River - New London
The front page has a one column heading: "WON BY CORNELL" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not... Read full description -
Item #691741NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 1874 The front page has: "A Victory For Women - The Supreme Court of Massachusetts Declare Them Eligible For Election to the School Board" with much detail.
Page 3 has: "The Indians - Recapitulation Of Recent Reported Outrages" noting near the beginning: "...that there will be a severe... Read full description -
Item #691739NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 5, 1874
* General William S. Harney
* American Indian Wars
The top of page 5 has an article: "WASHINGTON NOTES" "Gen. Harney On Indians - He Suggests Hanging Or Shooting Sellers of Whisky to Savages--Army Officers More Efficient in Managing Them".
Eight pages, light toning at the margins, four binding... Read full description -
Item #691738NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 18, 1874 The front page has nearly an entire column taken up with: "The Coal Miners" "Meeting at Wilkes Barre, Penna.--The Operators Refuse to Grant an Advance of Wages". This is a lengthy report on the growing conflicts between the miners and the mine owners. It would come to more of a head... Read full description -
Item #691735NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 28, 1874
* David Livingstone death
* African explorer
The top of a front page column has: "Dr. Livingstone - His Death Officially Confirmed". The report from London notes in part: "...Dr. Livingstone died in Lobisa after crossing marches, with the water at one time, for three hours... Read full description -
Item #691734NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1932
* Fred Duesenberg death
* Automobile pioneer
* Race car motors
Page 17 has a one column head: "F. S. DUESENBERG DIES OF AUTO INJURY" with subheads and photo. First report coverage of the death of Frederick Samuel Duesenberg, automobile pioneer designer, manufacturer and sportsman. We suspect this is... Read full description -
Item #691733LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 21, 1984
* Best "Supergirl" film advertisement
* Opening day movie premiere
* 4th of the superhero - Superman series
* Helen Slater and Faye Dunaway
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Supergirl" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading... Read full description -
Item #691731EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 20, 1912
* Frank Trenholm Coffyn
* Early aviation pioneer
* Airplane flight under Brooklyn Bridge
The front page has a three column pictorial with heading: "'Loop The Bridge' Is Popular Sport With Aviator Frank Coffyn" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description -
Item #691726LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 24, 1995
* Indian school function fire disaster
* Mandi Dabwali, Sirsa District, Haryana, India
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "365 Die as Fire Engulfs School Party in N. India" with subhead. First report coverage continues on page 6 with a related small map. (see)
Complete 1st section only with 24... Read full description -
Item #691725THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 30, 1923
* Army Aviators attempt to break endurance record
* First ever successful airplanes mid-air refueling
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "AIR MARATHON 'SHIP' CRASHES" with subhead. (see) Text includes: "...received food, fuel and oil supplies in... Read full description -
Item #691724NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 26, 1965
* Underdog debuts in New York City
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
* Great item for Superhero collectors
The top of page 49 has a two column heading: "Giant Underdog Enlists in Macy's Parade" with subhead and related photo showing the Bullwinkle balloon. I suspect this to be a very... Read full description
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