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Item #710957NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 6, 1942
* Easter Sunday Raid
* Imperial Japanese Navy
* Indian Ocean - Ceylon
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "JAPS CARRY WAR TO INDIA, ATTACK SHIPS, BOMB PORTS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Also reporting on the Battle of Bataan which was coming to a... Read full description -
Item #710889UNITED STATES' WEEKLY TELEGRAPH, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 1831 Published by the famed Duff Green, he took an intensely partisan stance in this newspaper, incorporating crude humor & vehement attacks & accusations against Jackson's opponents. Following Andrew Jackson's election in 1828 this paper briefly became the primary organ of... Read full description -
Item #710888UNITED STATES' WEEKLY TELEGRAPH, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 1831
* Duff Green publication
* President Andrew Jackson
Published by the famed Duff Green, he took an intensely partisan stance in this newspaper, incorporating crude humor & vehement attacks & accusations against Jackson's opponents. Following Andrew Jackson's election in... Read full description -
Item #710877NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 10, 1836 The front page has a brief, albeit historic, report on the death of Nathan Mayer Rothschild, the founder of the English branch of the Rothschild family legacy and influence.
A portion of the text includes: "He...swayed princes and ministers by the power of his... Read full description -
Item #710865THE NAPA REGISTER, Napa City, California, Oct. 15, 1873
* Rare old West publication
* From the wine country
Although in the heart of the wine region, for which this city is famous today, its beginnings were centered more on the California Gold Rush of 1849. This city became a refuge for miners during the first severe winter of... Read full description -
Item #710864THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1931
* 1st liquid fueled rocket launch
* Johannes Winkler
Page 27 has one column headings: "LIQUID-FUEL ROCKET IN SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT" "First Projectile So Driven Rises 1,000 feet in German Test and Lands as Planned" (see images) First report coverage on the the very 1st successful launched... Read full description -
Item #710848MORNING REPORT, Bay Area, Feb. 12, 2011
* 2011 Egyptian revolution ends
* President Hosni Mubarak corruption
The front page has a nice heading: "'Egypt is free'" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images)
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Item #710804THE WAR, New York, June 1, 1813
* President of James Madison
* State of the Union Address
* Siege of Fort Meigs - Ohio
* War of 1812
The entire front page and half of page 2 are taken up with the: "President's Message" which is signed in type: James Madison. In it the President announces the United States'... Read full description -
Item #710799THE WAR, New York, April 27, 1813 The entire front page is taken up with: "British Parliament - American Affairs" which carries over to page 2.
Inside: "Impressment of American Seamen" " which includes 3 affidavits; "To the Young Men of Ohio" "Northwestern Army" "Naval Memoranda" with the... Read full description -
Item #710798THE WAR, New York, April 20, 1813 The front page has several documents which relate to the "Impressment Of Seamen" including items signed in type by James Madison and James Monroe among others.
Page 2 has: "American Gallantry" which is a nice & detailed account of a naval battle: "...between the privateer schooner... Read full description -
Item #710795THE WAR, New York, March 30, 1813 The front page is entirely taken up with: "Seamen" and "An Act For The Regulation of Seamen On Board the Public & Private Vessels of the United States" which carries over to page 2 & is signed in type: James Madison.
Inside has 2 more Acts of Congress: "Rewarding... Read full description -
Item #710752FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Jan. 10, 1956
* Jonas Salk & the polio vaccine success
* State of Massachusetts finally approves
This issue has coverage on one of the more significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century, the success of the polio vaccine. The front page has a two column heading: "Salk Vaccine Inoculations... Read full description -
Item #710746THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1944
* Battle of the Bulge beginning
* World War II - Belgium
* German offensive campaign
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AMERICANS DRIVE 9 MILES INTO GERMAN FLANK, BUT ENEMY SPEARHEADS CUT TWO VITAL ROADS" with subheads and map. (see images) Nice for display. Coverage near the beginning of the... Read full description -
Item #710743FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Jan. 23, 1956
* Redondo Junction train accident
* Santa Fe Railroad in Los Angeles
* Surf Line railway crash - disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "2 Killed, 90 Hurt In Train Mishap" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on page 7.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #710740EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 10, 1916
* Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
* Gorizia, Northeastern Italy
The front page has a nice banner headline: "ITALIANS MAKING BIG GAINS" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. 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 #710739THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Feb. 9, 1957
* King Saud of Saudi Arabia
* President Dwight Eisenhower
* Foreign relations at White House
The top of the front page has a two column photo with heading: "President, Saud End Talks with Base, Arms Agreed on" and subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages, light toning and a little... Read full description -
Item #710730THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1937
* Battle of Beiping-Tianjin - Peiping - Beijing - Peiking
* North China Incident - Second Sino-Japanese War
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "CHINESE ATTACK AT TIENTSIN; FOREIGNERS SEEKING SAFETY; PEIPING DEFENSES BOMBED" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #710729NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 1, 1861 The front page has a one column map headed: "Seat of War In Northern Virginia" which also shows portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio.
The front page also features a lengthy article headed: "A Sketch of Major-General Butler" as well as: "The Rebel Forces In Charleston--Fort Sumter". Many Civil War reports and one column... Read full description -
Item #710721NEW YORK HERALD, June 5, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "Another Battle on Friday" "Assault on the Enemy's Works" "Demoralization of Lee's Army" "The Rebels Deserting in Large Bodies" "The Battle of Coal [sic] Harbor" "The Herald Dispatches" and much more.
This is fine coverage of the Battle of Cold Harbor,... Read full description -
Item #710673SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., Jan 12, 1956
* 5 American missionaries kidnapped & killed
* Nate Saint & Jim Elliot murdered with 3 others
* Operation Auca - Waorani people - Ecuador
* Evangelical Christian missionaries
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Fellow Missionary... Read full description -
Item #710672THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 9 only, May 13, 1928
* "Steamboat Bill, Jr." second day ad
* Actor Buster Keaton - silent film - movie
Page 4 of this section has a second day opening advertisement for the silent film "Steamboat Bill, Jr." starring Buster Keaton. This opening day ad measures 7 x 6 1/2 inches.
Complete section 9 only... Read full description -
Item #710642THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 24, 1966* Andy Warhol movie reviews* Experimental underground film* First major commercial successPage 29 has four movie reviews for Andy Warhol's first major film success, "The Chelsea Girls." This takes up the entire page here.
I suspect this to be an... Read full description -
Item #710640This is a genuine check written on the "Otsego County Bank" of Cooperstown, New York dated 1837. Included is the amount in the lower left corner with a signature in the lower right. There is a nice engraving of an eagle with an olive branch in its beak. Also a red ink cancellation.
An early financial item & great to have from this town... Read full description -
Item #710605NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1865 Among the front page column heads on the ending events of the Civil War are: "THE HOMEWARD MARCH" "The Second & Fifth Corps Arrive Near Alexandria" "They Meet with the Kindest Treatment on the Way from Richmond" "Sherman's Veterans Will Begin to Arrive About Sunday" and more.
Page 4 has: "The Trial of the... Read full description -
Item #710595NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 17, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War For The Union" "The Invasion of Maryland" "The Surrender of Harper's Ferry" "5,000 Prisoners Made by the Rebels" "A Tremendous Battle Yesterday" "The Whole Rebel Army Engaged" "Another Great Victory" "Reported Stampede of the Rebels Out... Read full description -
Item #710442THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Dec. 30, 1786 Page 2 has nearly a full column headed: "America" which begins with a new astronomy-related theory relating to the Aurora Borealis. This is followed by various reports from Boston.
Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, great condition. Red tax stamp at the bottom of page 2. -
Item #710441THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Dec. 28, 1786 The front page is mostly taken up with an article: "Elements of the Science of Ethics on the Principles of Natural Philosophy" which references the Cherokee Indians.
Pages 3 & 4 contain over a full page of news reports headed: "American News" with much concerning the Shays' Rebellion,... Read full description -
Item #710354NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 31, 1864 Among the column herads on gthe Civil War: "WILMINGTON" "General Plan of Attack...Operations of the Fleet - Landing of the Troops..." "News From Sherman - Mails - The Powder Boat" "Gen. Stoneman's Recent Raid" "The Wilmington Failure" "From Gen. Thomas'... Read full description -
Item #710347THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1945
* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* World war II era original
* Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin
The front page has a five column headline: "TRUMAN IS SELECTED TO PRESIDE AS BIG THREE CONFERENCE OPENS; FLEET STILL HAMMERS AT HONSHU" with subheads and related photo. Much more inside.
forty-two... Read full description -
Item #710346SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Nov. 1, 1978
* Artist Mary Vincent's violent attack
* Arms mutilation with hatchet - ax
* Lawrence Singleton indictment
The top of page 22 has a five column heading: "Girl tells of rapes, ax mutilation" with photos of the victim and suspect. (see images) This crime was committed about a month... Read full description -
Item #710339THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1928
* Jinan incident begins - Republic of China
* National Revolutionary vs. Japanese Army
* Kuomintang government - Chiang Kai-shek
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "3,000 BESIEGED JAPANESE FIGHT HORDE OF CHINESE FOR 2 DAYS IN TSINAN-FU" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 36... Read full description -
Item #710319LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 18, 1987
* USS Stark Incident
* Exocet missile attack
* Iran-Iraq War
The top of the front page has a headline: "28 Sailors Dead; ship Had 1-Min. Warning, Didn't Fire" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 18 pages, nice condition. -
Item #710318THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 19, 1931
* Professor Albert Einstein
* New Unified Field Theory
* Gravitation & electricity
Page 14 has a one column heading: "Einstein Explains His Unified Theory" with subhead. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
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Item #710307THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 12, 1859
* Battle of Solferino, Italy
* Second Italian War of Independence
The front page has one column headings: "THE BATTLE OF SOLFERNO" "Napoleon in Danger in the Fight" and more. (see images)
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, nice condition. -
Item #710303NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 12, 1844
* Nauvoo Legion militia - Illinois
* Mormons - Mormonism War ?
* Governor Thomas Ford
The back page has a report: "Mormon Troubles" which mentions in part: "Governor Ford, concentrated some 5 to 800 of the Illinois militia in the neighborhood of Nauvoo to frustrated... Read full description -
Item #710297THE MADISONIAN, Washington City, July 16, 1840
* William Henry Harrison for president
This issue has on the inside page a political cartoon print of a log cabin (for Wm. H. Harrison) and a heraldic eagle engraving with "Harrison & Tyler" on a banner in the eagle's beak (see). Much political reporting.
Four pages, a few... Read full description -
Item #710287THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1943
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations
* Lomza & Bialystok ghettos
Page 3 has small and somewhat discrete one column headings: "2,500 Poles Executed" "Mass Executions in Lomza and Bialystok Reported" (see image)
See photo... Read full description -
Item #710281THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1947
* Test pilot Albert Boyd
* United States Air Force
* Air speed record broken
* First jet fighter airplane
Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "U.S. Jet Flies 623.8 Miles an Hour To Capture World Speed Record" (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in very nice... Read full description -
Item #710273ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 29, 1939
* World War II about to start in 3 days
* Adolph Hitler defying the World
* Poland invasion is imminent ?
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CHAMBERLAIN PUTS WAR OR PEACE UP TO HITLER, FLEET HELD IN READINESS" with many subheads and related photo. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #710272THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1864
* Totopotomoy Creek
* Dallas, Georgia
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT'S ARMY" "Our Forces All South of the Pamunky" "A Severe Cavalry Fight on Saturday" "The Enemy Driven Back With Loss" "Further News from General... Read full description -
Item #710265THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 3, 1938
* Robert H. Goddard rockets
* Rudder for steering - invention
This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 23: "ROCKET SHIP GETS 'CATAPULT RUDDER' ", "Dr. R. H. Goddard Devises Means for Steering After Gas Propulsion Ends", with supporting text.... Read full description -
Item #710262THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 13, 1934
* Juan Belmonte gored (1st report)
* Spanish matador - bullfighter - bullfighting
This 30 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 11 that read: "Belmonte Gored By Bull" and "Spanish Matador Wounded Twice in Arena at Santander". See photo for additional... Read full description -
Item #710259THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1873
* Charles Goodrich murder
* Lizzie Lloyd King
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE BROOKLYN MYSTERY" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on the murder of Charles Goodrich in Brooklyn. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Lloyd King would eventually be found guilty of the crime.
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Item #710256THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1932
* George Eastman death by suicide
* Kodak camera inventor - roll film
This 18-page newspaper has one column headings on page 5: "DEATH OF EDISON SADDENED EASTMAN", "Kodak Manufacturer Also Grieved Over Passing of Hubbell" and "Dreaded Long... Read full description -
Item #710255THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 7, 1871
* Whaling disaster of 1871
* Bowhead whales hunting
* Arctic ice jam
Page 7 has a very brief article headed with small heading: "The Whaling Fleet Disaster" and subhead. (see image)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally in nice condition.
wikipedia notes:... Read full description -
Item #710244BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, Feb. 21, 1822
* Paul Revere's son
The front page has an illustrated ad for "Joseph W. Revere..."Factory and ship Bells..." with a bit more.
Joseph was the 3rd Paul Revere's 8 children, taking over the bell foundry business from his father in 1811.
Four pages, never bound nor... Read full description -
Item #710240GLEASON'S PICTORIAL LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP, Boston, Aug. 27, 1859 This title has one of the more beautiful & ornate mastheads of the 19th century, plus each page is bordered with an anchor & chain devise (see).
The front page has prints of: "Charles XV, the New King of Sweden" with text on him. Also: "Whitehall, South &... Read full description -
Item #710238THE SCOTTISH JOURNAL, New York, April 24, 1841
* Rare publication for Scotland immigrants
Obviously a newspaper for Scottish-Americans. The masthead has a thistle-themed engraving. Various literary items & other content.
Eight pages, 10 1/2 by 15 inches, nice condition. -
Item #710232THE BOSTON POST, Jan. 17, 1940
* Christian Front (United States) arrests
* Plot to overthrow the U.S. government
The front page has a one column heading: "PLOTTERS SING SONG TO 'GLORY'" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: The Christian Front... Read full description -
Item #710231SECTION 9 ONLY of the New York Times, May 19, 1929
* Print of Ted Healy of The Three Stooges fame
The front page of this section of this Sunday newspaper features an uncommonly large illustration which features both Ted Healy and Jobyna Howland. Brief text begins with: "Two Somewhat Different Players of Comedy Who Will... Read full description
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