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Item #589795SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 19, 1923
* King Tutankhamun discovery
* Egyptian Pharaoh sarcophagus
* Lord George Carnarvon
This 12 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb Reveals New Wonders" and "Queen of Belgians and Other Notables Examine Sarcophagus and Treasures... Read full description -
Item #588653THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 11, 1945
* Army Cadets vs. Notre Dame
* Number 1 & 2 teams meet
* Doc Blanchard
* NCAA college football
This 30 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 15A: "Army's Great Grid Team Drives Over Notre Dame, 48-0" with subheads and stats. 1st report coverage on the famous football game... Read full description -
Item #588349SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 10, 1915
* Hopewell, Virginia fire
* Negro lynching
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TOWN BURNS", "FIRE IN HOPEWELL", "Blaze Starts in Restaurant--Thousands Rendered Homeless--One Negro Lynched" and more. This is a 1st report coverage of the... Read full description -
Item #579122THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1930
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Space travel ? moon ?
This 60+ page newspaper has small one column headings on page E2 (inside): "'Moon Rocket' Stays Down", "Professor Oberth Halts Work When Movie Fund Gives Out".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Minor spine... Read full description -
Item #588342LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, September 3, 1964
* Alvin C. York death (1st report)
* World War I - WWI hero
* Medal of Honor fame
This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Famed Hero of World War I Returns in Death to Home". 1st report coverage on the death of World War I hero, Alvin C. York.
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Item #612080THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, March 17, 1937
* Sir Austen Chamberlain death
* British stateman - Nobel Peace Prize
The front page has a two column headline: "FAMOUS BRITISH DIPLOMAT, AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 26 pages, minor margin wear, generally nice. -
Item #588331THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit Michigan, December 8, 1921
* Irish Free State created
* Eamon de Valera
* David Lloyd George
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "DAIL'S CABINET STUDIES TERMS" and
"Do Valera's Views on Irish Free State Proposals Eagerly Awaited". Coverage on the creation of the... Read full description -
Item #578978THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 6, 1935
* Aga Khan III thoroughbred racehorse Bahram
* Wins Epsom Derby - Surrey, England UK
* Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah
Page 27 has a seven column headline: "250,000 Watch the Aga Khan's Bahram Annex Epsom Downs Derby" with subheads and photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description -
Item #617212THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 27, 1925
* Babe Ruth hospital release (1st report)
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "RUTH IS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL" "Practices With Yankees but Will Not Go to Philadelphia With Team Friday" 1st report coverage on Babe Ruth's release from the hospital after... Read full description -
Item #618863THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 8, 1936
* Uniontown, Pennsylvania
* TWA airplane crash disaster (1st report)
* Flight 1 - Cheat Mountain
The front page a two column heading: "Air-Crash Inquiry Centers On Instruments and Beacons; Two Investigations Started" with subheads. (see) 1st report coverage on the TWA airliner... Read full description -
Item #619217THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, March 20, 1937
* Amelia Earhart crashes (day of)
* New London, Texas school disaster
The front page has a one column heading: "MISS EARHART'S SHIP SHOWS DANGER SPOT; DELAY AVERTS MISHAP" with subheads. (see) Coverage on her attempt to fly around the World which eventually lead to her famous disappearance in... Read full description -
Item #588324THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 12, 1933
* Reinhold Tiling death
* German rockets pioneer
This 50 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12: "ROCKET CONSTRUCTOR AND WOMAN AIDE DIE" and "Reinhold Tiling and Assistant Hurt Tuesday in Explosion at Osnabrueck, Germany" which tells of the death of Reinhold Tiling by rocket... Read full description -
Item #588315THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, May 9, 1925
* M.E. Norman steamer disaster (1st report)
* Negro Tom Lee (hero)
* Memphis, Tennessee
This 16 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "More Than 20 Persons Perish in River Disaster on the Mississippi; Government Steamer Capsizes" with subheads. This is a 1st report coverage... Read full description -
Item #578923THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930
* Early rocket airplane test flight
* Dusseldorf, Germany
This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6 that reads: "Tail-Less Plane Crashes", "Rocket Machine Is Badly Damaged--German Flier Slightly Hurt" which tells a early rocket plane test flight by Hans Espenlaub of Germany.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #588275THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, June 2, 1928
* 1st Trans-pacific airplane flight (1st stage success)
* Southern Cross monoplane
* Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith
This 20 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "First Pictures Of Fliers After Reaching Hawaii" with text (see photos). Also one column headlines that include:... Read full description -
Item #578834THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30, 1929
* Fritz von Opel
* Early rocket airplane flight
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 7 that include: "OPEL SAYS ROCKET IS BIG AVIATION AID", "Flight is Aimed to Show Ease, Power and Take-Off and Landing Without Run", "Inventor Says Rocket Is 'Perfect Emergency Brake' for Plane in... Read full description -
Item #588264THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1926
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* NCAA college football
* Coach Knute Rockne
This 50 page newspaper has a seven column headlines on page 32 that reads: "Army Will Be Able to Use Trapnell Against Notre Dame at Stadium" with subheads that include: "Notre Dame Lost 7 Games Since 1916", "Have Won 81 Battles and... Read full description -
Item #588173ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, October 2, 1928
* FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Governor of New York nomination
This 26 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "ROOSEVELT AND LEHMAN NOMINATED" with subheads and related photo (see photos). 1st report coverage on Franklin D. Roosevelt nomination for governor of New York. Great... Read full description -
Item #578830THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 22, 1929
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Space travel ? moon ?
This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page of section 3 (E1, inside): "MOON ROCKETS LURE GERMANY'S SAVANTS", 'Herman Oberth, One of Four Who Are Making Tests, Confident of Ultimate Success" and more (see photos).
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Item #584991THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, March 29, 1958
* Chuck Klein "Hoosier Hammer" death (1st report)
* Philadelphia Phillies
* Major league baseball
This 38 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 31: "Chuck Klein, Former Phillies Star, Is Dead" and "One of National League's All-Time Great Outfielders and Hitters Succumbs to... Read full description -
Item #618642THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1930
* Jean Leon Gerome Ferris death
* American history painter (1st report)
* Great depression era original
Page 27 has a one column headings: "J. L. G. FERRIS DIES, PROMINENT ARTIST" "His American History Series of Paintings Is In Congress Hall, Philadelphia" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #587900THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1943
* Thomas Jefferson Memorial dedication
* 1st report with photos
This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "ROOSEVELT, HAILING JEFFERSON, LOOKS TO GAIN IN LIBERTY", "Dedicating Memorial Shrine at Capital, He Says Benefit Can Come Out of War" and more. Much more on... Read full description -
Item #587898THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 8, 1954
* Harley Davidson motorcycle company
* Charged by FTC - monopoly
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 31: "HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS CITED BY F.T.C.", "Motorcycle Maker Ordered to Discontinue 'Exclusive' Contracts With Dealers" and more (see photos). Coverage on the Harley Davidson... Read full description -
Item #587704THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 1948
* Cotton Valley, Louisiana
* Tornado destroys town (1st report)
This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "11 ARE DEAD IN TORNADO", "Hundreds Reported Injured in Wake of Tornado Near Shreveport" 1st report coverage of the New Year's Eve... Read full description -
Item #587291THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1946
* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
* Nazi death factory remembered
* Jewish - Jews - 1 year anniversary of liberation
Page 20 contains a very compelling article on the 1year anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen nazi concentration camps. A one column heading reads: "Survivors Of... Read full description -
Item #587260MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, December 19, 1931
* Jack "Legs" Diamond murder
This 12 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "DIAMOND DEATH INQUIRY WIDENS", "New York City Joins Albany in Slayer Hunt; Gangster's Girl to Be Quizzed in Boston".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Light browning... Read full description -
Item #618590THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1930
* Medium - seance
* materialized spirit - ghost
The back page has one column headings: "'CARUSO' AT SEANCE HEARD BUT NOT SEEN" "Medium With Much Groaning and Tossing Produces the Aria From 'Martha'" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, a little margin wear, mainly... Read full description -
Item #618643THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1930
* Al 'Scarface' Capone seizing control of Chicago
* Rocket airplane flight... Paul Heylandt
* American gangster era original
Page 9 has one column headings: "'POLITICAL RACKET' IS LAID TO CAPONE" "Gangster Is Becoming a Power in the Chicago City Hall, According to Rumors" "Said To Control Unions" and... Read full description -
Item #587053THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1949
* Preston Tucker loses control of his company
* Automobile designer & entrepreneur
* 1948 Tucker Sedan "Tucker Torpedo" fame
This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 29: "Rescue Planned for Tucker Corp." with caption: "Everybody's Business". 1st report coverage... Read full description -
Item #578586FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 22, 1947
* Goose Rocks Beach fire
* Kennebunkport, Maine
* Bar Harbor
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Mayor Declares Emergency As Fire Rages Uncontrolled", "Property Loss In New England Above 3 Million", "Describes Maine As Resembling... Read full description -
Item #616766THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 22, 1944
* General George S. Patton reassigned
* European theater of war
This 26 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page: "PATTON GETS POST LINKED TO INVASION" and "General Arrives in Britain--Command Not Specified by Assault Role IS Indicated" Report continues on page 3 with photo of Patton... Read full description -
Item #586990THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1929
* McAlester, Oklahoma mining disaster
* Old Town Mine
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "OKLAHOMA BLAST ENTOMBS 59 MINERS", "Three Injured Brought Up in McAlester Disaster-Twenty-three Bodies Recovered", " Little Hope For Others" and more (see... Read full description -
Item #578585FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, December 16, 1960
* United Airlines Flight 826 (EARLY REPORT)
* Airplane collision over Staten Island New York
* Stephen Baltz (miracle survivor)
This 22 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Fear 124 Dead As 2 Planes Collide In N.Y. Snowstorm". this tells of the horrific... Read full description -
Item #618423THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 1929
* Edmond Thomas Quinn suicide death (drowning)
* American sculptor and painter
* Edwin Booth bronze statue fame
The front page has one column headings: "E. T. QUINN, SCULPTOR, IS FOUND DROWNED" "Noted Artist in Bronze Had Been Ailing Since He Took Poison Last May" "His Family Is Silent" and more.... Read full description -
Item #586885SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 23, 1915
* Women's suffrage movement
* Front page photo
This 22 page newspaper has a nice front page Women's suffrage photo with caption: "Victory" (see photos).
Also one column headlines also on the front page that include: "SUFFRAGE PROSPECT", "Will Parade Today", "With... Read full description -
Item #581096THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 21, 1916
* Ruth Bancroft Law
* Woman aviatrix
* Airplane flight record
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "RUTH LAW LANDS HERE FROM CHICAGO IN RECORD FLIGHT", "Gasoline Nearly Gone on Last Leg of Her Journey, She Volplanes to Governor's Island", "Glides Through Dense Fog", "Almost... Read full description -
Item #586869THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 16, 1931
* Sing Sing Prison's 1st football game
* Alabama Pitts
This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "2,000 INMATES CHEER SING SING'S FOOTBALL", "Convict Eleven Wins Its Debut Game, Inspired by Exit Gate Behind Goal Line" and more. Reporting continues on page 3... Read full description -
Item #586850FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 15, 1937
* Sullivan, Indiana
* Glendora Coal company
* Baker mine explosion (early 1st report)
This 16 page newspaper one column headings on the front page:
"4 Men Burned, 20 Are Trapped In Mine Blast" and "Explosion Occurs 2 Miles From Entrance; Wives, Relatives Frantic". 1st report... Read full description -
Item #578521THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1928
* Fritz Von Opel
* Father of rocket propulsion
This 44 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Opel Motorboat Beats Train; Speeds 58.84 Miles and Hour".
See photos for short article here. An early report on speed propulsion, very slow in today's standards.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #586846PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, August 8, 1929
* Graf Zeppelin around World flight (airship)
* Historic aviation feat begins (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "GERMAN GRAF SAILS AWAY ON FIRST AIR TOUR OF THE WORLD" with subhead. 1st report coverage on the initial start of the... Read full description -
Item #586845THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 9, 1943
* Battle of Guadalcanal ends
* Solomon Islands campaign
* World War II
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "Enemy Resistance On Guadalcanal Ended, Knox Says" with subheads. Coverage on the final capture of the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons... Read full description -
Item #578438THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 1, 1933
* Greenfield MA Massachusetts
* Fire destroys business district
This 22 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "$250,000 LOSS IN GREENFIELD FIRE" with subheads and related photos (see photos). This tells of the fire that destroyed the business... Read full description -
Item #586416THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, October 2, 1951
* 1st MLB game televised coast to coast
* Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Giants (playoff)
This 30 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Giants Take Opener" and "Bums Face Elimination". Much more on page 18 with headlines, photos and stats with banner headline: "2... Read full description -
Item #578413THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 25, 1930
* Al Jolson's "Mammy"
* World Premiere ad
* Blackface Minstrel
This 60 page newspaper has a nice 14 1/2 x 6 inch advertisement for the world premiere of Al Jolson's new movie "Mammy". See photos for this ad which is on page 35 and has three illustrations relating to his famous "blackface" appearance.
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Item #578260THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 28, 1947
* Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium
* New York Yankees
* Owner of the Hope Diamond dies
This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 9: "Ruth Gets Thunderous Ovation in Stadium", "Former Slugger Honored; Tells Kids Baseball Is... Read full description -
Item #586396THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, March 5, 1946
* Winston Churchill... Iron Curtain Speech
* Fulton, Missouri (day of)
This 12 page newspaper has a one column headlines on the front page: "Truman and Churchill To Missouri" and "Former Premier Expected to Talk On 'Loan' Today"
This was the day that Winston Churchill would give his famous "Iron... Read full description -
Item #586393THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, June 24, 1914
* Watertown, South Dakota
* Tornado disaster (early 1st report)
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "9 PERSONS KILLED, 40 OTHERS INJURED, 3000 HOMES RUINED", "Fearful Work Is Done by a Tornado Which Swept Through Watertown, South Dakota", "All... Read full description -
Item #586354SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, January 12, 1910
* 1910 Los Angeles, California
* International Air Meet at Dominguez Field
* Aviator Glenn Curtiss - airplanes - airships
Page 6 has small, one column headings on page 6: "Curtiss Makes A Record" "Attains Fastest Speed Yet Carrying a Passenger"
See photos for text here.... Read full description -
Item #586320FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, April 3, 1954
* William "Pudge" Heffelfinger death
* Yale University football star
This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 8: "'Pudge' Heffelfinger, All-Time Grid Great, Dies In Texas At 88" with photo. See photo for 1st report coverage on the death of William "Pudge" Heffelfinger.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #578295FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 2, 1936
* Alvis Karpis (creepy) captured
* Last public Enemy No. 1
* Early F.B.I.
This 10 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Karpis Rushed To Jail In St. Paul After Plane trip from New Orleans" and subheads (see images).
Other news, sports and... Read full description
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