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Item #662332BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 7, 1914 A nice issue from the very earliest month of World War I, long before American became involved.
Among column heads on the front page: "GERMANS OCCUPY LIEGE" "Fight Their Way Into the Streets of the City Itself" "The Forts Still Hold Out, However" "These Must be... Read full description -
Item #662327HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Northampton, Massachusetts, May 19, 1830
* Gold in the Southeast
Page 3 has: "Gold Digging In Georgia" which notes in part: "...the average profit of each hand, is a dollar a day & there are about a thousand persons constantly digging...".
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Item #662325THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 10, 1958
* 1958 GM Firebird III automobile debuts
* First space age concept car by GM
The back page has four related photos of the new GM Firebird III concept car with heading: "GM Warms Up a New Firebird" and some text. I'm sure that only a Detroit publication would cover this. Rare... Read full description -
Item #662317SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 1936
* Joe DiMaggio hits 2 home runs in 1 inning
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
The top of the front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "DI MAGGIO CLOUTS 2 HOMERS IN ONE INNING" with subheads and box scores. Nice for display.... Read full description -
Item #662305THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 19, 1940
* Nazis capture Antwerp Belgium
* World War II era original
The front page has a banner headline: "FRENCH CHECK DRIVE, GERMANS SWING TO WEST TOWARD THE CHANNEL PORTS; CAPTURE ANTWERP" with subheads and related map.
Complete with all 46 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.... Read full description -
Item #662290LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18, 1936 The ftpg. has one column heads: "DEATH COMES TO KIPLING" "Famous Writer Succumbs in London Hospital Today" with a photo captioned: "Rudyard Kipling".
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Item #662240THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 22, 1939
* Howard Rushmore - Daily Worker communist
* "Gone With the Wind" movie film controversy
The front page has a two column heading: "Daily Worker Critic Forced Out of Job On Refusal to Attack 'Gone With the Wind'" (see)
wikipedia notes: By 1939 he was the paper's... Read full description -
Item #662235THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 28, 1944
* Lesley J. McNair death (1st report)
* World War II United States Army
* Operation Cobra - Normandy Campaign
The front page has a two column heading: "McNair Killed in Normandy Watching Push on U.S. Front" with subhead and photo. (see) More on page 3.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #662233THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 29, 1939
* Jewish Palestine Pavilion dedication
* Headed by Albert Einstein - Jews
* New York World's Fair w/ photo
The top of page 7 has a seven column headline: "Spotlight at Fair Swings to Dedication of the Palestine Pavilion" with subheads and related photo (see) First report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #662229THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 7, 1931
* Frankenstein - Boris Karloff advertisement
* Pre Code horror monster film movie
* Opening week in New York City
Page 29 has a small and somewhat discrete advertisement for the original "Frankenstein" film starring Boris Karloff. (see) This ad is for the 4th day after the opening in NYC.
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Item #662192NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 14, 1865 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH" "Rebel Ideas of Sherman" "His Expected Kindness Towards South Carolina" "The Hotbed of Treason to be Treated No Worse Than Georgia "Mobile" "Additional Confirmation of the Reported Evacuation... Read full description -
Item #662191NEW YORK HERALD, March 23, 1865
* Nearing the end of the American Civil War
* Ulysses S. Grant & William T. Sherman
* Quarrel between Jefferson Davis and His Congress
Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "SHERMAN" "Johnston Flying from the Combined Armies" "Raleigh Said to be Evacuated"... Read full description -
Item #662180NEW YORK HERALD, May 31, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "BUTLER" "GRANT!" "SHERMAN!" "The Entire Grand Army in Motion En Route for Richmond" "Engagement Between McPherson's Corps & the Rebels" "The Rebels Defeated & Driven Back" "General... Read full description -
Item #662176NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 19, 1862 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Interesting From the South" "The Richmond Examiner on the Rebel Situation" "The Port of New Orleans Hermetically Sealed" "Rebel Account of the Escape of the Pensacola" "No Furloughs to be Granted to the Army of the... Read full description -
Item #662175NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 19, 1862 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Interesting From the South" "The Richmond Examiner on the Rebel Situation" "The Port of New Orleans Hermetically Sealed" "Rebel Account of the Escape of the Pensacola" "No Furloughs to be Granted to the Army of the... Read full description -
Item #662173NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 4, 1862 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Burnside Expedition" "Heavy Cannonading in the Vicinity of Beaufort" "Heavy Firing Near Norfolk" "News From the South" "The Southern Women & Children to Turn Incendiaries" "The... Read full description -
Item #662162THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 1929
* New Orleans, Louisiana
* Streetcar strike riot disaster
* Burning of cars
The front page has one column headings: "ALL-DAY RIOT MARKS NEW ORLEANS STRIKE; 2 DIE, HUNDREDS HURT" "Paving Blocks Rain on Cars, Injuring Police abd Forcing Strike-Breakers Off" "Trolley And Shed Burned"... Read full description -
Item #662141THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, May 9, 1919
* 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
* NC-4
This 32 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "TWO TRANSOCEAN FLIERS REACH HALIFAX; FLEW FROM ROCKAWAY AIR STATION IN 9 HOURS; THE NC-4 REPORTS TROUBLE AND IS MISSING" with many... Read full description -
Item #662137THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, September 9, 1875
* P.T. Phineas Barnum ad
Page 5 has a nice & somewhat large illustrated advertisement for: "The Only Hippodrome in America Any Ten Shows On This Continent! "P.T. BARNUM'S Great Roman Hippodrome" with further details. The ad includes a large illustration of P. T. Barnum (see).
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Item #662122LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 6, 1991
* Tape of Rodney King's beating by L.A. police is revealed
* Public reacts
The bottom of the front page has a two-line, two-column heading: "Tape of L.A. Suspect Stirs Public Furor", with subheading: "Mayor says he's 'outraged.' The department, FBI and district... Read full description -
Item #661944BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, July 31, 1914 The front page has some very nice column headlines on the earlier weeks of World War I including: "MOBILIZATION IN RUSSIA" "Entire Army & Navy of the Em;pire Called to the Colors" "Germany Will Follow Suit" "Germany Already Under Martial Law" "All... Read full description -
Item #661941BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 4, 1914 The front page has some very nice column headlines on the earlier weeks of World War I including: "BRITISH ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY" "Demands Definite Statement of Attitude on Belgium Neutrality" "Army Ordered Mobilized by King George" "Public Opinion In England For... Read full description -
Item #661882THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR (Magazine Section), Boston, February 1, 1947
* illustrator for Disney Studios - works include Bambi
The cover of this Magazine Section has a color illustration by Maurice Day, an early illustrator for Disney Studios. An inside article shows various sections of his work, a small photo of him, and the... Read full description -
Item #661878CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, July 23, 1944
* Adolph Hitler escapes assassination plot
* Operation Valkyrie - Loyal aides stay put
The last column of the ftpg. has: "HITLER PLEADS WITH ARMY TO REMAIN LOYAL" with a subhead. The article carries over to pg. 2 where there is a photo of Hitler with Mussolini.
This was shortly after the... Read full description -
Item #661871THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, February 15, 1948 This issue contains the highly desirable full-page "Tucker '48 Ad" - "Tucker Sets a New Pattern of Safety" (Part II, pg. 9).
Other news of the day is found throughout. The ad has a very light brown spot in a clear space between the top and bottom portions of the ad. The... Read full description -
Item #661870LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 18, 1934
* John Dillinger gang
* Flint Michigan MI bank robbery
* Early, same day 1st report
The front page has a one column heading: "MICH. BANK HELD UP BY 3 BANDITS" See image for brief text here. An early, same day report here, probably the reason for the brief article... Read full description -
Item #661817THE LONDON GAZETTE, England. A collection of four issues of this--the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper--each one hundred years apart. Issues are dated 1671, 1771, 1871 and 1971.
Interestingly, the format of this title did not change much over the years save for the number of pages increasing with the... Read full description -
Item #661794FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 12, 1865 The full front page has two scenes: "The Horse Market and Stables, New York City, Where The Weekly Sale of Government Horses Takes Place" with a related print inside.
Prints inside include 3 pages on: "The Great Atlantic Cable--Constructing The New... Read full description -
Item #661778PUCK, New York, Dec. 13, 1893
* Color political prints - cartoons
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are... Read full description -
Item #661730NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 2, 1865 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "The Siege of Fortress Rosecrans" "The Fight at Overall's Creek" "The Battle of the Cedars" "RICHMOND" "Probable Designs of the Enemy to Make a Dash from Richmond" "WILMINGTON" "Admiral Porter Still at... Read full description -
Item #661729NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1865
* General William T. Sherman
* Branchville SC South Carolina
* Final months of the Civil War
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH" "Sherman Marching on Branchville, South Carolina" " Bragg Asking the Prayers of All Christians for Himself & His Army"... Read full description -
Item #661723CHRONICLE SPORTING GREEN sport's section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 1938
* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row
The top of the front page of this sport's section only has a nice banner headline: "PEARSON HURLS NO HIT TILT FOR YANKS !" The top of... Read full description -
Item #661690SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, April 24, 1937
* Stockton cannery strike of 1937
* San Joaquin County, California
* Spinach riot - unions vs. growers
The front page has a great banner headline: "STOCKTON RIOT TRUCE" with subheads and nice photo. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #661679NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, April 24, 1941
* Phil Rizzuto - New York Yankees
* Very 1st MLB baseball home run
* Game announcer - "Holy Cow!" fame
The sport's section (page 28) has a two column heading: "Homers?Phil Can Hit 'Em" with subhead: "Rizzuto's 11th Inning Drive to Beat Red Sox Proves Small Yank... Read full description -
Item #661660BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 6, 1914 The ftpg. has many one column heads on the early reports from World War I including: "BATTLE AT LIEGE STILL UNDER WAY" "German Casualties Placed at 8,000" "Another Attack Expected Tonight" "France is Likely to Aid Belgium" "FEEDING THE FIGHTING NATIONS"... Read full description -
Item #661659BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 3, 1914 The front page has many reports from the early events of World War I with column heads including; "GERMAN ARMY OVER FRONTIERS" "Neutrality Treaties Openly Violated" "Russia Also Over the German Border" "Austria Fighting On the Drina" "ENGLAND TO... Read full description -
Item #661648FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, Sept. 29, 1936
* Black Legion - American terrorists convictions
* Charles Poole murder - lynching
* Works Progress Administration organizer
The ftpg. has a small article headed: "Nine Convicted In Black Legion Murder Case".
The Black Legion was a white supremacist society which split... Read full description -
Item #661647NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 23, 1888 Near the bottom of page 4 is the printing of a poem: "The Dismantled Ship" by Walt Whitman as noted at its conclusion. This was the very first printing of this Whitman poem as verified by the Walt Whitman Archive, and is very significant as such.
Twelve pages, some margin tears, toned at the... Read full description -
Item #661646NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, June 2, 1942
* Bombing of Essen, Germany
* Thousand bomber-raids
* Krupp factory
The front page gas a great banner headline: "1036 PLANES RAID ESSEN" with subheads that include: "Krupp Plant Battered By 3000 Tons of Bombs" and more. Nice for display.
Completer with all 26 pages, light toning... Read full description -
Item #661644CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 20, 1930
* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones
* Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire
* Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
The front page of section 2 (sports) has a n ice banner headline: "BOBBY JONES' RECORD 68 WINS GOLF CUP" with subheads. Nice for display. First report coverage on Bobby Jones winning at Sunningdale... Read full description -
Item #661627THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 7, 1930.
* The London Naval Conference
* Henry L. Stimson
* USS Pensacola commissioned
The front page has a three column headline: "STIMSON GIVES OUT OUR NAVAL PROGRAM, PARITY WITH BRITAIN AT 15 BATTLESHIPS AND RIGHT OF DUPLICATION IN CRUISERS"with subheads. (see) Lengthy text.
Page 2... Read full description -
Item #661625INDEPENDENT PRESS, Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, Jan. 4, 1854
* The Carrier Address to the subscribers - re: the New Year
Taking a full column and a bit more on pg. 2 is the: "Carriers Address To The Patrons Of The Independent Press, January 1, 1854."
News of the day with period advertising is found throughout. The... Read full description -
Item #661624THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 28, 1964
* Jane Goodall's famous return
* Chimpanzees in Tanganyika
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Blonde Finds Chimps Look Down on Humans" with caption: "They're No Gentlemen" and photo. (see) Coverage on Jane Goodall's return from her long... Read full description -
Item #661623SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 6, 1963 The front page has a three column-wide, two line head "Los Angeles Does It Again With More Great Pitching, 1-0" with an accompanying photo of pitcher Don Drysdale and outfielder Tommy Davis with a header "Big D's Do It for... Read full description -
Item #661622THE ALLENTOWN LEADER, Allentown, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1911 Page 4 has a column-wide report "Mob Leaders Face Arrest" with subheads "Authorities learn Names of Many Lynchers" "State Police At Scene" "District Attorney Says Firemen Were Among Rioters and He Has Evidence Against Thirty". This... Read full description -
Item #661621THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, July 4, 1946
* The Republic of the Philippines is established
The front page has a two column heading: "Historic Rites Mark Birth of Philippines Republic" 1st report coverage on the establishment of the Republic of the Philippines.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete... Read full description -
Item #661618THE DAILY UNION, Junction City, Kansas, August 13, 1977 Page 3 has a headline "Say lawyer asked $50,000 - Son of Sam recordings offered". "...one of his attorneys reportedly offered to sell The New York Daily News six hours of recorded conversation with Berkowitz... The News said in today's edition... Read full description -
Jean Harlow's burial...
Item #661616THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1937 The front page carries a one column headline "Jean Harlow Buried Today" with subhead "Only William Powell and Members of the Family Admitted to the Chapel" "Hollywood in Mourning". This continues to page 8 where another article "Jean Harlow's Childhood... Read full description -
Item #661615THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 9, 1928
* Polish actress Pola Negri
The front page has one column headings: "POLA NEGRI HURT; DEATH WAS FEARED" "Actress Injured When Thrown From Horse in Paris--Danger Passes in 36 Hours" "In Coma Most Of The Night" and more. Report continues inside with photo of Negri. (see)
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #661591NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, July 3, 1942
* First Battle of El Alamein
* World War II Egypt
The front page has nice banner headline: "BRITISH HURL BACK NAZIS" with subhead. Nice for display.
Complete with all 20 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, small binding holes along the... Read full description
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