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Item #713615LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 6, 2007
* Westroads Mall mass shooting
* Omaha, Nebraska murder suicide
* Gunman shooter Robert Hawkins
The front page has a one column heading: "Deadly rampage at the mall" with subhead & related photo.
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Item #713607CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 7, 1934
* Constantine, Algeria pogrom
* Anti Jewish riots - Jews massacre
* Arabs - Muslims attack
The front page has a one column heading: "Jews and Arabs Renew Algeria Riots; 100 Die" with small related map. (see images) First report coverage on the Muslim anti-Jewish riots in Constantine,... Read full description -
Item #713604CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 21, 1922
* Ohio Stadium "The Horseshoe" dedication
* Michigan-Ohio State college football rivalry
* Day of 1st game between rivals at stadium
The sport's section (page 11) has a one column heading: "OHIO FIELD DEDICATED TODAY WITH MICHIGAN" with lineups and more. (see images) This... Read full description -
Item #713603LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 15, 1989
* Best "The Wizard" movie advertisement
* Grand Opening Day premiere review
* Super Mario's Bros. 3 introduced in America
* Fred Savage - Beau Bridges - Christian Slater
* Tobey Maguire's uncredited film debut
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit ... Read full description -
Item #713571GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, April, 1783
* Closing events of the Revolutionary War
Eighteen pages are taken up with "Summary of Proceedings in the 3rd Session of the Present Parliament" which include discussion on concluding events with the war in America, including: "...With respect to America, parliament had left... Read full description -
Item #713519THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 25, 1935.
* SS Mohawk shipwreck
* Ward Line ocean liner
* New Jersey coast collision
* Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
* Bruno Hauptmann takes the stand
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "190 Are Saved as Ward Liner Sinks in Crash" with subhead and photo. (see... Read full description -
Item #713518NEW HAMPSHIRE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, Manchester, July 2, 1862
* Great masthead engraving
The title reflects the theme of this issue, being primarily a farming-related newspaper with agricultural concerns taking much of the front page and some inside space as well. However Civil War reporting is found on pages 2 & 3... Read full description -
Item #713515ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 27 & 28, 1935
* Mauna Loa volcano bombed
* 23d Bomb Squadron warplanes
* Two issue set
The front page of the Dec. 27th issue has a one column heading: "Bombs Ordered To Blast Lava Flor in Hawaii"
Page 3 of the Dec. 28th issue has a two column photo with heading: "Fiery River... Read full description -
Item #713472THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, June 9, 1873
* Modoc Indians War - lava beds
* Captain Jack & others held prisoners
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has a one column heading: "Wild Scenes In The West" with subhead. (see images) Captain Jack would be executed by hanging in... Read full description -
Item #713456CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 8, 1942
* Tuskegee Airmen graduate from University
* World War II African Americans military pilots
* First in the United States Army Air Forces
* Lucy Parsons burned to death - anarchist
The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "U. S. GRADUATES FIRST SQUADRON OF NEGRO FLYERS" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #713438THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Feb. 12, 1936
* William Hope 'Coin' Harvey death
* Monetary bimetallism advocate
* Silver as legal tender -Liberty Party
The front page has a one column heading: "'COIN' HARVEY DIES; PIONEER SILVERITE" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #713436THE DETROIT NEWS, Feb. 9, 1961
* Marilyn Monroe admitted to the hospital
* Payne Whitney Psychiatric Hospital - NYC
* The beginning of the end ? - Arthur Miller divorce
* Actress, singer, model and sex symbol
The front page has a one column heading: "Marilyn in Hospital Secretly" with photo. (see images) Monroe had just... Read full description -
Item #713432CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 16, 1938
* Kristallnacht - crystal night - vandalism
* Persecution of Jews - Jewish property
* Roman Catholic Church & priests censored
A follow up to "Kristallnacht" or Night of Broken Glass, a coordinated attack upon Nazi Jews which resulted in 91 deaths and over 30,000 being sent to... Read full description -
Item #713418THE DETROIT NEWS, March 11, 1965
* Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
* Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights March
* Minister James Reeb beating (death)
The front page has a one column heading: "Dr. King Wins One Round" with subhead. (see images) Lengthy article continues on page 2. Photo of Dr. King's wife on page 3-b.... Read full description -
Item #713392HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1874
* Illustrator Winslow Homer
The full front page is a Thomas Nast illus. captained: "Jewels Among Swine." Inside is a full page illus. of "The Flower Mission"; a full page illus. of "Decoration Day - Services Around the Lincoln Monument, Union Square,... Read full description -
Item #713265NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, April 20, 1822 Page 2 has a report: "The Slave Trade" that begins: "A. Lacoste, of Charleston, S.C. who was convicted at Boston in 1820 of being engaged in the slave trade & condemned to five years imprisonment & the payment of a fine of $3,000,... Read full description -
Item #713251THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 2, 1983
* "National Lampoon's Vacation" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie - film release
* American road comedy cult film - Chevy Chase
Page 42 has a 10 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day release of ... Read full description -
Item #713235SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, June 13, 1808
* The 1808 Thomas Lewis-John McHenry duel
* Sunset Cemetery in Christiansburg, Virginia.
The front page has "AN ACT" of congress: "For the establishment of a turnpike company in the county of Alexandria in the district of Columbia" signed tintype: Th.... Read full description -
Item #713177CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 5, 1928
* "Dapper" Danny Hogan assassination
* St. Paul, Minnesota Irish mobster
* Wineville Chicken Coop murders
* Gordon Stewart Northcott pleads not guilty
The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "Bomb In Auto Kills 'Dapper Danny' Hogan" (see image)
The top of page 4 has a... Read full description -
Item #713173LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 16, 1988
* Best "Rain Man" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Tom Cruise & Dustin Hoffman
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Rain Man" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description -
Item #713152LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 16, 1995
* O. J. Simpson murder case
* The 'Bloody Glove" fiasco
The top of the ftpg. has a color photo captioned: "O.J. Simpson, wearing protective latex gloves, tries on one of the leather gloves found after the murders." beneath which is a one column heading:... Read full description -
Item #713132LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 19, 1999
* Best "Office Space" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Cult classic - Peter Gibbons - Lumbergh
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Office Space" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description -
Item #713109CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 11, 1921
* Bloody Sunday - day of violence
* Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Irish War of Independence
The front page has a one column heading: "BATTLE BLAZES IN BELFAST; 15 DEAD, 90 HURT" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on Belfast's Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland during the Irish War of Independence.
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Item #713059THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 2-8, 1981
* Pat Benatar - American singer & songwriter ad
* Woman hard rocker - New York concerts (THANKS)
* "Heartbreaker" "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" songs
* English pop rock band Duran Duran (very early)
* Part of the second British invasion... Read full description -
Item #713007NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, July 7, 1938
* "The Great Revolt" - Arabs uprising
* Mandatory Palestine - Transjordan
The front page has a one column heading: "Two Warships Rushed to Haifa As 28 Are Slain" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 32 pages, light toning and minor wear a the margins, small piece torn away at bottom... Read full description -
Item #713004SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, February 19, 1937
* USS Wyoming (BB-32) disaster
* U. S. Navy battleship explosion
* United States Marines killed
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Six Killed, 11 Injured when Shell Explodes on Board U. S. Battleship" with subheads and related photo. (see images)
Complete with 34... Read full description -
Item #713002ST. LOUIS POST-DISPARCH, January 13, 1936
* SS Iowa steamship freighter
* Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon
* Peacock Spit - ran aground disaster
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CREW OF 34 LOST WHEN SHIP SINKS OFF OREGON COAST" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the SS Iowa steamship freighter disaster... Read full description -
Item #712999NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 18, 1939
* Battle of the Heligoland Bight
* North Sea - Germany
* 1st "named" air battle of WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "34 BRITISH PLANES FELLED, SAY NAZIS; ONE GERMAN WARSHIP SUNK; TWO HIT" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the Battle of the... Read full description -
Item #712950FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, December 3, 1947
* Jerusalem riots
* Arabs - Muslims
* re. UN Partition Plan
* Haganah & Irgun
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Jews And Arabs Continue Battle; Report 20 Dead" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, more so along the... Read full description -
Item #712943CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 24, 1936
* Scottsboro Boys rape case
* Haywood Patterson prison sentence
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "GIVE SCOTTSBORO RAPIST 75 YEARS IN FIRST RETRIAL" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on Haywood Patterson sentenced to prison for rape in the famous... Read full description -
Item #712941LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 15, 1985
* Best "The Breakfast Club" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* "The Brat Pack" - John Hughes
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "The Breakfast Club" and perhaps no better issue could be found than... Read full description -
Item #712921NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, March 10, 1941
* Strand Theatre fire disaster
* Firemen - firefighters
* Brockton, Massachusetts
Near the bottom of the front page is a brief, same day report with a one column heading: "Snow Crushes Roof; 12 Firemen Killed" (see image)
Complete with 28 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #712908GUNNISON DAILY REVIEW, Colorado, June 5, 1882 An uncommon title from this boom mining town in the southwestern quadrant of Colorado, tucked in a valley amidst the Rocky Mountains.
Gunnison boomed in the late 1870's and early 1880's and was once the home of Wyatt Earp and "Texas Jack". Today, there are some 5500 residents of Gunnison.... Read full description -
Item #712866SECTION B ONLY of the Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1991
* Michael Landon death (1st report)
* Hollywood actor, director & producer
* "Bonanza" Little Joe Cartwright
* "Little House on the Prairie" Charles Ingalls
The top of the front page of this section has a one column heading: "TV... Read full description -
Item #712829THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 4-10, 1981
* 1st successful rapper Kurtis Blow - Prince photos
* Very beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music
Pages 64-68 contains various recent music news with some photos. Included are Kurtis Blow, Prince & Bruce Springsteen. (see images)
wikipedia notes: ... Read full description -
Item #712826THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 29, 1976
* Pre singer Ronnie Van Zant airplane crash disaster
* Lynyrd Skynyrd - American Southern rock band
* GENESIS w/ Phil Collins Beacon Theatre advertisement
* Nils Lofgren - American musician concert & album ad
Beginning on page 83 is a editorial on... Read full description -
Item #712824CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 14, 1935
* Mosul-Haifa oil pipeline opens
* King Ghazi of Iraq - Kirkuk
The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "MOSUL OIL LINE, 1,150 MI. LONG, IN SERVICE TODAY" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine, -
Item #712816THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, N.C., June 23, 1918
* Hammond Circus Train Wreck
* Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus disaster
* Michigan Central Railroad - Indiana
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CIRCUS TRAIN IS SMASHED IN WRECK" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally... Read full description -
Item #712813TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., December 7, 1945
* Bermuda Triangle Flight 19 disappearance
* 5 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers
* One of the most famous unsolved mysteries
The front page is a two column heading: "Sea and Air Armada Ordered Out in Search Of Missing Navy Planes" (see images). Coverage... Read full description -
Item #712812CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 10, 1925
* Floyd Collins trapped
* Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The front page has a one column heading: "CAVE VICTIM'S BREATH HEARD OVER THE WIRE" with subhead. (see images) A few related photos and heading on the back page.
Complete with 36 pages, light toning and some wear... Read full description -
Item #712776NEW YORK WORLD, May 20, 1862
* General David Hunter's Emancipation order
* Abraham Lincoln rebuffs (nullifies)
* Robert Smalls & companions to be compensated
The front page begins with column heads: "PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION" "Gen. Hunter's Proclamation Void"... Read full description -
Item #712771CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 14, 1927
* New York Yankees win AL pennant
* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig era
* Major league baseball - MLB
* Year of the greatest team ever ?
The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "YANKEES CLINCH FLAG AS RUTH HITS TWO HOMERS" with subhead and box scores. This was the team that many consider to be... Read full description -
Item #712750THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 2, 1870
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Utah polygamy argument
This newspaper was published 26 years before Utah became a state.
Most of the front page is taken up with a report headed: "Indignation Meetings in the Settlements", beginning: "Determined not to be behind their... Read full description -
Item #712749THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 19, 1870 This newspaper was published 26 years before Utah became a state.
Included is the lengthy: "Governor's Message" reading much like a state-of-the-state address, signed by the acting govrernor, S. A. Mann.
But the most notable contgent is much reporting on the:... Read full description -
Item #712748THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1943
* Aviation pioneer Jimmy Doolittle
* New commander of the Eighth Air Force
* Promoted Lieutenant general
* To lead air attack on D-Day
The front page has a one column heading: "DOOLITTLE TO GUIDE INVASION AIR BLOW" with subhead. (see images)
Other World War II events of the day. Complete with 34... Read full description -
Robert Smalls leads fellow slaves to freedom... The USS Planter...
Item #712734NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, May 24, 1862
* General David Hunter order
* Emancipation of slaves
* Abraham Lincoln rebuffs
* Robert Smalls - born in slavery
* Leads fellow slaves to freedom
Page 2 begins with: "Gen. Hunter Overruled". This concerns the controversial situation where Hunter pronounced... Read full description -
Item #712712CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 5, 1936
* USS Aircraft Carrier Yorktown launching
* United States Navy - World War II warship
* Future Battle of Midway sinking fame
The top of page 17 has a three column photo with heading: "An Airport Takes To The Waves" Also a one column heading: "CROWD ACCLAIMS YORKTOWN, NEW PLANE... Read full description -
Item #712710CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 24, 1945
* General George S. Patton death - funeral
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "WARRIOR HYMN HE LOVED SUNG AT PATTON RITES" with subhead. Related photo and heading on the back page. (see images)
I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at... Read full description -
Item #712691NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 1862
* General David Hunter's Emancipation order
* Abraham Lincoln rebuffs (nullifies)
* Robert Smalls & companions to be compensated
Page one has: "Gen. Hunter's Order Repudiated by the President" followed by: "He Pronounces... Read full description -
Item #712678THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1946
* Original "It's a Wonderful Life" premiere ad
* Pre-World premiere showing in New York City
* James Stewart and Donna Reed - Frank Capra
Page 31 has a 8 x 3 3/4 inch advertisement for the World premiere of what is considered one of the greatest films of all time, It's a... Read full description
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