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Item #655838NEW YORK TRIBUNE, November 14, 1918
* Prime Minister Lloyd George declares 'No Vengeance' against Germany
* WWI related cartoon on the front page
Page one has the full-banner, 3-line heading: "Lloyd George Declares for Just Peace; Wilson to Aid If Germans Keep Order; Bolshevism Spreads to Neutral States,"... Read full description -
Item #655837THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1943
* New York Yankees vs. St. Louis Cardinals
* World Series of baseball (game 3)
The front page has a two column headline: "Yankees Score Five Runs In Eighth To Take Lead In Series" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 22 pages,... Read full description -
Item #655835NEW YORK TRIBUNE, November 9, 1918
* Terms are given to end WWI
* WWI related cartoon on the front page
Page one has the full-banner, 3-line heading: "Kaiser and Reichstag Get Foch's Terms; Republic in Bavaria as Revolt Spreads; Wilhelm refuses to Quit His Throne," with multiple related subheads. Includes a great front-page cartoon... Read full description -
Item #655833NEW YORK TRIBUNE, November 25, 1918
* North Germany forms new Republic
* Great Post WWI coverage
Page one has the 6-column, 3-line heading: "North Germany Forms New Republic; 28 More U-Boats Are Surrendered; Americans Enter Rhenish Prussia," with multiple related subheads. See images for details.
Other news of the day... Read full description -
Item #655832NEW YORK TRIBUNE, November 22, 1918
* German War Ships Surrender
* WWI related cartoon on the front page
Page one has the 5-column, 3-line heading: "90 German Warships Surrender; One Strikes Mine and Goes Down; 'Wilson Peace' Assailed in Senate," with multiple related subheads. The front page also has a large WWI... Read full description -
Item #655827THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 5, 1928
* Jean Lussier - Canadian-American daredevil
* Over Niagara Falls (Horseshoe) in rubber ball
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Man Goes Over Niagara in a Rubber Ball; Third Time Falls Have Been Conquered" (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in... Read full description -
Item #655818CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUINE, Nov. 8, 1939
* Ham and Eggs movement
* Pension scheme losses
The front page has a nice banner headline: "BEAT 'HAM AND EGGS" PENSION" with subhead. Nice for display. The "ham and eggs" movement in 1938 was a misguided attempt to provide elderly Californians with a weekly pension.
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Item #655806THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1928
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart makes history* Flight across the Atlantic Ocean
* Airplane "Friendship"
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "FRIENDSHIP CREW TO FLY TO HOLLAND" with many subheads. Lengthy text continues inside, too much to photograph all.... Read full description -
Item #655805CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 13, 1934
* Austrian Civil War - February Uprising
* Socialists vs. conservative-fascist forces
* Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss
The front page has a banner headline: "AUSTRIA IN CIVIL WAR; 150 DIE" with many subheads. Nice for display. More on page 2 with related photo and map. (see) A few more... Read full description -
Item #655797CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 25, 1937
* Little Steel Strike - labor
* Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
* Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "CIO GRIP ON STEEL SMASHED" with subheads. (See) Nice for display. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description -
Item #655744CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 29, 1934
* Upton Sinclair wins Democratic nomination
* California gubernatorial election nominee
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RADICAL LEADS COAST VOTE" with subhead. (see) Nice for display. Coverage on Upton Sinclair winning the Democratic nomination for governor of California.... Read full description -
Item #655740THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, July 5, 1928
* Jean Lussier - Canadian-American daredevil
* Over Niagara Falls (Horseshoe) in rubber ball
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "150,000 CHEER MAN IN BALL OVER NIAGARA" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 16... Read full description -
Item #655711CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 31, 1929
* Battle of Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico
* Great headline for display
* Escobar Rebellion
The front page has a nice banner headline: "REBELS ROUTED; MANY SLAIN" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the battle of Jiménez, Chihuahua in Mexico during the Escobar Rebellion. Always... Read full description -
Item #655707CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 4, 1931
* Max Schmeling vs. Young Stribling
* Heavyweight boxing title fight
* Great headline for display
The front page has a very nice banner headline: "A KNOCKOUT! BY SCHMELING" with subheads. (see) Rare to have and nice headline on the front that deals with sports. The front page of the sport's... Read full description -
Item #655704THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 24, 1934
* Jean Piccard ballooning
* Stratosphere flight
The front page has one column headlines that include: "PICCARD BALLOON LANDS IN TREETOP" "Scientists Believe Stratosphere Flight Was Success in Ten-Mile Ascent" "Instruments Uninjured" and more. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with two... Read full description -
Item #655697CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 10, 1928
* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder
* William Edward Hickman found guilty
The front page has a great banner headline: "FIND HICKMAN SANE, GUILTY OF MURDER" with subheads. (see) Nice headline for display. A photo of a smiling Hickman is on the back page. First report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #655690THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 30, 1959
* Another Disney first!
* 3-way stereophonic sounds & "Magic Mural" widescreen effect
Page 47-M has a 5" by 8" ad for what is self-described as: "ANOTHER DISNEY FIRST!," which includes: "3-Way Stereophonic Sound Plus The Wide-Screen Effect of Magic Mural. Walt Disney... Read full description -
Item #655686CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 14, 1930
* Aviator Frank Hawks
* Transcontinental airplane flight
* Speed record broken
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SPANS U. S: 3 MILES A MINUTE" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on the back page. First report coverage on Franks Hawks record breaking... Read full description -
Item #655679CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 31, 1930
* Very 1st World Cup soccer championship game
This issue of the Times reports the final game of the very first World Cup tournament. With soccer being a somewhat unknown sport in the United States at the time, it is exceedingly difficult to find any 1930 reports of the World Cup in American... Read full description -
Item #655676THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 2, 1938
* Su Lin death - giant panda
* Ruth Elizabeth Harkness
* Brookfield Zoo - Chicago
Page 17 has a one column heading: "PANDA, PET OF ZOO, IS DEAD IN CHICAGO" with subhead and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Su Lin, the first giant panda kept outside of China.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #655667FITCHBURG DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. June 5, 1928
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart* About to make history
* Airplane "Friendship"
Less than 13 months after Charles Lindbergh's heralded accomplishment, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to achieve the feat. The front page has a one column heading: "WEATHER HOLDS UP... Read full description -
Item #655661CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 21, 1934
* MacRobertson Trophy Air Race
* London to Melbourne airplane event
* Melbourne Centenary celebrations
* Jim and Amy Mollison
The front page has a nice banner headline: "FLYING MOLLISONS LEAD RACE with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Coverage continues on page 2 with a few related photos... Read full description -
Item #655641CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 4, 1931
* Leo Vincent Brothers found guilty
* Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle murder
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
* Exploited by Al 'Scarface' Capone ?
The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIND LEO BROTHERS GUILTY" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report... Read full description -
Item #655636ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, (PICTURES SECTION), Missouri, Dec. 31, 1939
The back page of the weekly Pictures Section is fully dedicated to the new full-length animated film, "Gulliver's Travels," which was Max Fleischer's answer to the incredible success of Walt Disney's, "Snow... Read full description -
Item #655635SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Final Morning Edition, December 23, 1939
* Several Disney Characters wish everyone a Merry Christmas...
* Donald, Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, and several Dwarfs
* Signed work by Walt Disney - approx. 12 by 15 1/2 inches
The back page has an absolutely wonderful, large, color... Read full description -
Item #655630THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1936
* Paul McCullough suicide death
* Comedian - actor
* Clark and McCullough comedy team
The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "M'CULLOUGH DIES OF HIS INJURIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the suicide death on comedian actor Paul MCCullough.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #655594CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 2, 1930
* 1st East to West Transatlantic flight (more difficult)
* Dieudonne Costes & Marice Bellonte
* Europe to United States in airplane (1st time)
The front page has a great banner headline: "COSTE DIES IT: PARIS TO N. Y." with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on... Read full description -
Item #655584CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 7, 1930
* 1930 Argentine coup d'état
* September Revolution
* Buenos Aires, Argentina
The front page has a great banner headline announcing: "ARGENTINA SEIZED BY ARMY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 2 with related photos.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #655545LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 4, 1915 The front cover has a very nice, color print of naval action captioned: "In The Fighting Top". Inside has some photos regarding World War I including: "Where the Great War Began" being a photo of: "Sarajevo, the City Where the Archduke Francis Ferdinand was... Read full description -
Item #655542THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 13, 1936
* San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge opens
* Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurates (1st report)
Page 25 has one column headings that include "OPENS GIANT BRIDGE AT SAN FRANCISCO" "Roosevelt in Washington Lights 'Go' Signals and Hoover Car Is First to Cross" "Warships... Read full description -
Item #655533DEREIZENDE NIEUWS-BODE, Amsterdam, June 12, 1837
* Uncommon publication
* Nice masthead engraving
A curious little newspaper in Dutch, perhaps most notable for the large, nice engraving on the front page of a man on horseback "trumpeting" the news. Note the iconic windmill in the background. The title translates to... Read full description -
Item #655485THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1932
* What if "Heil Schicklgruber" ?
* Adolph Hitler's father Alois
The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Says Hitler's Father Changed Name From Schuecklgruber" (see) Interesting report here as Adolph Hitler's last name could easily have been Schicklgruber. Would it have made a... Read full description -
Item #655460THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 3, 1928
* Theodore William Richards death
* 1st American Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
* Harvard University - atomic weights - elements
The top of page 29 has a one column heading: "HARVARD CHEMIST, T. W. RICHARDS, DIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Theodore William... Read full description -
Item #655457THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 1929
* 1st Women's Air Derby begins
* "Powder Puff Derby"
* Marvel Crosson's crash & death
* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (halfway)
The front page has a one column heading: "WOMAN DERBY FLIER IS LOST IN ARIZONA" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #655444THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1937
* Maurice Ravel death (1st report)
* French composer, pianist & conductor
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "MAURICE RAVEL, 62, COMPOSER, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #655427FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 18, 1885 Inside has a full page with 3 prints of: "Scenes & Incidents of the Strike of Iron-Workers in Cleveland" and other fullpg. has 4 prints of: "The Indian Troubles--Types & Incidents In Southwestern Kansas & the Indian Territory." A fullpg. has 8 scenes of:... Read full description -
Item #655418PUCK, New York, Nov. 1, 1893 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 much desired for their displayability.... Read full description -
Item #655409THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1928
* University of California Golden Bears
* Cal Crew wins Olympic gold in rowing (1st)
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CALIFORNIA'S EIGHT WINS OLYMPIC TITLE IN A STIRRING RACE" with subheads. (see)
First report coverage on the University of California Golden Bears Crew winning... Read full description -
Item #655395THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1846 The ftpg. has: "Later From the Army" "On Day Later from the Army--Confirmation of the Attack on Tampico--Mexicans Fortifying Monterey" and other subheads with 2 full columns of reports on the Mexican War.
More war reports inside with: "Route From Matamoras To... Read full description -
Item #655394THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 1847 Page 2 has: "What Have We Gained by the War?" "Letter From the Marine Corps" from Camp Brigade near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Page 3 has an item from "Mexico" which concerns negotiations for peace, then followed by comments of a Mexican newspaper concerning Gen.... Read full description -
Item #655387THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 26, 1955
* First animated feature filmed in widescreen CinemaScope
* Disney's "The Lady and the Tramp"
* Premier weekend showing
Page B-13 has a nice advertisement for the premier weekend showing of Disney's, "The Lady and the Tramp," which was the first animated... Read full description -
Item #655330HOME AND FARM, Louisville, Kentucky, June 1, 1881 Calls itself: "A Semi-Monthly Record For Farmers". Inside has a nice: "View of the Grounds & Buildings of the International Cotton Exposition". Very ornate engraving in the masthead.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, various wear at... Read full description -
Item #655282FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 19, 1931 The front page has an article headed: "New Leader Takes Place Of Al Capone," which announces that Johnny "the Immune" Torrio has taken over the gangland leadership - with more.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day are present as well.
Complete in... Read full description -
Item #655280FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 2, 1931 Page 10 has a great photo of Babe Ruth and Max Schmeling with the caption: "Just A Couple Of Slug Champs." Great to have these two great athletes of the era in the same photo.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day are present as well.
Complete in 16 pages, a... Read full description -
Item #655279TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Feb. 25, 1931 The front page has a large photo of Gandhi with the caption: "Gandhi Happy To Be Free Again." Also on the front page is an interesting article regarding Albert Einstein: "Einstein Used the Cigarette Relatively." Page 3 has a 2-column, two-line heading regarding Al... Read full description -
Item #655238THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 23, 1932
* Grace Fortescue trial
* Joseph Kahahawai murder
* Thalia Massie rape ?
* Honolulu, Hawaii
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "DARROW BARS MOVE TO EXAMINE MASSIE" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the trial of Grace Fortescue for the murder of Joseph Kahahawai, a innocent man charged with the... Read full description -
Item #655227BOSTON HERALD TRAVELER, Nov. 19, 1969
* Joseph P. Kennedy death (1st report)
* Best title to be had ?
Although the headline announces the second landing of men on the moon, also on the ftpg. is a report of the death of Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy family. "Joseph Kennedy Dead; Private Family Rites"... Read full description -
Item #655225THE DETROIT NEWS, June 23, 1964
* Mississippi Civil Rights workers disappear
* James Chaney - Philadelphia MS (1st report)
The front page has a two column heading: "3 Rights Workers Vanish in Mississippi" (see) First report coverage on the 3 Civil Rights workers going missing at Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #655193THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1935
* Joseph Farquharson death (1st report)
* Scottish painter - Scotland landscapes
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "FARQUHARSON DIES; FAMOUS ARTIST, 89" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory... Read full description -
Item #655188FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., October 31, 1922
* Benito Mussolini initial rise to power
* March on Rome
* Government take over
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "'TO DEMOBILIZE FASCISTI AFTER MARCH TONIGHT" with subhead. (see) Coverage on Benito Mussolini taking control of Italy's government with the... Read full description
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