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  • Desert Storm begins, dramatically announced...
    Item #636984
    COURIER-POST, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, January 17, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "War 'U.S., allies bomb Iraq, Missiles, refinery hit'" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm begins, dramatically announced...
    Item #636981
    QUAD-CITY TIMES, Davenport, Iowa, January 17, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR 'So far, so good'" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm ground offensive begins...
    Item #636980
    TEMPE DAILY NEWS - TRIBUNE, February 24, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "INVASION - Pray for them" with related  map (see images).
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  • Engelbert Dollfuss warns Adolph Hitler...
    Item #636979
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, February 4, 1934

    * Engelbert Dollfuss warns Adolph Hitler
    * Do not meddle in Austrian affairs
    * Pre-Anchluss (annexation of Austria)


    The top of the front page of this section has a two column headline: "DOLLFUSS WARNS HITLER TO LEAVE AUSTRIA ALONE" with subheads. (see) This is an editorial by... Read full description  
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  • Desert Storm ground offensive begins...
    Item #636978
    TEMPE DAILY NEWS - TRIBUNE, February 24, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "INVASION - Pray for them" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm ground offensive begins...
    Item #636977
    TEMPE DAILY NEWS - TRIBUNE, February 24, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "INVASION - Pray for them" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm begins, dramatically announced...
    Item #636976
    TEMPE DAILY NEWS - TRIBUNE, January 17, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR 'Air armada pounds Iraq'" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm begins, dramatically announced...
    Item #636973
    QUAD-CITY TIMES, Davenport, Iowa, January 17, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR 'So far, so good'" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm begins, dramatically announced...
    Item #636971
    HERALD_NEWS - EXTRA, Joliet, Illinois, January 17, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "GULF WAR" with related  map (see images).
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  • Desert Storm begins, dramatically announced...
    Item #636968
    HATTIESBURG AMERICAN - EXTRA, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, January 17, 1991 

    * Operation Desert Storm
    * Persian Gulf War begins


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR!" with related  map (see images).
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  • Death of Sam Phillips, one of the "founders" of rock & roll...
    Item #636950
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 31, 2003 

    * Sam Phillips death
    * Rock and roll icon
    * Elvis Presley fame


    The bottom of the front page has a notable report on the death of Sam Phillips, headed: "Sam Phillips, Who Launched Elvis and a Revolution, Dies" plus a related photo. Phillips played an important role in the... Read full description  
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  • Fidel Castro Takes Over Cuba...
    Item #636933
    THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, January 2, 1959 

    * Fulgenico Batista Flees Cuba 
    * Fidel Castro and the rebels taking over
     

    This 10 page newspaper has a three column headlines on the front page: "Castro Rules Cuba; President Named" with subheads and two related photos, one of Castro. 1st report coverage on the rise of Fidel Castro... Read full description  
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  • Babe Ruth's final contract with New York Yankees...
    Item #636928
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 13, 1934

    * Babe Ruth's final contract
    * New York Yankees
    * Last year with the team


    The sport's section (page 8) has a banner headline that reads: "1934 Contract to Be Signed Monday by Ruth at Reported Salary of $37,500" with subheads and photo of Ruth. (see)
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  • Olympiastadion (Berlin) 1st announced....
    Item #636925
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, January 7, 1934

    * Olympiastadion (Berlin) construction announced
    * 1936 Summer Olympics Invitations dispatched


    Page 5 of this section has a banner headline: "Details Announced for Huge Olympic Sports Plant to Be Built by Germans" with subheads and illustration. (see)
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  • John Allen "NYC wickedest man" arrested...
    Item #636920
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1868

    * John Allen (saloon keeper) arrested
    * "Wickedest Man in New York"
    * Notorious underworld figure
    * Post Water Street revival - dance hall


    Page 6 has an article headed: "John Allen At Tombs" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on John Allen's arrest shortly after he claimed to... Read full description  
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  • Carrie Chapman Catt & Octave Thanet...
    Item #636918
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1934

    * Carrie Chapman Catt honored
    * American women's suffrage leader
    * Octave Thanet (Alice French) death


    The top of page 19 has a two column photo headed: "Noted Women's Leader Is 75 Years Old" and one column heading: "MRS. CATT HONORED ON 75TH BIRTHDAY" with subheads. (see)
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  • David Lamar death... "Wolf of Wall Street"...
    Item #636905
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 14, 1934

    * David Lamar death
    * "Wolf of Wall Street"
    * Stock market con man


    The front page has a one column heading: "LAMAR FOUND DEAD IN MIDTOWN HOTEL" with subheads that include: "'Wolf of Wall Street' Dies Obscure and Alone, Owing a Week's Room Rent" and more. (see)... Read full description  
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  • St. Joseph, Missouri Negro lynching...
    Item #636897
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1933.

    * Lloyd Warner Negro lynching
    * St. Joseph MO Missouri
    * Verne C. Miller slaying
    * Gangster era gunman - bootlegger


    The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "MISSOURI OPENS LYNCHING INQUIRY" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the lynching of Negro Lloyd Warner in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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  • Albert Einstein honors Alfred Noble...
    Item #636895
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1933

    * Albert Einstein on Alfred Noble

    The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN EULOGIZES NOBEL AS IDEALIST" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Albert Einstein honoring Alfred Nobel at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
    Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete... Read full description  
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  • Austrian Civil War... February Uprising...
    Item #636893
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 13, 1934 

    * Austrian Civil War - February Uprising
    * Socialists vs. conservative-fascist forces
    * Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss


    The front page has a four column heading: "129 AUSTRIANS KILLED IN CIVIL WAR; SOCIALISTS DECLARE GENERAL STRIKE; DOLLFUSS BANS PARTY; NAZIS LIE LOW" with many subheads. Much... Read full description  
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  • Reichstag building arsonist executed...
    Item #636891
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 11, 1934

    * Marinus van ver Lubbe - Dutch communist
    * Reichstag fire arsonist - execution by guillotine

    The front page has a one column heading: "VAN DER LUBBE DIES ON NAZI GUILLOTINE" with subheads that include: "Germany Beheads Reichstag Incendiary in Lepzig, Taking the World by Surprise"... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #636876
    Item #636876
    (5) HARPER'S WEEKLY -- the first year: 1857 A lot of 5 issues but all in '2nd rate' condition. Very few illustrations from this initial year.
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  • Nice collection of Thomas Nast political cartoons...
    Item #636875
    (7) HARPER'S WEEKLY lot of 7 issues of the 1860's-1880's each with a full front page Thomas Nast political cartoon, and other Nast or non-Nast prints inside. A blend of 1st rate and better than 2nd rate issues. A great lot for a dealer or anyone wishing to begin a collection.
    Additional lots are available--inquire if multiple sets... Read full description  
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  • Collection of English language Nazi newspapers...
    Item #636874
    (10) WORLD WAR II: "The Star" and/or "Evening Press" newspapers from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Ten issues of a bona-fide Nazi newspaper published in English for the residents of this English Channel Island during the Nazi occupation.  All issues date from 1940 thru early 1945.  The images shown are... Read full description  
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  • Civil War era illustrated issues at a great price...
    Item #636873
    (5) HARPER'S WEEKLY  A Civil War era lot of 5 issues in average condition. This lot offers an excellent illustrated and textual view of this critical period in American history, at a significantly reduced price from their individual values.  All issues are complete in 16 pages and include many prints suitable for... Read full description  
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  • New York Fire Department, English Lake District, pottery in the United States...
    Item #636857
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, (New York), February, 1881 

    * New York City firefighting

    Among the many articles within are: "The English Lakes & Their Genii" which includes many prints including: "Wordsworth's Seat, Grasmere" "Helvellyn & Thirlmere"... Read full description  
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  • Newspaper edited by the famed Jonathan Swift...
    Item #636850
    THE EXAMINER, London, 1713  This editorial-format newspaper published by John Morphew was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift (of Gulliver's Travels fame) during this period of publication. It promoted a Tory perspective on British politics, at a time when Queen Anne had replaced Whig ministers with Tories.
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  • Keeping it in the family...
    Item #636838
    THE GLOBE, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18, 1898 

    * Outlaw Jesse James' son

    The bottom of page 3 has a small & somewhat inconspicuous article headed: "Jesse James Indicted" which begins: "The grand jury yesterday returned indictments against Jesse James, son of the noted outlaw..." (see). The following year he would... Read full description  
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  • Mary Pickford signs w/ Paramount Pictures....
    Item #636834
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, December 17, 1933

    * Actress Mary Pickford signs contract
    * "Queen of the Movies" "America's Sweetheart"
    * Adolph Zukor - Paramount Pictures


    Page 2 of this section has a one column heading: "MARY PICKFORD SIGNS FOR STAGE" with subheads. (see)
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  • Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks divorce...
    Item #636809
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 1933

    * Mary Pickford files for divorce
    * Actor Douglas Fairbanks


    Page 3 has a one column heading: "Expect No Contest On Pickford Divorce" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Actress Mary Pickford filing for divorce from actor Douglas Fairbanks.
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  • Great mining-related issue with a proposal for a new railroad...
    Item #636795
    POMEROY'S ADVANCE THOUGHT, New York, January, 1889  Inside has a nice promotional piece seeking investors in the Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel, headed: "STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS" "To Shorten Railway Distance 250 Miles Between Denver & Salt Lake City" "And to Bring out... Read full description  
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  • Hammonton NJ  Little League champions....
    Item #636784
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, August 28, 1949

    * Hammonton NJ New Jersey
    * Little League baseball
    * World Series champions


    Page 3 of this section has a small and discrete one column heading: "Hammonton Nine Wins Title" with brief text. (see) First report coverage on the little league baseball team from Hammonton, New... Read full description  
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  • Rebel General Joe Johnston is defeated...
    Item #636778
    PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 18, 1865  Front page column heads include: "WASHINGTON" "False Rumors of Cabinet Changes" "The Troubles of Pardon Seekers" "The Defeat of Gen. Joe Johnston" "The Secesh Papers in Tribulation About It" "The Counterfeit Treasury Notes" "Disastrous... Read full description  
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  • Pierre Paul Émile Roux death...
    Item #636740
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 4, 1933

    * Pierre Paul Émile Roux death
    * French physician - bacteriologist
    * Know for anti-diphtheria serum


    The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "PROF. EMILE ROUX, SCIENTIST, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French... Read full description  
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  • Ullstain Verlag is Aryanized....
    Item #636733
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 2, 1933

    * Ullstein Verlag publishing company of Germany
    * Seized by the Nazis - Aryanization (Nazism)


    the top of the front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS SWALLOW UP ULLSTEIN PRESS, LARGEST IN REICH" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Jewish Ullstein family being disseized by the Nazi... Read full description  
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  • Falmouth, Virginia... Winchester is evacuated...
    Item #636724
    THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 26, 1862  Among the ftpg. column heads are: "THE LATEST NEWS" "Another Bold Dash of the Rebel Cavalry" "They Cross the Potomac..." "Affairs In Tennessee" "Late News From New Orleans" "From General Burnside's Army" "Letter from Falmouth,... Read full description  
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  • Fire hydrant system...   Alexander Graham Bell... Motion pictures...
    Item #636677
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 4, 1910 

    * Firefighting - firetrucks

    The front page is captioned: "Fire Fighting Without Fire Engines" which shows the use of the new fire hydrant system (see).
    Within the issue: "A Commercial Rotary Engine" "A Giant Ruhmkorff Coil" "How to Escape... Read full description  
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  • Hot Springs in Arkansas...
    Item #636659
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, January, 1878  Featured in this issue is an article "The Hot Springs of Arkansas". Other articles are: "A Glimpse of Prague"; "Sappho"; "On the Welsh Border"; "Life on Broadway"; "Popular Exposition of Some Scientific Experiments"; "A... Read full description  
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  • City Of Saints (Rome)... California...
    Item #636657
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, July, 1872  Within the issue is: "The City of Saints" (Rome); "The Explorations of Di Cesnola in Cyprus"; "California" and other articles and stories.
    Complete in 150+ pages, disbound without wrappers, some lite scattered foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
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  • Rocky Graziano offered a bribe in 1947...
    Item #636656
    NEW YORK TIMES, January 28, 1947 The front page has one column heads: "GRAZIANO ADMITS $100,000 'FIX' TALK", "Boxing Star Tells Grand Jury of Offers--Three Indicted in Paris Football Plot". The lengthy text continues on the back page.
    Complete in 48 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high... Read full description  
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  • Taft-Hartley Act becomes law...
    Item #636652
    NEW YORK TIMES, June 24, 1947  The front page has a 3 line, 5 column headline concerning the enactment of the famous Taft Hartley Act which limited the activities and power of labor unions: "Bill Curbing Labor Becomes Law As Senate Overrides Veto, 68-25; Unions To For Quick Repeal" and subheads, plus a few related reports and a 3 column... Read full description  
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  • Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller wed...
    Item #636646
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 30, 1956 

    * Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller
    * Marries - weds - marriage - 1st report


    Page 4 has a one column head: "Actress and Playwright Are Married" which reports the marriage of Marilyn Monroe and famed playwright Arthur Miller. (see)
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  • Boston's New Elevated Railroad...
    Item #636636
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, November 2, 1901 The front page of this issue has five photos of "Boston's New Elevated Railroad." The largest photo shows the interior of the north terminal of Sullivan Square Station. A related article is inside. Other articles include: Four-Motor Equipments; The Bursting of Fowling Pieces; The... Read full description  
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  • Charles Ulm England to Australia flight record....
    Item #636630
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1933

    * Pioneer Australian aviator Charles Ulm
    * New airplane flight speed record set


    The top of the back page has a one column photo of Australian aviator pioneer Charles Ulm with heading: "Makes New Air Record" Also a one column heading: "Ulm Sets New Mark For Australia Flight" ... Read full description  
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  • King and Queen of England at the White House...
    Item #636610
    NEW YORK TIME, June 9, 1939.

    * King and Queen of England (George VI)
    * President Franklin D. Roosevelt
    - Eleanor
    * Washington D.C. - White House visit

    The front page has a five column headline: "KING AND QUEEN GUESTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE WELCOME IN WASHINGTON; GEORGE HOPES WE WILL EVER WALK IN FREINDSHIP"... Read full description  
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  • Mabel Smith Douglass drowning death....
    Item #636560
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 22, 1933

    * Mabel Smith Douglass drowning
    * Douglass Residential College
    * Rutgers University affiliate


    Page 3 has a two column heading: "Drowning of Ex-Dean Douglass Feared; Woman's Educator's Boat Found at Lake" (see) First report coverage on Mabel Smith Douglass going missing after rowing on... Read full description  
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  • Clarence Demar wins Boston Marathon at 41....
    Item #636556
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, April 20, 1930

    * Clarence DeMar wins Boston Marathon
    * Seventh and last win at 41 years old
    * Great depression era original


    The front page of this section has one column headings: "DE MAR CAPTURES BOSTON MARATHON" "43-Year-Old Melrose Star, Running in Event for 13th Time, Scores... Read full description  
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  • Francesco de Pinedo killed in airplane crash...
    Item #636536
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 3, 1933

    * Francesco de Pinedo killed - Italian aviator
    * Floyd Bennett Field airplane takeoff attempt


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DE PINEDO KILLED IN BURNING PLANE; CRASH AT TAKE-OFF" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with two related photos.... Read full description  
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  • Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon death....
    Item #636534
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 7, 1933

    * Sir Edward Grey death
    * British Liberal statesman


    The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "VISCOUNT GREY DIES IN ENGLAND AT 71" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. Lengthy text here. Always nice to have... Read full description  
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  • Hitler Youth rally photo....
    Item #636530
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, September 3, 1933

    * Early Hitler Youth photo
    * Lustgarten - Berlin rally


    This rotogravure section has a large photo on page 3 showing Hitler Youth giving the Nazi salute at a Lustgarten rally in Berlin, Germany. (see)
    Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with 8 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description  
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