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Item #713736THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 2, 1974
* "Queen" II concert tour - English rock band
* Gershwin Theatre performances advertisement
* The Allman Brothers Band concert advertisement
* Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping" album release
* "Sweet Home Alabama" "Don't Ask Me No... Read full description -
Item #713711THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 13, 1941
* Martin Buggsy Goldstein & Harry Strauss
* Murder, Inc. Hitmen - contract killings
*Execution - executed by electric chair
The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "2 IN MURDER RING ARE PUT TO DEATH" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition, nice... Read full description -
Item #713709THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 5, 1949
* Superga air disaster
* Fiat G.212 airplane crash
* Torino F.C. Football Club
* Grande Torino soccer team killed
The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "ITALIAN PLANE CRASH KILLS 25" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally... Read full description -
Item #713708THE DETROIT NEWS, September 19, 1949
* Actor Frank Morgan death
* "Wizard of Oz" title character
The top of page 32 has a one column heading: "Morgan Dies in Sleep at 59" with subhead and photo. (see image) Morgan was best known for playing 5 roles in the "Wizard of Oz" including the wizard himself.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #713705LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 13, 1992
* Best "My Cousin Vinny" movie advertisement
* Grand Opening Day premiere review
* Comedy film - Marisa Tomei - Joe Pesci
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "My Cousin Vinny" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading... Read full description -
Item #713703LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 19, 2008
* The Financial Bailout of 2008
* AIG, WaMu, Lehman Bros., Morgan Stanley
The front page has: "U.S. proposes sweeping bailout - The government would buy up firm' bad assets to boost lending" and more.
The Business section has: FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN CRISIS - Stocks rally after U.S.... Read full description -
Item #713673THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., August 17, 1949
* Margaret Mitchell killed
* 'Gone With the Wind' author
* Pulitzer Prize winner
Page 12 has a one column heading: "'Gone With Wind' Author Succumbs To Auto Injuries" (see image)
Complete with all 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.... Read full description -
Item #713672THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, November 25, 1935
* China Clipper airplane in flight (2nd stage landing)
* 1st Trans-Pacific airmail commercial service flight
The top of the front has a seven column headline: "CLIPPER LANDS AT MIDWAY ISLAND" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the maiden flight of the first commercial flight... Read full description -
Item #713670ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, February 22, 1942
* Internment of Japanese Americans
* FDR's Executive Order 9066
* Alien control order
* World War II - WWII
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "278 AXIS ALIENS SEIZED IN PACIFIC COAST, IN ARIZONA" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 60+ pages, light... Read full description -
Item #713667THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 11, 1944
* General Courtney Hodges
* World War II - WWII
* Battle of the Bulge prelude
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "1ST ARMY HITS OUT ON 10-MILE ROER LINE" with subheads that include: "Hodges Only Two Miles From Last Key Enemy Base West of Rover" and more.... Read full description -
Item #713652LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 5, 2004
* LSU - Louisiana State University
* Wins Sugar Bowel vs. Oklahoma
* Wins National Championship
* Nick Saban's first college football title
Near the bottom of the front page is a three column color photo of Nick Saban celebrating his first national championship with his players. Also a heading:... Read full description -
Item #713616LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 29, 1997
* Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II
* Heavyweight boxing title fight
* "The Sound and the Fury" "The Bite Fight"
* MGM Grand Garden Arena - Las Vegas
The top of the front page has a three column photo showing Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield's ear with heading: "A Lobe... Read full description -
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.
Complete with all sections (100+ pages), nice condition. -
Item #713612SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sept. 6, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army
* Second Sino-Japanese War
The front page has a banner headline: "BIG PUSH OPENED BY JAPAN" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 22 pages, a little residue from a library label being removed, small binding holes and a... Read full description -
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 #713606THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, February 21, 1945.
* Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo
* Fighting on Mount Suribachi
* United States Flag planting close
The front page has a somewhat brief report with small heading: "Marines Take Iwo Airfield..." and more. (see image) The iconic flag raising on Mount Suribachi would occur two days later. Given the... 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 #713560THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 3, 1942
* Opening of the movie "Jungle Book" (eve)
* Technicolor action adventure film
* Adaption of Rudyard Kipling's book
Page 25 has a 7 x 6 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book" in New York City which began the following day. (see... Read full description -
Item #713541LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 8, 1979
* Navajo Indians Nation - Native Americans tribe
* Storms flooding - airlift relief and rescue - hogans
The top of the front page has a four column photo showing a older Navajo Woman being airlifted to safety in a helicopter. Also a two column heading: "Copter Cavalry Rides to Rescue of Navajos" with... Read full description -
Item #713540FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. July 20, 1967
* Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
* Hendersonville, North Carolina
* Airplanes mid-air collision disaster
* Boeing 727-22 and Cessna 10 aircrafts
Near the bottom of the front page has a four column heading: "10 Children Among 82 Killed" with related photo. (see images)
Complete with 22 pages,... Read full description -
Item #713521NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 11, 1939
* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
* World War II WWII beginning
* Nazis invasion of Poland
The front page has a nice banner headline: "POLES REPORT WARSAW GAINS" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes... Read full description -
Item #713520THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1919
* United States anarchist bombings
* Red Scare of 1919-20 - Anarchism
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MIDNIGHT BOMBS FOR OFFICIALS IN 8 CITIES; BOMBERS DIE AT ATTORNEY GENERAL'S HOUSE; TWO VICTIMS AT JUDGE NOTT'S HOUSE HERE; BOMBS IN BOSTON, CLEVELAND, PITTSBURGH" with many subheads. (see... 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 #713517THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, New York, March 10, 1965
* Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
* Martin Luther King Jr.
* 2nd march try - failure
The front page has a very small heading: "Civil Rights Marchers..." (see images) Of course a small heading here as it's the Wall Street Journal, still a first report though and on the front... Read full description -
Item #713516NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1977
* David Berkowitz - "Son of Sam" hunted
* .44 Caliber Killer - New York City murders
* Rare issue from the famous New York City blackout
The top of the front page of section 2 (page 21) has a heading: "Ringing Doorbells Day and Night In Ceaseless Hunt Of 'Son of Sam'" with... 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 #713510LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 21, 1979
* United States Marines - Kenneth Kraus freed
* 1st American taken hostage prior to Iran Hostage Crisis
The front page has a banner headline: "Iran Releases U.S. Marine" with subhead and photo of Kenneth Kraus. (see images) Kraus was the 1st American
I suspect this to be a very rare item... Read full description -
Item #713509LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 20, 1979
* 51st academy awards - movies of 1978
* "The Deer Hunter" "Heaven Can Wait"
* Robert De Niro - Vietnam War soldiers
* 9 nominations for each of these films
* Best publication to be had (rare as such)
The front page has a banner heading: "Oscar Derby Tie" with lead-in: "18... Read full description -
Item #713507THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 15, 1956
* John Hope Franklin - African American historian
* 1st to head department of history at Brooklyn College
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Negro Educator Chosen to Head Department in Brooklyn College" with subhead and photo. (see image)
Complete 1st section only with... Read full description -
Item #713476SPORT'S SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, March 8, 1942
* Ohio State Buckeyes win 1st championship
* Big Ten indoor track and field championships
The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "OHIO STATE WINS BIG 10 INDOOR TRACK TITLE" with subheads, results and three related photos. (see)... Read full description -
Item #713465THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 3, 1968
* Politician Robert G. Clark Jr. sworn in
* Mississippi House of Representatives
* First African American member since 1894
The top of the front page has a three column photo with heading: "Mississippi Seats First Negro Legislator in 74 Years" (see images)
Complete with 96 pages, some foxing... 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 #713454NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, June 3, 1953
* Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
The banner headline at the top of the front page announces: "ELIZABETH II CROWNED QUEEN" with related subheads, and a photo of her and her family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Much more inside. Queen Elizabeth II has... Read full description -
Item #713452THE HAYS DAILY NEWS, Kansas, Dec. 17, 1985
* Paul Castellano assassination
* American crime boss - "Big Paulie"
* Head of the Gambino crime family
The front page has a three column heading: "Shooting could begin crime war" Another related article on page 10 is headed; "Crime officials say Castellano epitomized... 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 #713428THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1940
* Marcus Garvey arrested in Jamaica
* Black nationalism - sentenced for libel
Page 5 a very brief and discrete report headed: "Garvey Sentenced Again" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: While imprisoned, Garvey was removed from the... Read full description -
Item #713423THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 4, 1899
* Carrabelle, Florida
* Hurricane disaster
* Lanark Village destroyed
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "THIRTEEN VESSELS ASHORE IN FLORIDA" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... Read full description -
Item #713421THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Jan 13, 1956
* 5 American missionaries kidnapped & killed
* Nate Saint & Jim Elliot murdered with 3 others
* Operation Auca - Waorani people - Ecuador
* Evangelical Christian missionaries
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Bodies of 4 Missionaries... 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 #713416SPORTS SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 1992
* Magic Johnson announces retirement
* Los Angeles Lakers - NBA basketball
* Early example of the AIDS epidemic
The front page of this section has a few reports concerning the announcement by Magic Johnson with headings that include: "Peer Pressure Might Has Effect"... Read full description -
Item #713311LOS ANGLES TIMES, Nov. 3, 1992
* Hollywood producer Hal Roach death
* "Laurel and Hardy" "Our Gang" creator
* Short film comedy television TV series
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Film Pioneer Hal Roach, Comedy King, Dies at 100" with photo.(see image) First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #713310LOS ANGLES TIMES, July 1, 1993
* Death of Spanky McFarland
* Short comedy Comedies child star
* Hal Roach's "Our Gang" actor
* "The Little Rascals" TV series
* Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno death
* Los Angeles Crime Family mob boss
The top of page 22 has a two column photo with heading: "Spanky'... 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 #713248THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 4, 1954
* First Taiwan Strait Crisis begins - Formosa
* People's Republic of China vs. (ROC)
* Bombardment of Kinmen, Quemoy Islands
The front page has a nice banner headline: "2 U.S. OFFICERS KILLED BY CHINESE RED SHELLS" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the start of the... Read full description -
Item #713246NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1939.
* King and Queen of England (George VI)
* New York City - visits the big apple
The front page has a six column headline: "3,500,000 CHEERING NEW YORKERS GREET KING AND QUEEN; THEY ARE OFFICIALLY WELCOMED AT BATTERY AND FAIR, VISIT COLUMBIA, DRIVE TO HYPE PARK FOR DAY'S REST" with many... Read full description -
Item #713245THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 28, 1964
* The Beatles - Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr
* Christchurch, New Zealand eggs attack
* Mississippi Civil Rights workers
* James Chaney - Philadelphia MS
A inset at the bottom of the front page has a brief report headed: "For Beatles...Bad Eggs" with small photos of Paul... Read full description -
Item #713215NEW YORK POST, Aug. 10, 1945
* Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
* Atomic bombings described
* World War II coming to an end
* Japan willing to surrender
The front page has a nice headline: "JAPS ASK PEACE!" with coverage on the following pages.
The top of page five has a banner heading: "Eyewitnesses Awed by View... Read full description
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