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Item #590119THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1941
* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Poland - Polish Ghettos
This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 31: "DEATH RATE SOARS IN POLISH GHETTOS", "Rises as Much as 15 Times the Normal in Some Places,... Read full description -
Item #590118THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1943
* Battle of Hill 609
* Tunisia Campaign
* II Corps - U.S. Army
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "ALLIES INCH AHEAD", "Americans Again Pace General Advance on Tunisian Fronts" and more. See photos for a portion of the text which concludes on page 6 with... Read full description -
Item #590116THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, July 29, 1932
* Babe Ruth to return to pitching?
* New York Yankees - NYY
* Major league baseball
This 26 page newspaper has a seven column headline on page 21: "Ruth May Return to Pitching Duty With Yanks" with subheads that include: "Babe Through As Day-To-Day Ball Player" and more. See... Read full description -
Item #590115THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, July 30, 1932
* Summer Olympics - Los Angeles CA
* Great Depression - prohibition era
The front page has some reporting on the opening of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Page 8 has a six column headline that reads: "PARADE OF NATIONS OPENS OLYMPICS TODAY" with subheads.... Read full description -
Item #590113HARPER'S WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT, New York, October 13, 1877 (print only) This single-page contains a large illustration entitled "Sketches in Caffraria", measuring approximately 11.75 x 9 inches, includes four scenes from Caffraria, a district extending along the east coast of Africa.
This is a SINGLE PAGE only illustration measuring approximately... Read full description -
Item #590111HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 13, 1877 (print only) This single-page illustration is entitled "In the Park -- Light and Shade" by C.S. Reinhart and is comprised of two different scenes, one of mothers and their children in the sunlight of the park while the other is of a gentlemen in the shaded area, sleeping on the park... Read full description -
Item #590108THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, Jacksonville, Florida, July 30, 1969 The front page of this issue features a headline "Moon Conquest Put in Color!" with a subhead "Old Glory Planted on Moon by Astronauts - One of the First Color Pictures" along with large photo.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an incomplete issue, it is only 6 pages of the first... Read full description -
Item #590107JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL, Jacksonville, Florida, July 30, 1969 The front page of this issue features a headline "Those Moon Footprints" along with two large photos which had just been released from the Apollo 11 mission. The one photo was taken during the descent of their lunar module and the other is from the command ship, which show the American... Read full description -
Item #590105SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, Illinois, December 20-27, 1976 This is a special year-end, double issue. The front cover of this issue features the photo Chris Evert dress in an old-fashioned tennis garment with the headline "Sportswoman of the Year - Chris Evert". Additional women photoed in the issue are Dorothy... Read full description -
Item #590097THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 13, 1947
* Eniac 1 invention (early computer)
* 1st electronic computer
* Aberdeen Proving Ground
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 16: "'BRAIN' SPEEDED UP FOR WAR PROBLEMS" and "Electronic Computer Will Aid in Clearing Large Backlog in Weapon Research". ... Read full description -
Item #590046JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL, Jacksonville, Florida, January 14, 1970 The front page of the issue contains bold headlines "Pupil Integration Ordered By Feb. 1" and "Teachers Get Integration Notices". The desecration would take place in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Also on the front... Read full description -
Item #590029THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 4, 1944
* Fall of Rome, Italy - liberated by the allies (day of)
* D-Day invasion of France 2 days away
* World War II - WWII
This 30+ page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "NAZIS FLEE; LOOT ROME AREA; Yanks Sweep on Eternal City for Knockout Blow" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #590028THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 16, 1948
* 1st night baseball in Detroit
* Briggs Stadium
Page 39 has one column headlines that read: "M'Cosky Injured As Tigers Win, 4-1" and "Athletics' Outfielder Crashes Into Wall--Newhouser Takes Detroit's Night Debut" with box scores. This was... Read full description -
Item #589993SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, March 1, 1913 Within is issue is an article entitled "Lighthouses and Buoys of New York Harbor - Safeguards for the Mariner" which also contains several accompanying illustrations. Other articles include "The New York Water Supply - Notes on New York City's Water Supply... Read full description -
Item #589981THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 19, 1929
* Al Capone (Scarface)
* Chicago Beer baron
* 1 Year Jail term
* Avoids murder for hire
This 40+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on the front page; "'SCARFACE' MADE DESPERATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE PRISON" and "Offered to Post Bond for... Read full description -
Item #589943THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3, 1889
* Warsaw, Illinois
The front page has a small 1st column heading: "A Terrible Epidemic"which reports a deadly disease that is terrorizing the town of Warsaw, Illinois. We could not find anything on this via the internet. A curious item here.
Other news of the day. Light browning, some spine... Read full description -
Item #589933THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1933
* Jewish boycott on Germany
* Jews persecuted under Hitler's rule
* Pre Holocaust era
The front page has various headlines regarding the tensions between the people of Germany and the Jewish population there. Among these headlines include: "NAZI LEADERS NOW UNEASY OVER... Read full description -
Item #589927THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1940
* Jewish - Jews - Judaica
* Nazi-occupied Poland
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3 that include: "2,000 Intellectuals Disappear In Warsaw" and "Nazi Round-Up of Professionals Is Reported in Paris". This is coverage on the persecution of Jews in Poland early into World War... Read full description -
Item #589902FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, March 29, 1933.
* Jewish holocaust begins
* Boycott order has been made (1st report)
* Nazi Germany
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Berlin Order Hits Jewish Merchants Hard" and "City Government Decrees All Supplies Be Bought From the Nationalists".
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Item #589883THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1942
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
* Lezaky, Czech Republic razed to the ground
This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "GERMANS WIPE OUT A 2D CZECH TOWN", "All Men and Women Are Killed at Levsaky--Others... Read full description -
Item #589882THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 12, 1944
* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations
This 28 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 6: "Nazi Execution Mill Reported In Poland" and "Fugitive Tells of Mass Killings in Electrically Charges Vats". See photos for... Read full description -
Item #589876THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1942
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
This 80+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 5: "NAZIS' EXECUTIONS PUT AT 97 IN WEEK", "10 Slain in Paris Over Attack on German Officer Are Most... Read full description -
Item #589874THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1944
* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "GERMAN MASSACRE OF 10,000 REPORTED" and "Poles Charge Wholesale Killings in Lwow as Foe Flees Russian Advance" See photos... Read full description -
Item #589827SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 27, 1872 The front page features "The Hawley Brick Kiln" illustrations with accompany article. Inside are: "Muller's Improved Rope Railway", "Myers' Improved Press"; "Holcomb's Hot Air Furnace" with additional articles and advertisements within the issue as... Read full description -
Item #589826THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 4, 1946
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica - Arabs
* Palestine - Israel - Lake Hula Valley
This 28 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "ARABS BATTLE JEWS" with subheads. 1st report coverage on a clash between Arabs and a group of Jews attempting to establish a... Read full description -
Item #589811THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, December 17, 1917
* Frank Gotch death
* Early professional wrestler
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 10: "FRANK A. GOTCH DIES OF URAEMIC POISONING", "The Retired Champion Heavyweight Wrestler Ill for Two Years". See photos for 1st report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #589808PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, April 4, 1931
* Knute Rockne death - funeral (day of)
* Notre Dame head football coach
* Airplane crash
This 6 page newspaper has one column headlines on the back page (page 6): "ROCKNE RITES TO BE HELD TODAY" and "Simple Funeral Planned For Notre Dame's Football Coach".
Other... Read full description -
Item #589807NEW YORK TRIBUNE, January 10, 1916
* East Youngstown, Ohio riots
* 1st report
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "RIOTING HALTS STEEL MERGER", "Four Inquires Will Trace Cause of Ohio Trouble", "Twenty-one Mob Members Shot, but Bullets Spared Mill Police"... Read full description -
Item #589800THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, Special Commemorative Edition, January 23, 2012
* Death of Joe Paterno
* Penn State University
* Best title to have
Note: This is a 1st edition printing - not one of the common reprint editions.
This publication is published for Penn State students and faculty. What better issue could be had on the death of... Read full description -
Item #589798THE MORNING STAR, Wilmington, North Carolina, May 27, 1917
* Mattoon, IL tornado outbreak
This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "MORE THAN HUNDRED LIVES ARE LOST IN TORNADOES THAT HIT PARTS OF KANSAS AND ILLINOIS" with subheads (see photos). Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning with... Read full description -
Item #589795SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 19, 1923
* King Tutankhamun discovery
* Egyptian Pharaoh sarcophagus
* Lord George Carnarvon
This 12 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "Tut-ankh-Amen's Tomb Reveals New Wonders" and "Queen of Belgians and Other Notables... Read full description -
Item #589774COLUMBIA COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1882
* Charles J. Guiteau sentenced to death
* Assassination of James A. Garfield
Page 2 has a one column heading:
"Guiteau Sentenced"
which is a 1st report on the sentencing of Charles J. Guiteau to death for the murder of President James A. Garfield.
Other... Read full description -
Item #589771THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, August 14, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai begins, China bombing
* Japan (1st report)
This 20 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Bombs Kill 3 Americans in Shanghai" with subheads and related photo (see photos).
Other news of the day throughout including sports and various advertisements. Rag... Read full description -
Item #589752THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, August 6, 1889
* Spokane, Washington
* "The Great Fire" (1st report)
The front page has one column headings that include: "REDUCED TO ASHES", "Spokane Falls, W. T., Swept by a Destructive Fire", "Twenty-Five Business Blocks Burned Down", "A Strong Wind Aids The... Read full description -
Item #589738THE WORLD, New York City, May 19, 1920
* Winchester KY Kentucky
* Madison County prophetess... clairvoyant
This 28 page newspaper has small one column headings on the front page that read: "Kentuckians Quake At Seeress's Warning", "Predicts Natural Upheaval Today Will Destroy Towns--Many Leave Home". See photo for... Read full description -
Item #589730THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Allentown, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1886
* Haymarket Square riot
* Chicago, Illinois
* Anarchy - Anarchists
Page 2 has a small one column heading in the first column: "The Labor Troubles in the West". See photos for text that includes: "....when a bomb was thrown among which burst with terrible effect...".
This... Read full description -
Item #589710VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1912 The front page of this issue features an article "Frank Coffyn, Whose Aeroplane Flies, Swims, Crawls" which includes a photo of Frank Coffyn with a drawing of the aeroplane. The article states that "...This machine is fitted with aluminium pontoons, which... Read full description -
Item #589701THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1942
* Babe Ruth near death?
* New York Yankees
This 40 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 21: "Babe Ruth Critically Ill on Coast, Shows Gain in Pneumonia Jacket", "Rushed to Hollywood Hospital After Long Chills, He Responds to Pulmonary Aid--Doctor Delays the Diagnosis". See photos for... Read full description -
Item #589685VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1912 The front page features a large photo of Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, whom he had just recently married. Just slightly more than three years later, Mr. Vanderbilt would be among the victims in the sinking of the Lusitania.
Another article... Read full description -
Item #589674THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 18, 1944
* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia exterminations
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "20 OF 12,000 JEWS ALIVE IN BELGRADE", "1,000 Fled Systematic Murder and Torture by Germans--Children Were Hanged". See photos for... Read full description -
Item #589673THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 25, 1941
* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Romania exterminations
This 32 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 5: "300 Jews Reported Slain", "In One Block Alone 89 Were Said to Have Been Killed". See photo for coverage on the ongoing... Read full description -
Item #589644THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 7, 1921
* Stanislaus Zbyszko wins wrestling title
* Ed "Strangler" Lewis
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12: "ZBYSZKO WRESTS TITLE FROM LEWIS", "Pins Champion's Shoulders to Mat With Neck Hold In 23 Minutes 17 Seconds", "Finish Comes Suddenly"... Read full description -
Item #589642THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, September 17, 1899
* Sir William Henry Preece
* wireless telephony invention - telegraph
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "RIVAL OF MARCONI", "Sir William Preece Conducts Experiments in Wireless Telephony", "Sound Transmitted Without A Wire",... Read full description -
Item #589635THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1937
* Martin "Farmer" Burns death (1st report)
* Catch wrestler - professional wrestling
* Mentor of Frank Gotch
This 34 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 17: "Farmer Burns Dead; Ex-Wrestling Star", "Champion, 1895-98, Took Part in 6,000 Matches-Developed and... Read full description -
Item #589608LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, April 17, 1947
* Texas City disaster
* SS Grandcamp
This 20 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Blast Ruins Give Up More Bodies As Identified Dead Now Total 580" with subhead. See photos for more details.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #589591THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1943
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations
This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6: "Nazis Execute 150 Jews" and "Netherlanders Taken to Poland Reported Machine Gunned"
See photo for brief coverage on the ongoing... Read full description -
Item #589570SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 19, 1868
* Hanlons' Patent Improved Velocipede, with image
An inside page has a nice article, "Improvement in the Velocipede", which is accompanied by a 4 3/4 inch square print, "Hanlons' Patent Improved Velocipede". Other interesting inventions and period advertising are present throughout.
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Item #589569THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 13, 1944
* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
This 32 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "FOE PUT NURSERIES INSIDE DEATH CAMP" and "Fairy-Tale Settings to Amuse Children of Internees Are Found at Holland Prison".
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Item #589552THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 28, 1938
* Sonja Henie - Norwegian figure skater
* Hollywood Ice Review (Revue)
This 42 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 24: "Norway's Minister to U.S. Sees Sonja Henie's Revue at Garden" and "Skater Charms Another Crowd of 17,000....." with related photo.... Read full description -
Item #589492COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, March 7, 1792
* Presidential Succession Act of 1792
The "Vacancy Bill" on pg. 2 says the Senate agreed to all the amendments, except one, regarding what officer should act as President in case of a double vacancy. It further states that the one amendment was receded and that: "The... Read full description
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