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Item #584963THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, July 11, 1954 The front of this issue contains a photo of Orioles pitcher Bob Turley with an accompanying article "Is Bob Turley the Bob Feller?" and includes additional photos.
Another article is entitled "Cancer detection: Is this the best weapon yet?" "Using... Read full description -
Item #584962THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 27, 1945
* Chelan WA Washington
* School bus crash disaster
* Lake Chelan
This 12 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "15 Pupils Lost In Bus Dive". This is a 1st report of the Chelan, Washington snow storm and bus disaster in... Read full description -
Item #584961THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, January 10, 1954 The front of this issue contains a photo of Jack Benny accompanying article entitled "The Secret Life of Jack Benny - How old is he? What's the story behind his violin-playing? Is he stingy? ... Here are the answers -- in his own words" and... Read full description -
Item #584960THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, November 23, 1952 The front of this issue contains a photo of Bill Holden accompanying article entitled "Where Do You Go?". Additional stories and advertisements are within.
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Item #584907MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 24, 1930
* Babe Ruth home runs (Seven in five days)
* New York Yankees - MLB
This 14 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Babe Ruth Hits 13th Home Run" and "Bambino Runs String to Seven in Five Days, Equaling Record Made Twice By Self".
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Item #584903LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, July 28, 1948
* BASF chemical plant disaster
* Ludwigshafen, Germany
This 12 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "REPORT 500 KILLED IN DYE PLANT BLAST IN GERMANY" with subheads. 1st report coverage on the explosion at the BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen,... Read full description -
Item #584900THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 24, 1939
* Zane Grey death
* American Author
This 14 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the back page: "Zane Grey, Beloved Western Author, Dies From Heart Attack".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little spine wear, otherwise good condition.
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Item #584898LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 13, 1946
* Haifa, Israel - Palestine
* Jewish - Jews riots
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MOBS RIOT IN TROOP-FILLED HAIFA STREETS" and "1000 Illegal Jewish Immigrants Are Deported". See photos for text here.
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Item #584896ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Sept. 9, 1865
* Post Civil War military actions
Obviously a military-themed newspaper so all the content is as would be expected, including much on Reconstruction efforts following the Civil War. A front page article begins: "The Indian now begins to assert himself again & to claim a... Read full description -
Item #584885THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, July 5, 1939
* Lou Gehrig day at Yankee Stadium
* New York Yankees
This 12 page newspaper has a one column heading on page 8: "Senators Divide Pair With Yankees; 61,808 See Frays"
This was Lou Gehrig day at Yankee Stadium in which he gave his famous "I am the luckiest man on the face of the... Read full description -
Item #584845THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, February 2, 1958 The front of this issue contains a photo of Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, Mike Todd, and children with an accompanying article entitled "Mike and Liz: After one year of marriage". Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 40 pages and is in very... Read full description -
Item #584841LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 7, 1947
* Aviator Howard Hughes
* Pan Am airlines
* Trials
This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:
"Hughes Submits Questions"
with subheads and photo of Hughes. (see images)
Minor wear along the spine, otherwise in good condition.
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Item #584837THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, November 15, 1953 The front of this issue contains a photo of Jane Russell with an accompanying article entitled "They sold me 'like a can of tomatoes'" which includes additional photos of other actors. Also included is an article "Now: an atom 'bomb' hits... Read full description -
Item #584834THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, January 2, 1955 The front of this issue contains a photo of Jack Palance with an accompanying article entitled "Women Love Hollywood's Tough Guys" which includes additional photos of other actors. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 16 pages with several small... Read full description -
Item #584831THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, January 23, 1955 The front of this issue contains a photo of Kim Novak with an accompany article entitled "The Story of a Buildup" which includes additional photos. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 20 pages with several small binding holes along the top edge,... Read full description -
Item #584829THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, December 18, 1949 The front of this issue contains a photo of Esther Williams, not wearing her usual swimming suit, but rather in winter-wear and with ice skates as she was promoting a new movie "Duchess of Idaho". Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 24 pages with... Read full description -
Item #584826THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, January 3, 1965 The front of this issue contains a photo of Mia Farrow which includes an accompanying article "TV's New Soap Opera Queen" with additional photos. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 16 pages with several small binding holes along the top edge,... Read full description -
Item #584810THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 25, 1939
* Joe DiMaggio wins his 1st MVP award
* New York Yankees - Yankee Clipper
* Major league baseball - MLB
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "DiMaggio Is Named 'Most Valuable' in American League" and "Foxx Is Second and Feller Places Third..."... Read full description -
Item #584809THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 15, 1939
* HMS Royal Oak battleship sinks
* German U-boat attack
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "800 Missing After British Warship Sunk" and
"German U-Boats Score Second Major Sea Victory of War"
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #584803THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, January 5, 1964 The front of this issue contains a photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson with an exclusive interview "President Johnson Talks About His Mother & His Father" which includes additional photos. An article entitled "Can We abolish Hate?" is about Lee... Read full description -
Item #584802THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, October 16, 1960 The front of this issue contains a photo of Natalie Wood with an accompanying article "The Vamp Is Back". There are several pages of the previews of the new 1961cars at the National Automobile Show. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
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Item #584801THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, March 6, 1960 The front of this issue contains a photo of Loretta Young with an accompanying article "Loretta Young: One of the world's most fascinating women". Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 24 pages with several small binding holes along the top edge,... Read full description -
Item #584800THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, May 2, 1948 The front of this issue contains a photo of Esther Williams in a swimsuit with an article "The Racquet Club" which includes additional photos of film stars at the Palm Springs Racquet Club. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 24 pages with several small... Read full description -
Item #584799THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, December 13, 1953 The front of this issue contains a photo of Dinah Shore with an accompanying article "She Thanked the fiddle Player... That's just one reason people say Dinah Shore is the nicest performer on TV" which includes additional photos. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
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Item #584797THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, December 4, 1960 The front of this issue contains a photo of singers The Kingston Trio with an accompanying article "Hottest act in show business - The Kingston Trio" which includes additional photos. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 36 pages with several... Read full description -
Item #584796THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, October 11, 1959 The front of this issue contains a photo of singer Fabian with an accompanying article "Luckiest 16-year-old in the world - Fabulous Fabrian" which includes additional photos. Additional stories and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 32 pages with several small binding holes... Read full description -
Item #584795THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, July 26, 1953 The front of this issue contains a photo of Gina Lollobrigida with an accompanying article "How do Italian stars rate with Americans?" Additional stories, including "Our Boys Were Siamese Twins", and advertisements are within.
This is complete in 24 pages with several... Read full description -
Item #584785PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, May 28, 1931
* 1st balloon flight into the stratosphere
* Auguste Piccard & Paul Kipfer
This 6 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on the front page: "TWO BALLOONISTS ARE BELIEVED DEAD"
with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage of the very 1st balloon flight to... Read full description -
Item #584784PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, April 11, 1931
* Heartley 'Hunk' Anderson named new head coach
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football team
* Post Knute Rockne airplane crash death
This 8 page newspaper has one column heading on page 6: "ANDERSON NAMED TO COACH NOTRE DAME THIS YEAR"
1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #584781PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, June 13, 1930
* Max Schmeling vs. Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing championship - Famous foul
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on page 6: "Schmeling Given Victory Over Sharkey On Foul In 4th" with subhead and photo of Schmeling (see images). This has... Read full description -
Item #584780THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 28, 1942
* Scuttling of the French Fleet
* World war II - WWII
This 14 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "SCUTTLE FRENCH FLEET" with subheads and related map. 1st report coverage on the Scuttling of the French Fleet in Toulon, France during World War II.
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Item #584771THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, a trio of issues dated April 9, 11 & 20, 1859.
* Daniel sickles murder trial
* Philip Barton Key
The first use of a plea of temporary insanity by a criminal defendant made the Daniel Sickles case noteworthy in American legal history.
Daniel Sickles' murder of Philip Barton Key was the kind of crime that piqued the... Read full description -
Item #584770THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, December 7, 1938
* Texas Christian University - T.C.U.
* NCAA college football national champions
This 14 page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column heading on page 9: "T. C. U. Wins No. 1 Position in Poll". See photo for brief but 1st report coverage on Texas Christian University... Read full description -
Item #584760THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, June 24, 1938
* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)... Max Schmeling (German boxer)
* Post fight reporting (famous rematch)
This 16 page newspaper has one column headings on page 10: "Schmeling on Road To Recovery; No Claim for 'Foul'" and "Louis May Defend Title Against Baer In San... Read full description -
Item #584758THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, June 20, 1938
* Custer Creek, Montana train wreck
* Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul crack train "Olympian"
* Miles City, Montana
This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TRAIN INTO CREEK; 29 DEAD" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the... Read full description -
Item #584754FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 3, 1938
* Avoca, Pennsylvania mine disaster (1st report)
* Robert Goddard - Rocket invention
This 18 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Ten Killed, Six Injured In Mine Blast" coverage of the explosion of the Volpe Coal Company mine near Avoca,... Read full description -
Item #584752COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, March 27, 1811
* Anti-Eldridge Gerry campaign
The front page has a black-bordered item headed: "Oppression Maketh A Wise Man Mad" & "Black List" which is essentially a campaign promotion with a list of American vessels: "...laden with American... Read full description -
Item #584750THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, May 16, 1938
* King Solomon's seaport discovery "
* Millar Burrows
This 14 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Archaelogists Find Solomon's Seaport" and "It Was Flourishing City 3,000 Years Ago". See photos for coverage on the possible find of King... Read full description -
Item #584747LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 6, 1953
* Russian Premier, Joseph Stalin's death
This 14 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Stalin's Body Removed To The Hall of Columns To Lie In State" with subheads and photo of Stalin (see images).
Other news of the day including sports and... Read full description -
Item #584744PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, April 5, 1931
* Knute Rockne death & funeral
* Notre Dame head football coach
* Airplane crash
This 6 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ROCKNE FUNERAL RITES CONDUCTED" and "Famous Football Coach Laid To Rest In Grave On Campus"
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #584743THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, April 2, 1946.
* Alleutian Islands Earthquake
* Alaska & Hawaii Tsunami
This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "TIDAL WAVE CHURNS PACIFIC OCEAN"with subheads (see images).
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Item #584716THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, July 27, 1946.
* Roger Malcolm & George Dorsey w/ wives
* Monroe GA Georgia negro massacre (1st report)
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Mob of White Men Slaughter Four Negroes", "Two Women Victims; Georgia Lynching Follows Stabbing". 1st report coverage of... Read full description -
Item #584714THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, March 1, 1949
* Joe Louis 'The Brown Bomber' retires ?
* Heavyweight boxing champion
This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on page 6: "Louis Retires as Champion, Becomes Promoter" with subheads (see photos). Although this was big news at the time, Louis would... Read full description -
Item #584713THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, August 18, 1946
* Mankato & Wells, Minnesota
* Minnesota tornadoes
This 30+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Twister Kills 7 at Mankato, Minnesota" and "Several Injured As Storm Wrecks Tourist Camp." 1st report coverage on the tornado disaster at... Read full description -
Item #584710LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, January 25, 1958
* 1st man made nuclear fusion achieved
* 2 atoms bashed together to form one
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 2: "ASSERTS U. S. NOT BEING OUTSTRIPPED IN TRY TO HARNESS H-BOMB" (See photos for text here).
Other news of the day throughout including... Read full description -
Item #584690LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, September 14, 1946
* Boston Red Sox wins pennant
* Ted Williams
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 5: "Ted Williams Real Hero As Red Sox Cop Pennant With Home Run Blast". See photos for text. Nice to have from a town close to Boston.
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Item #584686LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, November 7, 1957
* 1st living earth being into space by Sputnik II
* Russian dog "Laika" in orbit & still alive ?
This 14 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 4: "DOG-CARRYING ROCKET MAKES A SWEEP ACROSS UNITED STATES TODAY". See photos for... Read full description -
Item #584684LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, July 15, 1946
* The Boudreau or Williams shift 1st used
* Ted Williams 3 home runs
* Boston Red Sox - Cleveland Indians
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 5: "Pennant-Bound Sox In 11-Game Lead After 2 Wins At Fenway Park" and "Williams Puts On One-Man Show As... Read full description -
Item #584677LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, April 28, 1947
* Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium
* New York Yankees
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 7: "Babe Ruth Still Hero Of Youngsters As Well As Adults At Stadium".
Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day. Minor spine wear, otherwise good. -
Item #584676LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, July 15, 1948
* John Joseph 'Black Jack' Pershing death
* 1st report w/ photo
This 14 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Gen. Pershing, 87, World War I Hero, Dies Early Today" with subheads and photo (see images). 1st report coverage on the death of... Read full description
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