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Item #584030ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, July 26, 1934
* Engelbert Dollfuss assassinated by Nazis
* Austrian dictator
* Nazi coup attempt
This 32 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "CIVIL WAR SPREADS OVER AUSTRIA; ITALIAN ARMY ON ALERT AT BORDER" with subheads and related photos (see photos).
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Item #584023SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 17, 1917
* Alexander Kerensky
* Russia proclaimed a republic
* Petrograd Soviet
This 12 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page: "PROCLAIMS RUSSIA A REPUBLIC", "Provisional Government Issues Decree", "SAYS REBELLION HAS BEEN QUELLED"... Read full description -
Item #584020SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 22, 1916
* Kemp, Oklahoma, Bryan County
* Tornado disaster (1st report)
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TOWN WIPED OUT", "9 Dead, 38 Hurt", "Tornado At Kemp, Oklahoma", "Place May Not Be Rebuilt" See photos for 1st report... Read full description -
Item #584017THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 25, 1916
* Louis D. Brandeis
* 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5 "FAVORS BRANDEIS NOMINATION,10 TO 8", "Judiciary Committee, by Party Vote, Endorses Him for the Supreme Court", and more (see photos). See photos for coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #584016THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, April 5, 1916
* Pancho Villa expedition
* Post Columbus, New Mexico raid
* United States soldiers pursue Mexican bandit
This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "UNITED STATES TROOPS SMASH VILLA FORCE" with subheads. Nice headline for display.
Other news of the day.... Read full description -
Item #584009TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 1, 1936
* Woman in Red - Anna Sage
* John Dillinger
This 24 page newspaper has a one column photo with caption: "Woman in Red Is Feeling Blue" with brief text underneath. Report on Anna Sage's deportation to her native Romania.
Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day are included.... Read full description -
Item #584008TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 6, 1936
* Slot machines - gambling devices
* Nice gangster era headline
This 12 page newspaper has a great banner headline that reads: "SLOT MACHINES BANNED" with subheads (see photos). Not a historic event here but a nice headline for display during the time of the illegal Silent Bell slot machines located... Read full description -
Item #584006NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 16, 1816 One of the more notable items in this issue is the very unusual--are quite rare--full page map headed: "Plan of Algiers" which is a somewhat crude illustration of the town, with various details.
Among other reports in this issue are: "The Right & Power of Suffrage", "Convention of... Read full description -
Item #584002SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 25, 1917
* Milwaukee Police Department
* 1917 bombing (1st report)
This 30+ page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "BOMB EXPLOSION KILLS TEN" and "Milwaukee Police Staff Members Hurt and Several Missing After Disaster at Central Station". See... Read full description -
Item #583991SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 14, 1917
* HMS Vanguard (1909) explosion disaster
* British battleship - Royal navy
* World War I - WWI
This 16 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "BRITISH BATTLESHIP LOST" and "Dreadnought Vanguard Blows Up While at Anchor and Only Two of Those on Board... Read full description -
Item #583989THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Oct. 28, 1779 Nearly two pages are taken up with: "Further thoughts on the Present Posture of Affairs..." which has as its premise: "The two great parties into which this kingdom is unhappily divided can agree in nothing but in maintaining & propagating one grand & capital... Read full description -
Item #583986SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 24, 1917
* Alexander Kerensky
* Russian Prime Minister
This 16 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page: "KERENSKY BECOMES DICTATOR", "To Meet Menace of Russian Debacle", "UNLIMITED POWER FOR GOVERNMENT" with subheads (see photos).... Read full description -
Item #583985SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 28, 1917
* Race riots in Chester PA
* Mob - Negroes
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "MOB BEATS NEGRO", "ANOTHER NEAR DEATH", "Riots In Chester, PA.", "Authorities Are Taken by Surprise in Night Attack by... Read full description -
Item #583979THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1929
* Sidney Franklin - Seville, Spain
* Bullfighting - bullfighter - matador
* Jewish - Judaica - Jews
This 60 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Brooklyn Matador Kills Two Bulls in Spain; Seville Throng Carries Franklin in Triumph". See photos for coverage on... Read full description -
Item #583978SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 13, 1917
* The Bisbee deportation (1sqt report)
* Striking mine workers - vigilantes
This 16 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "I.W.W. DEPORTATION AT BISBEE, ARIZ.", "Military Censorship On--Authorities Alert From Mexico to Canada--Disturbers Demand Higher... Read full description -
Item #583966THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 19, 1936
* Joe Louis vs. Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing
This 44 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 25: "Crowd of 30,000 Sees Louis Stop Sharkey in Fight at the Yankee Stadium" with subheads that include: "LOUIS KNOCKS OUT SHARKEY IN THIRD" "Loser Down Four Times" and more with... Read full description -
Item #583928SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 13, 1925
* Paul Von Hindenburg becomes President
* Germany
* Pre Adolph Hitler
This 18 page newspaper has a one column headlines on the front page that include: "HINDENBURG GIVES PLEDGE TO REPUBLIC", "Inaugurated as President of Germany in Simple Reichstag Ceremony' and more (see... Read full description -
Item #583921SANTA FE DAILY NEW MEXICAN newspaper dated 1903. A great issue, with a wealth of news of the day both local and national (and international) and a wealth of ads as well, many of which are illustrated.
Complete in 4 pages. Spine is somewhat irregular but causing no loss of text. Browned, mainly at the edges and some minor margin tears. -
Item #583919DAILY PALO ALTO, Stanford University, California, 1901 An issue of the school newspaper published by this now prestigious university in northern California, with various news tidbits, items about school and many ads as well.
Complete in 4 pages, some tears at the margins & minor margin chipping, measures 11 by 15 1/2 inches. Be... Read full description -
Item #583918SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, New Mexico, 1903 A quite uncommon newspaper from this Western town, still 9 years before New Mexico would become a state! Nice condition. Be in touch if an image is needed. -
Item #583906TIP TOP WEEKLY, subtitled: "An ideal publication for the American Youth", New York, April 28, 1900 A small-size periodical for kids, featuring a nice color cover relating to one of the fictional stores within. Thirty-two pages plus covers, great condition, 6 3/4 by 10 inches. -
Item #583889ALLEGANY (Allegheny) COUNTRY REPORTER from Wellsville, N.Y., dated Feb. 22, 1894. See the photo below for the nice front page, one column report concerning a meeting of a cycling organization, with illustration of four of them involved. You get the complete issue in very nice condition save for browning at the margins. Early & neat cycling item! -
Item #583878GLEASON'S LITERARY COMPANION, Boston, 1863 Obviously a literary publication from the Civil War era, the prime feature being the huge eagle engraving in the masthead, with a wingspan of 7 inches. There are a few illustrations within, mostly being text. Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 inches, great condition. -
Item #583875SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1911
* Aviator Harry N. Atwood
* Record airplane flight
Full front page is a photo of: "Atwood in the Aeroplane in which he flew from St. Louis to Chicago and afterward from Chicago to New York". "The Longest Aeroplane Flight On Record". There is a related article & 2 more photos... Read full description -
Item #583868THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, December 12, 1930
* Albert Einstein visits America
This 28 page newspaper has a three column photo with heading: "EINSTEIN TAKES REFUGE ABOARD HIS SHIP AFTER TOPSY-TURVY ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK" with subhead (see photos). Coverage of Albert Einstein's visit to the United States from Germany. A... Read full description -
Item #583867THE WORLD, New York, March 8, 1865
* General William T. Sherman
* Columbia, South Carolina
* Last weeks of the Civil War
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "SHERMAN'S ARMY", "News Direct From Columbia, S.C.", "Full Particulars of the Capture of the City", "GEORGIA",... Read full description -
Item #583866THE WORLD, New York, March 28, 1865
* General William T. Sherman
* Marching up the coast
* Last weeks of the Civil War
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "NORTH CAROLINA", "Sherman, Schofield, & Terry Unite Their Forces near Goldsboro", "The Enemy Defeated & Driven Back... Read full description -
Item #583839ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, May 15, 1937
* War Admiral - horse racing
* Preakness Stakes win (2nd of 3 wins)
* Triple crown winner
This 24 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Muddy Track May Handicap War Admiral in Preakness" and more. This would be the 2nd of 3 historic wins for the famed horse.
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Item #583833THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, May 3, 1941
* Whirlaway - horse racing
* Kentucky Derby (1st of 3 wins)
* Triple crown winner
This 22 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 13: "Jimmy Loftus Picks Whirlaway; Strike Threatened at Downs" with subheads and related photo. This would be the 1st of 3 historic wins for... Read full description -
Item #583831THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, May 3, 1943
* Count Fleet - horse racing
* Kentucky Derby win (1st of 3 wins)
* Triple crown winner
This 30 page newspaper has banner headline on page 19: "Count Fleet's Merits Argued as Hertz Ace Heads for Preakness" with subheads and related photo (see photos). This was the 1st of 3... Read full description -
Item #583803SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 11, 1917
* Eddystone PA Pennsylvania
* Munition factory explosion
This 18 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "EXPLOSION KILLS OVER 100", "Mostly Women and Girls", "Accident In Big Munitions Plant" with subheads (see... Read full description -
Item #583798SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 22, 1914
* United States occupation of Veracruz
* re. Tampico Affair - Mexican Revolution
This 20 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page that include: "BATTLE FOUGHT AT VERA CRUZ", "Four Americans Dead, Twenty Wounded", "Mexicans Slain Said To Be Over... Read full description -
Item #583782THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Aug. 29, 1772
* Early Mississippi & Ohio Rivers
Page 2 has a report which includes: "...The public, in the various conversations which have arisen on the subject of the new settlement in North America, generally confound the Mississippi with the Ohio; whereas the two rivers are very distinct; the... Read full description -
Item #583773This is a genuine check written on the "Otsego County Bank" of Cooperstown, New York dated 1834. Included is the amount in the lower left corner with a signature in the lower right. There is a nice engraving of an eagle with an olive branch in its beak (see images).
An early financial item & great to have from this town famous as the home... Read full description -
Item #583755THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Sept. 13, 1773
* Native American Indians
Page 2 has a full column of reporting under "America" with reports from Charleston with much on the situation with the Cherokee & Creek Indians, and also bits noting: "...vessels belonging to Rhode Island...carried into New Providence are, we hear, both... Read full description -
Item #583754SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 1, 1917
* Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare
* U-Boats - World War I - WWI - America tensions
This 16 page newspaper has four column headlines on the front page: "SUBMARINES UNLEASHED BY GERMANY", "Unrestricted War on Ships Will Begin To-Day" and... Read full description -
Item #583748ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, March 20, 1929
* Ferdinand Foch death
* World War I fame
* Gangster Al Capone
This 30 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page: "MARSHAL FOCH DIES AT PARIS IN 77TH YEAR", "Surrenders to Death but Only After Battle to the End", "Led Allied Armies in War as Brilliant... Read full description -
Item #583747SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 21, 1917
* Silvertown, West Ham, Essex, London
* Munitions factory explosion disaster
This 30+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "PLANT WIPED OUT", "BRITISH EXPLOSION", "Fifty Or Sixty Dead" and more (see photos). 1st... Read full description -
Item #583745SAN LEANDRO REPORTER "SUPPLEMENT", Alameda County, California , Dec. 25, 1880
* Rare Old West title
A very scarce and quite small single sheet "Supplement" issue, measuring just 9 by 10 3/4 inches. Beneath the masthead is: "A Merry Christmas To All!" Various news tidbits and an ad for a "Cow For Sale".... Read full description -
Item #583733ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS from Denver, dated January 26, 1998. Nice front page and back page (see photos below) headlines and photos of the first Super Bowl title with John Elway leading the way. More inside. A tabloid-size newspaper, in very good condition. -
Item #583717THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, February 24, 1967.
* Escape of the Boston Strangler* Assassination Plot of JFKThis 8 page newspaper has a two line, three column headline on the front page: "Boston Strangler Escapes From State mental Ward" tells of Albert H. Desalvo. Also a three line, one column headline also on the front page: "DA Jim... Read full description -
Item #583685THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 8, 1949
* Leon Hart wins Heisman Trophy
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* NCAA college football
This 40 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 32 that include: "Hart May Command Top Price For Turning Pro" and more (see images).
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day... Read full description -
Item #583677THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 9, 1963
* Frank Purdy Lahm death
* Aviation pioneer
* 1st U.S. military pilot
This 64 page newspaper has a some cutouts throughout including the front page. as see in photo.
Page 31 has one column headlines: "GEN. FRANK LAHM, AIR PIONEER, DIES"; "1906 Balloon Race Winner Was 2d Official Army Pilot" with smaller... Read full description -
Item #583665THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, October 22, 1960
* John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
* 4th and final presidential debate
This 24 page newspaper has a two line banner headline on the front page: "Hoover, Dewey Urge V.P. to OK 5th Debate" with subheads that include: "Kennedy Hurls New Challenge" (see photos). This tells of... Read full description -
Item #583656BOSTON EVENING GLOBE, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1, 1939
* Helsinki Finland bombing
* World War II - WWII
This 44 page newspaper has a great banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "FINN CAPITAL ABLAZE" and more. This is coverage on the bombing of Helsinki, Finland by Russia. Nice item for display.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #583644ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Nov. 12, 1864 As noted in the masthead this was the: "Gazette of The Regular & Volunteer Forces" and as such is replete with military news of all sorts. The ftpg. is entirely taken up with: "The Campaign In Georgia" and: "The Campaign In Virginia" giving the latest... Read full description -
Item #583635SEMI-WEEKLY GAZETTE AND BULLETIN, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1895
* Yreka CA California lynchings (4)
* Lynch mob
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "FOUR MURDERERS HANGED BY A MOB", "Californians Indulge In A Lynching Bee", "Strung Up Without Having Time To Pray" and more.... Read full description -
Item #583633THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, September 3, 1930
* Gordon Bennett gas balloon race
* Ward Van Orman - Goodyear VIII
* Cleveland OH Ohio - ballooning
This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Van Orman Balloon Winner; Belgian Pilot in Second Plane; Aide Jumps to Lighten Load" with subhead. Coverage of the 1930... Read full description -
Item #583630EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1946
* Assault - horse racing
* Preakness Stakes win (2nd of 3 wins)
* Triple crown winner
This 26 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 16: "'EXPERTS' TAKE APART ASSAULT AFTER TRIUMPH" with photo and caption: "Assault Wins Preakness By... Read full description -
Item #583625THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, May 12, 1935
* Omaha - horse racing
* Preakness Stakes win (2nd of 3 wins)
* Triple crown winner
This 50+ page newspaper has small one column headings on the front page: "Omaha Runs Away With The Preakness" "Repeats Double Victory of His Sire, Gallant Fox"
The front page of the sport's... Read full description
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