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Item #581049NEW YORK TRIBUNE, New York, March 21, 1911 The front page of this issue contains a one-column headline "Dr. Washington Too Ill To Go To Court" with sub-headlines "Set low Issues Statement for Trustees, Expressing Their Confidence in Him" "Lawyers Hold... Read full description -
Item #581046THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 28, 1931
* Mahatma Gandhi jail release
This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "INDIA'S BATTLE WILL CONTINUE, GANDHI WARNS", "Thousands Gather To Pay Him Homage", "Woman Crushed to Death as Bombay Throngs Fight to See... Read full description -
Item #581036FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 5, 1955
* Ernie Banks 3 home runs game
* Chicago Cubs - Mr. Cub
This 14 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 8: "Cubs' Banks Hits Three Home Runs"
Other news of the day throughout including various advertisements. Paper is in good condition.
wikipedia notes: Ernest "Ernie"... Read full description -
Item #581033THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 3, 1929
* John Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 29 that include: "VOICE AND IMAGE GO TOGETHER OVER WIRE", "Simultaneous Transmission of Clear Televised Pictures and Sounds Demonstrated", "Baird System... Read full description -
Item #581028THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 16, 1943
* World War II - WWII
* United States Army
* Bazooka rocket gun
This 44 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 14: "Army Shows Bazooka Gun to the Public; It Fires 2-Foot Rocket Through Tank Armor", with photos and text.
Other news of the day throughout with much on World War II. Minor... Read full description -
Item #581027THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 24, 1943
* Rocket warfare during World War II
* New Nazi rocket glider bombs
This 44 page newspaper has a one column heading on page 22: "Glider Rocket-Bombs" (see photos for text). Other World War II era news throughout. Minor spine wear, otherwise in nice condition. -
Item #581001THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, March 17, 1785 The full frontpage is of "His Eminence Cardinal John McCloskey - Proclaimed by the Consistory at Rome Last Monday". Within the issue is "The Lat M. Corot, French Painter", "The Trial of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher", "The New York Medico-Legal Society" and... Read full description -
Item #580997THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, March 24, 1934 This 22 page newspaper has great banner headline on the front page of the sport's section (page 13): "JONES STILL TRAILS GOLFING PACK" with subheads and small photo of Horton Smith, who would be the eventual winner. (see) This was the 2nd day report of the very 1st Master's... Read full description -
Item #580993THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, April 24, 1913
* Finleyville PA Pennsylvania
* Cincinnati coal mine disaster
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "100 MEN KILLED WHEN EXPLOSION SHATTERS MINE", "Horror Occurred Near Pittsburg--Bodies of Seventy of the Victims Have Been Recovered",... Read full description -
Item #580992VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1912
* Jacksonville PA tornado disaster
This 8 page on one column headlines on the front page:
* TORNADO COMPLETELY DESTROYS TOWN
* One Thousand People Camping in Fields
See photos for text here.
Other news of the day. Light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good. -
Item #580987HARPER'S BAZAR, New York, February 17, 1900 The frontpage is "Ruth, the Gleaner" illustrating the first paper of the 'Bazar's series "Women of the Bible". Within the issue are: "Four Original Fashion Designs Exclusively for Harper's Bazar"; "Ohio's First Lady - Mrs. Babcock";... Read full description -
Item #580985SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 29, 1910 The front cover features the illustration of "Story of the Wellman Ocean Air Trip" which shows the view from the S.S. "Trent" of the "America" as it was being lowered preparatory to launching the lifeboat. The article on this trip and additional photos are within the... Read full description -
Item #580974NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 3, 1824 An inside page has report headed: "Emigration of the Free Blacks", which tells of their colonizing on the island of St. Domingo, taking over 2 1/2 pages.
Complete in 16 pages, 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, lite foxing, otherwise is in good condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this... Read full description -
Item #580973NILES' REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 20, 1832 This issue contains a report entitled: "Peace With The Indians" which takes about 3 column inches, and talks about a treaty with the Winnebago Indians. A small report on "Piracies" reports on the several recent accounts and awful murders.
Sixteen pages 6 1/2 by 9 inches,... Read full description -
Item #580962SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, October 16, 1897 This issue contains a fullpage illustration "Polar Bears Fighting" which has a small accompanying article. The illustration is very displayable. Other articles are: "Prevention of the Sliding Friction of Ball and Roller Bearings"; "First-Class... Read full description -
Item #580940THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, March 17, 1951
* Frank Costello - NYC gangster - mob boss
* "The Prime Minister of the Underworld"
* United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce
This 26 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Costello Defies Probers Again" with... Read full description -
Item #580911VALLEY SENTINEL, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1912
* Hamilton Ga Georgia
* Negroes lynchings
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "THREE COLORED MEN AND WOMAN LYNCHED" and "Georgia Mob Hangs and Shoots Murder Suspects".
This tells of the lynchings of murder suspects in Hamilton, Georgia. See... Read full description -
Item #580888MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, July 2, 1930
* Bobby Jones welcome home
* British Open champion
* Broadway ticker tape parade
This 20 page newspaper has a very nice six column headline on the front page: "CROWDS HAIL JONES ON RETURN TO U.S." with subheads. Unusual for such a nice headline on the front page here. Nice for display.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #580887THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, July 23, 1936
* Earle Lewis Ovington death
* 1st airmail airplane flight fame
This 44 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Pioneer Flier's Ashes to Be Strewn Over Sea".
A 1st report on the death of Earle Lewis Ovington, best known for flying the 1st official... Read full description -
Item #580881NEW YORK TIMES, February 3, 1934 Page 3 has one column headings: "Dillinger Is Reindicted", "Faces Death Penalty in Murder of Patrolman O'Malley"
This was when he predicted they could not hold him & soon after this, he escaped with his famous wooden gun at Crown Point Jail in Indiana.
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #580879SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, November 2, 1915
* Pancho Villa
* Pre Agua Prieta Mexico night raid (1ST REPORT)
* United States Army
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GEN. VILLA ATTACKS", "One American Wounded" and more. See photos for text.
Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise... Read full description -
Item #580876THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1915
* Birth of a Nation - The Clansman
* David Llewelyn Wark GriffithThis 20 page newspaper has a back page ad for the controversial film: "Birth Of A Nation". This was the opening date in New York City and the film was being shown at the Liberty Theater. The movie, directed by D.W. Griffith,... Read full description -
Item #580831THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 22, 1934
* Lilyan Tashman death - Jewish actress
* 1st Masters Tournament
* 1st day of play - Augusta, Georgia
This 20 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Lilyan Tashman Dies as First Starring Film Stirs Broadway" and more with nice photo of Tashman (see photos).
Also a... Read full description -
Item #580808THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, November 12, 1945
* Jerome Kern death (1st report)
* Show Boat musical fame
This 24 page newspaper has one column headings on page 17: "Jerome Kern's Pen Is Stilled", "Week's Illness Fatal to Famous Composer" with small photo of Kern (see photos).
Other news, sports, and... Read full description -
Item #580805THE NEWS, Frederick, May 28, 1940
* Belgium surrenders to Germany
* King Leopold III
This 10 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
"Belgium Surrenders; Leopold Called Traitor; Allied Army Facing Disaster" with subheads and related photo. Tells of the formal surrender of the country of Belgium to the Germans during World... Read full description -
Item #580801MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, December 14, 1927 This 30 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "LINDY IN MEXICO'S CAPITAL" with subheads and nice photo of Lindbergh. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.
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Item #580788MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 23, 1927
* William Edward Hickman captured
* Murderer of Marion Parker & others
This 20 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FOX BARES CRIME PLOT" with subheads. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here... Read full description -
Item #580786EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1946
* Heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson...
* Death report... 1st report...
This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 16: "Jack Johnson, First Negro Heavy Champ, Killed in Auto Crash" (see photos for text here).
Other news of the day including period... Read full description -
Item #580769BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Boston, Massachusetts, February 11, 1862 Pages two and three of this issue carry reports pertaining Roanoke Island. "Success of the Burnside Expedition - Roanoke Island Captured - Federal Troops Landed - Three Rebel Gunboats Sunk and Two Captured". "POSTSCRIPT! - The Capture of Roanoke Island - The News... Read full description -
Item #580760THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 17, 1941 This 48 page newspaper has small and somewhat discrete one column headlines: "HELD ON LEPKE CHARGE", "Siegel Arrested in Los Angeles on New York Indictment"
This tells of the arrest of Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel for harboring gangster Louis (Lepke) Buchalter.
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #580753THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, June 7, 1862
* Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
* Memphis, Tennessee
* Fort Wright (Pillow) map
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.
The front page has a nice map titled:
* THE REOPENING OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Among the one... Read full description -
Item #580727MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, April 11, 1931
* Army pilot Ira C. Eaker
* Transcontinental flight try
* Airplanes - aviation
This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "EAKER RACES EAST, RECORD IN GRASP" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for... Read full description -
Item #580726MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, April 15, 1931
* Ty Cobb - wife abuser ?
* Detroit Tigers
This 20 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "TY COBB CRUEL, SAYS WIFE IN ASKING DIVORCE" with photo of Cobb. Unusual for such a report to be on the front page.
Other news of the day. Light browning with little... Read full description -
Item #580725MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, April 23, 1931
* Babe Ruth hurts leg
* New York Yankees
* Major league baseball
This 20 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on page 15: "BABE RUTH WILL BE OUT OF GAME FOR TWO WEEKS WITH INJURY" with subheads and photo of Ruth with caption: "Great Bambino Is a Casualty"
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #580722THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 17, 1929
* Earl Averill hits home in debut (1st at bat)
* Cleveland Indians - 1st in AL history
* Babe Ruth wedding day
This 34 page newspaper has a one column photo of Babe Ruth on the front page with heading: "Ruth Will Marry Today; Abandons Secret... Read full description -
Item #580721THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, April 24, 1930
* Lloyd Warner negro lynching
* St. Joseph, Missouri
This 26 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Crowd Shoots Negro In Levee Lynching Bee" which tells of the lynching of Negro Dave Harris in Gunnison, Mississippi.
Also a one column headline... Read full description -
Item #580720ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, November 29, 1933 This 20 page newspaper has various headlines on the front page that include: "INQUIRY ORDERED IN MISSOURI MOB'S BURNING OF NEGRO", "Negro Attacker of Women Lynched By Mob at St. Joseph, Mo., Prison", "'Did All I Could' Sheriff Says; Eye-Witness Describes... Read full description -
Item #580709MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 4, 1930.
* Golfer Bobby Jones
* Wins British amateur championship
* This would be the 2nd win towards his famous grand slam
This 20 page newspaper has a one column photo on page 14 with heading: "AS Jones Won" (St. Andrews, Scotland). Other news of the day throughout.
Light browning, some margin... Read full description -
Item #580707MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, July 23, 1930
* Glenn Curtiss death
* Aviation pioneer
* U.S. airplane industry
This 24 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "GLENN CURTISS, AIR PIONEER, DIES", "Appendicitis Operation Fatal to Famous Builder of U.S. Aircraft" which is a 1st report on the... Read full description -
Item #580706MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, July 28, 1930
* Boxer Young Stribling
* Heavyweight boxing
* Wimbledon Stadium
This 16 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "STRIB BEATS SCOTT BY K. O. IN SECOND" with subheads. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice... Read full description -
Item #580705ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, August 8, 1930
* Marion Indiana IN
* Negroes lynchings
* Grant County Jail
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "INDIANA MOB LYNCHES TWO NEGRO KILLERS", "Crowd Storms Jail to Get Victims; Women Trample on One".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #580693THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1938
* Aviator, Hermann Koehl death
* Atlantic - East to West fame
This 150+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 45 that include: "HERMANN KOEHL, OCEAN FLIER, DIES", "German Captain Pilot of the Plane Bremen on First East-to-West Atlantic Hop", "Shot Down Twice In War" and... Read full description -
Item #580692SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, June 18, 1922
* 1st South Atlantic Ocean airplane Flight
* Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral
This 30+ page has one column headlines on page 13: "PORTUGUESE FLIERS COMPLETE TRIP", "Reach Rio Janeiro From Lisbon, Where They Left in April--Used Three Hydroplanes" which tells of the... Read full description -
Item #580673THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, March 7, 1865 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are:
* THE UNION JUBILEE
* Honors to Our Soldiers and Sailors
* Gratitude of the People for National Victories
* NEW-YORK IN GALA DRESS
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Item #580669THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 18, 1942
* William C. Ocker death... "Father of Instrument Flying"
* Aviator - aviation - airplanes
This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 22 that include: "COL. OCKER IS DEAD; AVIATION INVENTOR" "Retired Officer Was Known as 'Father of Blind Flying"--Stricken in... Read full description -
Item #580667THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 25, 1939 This 30+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Fog on Coast Delays Clipper", "Notables Help Blaze Nothern Route"
See photos for text on the 1st ever transatlantic passenger service flight. A historic report in aviation history. This report was... Read full description -
Item #580661MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 12, 1930
* Max Schmeling vs. Jack Sharkey
* Heavyweight boxing championship
This 24 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "ODDS 2 TO 1 SHARKEY DEFEATS SCHMELING" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues in the sport's section with two nice illustrations of the fighters... Read full description -
Item #580659MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, June 17, 1930
* Bobby Jones in the British Open - PGA golf
* Year of grand slam victory (2nd of 4 wins)
This 24 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on page 18: "Bobby Jones Shoots A 77 And Has Total Score Of 150" with subheads and action photo of Jones (see photos). Tells of day 2 of the qualifying... Read full description -
Item #580649SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 2, 1911
* American artist, Edwin Austin Abbey death
* John Jacob Astor
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "ABBEY, THE PAINTER, DEAD", "AMERICAN ARTIST DIES ABROAD" and more. This tells of the death of American... Read full description -
Item #580618MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 20, 1930
* Bobby Jones wins British Open - PGA golf
* Year of grand slam victory (2nd of 4 wins)
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "JONES SHOOTS 291 TO WIN 3RD BRITISH OPEN", "Bobby Now Has Double, Having Captured Amateur Crown Last Month". This... Read full description
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