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Item #704609THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 12, 1961
* American underground filmmaker Stan Brakage
* Experimental films - avant-garde cinema
* Provincetown Playhouse theatre advertisement
* "Wedlock House, An Intercourse" - "The Dead"
* "Cat's Cradle - "Daybreak" and more... Read full description -
Item #704597THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR THE WORCESTER GAZETTE, July 29, 1795
* 18th century America
* re. John Jay Treaty
Almost all of the front page is taken up with critical articles on the controversial Jay Treaty with England, designed by Alexander Hamilton, headed: "Candid Remarks on the Treaty... Read full description -
Item #704596ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Jan. 1, 1853 This is the very first issue of what would become a short-lived publication which had "P.T. Barnum, Special Partner" involved in its publication, as noted on one of the back pages.
This is one of the earliest illustrated periodicals in the United States, preceding both Leslie's... Read full description -
Item #704595THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 7, 1938
* Albert Einstein commencement addresss
* Swarthmore College - Pennsylvania
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN CRITICIZES 'BARBARITY' ABROAD" with subheads and complete text of Einstein's address. First report coverage on Albert Einstein's... Read full description -
Item #704590THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 6, 1961
* Ran Eliran wedding in Greenwich Village
* "Israel's Ambassador of Song" Israeli singer
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica - born in Haifa, Palestine
Page 6 has a small heading: "Israeli Folk Singer Weds at Cabaret Here" with report. (see image)... Read full description -
Item #704588THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 29, 1961
* Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama
* Greyhound bus bombing - burning
* Civil Rights movement - freedom riders
* Racial segregation in the South
* Eyewitness account by Albert Bigelow
The top of page 3 has a heading: "ADA Hears Freedom Rider Tell of Alabama... Read full description -
Item #704585THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 15, 1961
* Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad
* Underground British journalist interview
* Village Vanguard jazz nightclub performance
The top of page 3 has a heading: "A 15-Minute Bit with Lennie Bruce" with subhead. (see images) Interview continues on page... Read full description -
Item #704584THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 6, 1962
* Political activist Myrna Bain
* Negro Woman conservative
* Integration in schools
The front page has a heading: "Legal Integration Does Not Make Negro 'Visible' Man" with lead-in: "The Negro Conservative". (see images) Lengthy text continues on... Read full description -
Item #704583LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 26, 1995
* Dean Martin death (1st report)
* Italian-American singer & actor
* "King of Cool" - Jerry Lewis duo
* Best title to be had ?
The middle of the front page has a one column heading: "Dean Martin, Screen Star and Singer, Dies at 78" and includes a photo of him. The article... Read full description -
Item #704579THE STARS & STRIPES, Germany Edition, May 13, 1945
* Hermann "Fat Boy" Goering
The front page features a photo headed: "He Used to Throw a Lot of Weight Around" and the caption noting: "Reich Marshal Herman Goering, perhaps the fattest Nazi in captivity." with front page text on him & other end of war items. One report... Read full description -
Item #704570PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Phila., March 16, 1776
* General George Washington
* Continental Army Siege of Boston
* American Revolutionary War
* Great year to have (1776)
Regarding the siege of Boston... a page 3 report headed "Cambridge" includes: "...the continental army, assisted by a large body of... Read full description -
Item #704553THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 14, 1963
* The Mona Lisa portrait painting in New York City
* Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece
* Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) display
* Only time the famous piece of art was in America
The front page has a heading: "Loftless Leonardos Picket As Mona Lisa... Read full description -
Item #704537THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 4, 1962
* The Albany Movement - Georgia
* Shiloh Baptist Church gathering
* Negroes - civil rights movement
* Martin Luther King Jr. speech
The front page has a heading: "In Albany Jails" with lead-in: "The Press of Freedom" and related photo. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #704529THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Sept. 29, 1966
* Great Timothy Leary article w/ photos
* "TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUT" start
* Psychedelic drugs - LSD - magic mushrooms
* Harvard University Psilocybin Project founder
Beginning on the front page is a wonderful and detailed article concerning Dr. Timothy Leary with... Read full description -
Item #704513TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 5, 1932 The front page has one column headlines noting: "CAPONE TAKES UP ROUTINE AT PENITENTIARY" "Listed in Atlanta as Convict No. 40,886".
The article begins: " 'Scarface Al' Capone began a new life today as convict No. 40886 in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary.... Read full description -
Item #704509THE LAMPASAS DISPATCH, Texas, "Juvember 33, 1969" A fascinating fictitious newspaper created specifically for "Operation Long Horn--For Maneuver Purposes Only--Not Intended For General Distribution".
The website begins: "In the spring of 1952, as Cold War tensions heightened, Lampasas... Read full description -
Item #704503THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Aug. 31, 1796
* Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer)
The front page has an interesting article by the notorious Captain Hugh Pigot of the British Navy, concerning cruelty towards
Americans. Within a year his reputation for brutality would provide his men to mutiny, one of the bloodiest in the... Read full description -
Item #704500ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, March 19, 1853 P.T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly". These latter two ultimately becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers... Read full description
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Item #704498THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 1, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
A rather rare title and great that it includes the word “Southern”.
The front page is mostly taken up with ads & military notices but the first 1 1/2 columns are taken up with letters of a military... Read full description -
Item #704496THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 17, 1963
* Early Barbra Streisand - singer & actress
* When she was only 21 years old
* The Blue Angel nightclub performance
* Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara advertisement
Page 24 under "cafes & coffee house" is a advertisement for a "Barbra... Read full description -
Item #704488EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 28, 1913
* Flora Drummond and Charlotte Despard
* Guerrilla warfare begins in London & Dublin
* British suffragettes - Woman's suffrage leaders
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SUFFRAGETTES IN LONDON AND IN DUBLIN BEGIN MILITANCY" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in... Read full description -
Item #704483NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 21, 1846 The front page has an editorial concerning the Mexican War: "Shall We Have Peace or War?" Page 3 has a report: "Slavers Captured" being an account of the capture of the slave ships Panther, Patuxent, and Pons. Note that... Read full description
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Item #704482NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 21, 1841
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Toms River & Hornerstown
* Monmouth Co. New Jersey
Inside has the lengthy: "Veto Message from the President of the United States, Returning, with his Objections, the bill to incorporate the Fiscal Bank of the United... Read full description -
Item #704481NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 18, 1844
* Mormons leader Joseph Smith
* Election campaign for president
* 1st presidential candidate to be killed
Page 2 has a report under: "Political--Presidential" which discusses the various candidates for the presidency. Included in the discussion is mention of Joseph... Read full description -
Item #704478NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 31, 1846
* United States Naval Academy is born
* Brigham Young arrested - Mormons
Near the back is a nice article on the establishment of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, headed: "The Naval School At Annapolis", which includes: "It is generally... Read full description -
Item #704477NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, June 25, 1842
* Dorr Rebellion - Rhode Island arsenal attack
* Governor Thomas Wilson Dorr
* Mormons in Hancock County, Illinois
Page 3 ha a report which is a follow-up to the Dorr Rebellion, noting in part: "...his charge to the grand jury alluded to the recent events in that state & defined... Read full description -
Item #704465THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 22, 1962
* Civil rights activist Daisy Bates
* Little Rock Central High School
* Integration crisis editorial - Negroes
Page 10 has a editorial by Mary Perot Nichols on NAACP leader Daisy Bates regarding the Little Rock Central High School segregation crisis. The... Read full description -
Item #704464THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 15, 1962
* American actress Eileen Fulton
* Off-Broadway "The Fantasticks" play
* "As the World Turns" soap opera fame
Page 10 has a small photo of a young Eileen Fulton with brief text that begins with: "Eileen Fulton has succeeded Liza Stuart in 'the... Read full description -
Item #704461THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 30, 1967
* Death of the Hippies - hippy movement
* Haight-Ashbury mock funeral - S.F.
* End of "The Summer of Love"
Page 3 has a heading: "Autumn in the Haight: Where Has Love Gone" and related notice. (see images) Lengthy report continues on multiples... Read full description -
Item #704456THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1963
* Boxer Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali
* The Bitter End poetry contest - poems
* Bill Cosby nightclub advertisement
The front page has a heading: "No Lean and Hungry Look On Coffee-House Cassius" with 2 related photos. (see images) Article continues on a... Read full description -
Item #704455THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1861
* Rare pro Confederate publication
* Pre City War Southern tensions
* The volume 1 - number 1 issue
This is the very first issue--volume 1 number 1--of what was described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South".
This newspaper opposed the war and... Read full description -
Item #704450THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, Feb. 18, 1937 The front page has a one column head: "BLAME FAULTY SCAFFOLD IN SPAN DEATHS" which reports on the death of workers on the Golden Gate Bridge. The back page features a large photo showing 6 men falling to their deaths. Also another related photo showing the... Read full description
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Item #704449PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 21, 1862
* Battle of Perryville - Kentucky
* Centreville VA - Virginia
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "A Skirmish At Centreville Station, Virginia" "Interesting From the South" "Stuart's Raid into Pennsylvania the Comic Feature of the War" "The... Read full description -
Item #704447THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, Nov. 23, 1898
* Tom Sharkey vs. James J. Corbett
* Heavyweight boxing match - fight
* Lenox Athletic Club, New York
The front page has nearly a full column taken up on the historic boxing match between Tom Sharkey and James Corbett, including illustrations of both.
The one-column heads include: "... Read full description -
Item #704445NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 6, 1854
* Slavery - slaves - pre-Civil War tensions
* Rare "Underground Railroad" mention
The bottom of page 4 has small report with a rare mention of the Underground Railroad.
Because it was a secretive operation it is very difficult to find period accounts of its operation.
This article, from... Read full description -
Item #704415THE CHRISTIAN HISTORY, (Boston), May 5, 1743 This was the first successful magazine in America although formatted unlike typical magazines. It was exclusively a chronicle of the Great Awakening in America, exclusively of secular news reports. It was preceded by just a few magazines which lasted but a couple of issues--one of which... Read full description
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Item #704412DER TAGES SPIEGEL (The Daily Mirror), Berlin, Germany, Dec. 23, 1989
* Fall of the Berlin Wall
* Brandenburg Gate opens
One of the front page photos is headed (translated): "Brandenburg Gate Is Open" with a large head signaling similar unrest in Romania with: "Dramatic Upheaval In Romania".
Great... Read full description -
Item #704399THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Jan. 25, 1776
* The "dishonest malevolence" controversy
* Thomas Paine "Common Sense" & Robert Bell
* Great year to have (1776) Revolutionary War
As a bit of a back story, printer Robert Bell ran an advertisement taking... Read full description -
Item #704397THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Jan. 20, 1776
* American Revolutionary War
* Great year to have (1776)
* Fife and drum corps advertisement
Great to offer an American newspaper dated in 1776 and from Philadelphia.
Most of the front page is taken up with a detailed description on how to make saltpetre... Read full description -
Item #704390GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, April 24, 1790
* Benjamin Franklin death (1ST REPORT)
Our records indicate it has been over 12 years since we have been able to offer a newspaper with some report on the death or funeral of Ben Franklin. Such issues have been very elusive.
The back page has a very notable--and early--report headed datelined at... Read full description -
Item #704384THE DAILY DELTA, New Orleans, Sept. 26, 1850
* Rare antebellum publication
* From the deep South
Newspapers from the pre-Civil War South are rather difficult to find. Here is one from Louisiana.
Among the many ads is one on the front page with heading: which notes in part: "The subscribers are prepared to receive, on... Read full description -
Item #704382THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 18, 1971
* Women's National Abortion Action Coalition, 1971
* Woman's abortion rights march on Washington D.C.
* Before the Roe v. Wade landmark decision
* James Taylor Carnegie Hall concert advertisement
* THE DOORS rock band post Jim Morrison concert ad
Page 41 has... Read full description -
Item #704377THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 2, 1875
* Negroes uprising - insurrection
* Sandersville & more, Georgia
The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "THE GEORGIA NEGROES" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up almost 2 full columns.
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Item #704373THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 24, 1963
* The Living Theatre - experimental theater
* Avant-garde - Julian Beck - Judith Malina
* Closed for bankruptcy - tax evasion crime
The front page has a heading: "Living Theatre Goes Broke; Becks Brigged by Feds" with 2 related photos. (see images) Article... Read full description -
Item #704364THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 29, 1962
* Hugh Hefner - Playboy Club - magazine fame
* Bunnies - bunny rabbit cocktail waitresses in training
The front page has a heading: "Dreams of a Playboy: Bunnies on the Rabbit Run" with 2 related photos. (see images) Lengthy text continues on multiple inside... Read full description -
Item #704362THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 27, 1976* "A Star Is Born" opening day in NYC
* Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson
* Musical romantic drama film - moviePage 44 has a nice full page advertisement for the opening day showing of "A Star Is Born" film in... Read full description -
Item #704355THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 1, 1935
* Herman Bernstein death
* Jewish activist - Jews
The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "HERMAN BERNSTEIN DIES IN BERKSHIRES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Herman Bernstein, American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and Jewish activist. He... Read full description -
Item #704354THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 6, 1962
* Edward Estlin - E. E. Cummings death
* American poet - painter - playwright - author
* Resident on Patchin Place in Greenwich Village
The front page has a heading: "E. E. Cummings, 1894-1962" with photo showing Cummings standing in front of his home on Patchin... Read full description -
Item #704349THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, July 19, 1898 Much front page reporting on the Spanish-American War with column heads including; "Augusti Refuses To Surrender" "Protection Is Promised" "Natives Are Ready To Attack" "LIBERAL LAWS FOR SANTIAGO" "President Instructs Shafter as to Government of the... Read full description
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Item #704344THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 15, 1963
* Canadian actress Madeleine Sherwood arrest
* Civil rights movement in Gadsden, Alabama
* Freedom walk with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Page 7 has a small heading: "Actress Sherwood Jailed in Alabama For Rights March" with report. (see image)
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