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Item #698464THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1861 The front page has a print of the: "Perilous Position of the Harriet Lane, Ashore on the Breakers at Hatteras Inlet...".
Page 5 has a nice print of an: "...Impromptu Oven Built by the 19th Regiment, New York Volunteers, in Gen. Banks' Division, Western Maryland".
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Item #698462BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany. May 14, 1936 This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era. The full front page is a photo of Ribbentrop the foreign minister. A wide variety of photos and articles within
Complete in 40 pages, 11 by 14 3/4 inches, minimal margin... Read full description -
Item #698451JUDGE magazine, New York, Aug. 23, 1890 Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.
After a strong start, the magazine found... Read full description -
Item #698449THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 5, 1905
* By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan
As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the... Read full description -
Item #698442THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 10, 1946
* General Masaharu Homma
* Bataan Death March trial
* Japanese atrocities to POWs
* Manila, Philippines
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "HOMMA IS LINKED TO 'DEATH MARCH'" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 42 pages, rag edition in great condition. -
Item #698441ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, May 21, 1853 Phineas T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly", the latter two becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers would last for only 48 issues, or less than one... Read full description -
Item #698440ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, May 21, 1853 Phineas T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly", the latter two becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers would last for only 48 issues, or less than one... Read full description -
Item #698439ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, May 21, 1853 Phineas T. Barnum was the co-owner of this early illustrated newspaper which preceded both "Leslie's Illustrated" and "Harper's Weekly", the latter two becoming immensely more successful. This effort by Barnum and the Beach brothers would last for only 48 issues, or less than one... Read full description -
Item #698437THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, April 2, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #698436HARRISBURGER MORGENROTHE, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 24, 1833
* Rare publication
* German language newspaper
A quite scarce newspaper for the German-speaking community in the Harrisburg area, printed entirely in the German language. Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers" notes that only the... Read full description -
Item #698426THE NORWALK EXPERIMENT, Huron County, Ohio, March 22, 1859
* Pike's Peak Gold Mining as an advertising hook
* Who should go to Pike's Peak
* Easier for negros in Massachusetts than foreigners (?)
The back page has a bold ad which appears to be seeking workers for the Pike Peak Gold Mines, but upon further inspection, the ad... Read full description -
Item #698422FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Aug. 17, 1953
* 1953 Iranian coup d'etat
* Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
* Shah of Iran - 28 Mordad
* Mohammad Mosaddegh
The front page has a one column heading: "Supreme Power Held By Mossadegh; Iran's Shah Flees" (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition. -
Item #698412NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1858
* Lord Stanley predicts the greatness of Russia and America
* Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and The Great Awakening
Page 2 has an interesting article headed: "Lord Stanley on the Future Greatness of America and Russia", which time would prove to be prophetic. Page 4 has: "The... Read full description -
Item #698410CENTRE DAILY TIMES, State College, Penn., June 16, 1949
* Eddie Waitkus shot
* Philadelphia Phillies - MLB baseball
* Ruth Ann Steinhagen
The front page has a one column heading: "Ed Waitkus Improved; Girl Held" (see image) Coverage on Philadelphia Phillies baseball star, Eddie Waitkus, being shot by obsessed fan, Ruth Ann Steinhagen.
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Item #698407THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1946
* Tokyo War Crimes military Trial - Tribunal begins
* Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo & others indicted
* Crimes of aggression against humanity - peace
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ALLIES INDICT TOJO AND 27 FOR A PLOT TO RULE THE WORLD" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #698386DAILY SENTINEL, Sitka, Alaska, June 3 (misprint: proper date on inside pages is July 3), 1959
* Alaska statehood on the 4th of July
A dramatic front page, taken up simply with: "A Salute To the 49-Star Flag", the flag of the United States, and a large photo of the city of Sitka.
This is more a... Read full description -
Item #698359THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1932
* Amelia Earhart - transatlantic flight
* 1st woman to achieve in airplane solo
* Visits Rome, Italy - Benito Mussolini
Page 6 has a one column heading: "WELCOME IN ROME FOR MRS. PUTNAM" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Compete in 46 pages, this is... Read full description -
Item #698349NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 2, 1862
* Siege of Yorktown
* Fall of New Orleans
* Fort Macon North Carolina
The front page is dominated by a nice Civil War map headed: "The Action of April 26 Near Yorktown" which is more of a diagram of the battle.
Among the front page one column heads are: "Fall Of Fort Macon" "The... Read full description -
Item #698337NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1862 The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The Rebel General Zollicoffer's Position On the Cumberland River.", plus several columns have war-related heads including: "Great Activity at the Headquarters of the Army" "Gen. Sherman's Report of Gen. Stevens' Operations on the... Read full description -
Item #698333NEW YORK HERALD, March 8, 1863 The front page features a large map headed: "THE GREAT UNION RIVER..." showing the Mississippi and tributaries from Moon Lake to the Gulf of Mexico.
Among the front page column heads on the war: "Important Military & Naval Movements on the Mississippi"... Read full description -
Item #698328NEW YORK TIMES, March 29, 1929
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart
* Gets Airline Transport Pilot License
Page 16 has one column heads: " Permit For Miss Earhart" "She is Fourth Woman to Aviation Transport License".
Complete in 48 pages, minor margin wear, nice condition.
Note: While the major historic... Read full description -
Item #698327DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C.,July 11, 1849 Page 3 has a relatively short article: "California Gold" noting in part: "...that the amount of the precious metal from the 'diggings' already deposited at the Mint for coinage is within a small fraction of two millions of dollars...". and more.
Four pages, very nice... Read full description -
Item #698322AMERICAN BUNKER, Hotel Astor, New York City, Feb. 3, 1940 This is a parody of the "American Banker" newspaper, all notices and reports are comic. This is an "Extra" issue so it may be complete, however we believe there were more pages as reference is made to pages 3 thru 7 (but perhaps part of the comic theme).... Read full description -
Item #698321NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, Oct. 27, 1945 A patriotic red, white & blue issue with the banner headline: "TRUMAN BASES PEACE ON POWER" with subhead: "Tells Policy at Commissioning of Huge Carrier Roosevelt".
The decorative front page is printed in red and blue ink. Pages 2 and 3... Read full description -
Item #698318This is an: ARMY TALKS EXTRA edition, May 9, 1945, just after the end of the war in Europe. The lead article begins: "The German armies have been completely crushed in battle; you and the millions of other U.S. and Allied soldiers have won the greatest military victory in history..." with much more.
Much of the balance of the issue is focused on the... Read full description -
Item #698316ARMY TALK - ORIENTATION FACT SHEET, War Department, Washington, D.C., May 12, 1945 Printed at the top is: "Restricted" and the note that this is issue #71.
The banner head on the front page is: "Major Problems In Your War Against Japan" not that the war in Europe had been won.
This is the first of this title we have... Read full description -
Item #698312THE WAR RESISTER, Enfield, England, Summer (July), 1936 This is a pamphlet-size periodical (number 40) obviously focused on resisting the coming war. Hitler was well on his way to the goal of dominating Europe, and this publication advocated staying out of his way.
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Item #698307JACK ARMSTRONG TRU-FLITE NEWS, Minneapolis, October, 1944 This is the volume 1, number 2 issue of a promotional "newspaper" for Tru-Flite model planes.
A curious newspaper with no advertisements save for the promotional offers on the back page. For one Wheaties box top and five cents you get model plates of the Curtis... Read full description -
Item #698300THE BOSTON TIMES, Massachusetts, March 11, 1932 This is the volume 1, number 2 issue of a union newspaper and almost all the reports within are union-related.
The editorial inside begins: "The communication given prominence in this issue...is timely and thought provoking. Is America to follow Germany, England... Read full description -
Item #698299THE SATURDAY EVENING HITCHING POST, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oct. 15, 1904 The masthead notes this is: "A Good Thing To Tie To". this is a volume 1 issue.
This is primarily an advertising publication, with various tidbits & curiosities scattered among the ads. Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inches, very nice condition. -
Item #698298DAILY TAFT BULLETIN, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1912
* William Howard Taft
In the masthead below the dateline is: "Issued by the National Taft Bureau, Raleigh Hotel, Washington. D. C." This is the number 4 issue.
A single sheet with the reverse taken up with a "Table of Delegates To The Republican National Convention... Read full description -
Item #698296DAILY MIRROR, London, England, May 5, 1926 This is a small, somewhat crudely-produced issue of this famous tabloid printed during the historic General Strike in the United Kingdom.
A General Strike was called by the Trades Union Congress in support of the coal miners' stand against enforced pay cuts. It... Read full description -
Item #698293THE KETCHIKAN DAILY NEWS, Alaska, Sept. 19, 1960 The front page reports Khrushchev's arrival in New York to attend a United Nations session: "Khrushchev Gets Cold Reception" with more.
Also on the front page: "Castro Arrives in New York" and a photo of Mrs. Marjorie Lennox, a secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba,... Read full description -
Item #698292THE BANNER, Dwight, Illinois, December, 1908
* Rare publication
As noted in the masthead this is the: "Official Organ Sons of Veterans" and calls itself the: "Patriotic Journal of American".
A handsome, patriotic masthead.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1//2 inches, printed on glossy-stock newsprint, nice condition.
AI notes:... Read full description -
Item #698291THE TIMES, San Mateo, California, Oct. 18, 1989
* Loma Prieta earthquake disaster
* San Francisco, California
The banner headline above the masthead: "BAY AREA REELS UNDER DEVASTING 6.9 QUAKE" with another banner head more local to San Mateo: "Peninsula Is Spared The Worst" Various related... Read full description -
Item #698288THE CAPITAL, Annapolis, Maryland, Jan. 17, 1991
* Operation Desert Storm
* Gulf War begins
* Persian Gulf
Noted above the masthead: "Special Edition - Operation Desert Storm" with the headline proclaiming: "WE'RE AT WAR ! " with a map of the Iraq War vicinity.
Presumed complete in 10 pages being a Special... Read full description -
Item #698284THE HOLABIRD EXHAUST, Holabird Signal Depot, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 23, 1943 This is a "camp newspaper", one of hundreds that were produced at various military installations around the world during World War II.
As with most, it is crudely produced, providing news and information to military personnel at the depot.
Twelve... Read full description -
Item #698283THE REXALL MAGAZINE, March, 1946 A little magazine done by a drug store company, mostly entertainment or house-related items with ads for products that could be purchased at any Recall Drug Store.
Sixteen pages, 7 1/2 by 10 inches, minor wear, good condition. -
Item #698281THE WAKE, U.S.S. Wake Island, July 11, 1945 This was a "camp" newspaper from World War II printed onboard the escort carrier U.S.S. Wake Island. It was involved in the action in the Pacific during the closing months of the war.
The full front page is a map of Wake Island.
Eight pages, 8 by 13 inches, crudely produced (as... Read full description -
Item #698263FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 19, 1882 The full front page shows: "Encampment of the National Guard at Lewistown--Incidents of Camp Life" in Pennsylvania. Another full page print from this camp inside.
Inside has a half page showing: "Candidates for Admission to the Order of Sisters of St. Dominic Taking the Vail... Read full description -
Item #698256THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, Oct. 17, 1914 An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira". as noted at the top of page 2.
Great content in this issue, as one-third of the front page is a report on the Braves winning the 1914 World Series... Read full description -
Item #698252CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 8, 1945
* General George S. Patton
* Welcome home celebration
* Post European theater
The top of the back page has a photo of Patton with family headed: "Gen. Patton Arrives in U.S." Page 13 has a one column heading: "NOISY BOSTON CROWDS GREET PATTON RETURN" with subhead. (see images) Coverage... Read full description -
Item #698247THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 1, 1944
* USS St. Lo - Casablanca-class escort carrier
* Leyte Gulf, Phillipines - Kamikazes attack
Page 3 has a somewhat discrete one column heading: "Navy Names 4 Ships Damaged Off Leyte" Although brief, this is the 1st report on the loss of the escort carrier USS St. Lo. She was the first major... Read full description -
Item #698208THE NEW YORK TIMES , May 13, 1942
* Osage, West Virginia
* Near Morgantown
* Coal mine explosion disaster
The top of page 20 has a one column heading: "53 BELIEVED DEAD IN MINE EXPLOSION" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Christopher Coal company mine explosion near Morgantown, West Virginia.
Complete with 38... Read full description -
Item #698196THE SAPPER, "Somewhere In France", June 7, 1918 This is a "camp" newspaper, one of many short-lived publications during wartime meant for military personnel in the region. This was: "Published twice a month by the enlisted men of the 318th Engineers." This is the volume 1, number 9 issue.
Eight... Read full description -
Item #698179LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 24, 1989
* 12 year old Victoria Brucker
* First U.S. girl to play in
* Little League World Series
* Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Near the bottom of the front page is a three column heading: "Victoria Steps to Plate, and Into Records" with lead-in: "12-Year-Old San Pedro Girl in Little League... Read full description -
Item #698172LOS ANGELES TIMES, Washington Edition, Jan. 18, 1995
* Great Hanshin earthquake disaster
* Kobe, Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
The front page has a banner headline: "Kobe Paralyzed; Toll Hits 1,817; 120,000 Seek Refuge, 926 Missing in Japan Quake" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More on page 3.
Complete 1st section... Read full description -
Item #698168THE EVENING CHRONICLE, Uhrichsville, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1919
* Tuscarawas County
Mostly local news and advertisements of the day. Over a 100 years old.
Six pages, 4 folds with some wear, generally good., -
Item #698165SECTION 2 ONLY of the Evening Tribune, San Diego, December 17, 1914
* Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
* Imperial German Navy bombardments
* World War I - WWI England
The front page of this section has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "74 KILLED AND 147 WOUNDED IN BOMBARDED ENGLISH SEAPORTS" with subhead.... Read full description -
Item #698158NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, Oct. 18, 1940 The front page bold, banner headline announces: "NAZI ARMY ROUTED SAILING FOR BRITAIN" with a smaller headline: "Germans Claim Sea Triumph Off Bristol" and other war-related reports on the front page.
The complete first section with pages 1-18, good condition
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