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  • NYC Blizzard of 1947...
    Item #709186
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 28, 1947

    * Blizzard of 1947 (1st report)
    * New York City snow storm


    The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CITY IS MASTERING RECORD SNOW; BUSES STILL OUT, RAIL LINES GAIN; SUBURBS HARD HIT; 55 DEAD IN EAST" with various subheads and photo. (see images)
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  • Labor Day Hurricane of 1935...
    Item #709173
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 4, 1935

    * The strongest U.S. hurricane hits the South
    * The Labor Day Hurricane - tropical cyclone

    The front page has a nice banner headline: "100 PERISH IN FLORIDA STORM" with subheads. (see images) Also a one column heading: "Rescue of 372 on Liner Halted by Giant Seas" Related map on page 2.... Read full description  
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  • Who is to pay for the Mormon War?
    Item #709150
    NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington City, Jan. 5, 1839  Page 2 has a report from the Missouri legislature which includes "...governor has made a statement of the expenses of the Mormon war...and suggests that the United States are liable for it. The governor's position is that the Mormon movement was an insurrection & that the national... Read full description  

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  • 1st person to drive over 300 MPH in automobile...
    Item #709142
    SECTION TWO (sports) only of the Chicago Daily Tribune, Sept. 4, 1935

    * Sir Malcolm Campbell makes history
    * British racing motorist - Bluebird car
    * 1st person to drive automobile over 300 mph
    * Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah


    The front page of this section has a banner headline: "CAMPBELL REACHES GOAL: 301 MILES... Read full description  
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  • Opening day ad for Disney's "Song of the South"...
    Item #709140
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1946

    * Opening day movie premiere advertisement for  "Song of the South"
    * Walt Disney's 1st live-action/animated musical comedy-drama film
    * Uncle Remus stories as adapted by Joel Chandler Harris
    * Actor James Baskett - "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" song fame

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  • 2009 Binghamton New York mass shooting...
    Item #709135
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 4, 2009

    * Binghamton, New York mass shooting
    * American
    Civic Association immigration center

    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "'Truly an American tragedy'" with subhead & related photo. More on page 18.
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  • 1977 Fleetwood Mac MSG concert advertisement...
    Item #709133
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 11, 1977

    * Fleetwood Mac rock band concert advertisement
    * First performance at Madison Square Garden
    * Rumours album Tour - Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham


    Page 67 has a nice full page advertisement for the "FLEETWOOD MAC" concert at Madison Square Garden.... Read full description  
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  • 1984 Beverly Hills Cop & U2 concert advertisements...
    Item #709132
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 27, 1984

    * "Beverly Hills Cop" action comedy film
    * Opening day movie premiere advertisement
    *
    Actors Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold
    * U2 - Irish rock band - Bono - The Edge
    * "The Unforgettable Fire" album tour
    * Radio City Music Hall concert ad... Read full description  
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  • 1982 Review & premiere of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"...
    Item #709061
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 15, 1982

    * "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day premiere movie review
    * Steven Spielberg - science-fiction fantasy


    Page 52 has a 8 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement (not counting the locations underneath) for the opening day of the film... Read full description  
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  • 1977 Fleetwood Mac MSG concert advertisement...
    Item #709060
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 4, 1977

    * Fleetwood Mac rock band tensions
    * Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham breakup
    * During the Rumours album Tour
    * Boston Madison square Garden concert ad


    Page 58 has a nice full page advertisement for the "BOSTON" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see... Read full description  
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  • Fourteenth Amendment ratified by North Carolina... 1st black Lt. Govenor...
    Item #709058
    NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1868 

    * North Carolina ratifies 14th Constitution Amend.
    * Very 1st African American Lt. Governor in U.S.


    Page 5 has: "PROCLAMATION - The President Declares the Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by North Carolina" signed in type: Andrew Johnson.
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  • 1960 Cal Poly Mustangs football team disaster...
    Item #709056
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 30, 1960

    * California Polytechnic State University
    * Football team airplane crash - Toledo, Ohio
    * Cal Poly Mustangs - San Luis Obispo


    The front page has a banner headline: "18 in Football Squad Die In Toledo Airliner Crash" with subheads. (see images)
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  • Rehmeyer's Hollow murder...  Witchcraft...
    Item #709055
    CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, January 13, 1929 

    * Cascade Tunnel dedication - Stevens Pass
    * Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder
    * York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire


    The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "HOOVER AIDS IN DEDICATION OF CASCADE TUNNEL" with subhead and photo. (see images)
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  • German occupation of the Channel Islands...
    Item #709049
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 1, 1940

    * German occupation of the Channel Islands (1st report)
    * Islands of Guernsey & Jersey - English Channel


    The top front page has a six column headline: "NAZIS OCCUPY TWO BRITISH ISLANDS" with subheads. (see images) Two blurry photos of Hitler in conquered Paris, France.
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  • John Adams' letter to the Masons...
    Item #709047
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 30, 1798  Page 2 has an address of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Boston to the President, with his: "Answer" signed in type: John Adams. Also the President's letter to the people of Braintree, Mass., also signed: John Adams.
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  • Pickering's report...  the X Y,Z Affair...
    Item #709046
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, February 6, 1799  Included with this issue is a 4 page supplement which contains what appears to be the entire text of Timothy Pickering's report to Congress and the President on the relations between the United States and France, what would be known as the X, Y, Z affair. 
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  • Allies conquer Sicily in 1943....
    Item #709036
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 16, 1943 

    *Allied invasion of Sicily ending
    * Sicily Italy falling to the allies 
    * Messina - World War II

    The top of the front page has a five column headline: "AMERICANS GAIN 14 MILES IN SICILY" with subheads. (see images)
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  • Prohibition ends in Alabama & Arkansas....
    Item #709033
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1933 

    * End of Prohibition - repeal
    * Alabama & Arkansas
    * Beer - liquor returns


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "REPEAL WINS IN ALABAMA AND ARKANSAS BY 3 TO 2; LARGE WET VOTE IN CITIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the states of Alabama and Arkansas... Read full description  
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  • Darrell David Rice indicted for the murders of 2 women in Shenandoah National Park...
    Item #709031
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 11, 2002

    * Re: The Shenandoah National Park Killings in 1996
    * The Lollie Winans & Julie Williams murder case
    * Darrell David Rice Indicted

    Page A14 has: "Inmate Indicted in Hate-Crime Deaths", with subheading: "Prosecutors say man, jailed in Virginia... Read full description  
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  • Making incandescent lamps in 1883...
    Item #709026
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 30, 1883  This issue has much invention news and illustrations including front page illustration(s) headed: "WRIGHT AND MACKIE'S MACHINERY FOR MAKING INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS". These illustration(s) also have related text as well.
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  • Full name, George Washington, in script type...
    Item #709006
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 4, 1790  Almost a full page 2 column is taken up with an Act of Congress, headed with an engraving of a heraldic eagle, this is: "An Act Imposing Duties on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels" which is signed in script type (desired) by the President: George Washington. Rarely is his full name spelled out... Read full description  

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  • Three "signatures" by Washington on his last day in office...
    Item #708996
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, April 22, 1797  The front page contains not one but three Acts of Congress, each one signed in script type by the President: Go. Washington.
    The Acts are regarding duties on distilled spirits, one for placing buoys in Boston harbor, and one for setting the time for the next meeting of... Read full description  

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  • Washington & others declared French citizens...
    Item #708966
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 21, 1792  A page 2 report states that: "The following persons have been declared FRENCH CITIZENS by the National Assembly of France...George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, Dr. Priestly..." and several others.
    Another item says: "Virginia has again instructed its Senators in Congress to... Read full description  

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  • Arthur Compton's atomic theory...
    Item #708946
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 11, 1931

    * Physicist Arthur Compton
    * American Institute of Physics
    * Breaking down the atomic nucleus


    The front page has a one column heading: "ATOM NUCLEUS SEEN YIELDING TO SCIENCE" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues inside with related photo.
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  • 1968 Poor People's Campaign... Jerry Garcia & Pigpen...
    Item #708943
    THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, May 9, 1968

    * Poor People's Campaign - demonstration march
    * Post Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
    * Ralph Abernathy - A. D. King photos
    * Early Jerry Garcia & Pigpen photo - Grateful Dead


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  • 1948 Bogotazo... Colombia riots....
    Item #708938
    THE DETROIT NEWS, April 10, 1948

    * Bogota, Colombia riot
    * Mariano Ospina Perez

    * Jorge Eliecer Gaitan

    The front page has a banner headline: "COLOMBIA RIOTS HALTED" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
    Complete with 22 pages, rag edition, minor margin wear, nice condition.
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  • 1937 Battle of Bilbao... Spanish Civil War...
    Item #708936
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, June 14, 1937

    * Battle of Bilbao - airplanes bombardment
    * Spanish Civil War - Basque Country - Spain
    * Nationalist Army vs. Spanish Republic


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "ITALIANS LEAD REBELS INTO BILBAO" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
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  • 1954 Hurricane Hazel... Toronto, Canada...
    Item #708935
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Oct. 17, 1954

    * Effects of Hurricane Hazel in Canada
    * Toronto, Ontario storm & flood disaster


    The front has a nice headline: "71 DIE, HUNDREDS LOST IN TORONTO" with subheads and two related photos. (see images) Nice for display.
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  • 1932 Goat Castle murder...
    Item #708934
    THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Aug. 6, 1932

    * Goat Castle murder
    * Jane Surget Merrill
    * Natchez, Mississippi


    The front page has a two column heading: "Woman And Six Men Questioned In Rich Spinster's Murder" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with 22 pages, light toning, a little spine wear with tiny binding holes, generally good.
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  • 1980 "Flash Gordon" opening day film review...
    Item #708933
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 3-9, 1980

    * "Flash Gordon" film review & ad
    * Grand opening day movie
    premiere
    * Space opera - superhero film


    Page 63 has an opening day review for the film "Flash Gordon" with related photo and illustration. (see images) The following page has an... Read full description  
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  • Partition Plan for Palestine cancelled in 1937....
    Item #708930
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1937

    * Partition Plan for Palestine cancelled
    * Jewish State - Arabs objects


    Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Plan to Divide Palestine Reported Dropped Because of Arab and Jewish Opposition" (see) 1st report coverage on the cancellation on the implementation of the... Read full description  
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  • The Pearl Harbor Committee 1st session...
    Item #708925
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 16, 1945

    * Joint Committee 1st session
    * Attack on Pearl Harbor - Hawaii
    * U.S. Senate Investigation


    The top of the front page has a three column headline: "WE KNEW JAPANESE SECRETS 6 MONTHS BEFORE DEC. 7, 1941, PEARL HARBOR DATA SHOW" with subheads. (see images)
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  • Edmund Hillary conquers Mt. Everest...
    Item #708920
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 15, 1953 

    * Sir Edmund Percival Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
    * Own accounts of the mountain conquerors
    * re. Mount Everest summit reached (1st time)

    Starting on the front page is a first account description on the conquest of Mt. Everest. This is part 1 of 5 articles by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing... Read full description  
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  • 1933 Italian Air Armada... Italo Balbo...
    Item #708918
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1933

    * Italian Air Armada - flying boats
    * Italian fascist & aviator Italo Balbo


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Balbo's Fliers Reach Labrador In 1,500-Mile Hop From Iceland" with subhead. (see images) Related map is on page 2.
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  • 1981 Michael Jackson... Pre-Thriller...
    Item #708917
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 7-13, 1981

    * Michael Jackson - "King of Pop"
    * Pre Thriller album (late 1982)
    * About to become super famous
    * Elvis Costello concert advertisement


    Page 57 has an editorial headed: "Michael Jackson's Triumph" with related photo. (see images) This focuses... Read full description  
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  • 1992 Women's abortion movement... Megadeth concert ad...
    Item #708915
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 20, 1992

    * Megadeth - thrash heavy metal band
    * Frontman & guitarist Dave Mustaine
    * Ritz Theatre performance advertisement

    * Countdown to Extinction album tour
    * Woman's right to choose movement
    * Women's abortion rights Demonstration


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  • 1925 Steamer Mackinac explosion disaster...
    Item #708914
    TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 19, 1925

    * Steamer Mackinac
    * Boiler explosion disaster
    * Newport RI Rhode Island


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "32 DEAD IN EXPLOSION" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. First report coverage on the boiler explosion of the Steamer Mackinac near Newport, Rhode Island.
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  • United States about to enter WWI... German spy arrested...
    Item #708913
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 9, 1917

    * Captain Alfred Fritzen
    * German Navy spy arrested

    * World War I - WWI
    * America close to entering
    * Great headline for display


    The front page has a nice a nice banner headline in red lettering: "GIRL AIDS IN CAPTURE OF ALLEGED TEUTON SPY" with subhead. (see images) Nice for... Read full description  
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  • June Robles found... desert cage...
    Item #708910
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 18, 1934

    * June Robles found alive 
    * Desert cage box - Tucson, Arizona 
    * William Gettle


    The top of the front page has a three column photo headed: "First Photo of June Robles Reunited with Parents" Also a three column heading: "'String Them Up,' Crowd Cries At Two... Read full description  
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  • Dolly Fine... S.F. madam arrested...
    Item #708909
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 28, 1938

    * Dolly Fine arrested
    * Notorious madam
    * Brothel - bordello
    * Corruption of minors


    The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Dolly Fine Surrenders, Released Again on Bail; Denies police Pay-Offs" with subhead and photo. (see images) Probably only reported in a San Francisco publication.... Read full description  
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  • Mary Harlan Lincoln death....
    Item #708907
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 1, 1937

    * Mary Harlan Lincoln death
    * Robert Todd Lincoln's wife
    * Abraham's daughter-in-law


    The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF LINCOLN DIES IN CAPITAL AT 90" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the death of Mary Harlan Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's... Read full description  
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  • Robert George Irwin...Veronica Gedeon murder...
    Item #708905
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 29, 1937

    * Killer Robert George Irwin
    * Artist - sculptor - mental patient
    * Model Veronica Gedeon - Easter murders


    The front page has a banner headline: "3 EASTER TRAGEDIES; 8 SLAIN" with subheads: "Find Artist's Model Dead in Mystery" (see images) First report coverage continues on... Read full description  
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  • R. J. Reynolds heir murder... Libby Holman...
    Item #708904
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1932

    * re. Zachary Smith Reynolds suicide ? death
    * Heir of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    * Socialite & actress Libby Holman indictment


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUNT LIBBY HOLMAN; INDICTED" with subheads. (see images) Was this suicide or murder ? American socialite Libby Holman... Read full description  
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  • 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane...
    Item #708903
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 26, 1921  

    * Tampa Bay, Florida storm
    * Major hurricane disaster


    On October 25, 1921 Tampa Bay suffered the most destructive hurricane to hit the area since 1848.
    The one column heading reads:: "Tampa Under Water; Storm Sweeps Coast" See images for somewhat brief report here.
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  • 1938 John William Ward suicide jump...
    Item #708898
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 27, 1938

    * John William Ward suicide jump
    * Gotham Hotel in Manhattan


    The front page has a heading: "Perched on Ledge 10 Hours, New Yorker Leaps to Death As Crowd Stares in Horror" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on John William Ward's suicide jump from he 17th floor of the Gotham... Read full description  
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  • 1947 Lucille Ball beer advertisement...
    Item #708894
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 19, 1947

    * Lucille Ball beer advertisement
    * American actress & comedian
    * Post World War II pin-up girl
    * Pre "I Love Lucy" TV sitcom


    The back page has a nice 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inch advertisement showing a somewhat young Lucille Ball promoting "Schaefer" beer shortly after the end of World War... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Leyte Gulf begins...
    Item #708893
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 23, 1944

    * Battle for Leyte Gulf beginning
    * Philippines - William Halsey
    * Largest naval battle in history ?
    * World War II WWII


    The front page has a six column headline: "JAPANESE PUSHED TOWARD LEYTE HILLS" with various subheads. (see images)
    Complete in 30 pages, light toning at the margins, very minor margin... Read full description  
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  • 1979 Flight 191 O'Hare airplane disaster....
    Item #708892
    CHICAGO SUNDAY SUN-TIMES, June 1, 1979

    * American Airlines Flight 191 takeoff crash
    * O'Hare airport disaster investigation
    * In a Chicago publication (RARE)

     
    The front page has a heading: "Engine fails, DC-10 returns" More on page 5 with two related photos. Until 9/11, it was the deadliest air disaster to occur on U.S.... Read full description  
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  • Janis Joplin's last concert with Big Brother....
    Item #708891
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 17, 1968

    * Big Brother and the Holding Company
    * Last concert w/ Janis Joplin before going solo
    * Hunter College (NYC) performance advertisement


    Page 35 has a 4 x 2 1/2 advertisement for "Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin" for there upcoming... Read full description  
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  • Jefferson congratulated on being elected President...
    Item #708888
    THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, July 1, 1801  Page 3 has an address by the legislature of Rhode Island to the President, congratulating him on being elected President of the United States. It is followed by: "The President's Answer" signed in type: Thomas Jefferson.
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