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Item #724392THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 6, 1946
* Winston Churchill - Iron Curtain Speech
* Fulton MO Missouri
The front page has a five column headline: "CHURCHILL ASSAILS SOVIET POLICY" with subheads and related photo. (see) First report coverage of Winston Churchill giving his famous "Iron Curtain' speech in Fulton, Missouri.... Read full description -
Item #724345THE NW YORK TIMES, June 8, 1938
* Boeing 314 Ocean Clipper makes debut
* Pan American Airways flying boat
* First maiden flight of the seaplane
The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "NEW OCEAN CLIPPER IN FIRST TRIAL HOP" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in great condition.
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Item #724344LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 18, 1993
* Helen Hayes death (1st report)
* American Broadway & film actress
* "First Lady of the American Theater"
* Best publication to be had ?
The front page has a one column heading: "Helen Hayes, Legend of U.S. Theater, Dies" with related pictorial. (see images) Much more inside... Read full description -
Item #724343THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, N.C., May 23, 1921
* West Virginia coal mines war
* Coal miners vs. operators labor conflict
* Poor working conditions - (UMWA)
* Merrimac, Mingo County
Page has a small one column heading: "Mingo County Placed Under Martial Law" (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning and minor wear at... Read full description -
Item #724342THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 29, 1943
* King Boris III of Bulgaria assassination ?
* Tsar - czar of Kingdom of Bulgaria poisoned ?
The front page has a five column heading: "BORIS DIES AS NAZI ULTIMATUM EXPIRES" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 12 with photo.
Complete 1st section only... Read full description -
Item #724341FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., February 27, 1965
* Malcolm X assassination plot
* Elijah Muhammad - Muslims
* Search for the murderers
The front page has a three column photo with small heading: "Muslim Leader Nearly Hidden" and brief text. (see images)
Complete with all 12 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally... Read full description -
Item #724340THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1928
* Wright Brothers National Memorial
* Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
* Granite boulder - cornerstone erected
The top of page 4 has a two column heading: "Kitty Hawk Honors First Plane Flight In Monument to the Wright Brothers" (see images)
Complete with 56 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #724339THE DETROIT NEWS, May 29, 1959
* Space monkeys Able & Miss Baker
* 1st living beings returned from space alive
The front page has a one column heading: "U.S. Space Monkeys to Meet Press" More on page 2. (see images)
Complete with all 46 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in good... Read full description -
Item #724338THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 5, 1929
* Harry Herbert Frazee death
* Boston Red Sox baseball fame
* Sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees
The front page has a one column heading: "HARRY H. FRAZEE, FORMER OWNER OF RED SOX, DIES" with subhead. (see images) He was best known for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees thus starting... Read full description -
Item #724335THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 6, 1934
* Newly named Fuhrer Adolph Hitler
* British tabloid "Daily Mail" interview
* Germany doesn't want a future war ?
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "HITLER BARS WAR; ASSERTS THAT 1918 'WAS LESSON TO US'" with subheads. (see images) Was this his way of... Read full description -
Item #724310LOS ANGLES TIMES, Oct. 12, 1987
* Second National March on Washington for for Lesbian and Gay Rights
* First display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
* Organized by AIDS and LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones
The front page has a two column heading: "200,000 Call for More AIDS... Read full description -
Item #724303THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1951
* Jersey Joe Walcott wins boxing heavyweight title
* Oldest in history at the time vs. Ezzard Charles
The top of page 27 has a seven column heading: "Walcott Knocks Out Charles in Seventh, Wins Heavyweight Title" with subheads and photo of the knockout. A smaller mention of this fight... Read full description -
Item #724302THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1978
* Israel launches Operation Litani
* Israelis military forces invade Lebanon
* Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
* In response for the Coastal Road massacre
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ISRAELIS INVADE LEBANON; LAND, SEA AND AIR UNITS ARE REPORTED IN ACTION"... Read full description -
Item #724301THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 18, 1978
* Finally captured and arraigned in Florida
* Ted Bundy - notorious American killer
Near the bottom of page 8 is a two column heading: "Man Is Held in Hunt for Coed Slayer" with photo showing Bundy in a Pensacola courtroom. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item... Read full description -
Item #724300CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 2, 1928
* Oscar De Priest runs as a Republican (ballot)
* Chicago, Illinois's 1st Congressional District
* First African American Congressman (20th century)
The front page has a one column heading: "DE PRIEST PUT ON BALLOT FOR MADDEN PLACE" with subhead. And a photo of him on the back page with... Read full description -
Item #724299THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 4, 1929
* Rye Cove, Virginia tornado
* Scott County schoolhouse disaster
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "STORM DEATH LIST RISES TO 50; SHIP IS RESCUED BY TUG" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, more so along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #724298THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 18, 1940
* Bear Mountain State Park - New York
* American poet Walt Whitman statue
* Sculptor Jo Davidson bronze depiction
The top of page 21 has a three column photo with heading: "Statue Of Walt Whitman Dedicated At Bear Mountain" And a one column heading: "NEW ROAD PRESSED AT BEAR MT. FETE" with... Read full description -
Item #724297THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 17, 1674
* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
* Unique gift idea for that history buff
This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day.... Read full description -
Item #724296CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 23, 1943.
* General George S. Patton slaps soldier - assault
* World War II - WWII U.S. senate hearing
* Dwight D. Eisenhower keeps Patton's leadership
The front page has a six column heading: "Senate Hears Eisenhower's Story of Patton" with subheads. (see images) More on page 6.
Complete 1st section only with all... Read full description -
Item #724295CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Nov. 28, 1943
* Notre dame Fighting Irish - college football
* Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets upset victory
* World War II era Naval Station military team
The front page has a five column heading: "Sailors Defeat Notre Dame, 19-14" with subhead. The front page of the sport's section has a... Read full description -
Item #724258THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 24, 1980
* Eric Heiden wins 5th gold medal
* Track speed skating
* 1980 Winter Olympics
* Lake Placid, New York
The front page has a two column photo with small heading: "Heiden Skates to a Fifth Gold Medal" The front page of the sport's section has a banner headline: "Eric Heiden Completes Sweep... Read full description -
Item #724257THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 4, 1983
* Jesse Jackson announces candidacy
* For president of the United States
* Civil rights movement leader - activist
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Provocative Candidate" with subhead: "Jackson Posing Broad Challenge to His Party" with photo. (see) The... Read full description -
Item #724256LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 10, 2000
* Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson
* Receives "Medal of Freedom"
* President Bill Clinton
Page 5 has a heading: "Clinton Presents Medals to 15 Heroes" with subhead and related photo. Text includes: "Jackson, who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and... Read full description -
Item #724255THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 10, 2000
* Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson
* Receives "Medal of Freedom"
* President Bill Clinton
The top of page 15 has a three column heading: "15 Awarded Highest Civilian Honor" with related photo. Text includes: "...the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is Mr. Clinton's envoy to Africa" (see images)
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #724247CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Jan. 21, 1934
* House passes monetary bill re. the New Deal
* Part of formalizing the Gold Reserve Act
* Surrendering private holdings of gold to the Government
The front page has a nice banner headline: "GOLD BILL SWEEPS THE HOUSE" with... Read full description -
Item #724242THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1948
* Battle of Kastel in Mandatory Palestine
* Prelude to the declaration of the state of Israel
* Arab military leader Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, killed
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "ARABS WIN KASTEL BUT CHIEF IS SLAIN" with subheads and photo of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni. (see images)
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Item #724235THE DETROIT NEWS, Oct. 31, 1950
* Jayuya Uprising - Puerto Rican Nationalist Revolt
* Pedro Albizu Campos - Utuado, Puerto Rico
The front page has a one column heading: "Attack Rebels in Puerto Rico" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. Some small... Read full description -
Item #724234FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 6, 1967
* Six -Day war begins
* Israelis - Arabs
* Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The front page has banner headline: "Israeli Forces Nearing Closed Suez" with subhead and two related photos. (see images) A few more related headings also on the front page.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at... Read full description -
Item #724231CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Feb. 10, 1980
* Pre "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid
* U.S. Olympic hockey team vs. Soviets
* Madison Square Garden exhibition game
Near the bottom of the front page of the sport's section is a banner heading: "U.S. team convinced of Soviets' hockey superiority" A few more... Read full description -
Item #724198THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 19, 1945
* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
* Nazi death factory horrors revealed
* Eyewitness accounts - Jewish Holocaust
The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "Briton Tells of Nazi Evils at Belsen" (see images) Unfortunately a somewhat brief report here.
Complete in 20 pages,... Read full description -
Item #724197THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1942
* USS Lexington & the Battle of the Coral Sea
* Chicago Tribune journalist Stanley Johnston
* Battle of Midway aircraft carriers - sailors
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "FLAMES ON CARRIER FOUGHT TO THE END" with subheads. Also four photos with heading: "As Coral Sea... Read full description -
Item #724196THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 19, 1934
* Real Admiral Richard E. Byrd
* Second Antarctic Expedition
* Little America base arrival
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "Byrd Arrives at Little America; Amazed by Vast Upheaval of Ice" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 42 pages, this is... Read full description -
Item #724144THE DETROIT NEWS, April 27, 1933
* Prohibition ending in Michigan
* Beer - liquor soon to return soon
* Governor Comstock signs beer bill
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "Beer For Michigan In 10 Days" with subheads and photo of the governor signing. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #724143THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 23, 1958
* Brownfield, Terry County, Texas
* Butane truck explosion disaster
The top of the front page has a six column headline: "160 Hurt, 4 Killed as Blasts Hit Town" with subheads and related photo. (see images)
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small... Read full description -
Item #724142MUHAMMAD SPEAKS, Chicago, Illinois, January 1, 1971
* Rare African American periodical
* Nation of Islam religious movement
* Elijah Muhammad - founder
This newspaper was one of the most widely-read ever produced by an African American organization. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad began the publication on May 1960 as a weekly... Read full description -
Item #724140SECTION 3 ONLY of the New York Times, December 16, 1928
* Wright Brothers - Orville & Wilbur
* Kitty Hawk, North Carolina airplane flight
* 25th anniversary - editorial on the early history of aviation
Page 4 of this section 3 only has a an editorial with one column heading: "Twenty-Five Years Of Flying" (see images)
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Item #724139LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 9, 1988
* "Child's Play" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American supernatural slasher - Chucky
* Best publication to be had ? (very rare as such)
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Child's Play" and perhaps no... Read full description -
Item #724138THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, May 28, 1939
* USS Squalus (Sailfish) sinking disaster
* Submarine test dive off New Hampshire
The front page of this section has a nice banner pictorial with heading: "Fort Fathoms Undersea An Heroic Rescue Is Made" with smaller subheads.
Other topics throughout. Complete section 4 only with all 10... Read full description -
Item #724136THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Feb. 23, 1946
* Tomoyuki Yamashita execution
* Imperial Japanese Army General
* "Tiger of Malaya" war crimes
The front page has a nice banner headline: "YAMASHITA DIES ON GALLOWS" with subheads and photo. (see images)
Complete with all 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small library... Read full description -
Item #724135THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1927
* Aviator Richard E. Byrd
* Transatlantic airplane flight
* New York City welcome home
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "NEW YORK WELCOMES BYRD, HIS CREW AND CHAMBERLAIN; BRAVES RAIN TO CHEER TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT HEROES; THEIR PROGRESS UP BROADWAY TO CITY HALL A TRIUMPH" with many... Read full description -
Item #724134EVENING GAZETTE, Boston, March 14, 1835 Complete 4 page periodical from the early part of the 19th century. This issue measures 25 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, a little light damp staining, nice condition.
AI notes: The Boston Evening Gazette of the 1830s was a prominent and influential broadsheet newspaper that played a key role in... Read full description -
Item #724130MAGAZINE SECTION only of the Chicago Tribune, June 1, 1975
* "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" TV series program
* Judith Wagner editorial w/ photos - preschool children
Pages 20 & 21 has an editorial by Judith Wagner on TV personality Fred Rogers with heading: "A kids' kind of grownup" with three related... Read full description -
Item #724121LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 14, 1977
* New Rochelle, New York mass killing
* Neptune Worldwide Moving Company
* "St. Valentines' Day Massacre" - Feb. 14th
* White supremacist Frederick William Cowan
The front page has a banner headline: "Fired, He Kills 5 at Plant" with subhead and related photo. (see images) Nice for... Read full description -
Item #724120MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE, June 7, 1942.
* Battle Of Midway victory
* Imperial Japanese Navy defeated
* World war II - WWII naval
The front page has a banner headline: "'2 or 3' Jap Plane Carriers Destroyed by U.S. in Pacific" with subheads and photo of Admiral Nimitz. Nice for display. This key naval fight would turn the... Read full description -
Item #724119THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 1, 1941
* re. Manchester, New Hampshire parade
* Cox v. New Hampshire case upheld
* United States Supreme Court decision
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Jehovah's Witnesses movement stalled
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
Page 26 has a brief... Read full description -
Item #724117THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 22, 1931
* "Universal Microscope" sees living microbes (germs)
* American medical inventor Royal Raymond Rife
Page 19 has a somewhat discrete but historic report with a one column heading: "Bacilli Revealed By New Microscope" with subhead. (see image)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because... Read full description -
Item #724114THE DETROIT NEWS, April 25, 1933
* German boxer Max Schmeling
* During the Nazis regime - Third Reich
* Jewish-American boxing manager Joe Jacobs
* Tensions arise with persecution of Jews
The front page of the sport's section has a banner heading: "German Nazi Order... Read full description -
Item #724113THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 5, 1929
* The Evangelista Occult Murders
* Black magic sinister crime
Page 2 has a one column heading: "Man Held In Slaying Of Six In Detroit" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 36 pages, rag edition, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition.
AI notes: On July 3, 1929, Detroit police... Read full description -
Item #724112NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 3, 1936
* Jesse Owens shines in track & field
* Wins 1st of 4 gold medals in 100-meter
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolf Hitler & Third Reich
The front page has a three column heading: "OWENS HITS 10.3 MARK AGAIN IN 100 FINAL, METCALFE 2ND"... Read full description -
Item #724094THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 19, 1981
* 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis ends
* American hostages close to freedom
* Algeria terms accepted by both parties
The front page has a nice banner announcing: "U.S APPROVES TERMS TO FREE HOSTAGES; IRAN'S AGREEMENT EXPECTED IN ALGIERS" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images) Much more... Read full description
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