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Item #721820THE DETROIT NEWS, November 23, 1960
* TIROS-2 Launching
* Meteorological satellite (weather)
* 2nd television infrared observation
The front page has a banner headline: "Orbit TV Weather Spy" with subheads and two related photo. (see images)
Complete with 46 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along... Read full description -
Item #721819THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 16, 1936
* Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg ousted
* Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg coup
* Prelude to the 1938 Austria Anschluss
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "AUSTRIA ENDS STARHEIMBERG FASCIST ARMY" with subhead... Read full description -
Item #721816THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1945
* British Mandate for Palestine
* Jewish homeland discussed
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "U.S., BRITAIN SHARE PALESTINE INQUIRY, SHAPE TRUSTEESHIP" with subheads. (see images) Complete text on Truman and Bevin's statements on page 12.
Also a one column heading on page... Read full description -
Item #721815THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1937
* Scottsboro Boys case ends w/ release
* African American teenagers - Negroes
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SCOTTSBORO CASE ENDS AS 4 GO FREE; 2 MORE GET PRISON" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #721810THIS WEEK MAGAZINE section only of the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, Jan. 18, 1959
* Dansh model & actress Annette Vadim color cover
The front page shows a color photo of Danish model and actress Annette Vadim with heading: "The Girl Who's Taken Bardot's Place" and inside editorial with a few more related photos.
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Item #721809THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., Sept. 18, 1937
* Battle of Shanghai - China
* Yellow River flood waters as defense
* Pre- Nanjing - Nanking air raid bombing
* Imperial Japanese Army
* Second Sino-Japanese War
The front page has a three column heading: "CHINESE TURN FLOOD WATERS ON JAPS TO HALT N. CHINA DRIVE" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #721807CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 17, 1932
* Mumbai (Bombay), India race riots
* Muslims vs. Hindus groups
The front page has a one column heading: "64 Are Killed in India race Riot; 650 Hurt" (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
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Item #721789THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 2, 1924
* Leopold & Loeb trial
* Bobby Franks murder
* Thrill Killing case
The top of the front page has a one column heading on the Leopold - Loeb case with: "SAYS LOEB WAS 'MENTALLY ILL'" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning, some margin wear, generally good. Should be... Read full description -
Item #721786THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, September 2, 1933
* Nuremberg Rally for Nazi Party
* Adolph Hitler speaks on Jewish art
The front page has a one column heading: "HITLER DENOUNCES JEWS AS ARTLESS" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, mainly along the spine, otherwise good.
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Item #721770THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 8, 1965
* American Airlines Flight 383 disaster
* Boeing 727-100 jet airliner - airplane
* Greater Cincinnati Airport crash
The front page has a one column heading: "58 Die as Jet Plunges Into Hill; 4 Live" with two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning and... Read full description -
Item #721769THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 10, 1901
* Emma Goldman hunted
* Anarchists - anarchy
* Assassin Leon Czolgosz
* re. William McKinley shooting
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ARRESTED ANARCHISTS" with subheads. Also on the front page is: "McKINLEY'S RECOVERY" with subheads. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #721767BOSTON GAZETTE, May 11, 1809
* Edgar Allan Poe's mother theater ad
A curious literary item here as the top of page 3 has an advertisement for the "Boston Theatre" for the performance of: "FALSE DELICACY", a theatrical performance, with a song sung by "Mrs. Poe". (see image) She was the mother... Read full description -
Item #721764THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 17, 1770 Almost the entire front page is taken up with a report headed: "The History of Dueling", being a review of a book.
The back page has an: "Extract of a Letter From New York" concerning several men chosen as commissioners: "...for settling the boundary... Read full description -
Item #721633THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 7, 1905
* Russian battleship Potemkin
* Mutiny by the crew ends
* Prelude to the Russian Revolution
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MUTINEERS ON ONE SHIP YIELD" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp"... Read full description -
Item #721626SECTION 5 (Automobiles) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 5, 1939 The front page has a banner headline: "40TH ANNUAL CHICAGO AUTO SHOW OPENS" with the entire section devoted to the Automotive industry with new innovations and many photos. Great reading. This particular auto show featured the very first car with air conditioning.
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Item #721624EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March July 21, 1914
* Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner & Barney Oldfield
* Major League Baseball legends - MLB & auto racing
Page 2 has a two column heading: "These Graybeards in Sport Make Youngsters Hustle" with photos. (see images)
Surprisingly this issue is in good condition... Read full description -
Item #721610THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 29, 1963
* Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village
* Civil Rights rally - racial equality & voting rights
* Pre-March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
* Desegregation for African Americans - Negroes
Starting on the front page is a report pn the recent Civil... Read full description -
Item #721578SPORT'S SECTION only of the Detroit News, September 18, 1938
* Amateur golfer Willie Turnesa
* Oakmont Country Club - golf
* United States Amateur Championship
The front page of this section has a four column heading: "Turnesa Wins Amateur Title" with subheads and related photo. (see images)
Complete sport's... Read full description -
Item #721562THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, July 21, 1681
* 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... Read full description -
Item #721544THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Oct. 10, 1936
* Mother Jones honored at Mount Olive, Illinois
* Memorial monument dedication - Unveiling
The bottom of the front page has a brief article with small heading: "'Mother' Jones Is Honored By Thousands of Miners" (see image)
Complete with 16 pages, light toning... Read full description -
Item #721540THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, September 23, 1928
* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones
* Brae Burn Country Club - golf
* United States Amateur Championship
This 14 page section has various photos throughout including 4 on the United States Amateur golf championship at the Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Massachusetts. These... Read full description -
Item #721538THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 11, 1869
* Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
* Comstock Lode - Virginia City
* Yellow Jacket Mine fire disaster
Page 7 has an article headed: "The Disaster In Nevada" and more. (see images)
Complete with 16 pages, nice condition.
background: In April of 1869, a devastating fire erupted in the Yellow... Read full description -
Item #721532THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 11, 1948
* Swarm of Birds - bizarre incident
* Empire State Building strike
* Mass nocturnal migration tragedy
The front page has a two column heading: "Bird Swarm Killed as Big Flight Rams Empire State Bldg." (see images)
Complete with 22 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #721488ROTOGRAVURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Sept. 23, 1928
* Amelia Earhart photo - Woman aviator
* National air races in Los Angeles, California
* 1st Woman to cross Atlantic by airplane
The bottom of the front page of this picture section has a 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches " with small heading: "Flying Flivver Appears:... Read full description -
Item #721484HARPER'S MONTHLY, New York, March, 1854 Beginning on the ftpg. is a 14 pg. article about the "Grinnell Expedition", which has 29 small illustrations of various scenes of the region: the "Interior of a native hut", the "Inspectors' house at Lievely", "Devil's... Read full description -
Item #721477TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., Jan. 22, 1912
* Kinmundy, Illinois train wreck
* James T. Harahan killed
* Illinois Central Railroad
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "PROMINENT RAILROAD OFFICIALS MEET DEATH ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL" with subheads. (see images) Twelve pages, light toning, some margin wear, generally... Read full description -
Item #721474THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1932
* Essex Terraplane car introduction
* Hudson Motor Car Company ad
Page 7 has a full page advertisement for the "Essex Terraplane" automobile built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan. This new car was launched on July 21, 1932 making this a very early if not first ad in this World... Read full description -
Item #721431THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 23, 1929
* Female aviator Amelia Earhart
* Airplane speed record in L.A.
Page 12 has a somewhat discrete report with one column heading: "Miss Earhart Gets Women's Speed Mark" with subhead. (see image)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, nice... Read full description -
Item #721425THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 8, 1935
* SS Normandie begins return voyage
* French ocean liner passenger ship
* New York City to Le Havre, France
The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "NORMANDIE SAILS FOR A NEW RECORD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the start of Normandie's return trip after her... Read full description -
Item #721419NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 18, 1820 Taking over 3 pages is a continued report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the "National Currency". Also within is over a page on the: "Seizure of the Floridas" followed by: "The Slave Question". Nearly 4 pages of reports... Read full description
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Item #721357THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 25, 1911
* Aviator pioneer Eugene Burton Ely
* 1st shipboard airplane landing fame
* USS Pennsylvania cruiser
* Predecessor to the modern day aircraft carrier
* City of San Diego visit announcement
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ELY, WHO MADE FAMOUS... Read full description -
Item #721356THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1937
* Karol Szymanowski death
* Polish composer & pianist
* Modernism - Young Poland
The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "K. SYZMANOWSKI, COMPOSER, IS DEAD" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
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Item #721336THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 19, 1948
* Nanking - Nanjing, China crisis - Civil War
* Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government
* Communist People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "China Reds Rout Army at Nanking" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning at... Read full description -
Item #721335THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 10 only, December 8, 1935
* The Great Depression
* Several case examples
* Winter time - pre-Christmas
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "REMEMBER THESE: THE NEEDIEST OF ALL!" with related illustration. Lengthy text with many cases continues on page 2 with another related print. Nice for... Read full description -
Item #721331THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, May 14, 1936
* McAlester, Oklahoma prison convicts break
* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship
* Returns home after 1st American visit
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "1 SLAIN, 11 SHOT IN WILD BREAK BY 24 CONVICTS" with subhead. (see images)
The front page has another... Read full description -
Item #721330THE DETROIT NEWS, December 21, 1958
* Atlas missile launching
* 1st voice relay satellite (SCORE)
* 1st object visible w/ naked eye
* President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The front page has a four column heading: "Round Trip to 'Moon' Made by Ike's Voice'" (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, light toning and... Read full description -
Item #721307THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1943
* USS Ranger (CV-4) sinking hoax by Nazis
* United States Navy aircraft carrier - WWII
The front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS SAY U-BOAT SANK U.S.S. RANGER" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: In April 1943, German radio... Read full description -
Item #721305THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 20, 1946
* Nuremberg trials - Germany - Nazis
* “Presentation of Documentary Evidence”
* Jewish holocaust - Atrocities against Jews
* Films showing mass murders at camps
The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "FILMS BACK CHARGE OF GERMAN CRIMES" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #721298THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, January 4, 1931
* Professor Albert Einstein
* California Institute of Technology
* Theory of General Relativity
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Dr. Einstein Consults California Physicists" with subhead. (see)
Complete 2nd section only with all 20 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #721296CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 1, 1936
* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship
* Very 1st Transatlantic flight begins
* Lakehurst, New Jersey explosion fame
The front page has a one column heading: "New Nazi Zep Flying Ocean; 107 on Board" (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small... Read full description -
Item #721295LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 14, 1962
* Cuban missile crisis beginning
* Cold War - Soviet Union
* Warning of Soviet troops
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "No Present 'Serious Threat' In Cuba, President Declares" with subheads. (see images) This was during the initial landings by... Read full description -
Item #721292Here is a handwritten document dated Jan. 13, 1830 from the "Commonwealth of Virginia" to a sheriff in Prince William County. Generally in good condition however, some margins are a bit irregular but no loss of text. Various endorsements on the reverse side. Measures about 6 by 8 1/2 inches. -
Item #721291SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Sept. 27, 1931
* Women's golfer Helen Hicks victory
* U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship
* Grover Cleveland Golf Course - Buffalo
The top of the front page of this section has a banner headline: "HELEN HICKS WINS, 2 AND 1; QUEEN OF U.S.... Read full description -
Item #721290THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 9, 1937
* Cunard liner SS Normandie
* Breaks own speed record
* Blue Riband - Atlantic Ocean
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Normandie Tops Own Atlantic Speed Mark; Makes Eastward Crossing at 31.20 Knots". (see images) Always nice to have notable events in history... Read full description -
Item #721277SEREN GOMER, Argraffwyr, Wales, (1834)
* Scarce Wales - Welsh periodical
A quite uncommon magazine from Wales, totally in the Welsh language. Although commonly spoken in the 19th century, its use had diminished in the 20th century. Efforts are being made to bring it back today. Here is a rare opportunity for an issue of this 32 page periodical,... Read full description -
Item #721275SEREN GOMER, Carmarthen, Wales, April, 1838 A quite uncommon magazine from Wales, totally in the Welsh language. Although commonly spoken in the 19th century, its use had diminished in the 20th century. Efforts are being made to bring it back today.
Complete in 32 pages, 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches, very nice condition. -
Item #721252THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1942
* Post Battle of Bataan & death march
* Major General Edward P. King
* Allies surrender to Japanese
* Philippines Campaign eyewitness account
* World War II - WWII
The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "BATAAN FORCE MET FANTASTIC ATTACKS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages,... Read full description -
Item #721250THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 9, 1898
* Annexation of Hawaii asked for by the president
The front page has content both on the Spanish-American War, and the work towards Hawaii being annexed to the United States.
A one column heading reads: "TO ANNEX HAWAII" with subheads. Surprisingly this issue is in good... Read full description -
Item #721249NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1935
* Post Dutch Schultz assassination
* New York City gangsters hunted
* Johnny Torrio & Lucky Luciano
The top of the front page has one column headings: "POLICE TO REVIVE GANGSTER SQUAD; TORRIO IS IN MIAMI" "Valentine to Restore System of Picking Up All Outlaws Who... Read full description -
Item #721248THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., January 6, 1948
* Semiramis Hotel bombing
* British Mandate of Palestine
* Hajanah - Israel Defense Forces
Page 7 has a somewhat discrete report with one column heading: "Eight More Arabs Killed by Jewish 'Heavy Bombing'" (see image)
Complete with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, generally... Read full description
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