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Item #670707CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 27, 1934
* Claude Neal Negro lynching
* Marianna, Jackson County, Florida
The front page has a one column heading: "Lynch Negro In Florida as Girl's Slayer" (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Claude Neal at Marianna, Florida
Complete with all 30 pages, rag edition in great... Read full description -
Item #670697CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 16, 1933
* Cord Cheek - Negro lynching
* Columbia TN Tennessee
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "Lynching Tennessee Negro; Tell Sheriff To Come And Get Him" (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Cord Cheek , Negro, in Columbia, Tennessee. Always nice to have notable events in... Read full description -
Item #670681THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, June 23, 1935
* Jesse Owens on the World stage
* Ohio State Buckeyes track star
* Leading candidate for Berlin Olympics
The front page of ths section has a one column heading: "OWENS REGISTERS FOUR-EVENT SWEEP" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues on page with photo. (see)
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Item #670676THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 1935
* Wiggins, Mississippi
* Stone County MS
* Negro lynching
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED, ANOTHER WHIPPED" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 30 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally very nice. -
Item #670675LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 29, 2009
* Hate Crimes bill signed into law
* President Barack Hussein Obama
The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "Obama signs hate crimes bill" (see) Unfortunate for the somewhat discrete, inside page report here but still a 1st report as such.
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Item #670654EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 27, 1913
* Jack Johnson - World Heavyweight Champ
* 1st African American to hold title (1910)
* Flees U.S. w/ Lucille Cameron to avoid jail
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CONVICTED NEGRO PUGILIST MAKES GOOD ESCAPE TO CANADA" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 18 pages, small... Read full description -
Item #670530THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1870
* Franco-Prussian War beginning
The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE WAR" "Rumors from the Front in Paris and Reports of a Battle" "The French Nation Unanimous" "Legislative Address of Loyalty to Napoleon" and more. (see) Lengthy text.
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Item #670528THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1931
* Paul Heylandt testing rocket car
Page 13 has one column headings: "German Rocket Car Successful In Test" "Speeds at 80 Miles an Hour for 14 Minutes--Motive Power Designed for Airplanes" Coverage of Paul Heylandt testing his new rocket automobile with liquid fuel. (see)
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Item #670527THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1944
* Movie Casablanca wins best picture
* Academy Awards
* Humphrey Bogart - Ingrid Bergman
Page 17 has one column headings that includes: "MOVIE AWARD GOES TO JENNIFER JONES" "Chosen Best Actor of Year---'Casablanca' Takes 'Oscar' as the Top Picture" and more. I suspect this is... Read full description -
Item #670513LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 21, 2008
* Best "Twilight" movie advertisement
* Grand Opening Day premiere & review
* Romantic fantasy film - Kristen Stewart
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Twilight" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper... Read full description -
Item #670402THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1931
* re. Knute Rockne death
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* Head football coach
The sport's section (page 33) has one column headlines that include: "ROCKNE'S MEMORIAL PLANS HAVE BEGUN" "Notre Dame Officials Act to Complete the Project With Nation-Wide Donations" "ASSEMBLY HONORS ROCKNE'S... Read full description -
Item #670393THE THEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, New York, January & February, 1796 A religious magazine which published bi-monthly, each issue dated for two months. It begin in July, 1795, and lasted only thru February, 1799, the latter issues being quarterly. An obscure title from the 18th century.
Eighty pages, disbound without a full... Read full description -
Item #670392THE THEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, New York, November & December, 1795 A religious magazine which published bi-monthly, each issue dated for two months. It begin in July, 1795, and lasted only thru February, 1799, the latter issues being quarterly. An obscure title from the 18th century.
Eighty pages, disbound without a full... Read full description -
Item #670381THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1928
* Nora Bayes death w/ photo
* American singer & comedian actress
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "NORA BAYES DIES AFTER OPERATION" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Nora Bayes, American singer, comedian and actress.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #670352NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 21, 1862 With the front page taken up with ads, the feature is the back page war map headed: "THE WAR IN KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE" with related column heads, including; "Defeat of Zollicoffer's Army" "Fighting All Day" "Gen. Zollicoffer Killed" "Utter... Read full description -
Item #670305CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 1936
* Negro star athlete Jesse Owens suspended
* Berlin Olympic games come to an end
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column heading: "OWENS IS BARRED BY A.A.U.; READY TO BECOME A PRO" with subhead. (see) Also a two column heading:... Read full description -
Item #670219THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1935
* Father Charles Coughlin
* Roman Catholic priest
* Anti-Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Madison Square Garden speech
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "23,000 HERE CHEER COUGHLIN ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with complete text of his speech... Read full description -
Item #670218CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 30, 1934
* Jackson Barnett death (1st report)
* "The World's Richest Indian"
* Oklahoma oil wells owner
* Muscogee Creek Native American
Page 20 has a one column heading: "Barnett, Indian Oil Millionaire, Dies In 92D Year" with subhead. The back page has a photo of Barnett with his... Read full description -
Item #670163THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 19, 1931
* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Simon Flegenheimer
* New York City bootlegger - racketeer - gangster
* Arrested for income tax evasion (1st report)
The front page has one column headings that include: "GANG DRIVE SPURRED BY SCHULTZ CAPTURE" "Racketeer Held in $150,000 Bail as Government Centres War on Tax... Read full description -
Item #670160THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 23, 1874
* President Ulysses S. Grant signed in type
* Veto message on Monetary Legislation
Page 5 has one column headings that include: "VETO" "The President Saves the Credit of the Country" "The Inflation Bill Returned to the Senate Unsigned" "Message Of The Chief Magistrate"... Read full description -
Item #670093LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 2, 1996
* Best "Independence Day" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Science fiction action - extraterrestrial race
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Independence Day" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this,... Read full description -
Item #670084THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 12, 1874
* Brooks-Baxter War
* Little Rock, Arkansas
* Republican Party factions
The top of page 7 has one column headings that include: "THE ARKANSAS WAR" "Heavy Skirmishing Between the Combatants" "The Killed And Wounded" and more. (see) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.
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Item #670029THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 1862 The front page has a print: "Fort Point--One of the Fortifications Of the Harbor of San Francisco, Cal." with a bit of detail.
Some war-related content inside including: "How To Demoralize n Army" and "Conference of the Rebel Generals at Richmond--Their... Read full description -
Item #670011THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 24, 1874
* The Great Mississippi Flood of 1874
* Lower Mississippi Valley - Louisiana
The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD" "Piteous Appeals of the Suffering People for Aid" "Hundreds Of Families Destitute" and more. (see)
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Item #669999THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1933
* End of Prohibition - repeal
* Beer - liquor returns
* New Mexico - Idaho
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "IDAHO, NEW MEXICO JOIN REPEAL RANKS; 31 STATES IN LINE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the states of New Mexico and Idaho ratifying the repeal of... Read full description -
Item #669994THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1936
* Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby death
* English soldier and British Imperial Governor
The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "ALLENBY IS DEAD; CONQUERED TURKS" with subheads and two photos. Lengthy 1st report coverage here. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this... Read full description -
Item #669974THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 18, 1873
* Virginius Affair - Ten Years' War
* Surrenders to United States Navy
The top of page 7 has one column headings: "SURRENDER" "The American Steamer Virginius Handed Over by Spain" "Bahia Honda's Famous Scene" "The Significant Ceremonies" "The Virginius In... Read full description -
Item #669970THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 20, 1874
* Granite Mills - textile mill no. 1 fire disaster
* Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
The top of page 5 has one column headings: "AN AWFUL DISASTER" "Burning of the 'Granite' Woolen Mill at Fall River" "Four Hundred Girls and Men Shut in by... Read full description -
Item #669957CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, June 21, 1867 Page 3 has a report headed: "Barbarities and Indian Outrages" which reports just that, one bit noting: "...A battle was fought at Oflan's Station...between 60 whites...en route for Fort Phil Kearney, and from 100 to 150 Indians..." with more.
Four pages, archival repair at the... Read full description -
Item #669948NEW YORK HERALD, September 25, 1874
* Robert Toombs interview
* Lawyer, planter & GA politician
* Confederate States organizer
The top of page 3 has one column headings: "BOMBASTES FURIOSO" "An Interview with General Robert Toombs" "His Epitaph" and more. (see) Text takes up a full column.
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Item #669947NEW YORK HERALD, September 12, 1874
* Hunting in the Rocky Mountains
* Elk - deer - bear - antelope & more
The top of page 5 has one column headings: "ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAME" "Shooting in the Valleys West of the 'Divide'" and more. (see) Text takes up over a full column.
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages,... Read full description -
Item #669946THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1930
* Chrysler Building skyscraper opens (1st report)
* Becomes tallest building in the World
The top of page 13 has one column headings: "CHRYSLER BUILDING, CITY'S HIGHEST, OPEN" "Forty-second Street Merchants Aid in Ceremony--Speakers Laud Builder's Vision" and more. (see) Great to have... Read full description -
Item #669936ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, July 30, 1883
* Ischia earthquake
* Casamicciola, Naples, Italy
The top of the front page has one column headings: "Engulfed" "The Town of Casamicciola, Italy, Swallowed Up by an Earthquake" and more. (see)
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, generally in very nice condition. -
Item #669906THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 28, 1849 Amongst the many interesting prints within perhaps the most notable is the print of: "Fredericton Cathedral, New Brunswick" which has a related article: "The Cathedral, Fredericton, New Brunswick, North America".
Not only does this cathedral still stand,... Read full description -
Item #669886EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, May 11, 1875
* German ocean liner SS Schiller
* Isles of Scilly sinking disaster
The front page has a one column heading: "The Latest Horror" with subheads. (see)
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Item #669878ILLUSTRATED NEWS, New York, Jan. 22, 1853
* Published by P. T. Barnum
Among the prints are: "Captain Ericsson Explaining His Invention to the Editors of New York" "Floating Mortar" "Astor Place Opera House" "Ball of the New York Fire Department..." "The Seals of Jerusalem" a nice town view of:... Read full description -
Item #669802SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 13, 1865 The front page has a nice print of: "Derrom's System For Trestle Bridges" with a related article titled: "Improved System for Trestle Bridges" It begins: "The transit of streams in military operations is often one of the most embarrassing... Read full description -
Early United Nations...
Item #669786THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 12, 1946
* Bert Bell - Co-founder of the Philadelphia eagles
* Becomes the new NFL football commissioner
* Early/formative meeting of The United Nations
The top of page 18 has one column headings that include: "LAYDEN QUITS POST; SUCCEEDED BY BELL" "Resignation of Commissioner Big Surprise to National... Read full description -
Item #669724CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 23, 1945
* Female SS guard Irma Grese
* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
* Jewish Holocaust - exterminations - atrocities
* Related photos - including one showing female SS-Guards
While the front page has a nice banner headline concerning the last days before Germany would surrender, the back page has a somewhat... Read full description -
Item #669695SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 17, 1864 Inside has over half a column taken up with: "Important Letter from General Grant" in which we tells of the hopelessness of the Confederacy. Bits include: "...all we want now...is a determined unity of sentiment North. The rebels have now in their ranks their last man. The... Read full description -
Item #669608THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 22, 1874
* Georgetown, South Carolina
* Race war - riots - blacks
The top of page 10 has one column headings that include: "THE BLACK RIOTS" "Bloodshed and Murder In South Carolina" "Scenes Of Horror" and more. (See) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.
Other news of the day. Complete with... Read full description -
Item #669600THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1931
* Gypsum Cave - Nevada
* Prehistoric Man & ground sloths
* Mark Raymond Harrington
Page 2 has a article headed: "TELLS OF NEVADA MAN OF 20,000 YEARS AGO" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Mark Raymond Harrington's findings in Gypsum Cave within the Frenchman Range of Nevada. I... Read full description -
Item #669594THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 2, 1874
* C/1874 H1 (Coggia's Comet}
* The Great Comet of 1874
The top of page 3 has a two column diagram headed: "Coggia's Comet" Also one column headings: "THE COMET COME" "Her First Appearance Last Evening" "Scientific Sketch of the Celestial Visitor" and more.... Read full description -
Item #669592NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 1, 1874
* Henrietta Weibel "The Baby Burner"
* 13 Year old girl fiend of New York City
* West Farms, Bronx murder attempt
The top of page 3 has one column headings: "A FIENDISH GIRL" "A Child of Thirteen with a Mania for Baby Burning" "A Street Walker At Eleven" and more.... Read full description -
Item #669591NEW YORK HERALD, July 23, 1874
* Bone Alley "the most crowded place on earth"
* New York City ghetto - filthy block
The top of page 11 has one column headings: "BONE ALLEY" "The Home Of The Rag Pickers" "Where the Rags, Bones, Fat and Bottles Go" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete... Read full description -
Item #669587NEW YORK HERALD, July 20, 1874
* Lincoln Memorial Tower of London
* Cornerstone laid in Lambeth
* Gothic Revival architecture
The top of page 3 has one column headings: "THE LINCOLN TOWER" "The Memorial Stone of the Monument Laid in England" "Honor to the Memory of the Emancipation Chief" (see)
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Item #669586NEW YORK HERALD, July 17, 1874
* David Livingstone
* Henry Morton Stanley
The top of page 3 has one column headings: "UNEXPLORED AFRICA" "An Anglo-American Journalistic Expedition" "David Livingstone Work To Be Completed" "Mr. H.M. Stanley's Mission" Text takes up two full columns.
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Item #669583THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 12, 1874
* Weehawken, Hudson, Co., New Jersey
* Oil Company's Works fire disaster
The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "THE GREAT OIL FIRE" "A Scene of Terrible Grandeur in Weehawken" "The Oil Tanks Still Ablaze--The Story in Detail" and more. (see) Text... Read full description -
Surrender of Belgrade...
Item #669527THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, England, September, 1739
* Historical Jewish and Christian content
* George Whitefield
* Surrender of Belgrade
One of the articles within is headed: "Continuation of the dissertation begun in our Last Whether the Hebrews Borrow'd any Customs from the Heathens" which takes over 1 1/2 pages (see photos... Read full description -
Item #669451THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 11, 1870
* Anti-Slavery Society at Apollo Hall
* Wendell Phillips - Lucretia Mott
The top of page 4 has one column headings: "Anti-Slavery's Wake" "Wendell Phillips' Farewell..." (see)
Complete with 12 pages, some spine wear, generally in good condition.
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