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Item #662622THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1944
* Leonard Bernstein - conductor composer
* Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah debut
* New York Philharmonic
Page 19 has a one column heading: "BERNSTEIN SCORES IN OWN SYMPHONY" with subhead: "Conducts the Philharmonic in Premiere of 'Jeremiah'--Jennie Tourel Soloist". First report... Read full description -
Item #662488THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 21, 1930
* Spanish General Valeriano Weyler death
* Governor General of the Philippines & Cuba
Page 27 has a one column heading: "GENERAL WEYLER DIES AT AGE OF 92" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Spanish general, Valeriano Weyler.
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Item #662442THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 30, 1933
* Sara Teasdale suicide death
* "I Shall Not Care" poem
* American lyric poet
The front page has a one column heading: "SARA TEASDALE, POET, FOUND DEAD" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 4 with photo and her poem "I Shall Not Care" which was... Read full description -
Item #662432THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 11, 1938
* Amelia Earhart lost at sea
* Captain Hilton H. Railey
* "Preface To Greatness"
* re. Lost in Pacific Ocean
The top of page 49 has a one column heading: "MISS EARHART HELD VICTIM OF 'CAREER'" with subheads. (see) Amelia Earhart was lost over a year earlier.
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Item #662422SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, December 15, 1936
* Jesse Owens wins athlete of the year award
* Joe Louis (Brown bomber) vs.Eddie Simms
* Heavyweight boxing match
The front page of the sport's section (page 19) has a two column heading: "Louis Dusts Off Eddie Simms in 26 Seconds Flat" with subhead. First report coverage... Read full description -
Item #662389SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 2, 1937.
* Amelia Earhart around the World 2nd attempt
* Lockheed Electra 10E airplane (1st stage)
The front page has a one column heading: "Amelia Ends First Leg Hop" with subhead. Page 3 has a caricature of Earhart by Wolo Trutzschler. (see) First report coverage on her 2nd attempt to fly around the World... Read full description -
Item #662317SPORTING GREEN section only of the San Francisco Chronicle, June 25, 1936
* Joe DiMaggio hits 2 home runs in 1 inning
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
The top of the front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "DI MAGGIO CLOUTS 2 HOMERS IN ONE INNING" with subheads and box scores. Nice for display.... Read full description -
Item #662290LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18, 1936 The ftpg. has one column heads: "DEATH COMES TO KIPLING" "Famous Writer Succumbs in London Hospital Today" with a photo captioned: "Rudyard Kipling".
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Item #662240THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 22, 1939
* Howard Rushmore - Daily Worker communist
* "Gone With the Wind" movie film controversy
The front page has a two column heading: "Daily Worker Critic Forced Out of Job On Refusal to Attack 'Gone With the Wind'" (see)
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Item #662229THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 7, 1931
* Frankenstein - Boris Karloff advertisement
* Pre Code horror monster film movie
* Opening week in New York City
Page 29 has a small and somewhat discrete advertisement for the original "Frankenstein" film starring Boris Karloff. (see) This ad is for the 4th day after the opening in NYC.
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Item #662162THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 1929
* New Orleans, Louisiana
* Streetcar strike riot disaster
* Burning of cars
The front page has one column headings: "ALL-DAY RIOT MARKS NEW ORLEANS STRIKE; 2 DIE, HUNDREDS HURT" "Paving Blocks Rain on Cars, Injuring Police abd Forcing Strike-Breakers Off" "Trolley And Shed Burned"... Read full description -
Item #661870LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 18, 1934
* John Dillinger gang
* Flint Michigan MI bank robbery
* Early, same day 1st report
The front page has a one column heading: "MICH. BANK HELD UP BY 3 BANDITS" See image for brief text here. An early, same day report here, probably the reason for the brief article... Read full description -
Item #661817THE LONDON GAZETTE, England. A collection of four issues of this--the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper--each one hundred years apart. Issues are dated 1671, 1771, 1871 and 1971.
Interestingly, the format of this title did not change much over the years save for the number of pages increasing with the... Read full description -
Item #661660BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 6, 1914 The ftpg. has many one column heads on the early reports from World War I including: "BATTLE AT LIEGE STILL UNDER WAY" "German Casualties Placed at 8,000" "Another Attack Expected Tonight" "France is Likely to Aid Belgium" "FEEDING THE FIGHTING NATIONS"... Read full description -
Item #661627THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 7, 1930.
* The London Naval Conference
* Henry L. Stimson
* USS Pensacola commissioned
The front page has a three column headline: "STIMSON GIVES OUT OUR NAVAL PROGRAM, PARITY WITH BRITAIN AT 15 BATTLESHIPS AND RIGHT OF DUPLICATION IN CRUISERS"with subheads. (see) Lengthy text.
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Item #661623SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 6, 1963 The front page has a three column-wide, two line head "Los Angeles Does It Again With More Great Pitching, 1-0" with an accompanying photo of pitcher Don Drysdale and outfielder Tommy Davis with a header "Big D's Do It for... Read full description -
Item #661618THE DAILY UNION, Junction City, Kansas, August 13, 1977 Page 3 has a headline "Say lawyer asked $50,000 - Son of Sam recordings offered". "...one of his attorneys reportedly offered to sell The New York Daily News six hours of recorded conversation with Berkowitz... The News said in today's edition... Read full description -
Jean Harlow's burial...
Item #661616THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1937 The front page carries a one column headline "Jean Harlow Buried Today" with subhead "Only William Powell and Members of the Family Admitted to the Chapel" "Hollywood in Mourning". This continues to page 8 where another article "Jean Harlow's Childhood... Read full description -
Item #661615THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 9, 1928
* Polish actress Pola Negri
The front page has one column headings: "POLA NEGRI HURT; DEATH WAS FEARED" "Actress Injured When Thrown From Horse in Paris--Danger Passes in 36 Hours" "In Coma Most Of The Night" and more. Report continues inside with photo of Negri. (see)
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Item #661544THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Russell, Kansas, August 30, 1969
* Child actress Shirley Temple Black
* Appointed to United Nations General Assembly
* President Richard Nixon
The front page carries a one column, two line headline "Nixon Appoints Shirley Black". The text begins: "Shirley Temple Black, a... Read full description -
Item #661474NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 30, 1879
* Charles F. Brush
* Early electric light
* Patent sold
Horace Greeley may not have been a fan of Thomas Edison as almost nothing is published in this title about the electric light inventory. However at the same time most other newspapers were reporting the invention the Tribune did not, but instead had on the... Read full description -
Item #661409THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 23, 1928
* Race car driver Frank Lockhart
* Land speed record attempt
* Daytona Beach, Florida
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "LOCKHART IN AUTO HURTLES INTO OCEAN AT 225 MILES AN HOUR" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages,... Read full description -
Item #661349LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 16, 1990
* "Home Alone", "Child's Play 2," "Rocky V," and Disney's "Rescuers Down Under" - full-page ads with reviews
* Grand Opening Day movie premieres
* Best to have in a Hollywood regional newspaper
A terrific... Read full description -
Item #661334LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., April 26, 1928
* Race car driver Frank Lockhart
* Land speed record attempt death
* Daytona Beach, Florida
The front page has a one column heading: "SPEEDSTER DIES ON RACE TRACK" with subhead and small photo. (see) First report coverage continues on page 18 with photo of Lockhart.
Also a front page... Read full description -
Item #661178NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, January 24, 1942.
* Walter Richard Sickert death
* English Impressionist painter
* The real "Jack The Ripper" ?
Page 19 has a one column heading: "W. R. Sickert, 81, Famed Artist, Dies" with subhead. (see) Some believe him to be the real "Jack the Ripper".
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Johann Reis - inventor of the first "make-and-break telephone"...
Item #661063THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1876
* Johann Philipp Reis
* Very early telephone experiments
Page 4 has a very early article on: "The Telephone" which takes most of a column. Although this article talks about the work of a "Professor Reuss", the inventor it apparently was actually referring to was... Read full description -
Item #661062THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., sport's section only, March 3, 1940
* Seabiscuit wins Santa Anita Handicap
* Thoroughbred racehorse racing
* Last major race before retirement
Page 3 of this section has a two column heading: "Seabiscuit Sets All-Time Record for Turf Earnings" (see) First report coverage on famous racehorse,... Read full description -
Item #661050THE DAILY STAR, Oneonta, New York, July 24, 1999
* 1999 Hall of Fame induction weekend
Front page heading has, "Baseball fans pack Cooperstown", which tells of Nolan Ryan, Orlando Cepeda, George Brett, Robin Yount all being inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame.
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Item #661015THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE OF THE SUNDAY RECORD-HERALD, Chicago, December 31, 1905 The prime feature of the publication is the 1/3-page illustration titled: "...Kiss the One You Love Best", by Grace G Wiederseim (Drayton), who is the original illustrator of the Campbell's Soup Kids. Coincidentally (perhaps) is the presence... Read full description -
Item #661005THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1874
* Tiburcio Vasquez - the Californio bandido
* Los Angeles area outlaw
The front page has a report of the capture of the infamous bandit Tiburcio Vasquez. Vasquez was a Mexican bandit who was active in California from as early as 1857 until his capture. The Vasquez Rocks, the steep, sloped rocks about... Read full description -
Item #661002THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1958
* Opening day of original "Vertigo" movie ad
* Alfred Hitchcock best film ?
* James Stewart - Kim Novak
This newspaper has a significant & historic advertisement for the movie "Vertigo" on page 35. This advertisement is on the opening day the movie made it's... Read full description -
Item #660982THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tennessee, August 1, 1911
* 1st woman aviator - Harriet Quimby gets license
* Early same day historic report
The back page has one column headlines: "WOMAN AWARDED AERIAL LICENSE", "Miss Harriet Quimby Proves She is Some Flyer...". See images for text on this historic report on... Read full description -
Item #660977THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 19, 1929
* Professor Albert Einstein
* Theory of Relativity extended
* Gravitation - Electromagnetism
Page 6 has a two column heading: "Einstein Is Amazed at Stir Over Theory; Holds 100 Journalists at Bay for a Week" I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as... Read full description -
Item #660964NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Feb. 23, 1937
* Cleveland Torso Murderer
* Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run
* Serial killer strikes again
The front page has a one column heading: "8th Torso Is Found in Cleveland" with subhead. (see)
Complete with all 46 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, small... Read full description -
Item #660944NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, March 18, 1937.
* Amelia Earhart around the World attempt
* Lockheed Electra 10E airplane (1st stage)
The front page has a one column heading: "Miss Earhart Lands Plane in Honolulu" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on her attempt to fly around the World which eventually lead to her... Read full description -
Item #660943NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 15, 1939
* Gone With The Wind film premiere in Atlanta Ga (day of)
* Clark Gable - Vivien Leigh - Leslie Howard
Here is a great report on the most successful movie of all time in terms of ticket sales. The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Atlanta to See if it's True... Read full description -
Item #660869CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 18, 1935.
* Start of Social Security in the U.S.
The front page has a one column heading: "CONGRESS GETS 'SOCIAL SECURITY,' PENSION BILLS" with subhead. First report coverage on what would eventually become social security in the United States.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #660799THE DAY, New London, Conn., June 24, 1922
* Walter Hagen wins British Open
* 1st American born golfer to win it
Page 9 has a one column heading: "Hagen Brings Golf Cup Here" First report coverage on Walter Hagen becoming the 1st American to win the British Open title.
Complete with 12 pages, minor wear at the margins, a few small... Read full description -
Item #660729THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, October 3, 1921.
* Babe Ruth breaks his own home run record with 59
* New York Yankees Baseball - 1st AL pennant
* One short of his prediction at beginning of season
Page 8 has a one column heading: "G. H. Ruth Makes A New World's Record" with subhead. (see)
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Item #660703THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 13, 1932
* Depression era continues
* Stocks crash - Dow declines
The front page has one column headlines that include: "STOCK BREAK CHECKS MONTH'S STEADY RISE", "Expected Reaction, Attributed to 'Speculative Excesses,' Marks Last Hour of Trading" and more. (see) This... Read full description -
Item #660676LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 15, 1982
* Grace Kelly death (1st report)
* Hollywood movie film actress
* Princess of Monaco (Prince Rainier III)
* Best title to be had ?
The ftpg. has a one column head: "Princess Grace Dies of Injuries After Car Crash" with 2 photos of her, the main portion of the article carrying over to pages 16-17... Read full description -
Item #660621CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, June 10, 1945
* Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun married
* Is he still alive in Europe ?
* Post-World War II - WWII
An interesting one column heading on the front page: "HITLER LIVES, REDS SUSPECT; BARE WEDDING" with subhead. The article begins: "Adolf Hitler married his sweetheart, Eva... Read full description -
Item #660615THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 11, 1940
* Alessandro Bonci death (1st report)
* Italian lyric tenor - bel canto singing
The top of page 31 has a on column heading: "ALESSANDRO BONCI, LYRIC TENOR, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #660590THE DAILY STAR, Oneonta, NY, July 30, 2007 The front page has the full-banner heading "75,000 welcome Ripken, Gwynn", with 2 photos related to the event. The Sports Section has: "Inductions 'overwhelming'", with a large photo of Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr., and "HALL OF FAME", with... Read full description -
Item #660580LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 22, 2000
* Best "Cast Away" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Epic survival drama - Tom Hanks
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Cast Away" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description -
Item #660577YORK DAILY RECORD, Pennsylvania, June 23, 2012 The front page has the heading: "HE'S GUILTY" with the subheading "On 45 counts of abuse, Late verdict puts Sandusky behind bars" with a large photo of Sandusky being led in handcuffs out of the Courthouse. Other articles on insdie pages include: "Sandusky verdict just... Read full description -
Item #660572YORK DAILY RECORD, Feb. 4, 2008 The front page shows 2 photos from the Super Bowl with the heading "Nobody's perfect" describing one of sports' greatest upsets. The sports section has several articles related to the Super Bowl as well, with headings: "Manning of the hour", "Defense key in... Read full description -
Item #660529THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 31, 1940
* Winston Churchill radio broadcast speech
* "A Sterner War" - World War II - WWII
The front page has a one column heading: "CHURCHILL STIFFER IN NEUTRAL RIGHTS" with subhead. (see) Complete text of Churchill's radio speech is on page 35. Always nice to have notable... Read full description -
Item #660528THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1940
* Luisa Tetrazzini death (1st report)
* Italian coloratura soprano opera singer
the top of page 15 has a one column heading: "LUIISA TETRAZZINI, DIVA, DIES IN MILAN" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other... Read full description -
Item #660520THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 12, 1940
* Sir Donald Tovey death (1st report)
* British pianist - composer - conductor
The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "SIR DONALD TOVEY, BRITISH COMPOSER" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description
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