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Catalog 371 - October, 2026
Our latest selection of original newspapers.
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THE PATRIOT, Harrisburg, Penn. November 26, 1963
- John F. Kennedy death funeral
- Famed photo of JFK Jr. saluting
The front page has a banner headline: "President Who Sought Peace Finds It in an Arlington Grave" with
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 21, 1987 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section) This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a collectible
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 24 1991
- Jeffrey Dahmer arrested (1st report)
- American killer - Milwaukee cannibal
Page 2 has a photo with small heading: "Grisly Crime Scene"
And top of page 14 has a one column photo of Dahmer
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 3 (Mar. 4-10), 1981
- Extremely early Madonna advertisement in social media
- Pre-solo career performance advertisement
- Her band "Emmy & The Emmys"
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 17, 1978 The front page has a banner headline: "Historic Odyssey" with lead-in: "BALLOONISTS LAND IN FRANCE" and subhead. Also two related photos. (see for display)
Complete 1st section only
THE FIREBRAND, Portland, Oregon, March 28, 1897
- Rare pro- radical anarchist communist publication
A fascinating newspaper with their motto just under the title: "For the Burning Away of the Cobwebs of Ignorance and
...USA TODAY Oct. 1, 1982
- Chicago Tylenol murders
- Capsules w/ potassium Cyanide
- First made public on the poisoning
The front page has the headline: "Tylenol: Poison pills kill 5; nationwide alert" with related
...THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Oct. 30, 1878
- Yellow fever - jack epidemic
- Lower Mississippi Valley
- Memphis, Tennessee hardest hit
- Early sanitation & quarantine measures
The top of the front page has a one
...LOS ANGELES TIMES (calendar section only), Oct. 20, 1983
- Early actor Tom Cruise
- Just his 2nd lead film role
- American sports drama movie
Often revered as the undisputed "bible" of Hollywood, the Sunday Calendar section
...THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Nov. 25, 1795
- 18th century American publication
Published by Isaiah Thomas, perhaps the most famous printer of the 18th century, and whose collection became the
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