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Catalog 370 - September, 2026
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Catalog 370 (for September, 2026) is now available!
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NEW YORK POST, Dec. 9, 1980
- John Lennon assassination
- "The Beatles" front man
- From the city of the murder
- Nice headline for display
Here is one of the more desirable newspapers on the death of John Lennon - it being
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 21, 1995 (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 print
...THE WASHINGTON POST, D.C. June 1, 2005
- W. Mark Felt "Deep Throat" revealed
- Whistleblower on the Watergate Scandal
The front page has the headline that reads: "FBI's No. 2 Was 'Deep Throat'" and more with four related
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 19, 1995 (Calendar Section only)
- Best "Die Hard with a Vegrance" advertisement
- Opening day movie premiere double-page showing
- Actors Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson
- American action film with
REDONDO BREEZE, Redondo Beach, California, Oct. 5, 1917
- West Coast beach community
- Los Angeles County
An early newspaper from one of the more famous beach communities in Los Angeles County. The popular television
...CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 20, 1929
- Swiss aviators Transatlantic flight attempt
- "Golden Age" of aviation - airplanes
The front page has a nice banner headline: "PASS AZORES IN HOP FOR U. S." with subheads. (see
...This original vintage newspaper leaf from the Los Angeles Times Calendar section dated Dec. 3, 1978 consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a collectible profile by
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1976
- Head coach Joe Paterno 100th victory
- Penn State Nittany Lions - PSU
- NCAA college football
Page 8 of the sport's section has a one column heading: "N.C. State Beaten, 41-20, By Penn
...NEW YORK HERALD, June 15, 1870
- Cincinnati Red (reds) Stockings
- 84 game baseball win streak ends
- Brooklyn Atlantics
Page 5 has small column heads regarding the defeat of the Cincinnati Red Stockings by the Brooklyn
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 19, 1979 (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
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