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Catalog 371 - October, 2026
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NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 7, 1863 Front page column heads on the Civil War include: "Johnston's Army at Enterprise" "Retreat * Scattering of Rebel Forces" "The Situation at Vicksburg" "Preparations for the Fall
...BOSTON GAZETTE, May 25, 1807
- Edgar Allan Poe's father theater ad
A curious literary item here as the top of page 3 has an advertisement for the "Boston Theatre" for the performance of: "BOSTON SAILORS", a theatrical
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 7, 1986 (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
...THE DETROIT NEWS, Oct. 12, 1953
- Bobby Greenlease kidnapping & killing confessions
- Carl Austin Hall & Bonnie Emily Brown Heady
The top of the front page is a nice banner headline: "SLEW BOBBY, PAIR ADMIT! DUG GRAVE
...THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Oct. 11, 1953
- Oklahoma Sooners - NCAA college football
- 1st win of the iconic 47 game winning streak
- Coach Bud Wilkinson vs. Texas Longhorns
The top of page 5 of the sport' section has a seven
...NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 14, 1933
- Augusta National Golf Club course opens
- Founded by golfer Bobby Jones - Georgia
- Home of the U.S. MASTERS tournament
The sport's section (page 18) first report coverage on the opening of
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 18, 1939
- Very 1st sport's event on television
- Princeton vs. Columbia baseball game
- Historic broadcasting first
The sport's section (page 33) has a three column heading : "Columbia Loses Twice"
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 20, 1943
- Henschel Hs 293 guided missile 1st used
- Rocket warfare during World War II
- New German radio controlled glider bomb
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Nazi
...LOS ANGELES TIMES (Calendar section only), May 10, 2002
- Terrific "Spider-Man" film advertisement
- Grand Opening week movie premiere
- Superhero - Toby Maguire - James Franco
- Measures a whopping 23 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches
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...THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1944
- Harvard Mark I introduced for 1st time
- 1st universal calculator - IBM digital computer
- Howard H. Aiken - pioneer in computing
Page 16 has an editorial with small heading: "Aiken's
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