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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
...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
...DAILY WORLD, New York, April 8, 1969
- Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated
- Civil rights movement leader
- One year anniversary of murder
- Anti-Vietnam War protests w/ photos
This publication, The World, represents the official
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 6, 1996 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section) This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of
...THE WEEK MAGAZINE section only of The Detroit News, Oct. 18, 1959 The front page of this section has a color of Ernest Hemingway. And inside is a piece by A. E. Hotchner titled: "Hemingway Talks To American Youth"
...Here is what I believe to be a yellow placard advertisement for the Greenwich Village publication "Village Voice" with a focus on the weekly cartoon by the famed Jules Feiffer. A written date on the back reads:
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