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Catalog 371 - October, 2026
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NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 6, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Removal of Gen. Butler" "The Affair Off Charleston Harbor" "The Affair at Fort Donelson" "The Rebels Driven in Great
...THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 14, 1987
- The Cure - English rock cult band
- Robert Smith - gothic new wave music
- 1st Madison Square Garden concert advertisement
- "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 23, 1986
- Beastie Boys editorial with photo
- New School hip hop - rap rock group
- Recent release of their debut album "Licensed to Ill"
- "PLATOON" opening
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 28, 1979
- "ALIEN" opening day film advertisement
- Science fiction extraterrestrial horror movie
- Actors Sigourney Weaver and Tom Skerritt
- "No Nukes" concert
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 22, 1961
- White Horse Tavern - Hudson Street
- Bohemian culture - writers & artists
- Drunken antics of Jack Kerouac fame
The front page has a heading: "The
...THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 20, 1977
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - American Southern rock band
- Pre Ronnie Van Zant airplane crash disaster
- Upcoming area concerts advertisement
- "Street Survivors
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 24, 1972
- New York Dolls - punk rock music band pioneers
- Hotel Diplomat - New York City concert advertisement
- "GREASE" musical play - Broadway theatre ad
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 8, 1977
- Very early C/DC rock band gig advertisements
- "Let There Be Rock" 1st American tour
- CBGB and Palladium nightclubs in Manhattan
Page 65 has a list of
...THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1963
- Boxer Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali
- The Bitter End poetry contest - poems
- Bill Cosby nightclub advertisement
The front page has a heading: "No Lean
...THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 20, 1987
- Mobster John A. Gotti
- Gambino crime family boss
- Long Island nightclub incident
Starting on page 10 is an editorial headed: "I Don't Gotti
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