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Catalog 371 - October, 2026
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THE RALEIGH TIMES, Oct. 31, 1966
- Ku Klux Klan - KKK in N.C.
- James Robertson "Bob" Jones
The front page has a three column heading: "Dragon Jones Says 'Idiots' Boycott Store" with lead-in: "'Don't Think It's Klan'" and
...HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 4, 1863
- 2nd rate
The most desirable print in this issue is the half page: "Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers (Col. Montgomery) Among the Rice Plantations on the Combahee, S.C."
...DER TAGES SPIEGEL--EXTRABLATT, Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1989 This four page "Extra" edition is devoted to the opening of the Berlin Wall. The entire front page is a huge photo of people standing on the Wall at
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 7, 1980 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section) featuring a collectible print advertisement for the recent release of Blondie's "AUTOAMERICAN" album featuring the song
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 14, 1990 (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
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 28, 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 NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 16, 1934
- Robert E. Cornish - "real-life Frankenstein"
- Reviving executed convicts is blocked
The back page has a one column heading: "Refuse Permission To 'Revive' dead Men" with subhead. (see
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 17, 1934
- Alice Speed-Stoll kidnapping for ransom
- Found alive and returned home
- Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MRS. STOLL IS FOUND ALIVE;
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure
- German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities
- Jewish resistance - Jews
The top of page 3 has one column headings: "JEWS' LAST STAND FELLED 1,000 NAZIS"
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 23, 1951
- Cold War nuclear arms race
- Russia & U.S. atomic bomb tests
- Both on the same week
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Soviet Has 3d Atom Blast; Nevada Explosion Is
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