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Recent additions
William T. Sherman marching...
Item # 728088
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NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 16, 1865 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "LATE SOUTHERN NEWS" "Rapid Progress Of Sherman" "South Carolina Under His Heel" "He Seizes All The Railroads" "Circumvallates...
$29
A pair of issues: the inauguration & death of President W. H. Harrison...
Item # 727898
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NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER, New Jersey, March 5 and April 5, 1841 A nice pair of issues of the same title with the inauguration of President William Henry Harrison, and his death report one month later.
March 5: taking...
March 5: taking...
$255
1985 Heavy Metal Band "Metallica" advertisement...
Item # 727833
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CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 14, 1985
* Early "Metallica" heavy metal band
* Hollywood Palladium advertisement
* Bassist Cliff Burton era - "Ride the Lightning"
This Calendar section of the...
* Early "Metallica" heavy metal band
* Hollywood Palladium advertisement
* Bassist Cliff Burton era - "Ride the Lightning"
This Calendar section of the...
$88
First world championship boxing match: Heenan vs. Sayers...
Item # 727806
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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 5, 1860
* Famous boxing match print
* John Heenan vs. Thomas Sayers
* MISSING THE TWO FRONT LEAFS ***
The prime feature of this issue would have to be the great doublepage centerfold print...
* Famous boxing match print
* John Heenan vs. Thomas Sayers
* MISSING THE TWO FRONT LEAFS ***
The prime feature of this issue would have to be the great doublepage centerfold print...
$57
Item # 727805
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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 30, 1936
* Zoltán Böszörmény’s May Day Coup Plan foiled
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "FOIL NAZI PLOT IN HUNGARY" with subheads. (see images) See below for...
* Zoltán Böszörmény’s May Day Coup Plan foiled
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "FOIL NAZI PLOT IN HUNGARY" with subheads. (see images) See below for...
$48
1956 civil rights movement... right to vote...
Item # 727804
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DAILY WORKER, New York, March 16, 1956
* "Southern Manifesto"challenged
* Senator Herbert H. Lehman expose
* Defense of White Supremacy - racism
* "Jim Crow" era of the Southern Democrats
This publication, The Worker,
$33
End of U.S. Prohibition nears in 1933...
Item # 727803
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BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Nov. 29, 1933
* End of prohibition (final week) - beer & liquor returning
* Repeal of 18th Amendment with applied 21st Amendment
The front page has two reports regarding the closing chapter...
* End of prohibition (final week) - beer & liquor returning
* Repeal of 18th Amendment with applied 21st Amendment
The front page has two reports regarding the closing chapter...
$34
Pirates capture ship... circus advertisement... Published by Naphtali Phillips, a prominent Jewish-American of the era...
Item # 727802
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NATIONAL ADVOCATE, New York, July 3, 1820
* Jewish newspaper publisher Naphtali Phillips
"Daring Outrage" on pg. 2 describes the capture of a ship off Cape Henry by a "piratical brig". Another article in the same...
* Jewish newspaper publisher Naphtali Phillips
"Daring Outrage" on pg. 2 describes the capture of a ship off Cape Henry by a "piratical brig". Another article in the same...
$34
Russellites released from prison in 1919...
Item # 727799
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1919
* Rutherford & other Russellites
* Atlanta Prison release (1st report)
* Pastor Charles Taze Russell followers
* Christian restorationist minister
* Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses
The...
* Rutherford & other Russellites
* Atlanta Prison release (1st report)
* Pastor Charles Taze Russell followers
* Christian restorationist minister
* Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses
The...
$77
Occultist Aleister Crowley expelled from France...
Item # 727798
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 17, 1929
* English occultist Aleister Crowley
* "The Wickedest Man in the World"
* Practiced the religion of "Thelema"
* "Black Magik" - "The Beast 666"
* Expulsion from the country of France
P...
* English occultist Aleister Crowley
* "The Wickedest Man in the World"
* Practiced the religion of "Thelema"
* "Black Magik" - "The Beast 666"
* Expulsion from the country of France
P...
$137