Announcing: Catalog #332 for July, 2023 – Rare & Early Newspapers…
Updated: 2023-06-30 17:02:34
The July catalog (#332) is now available. Shown below are links to various segments of the catalog, our currently discounted newspapers, and recent posts to the History’s Newsstand Blog. Please enjoy. CATALOG #332 – This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of more than 300 new items, a selection which includes the following […]
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Nearly 50 years ago Tim Hughes stepped into the world of rare newspapers and sold an issue to his 1st collector. From the beginning, Tim and now the rest of the staff here at RareNewspapers have been helping lovers of history complete everything on their wants lists from casual interests to once in a lifetime […]
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While looking through an October 25, 1862 issue of Harper’s Weekly, a tiny paragraph on the 2nd page caught my eye. Titled “NO HANGING MATTER”, this article began:“Mr. Cassius M. Clay was born in a slave State, and early convinced that slavery was wrong, he has manfully advocated emancipation in Kentucky; and has been universally […]
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Who hasn’t given some thought to what life would be like in 50 years, or 75 years. A few enterprising newspaper publishers have as well, and the Daily Mail of London, January 1, 2000 is a great–and quite rare–example.You see, this is actually a newspaper published in 1928. This is a futurist newspaper. We’ve handled […]
The post The reason I collected it: Predicting the 21st century from a perch in 1929… first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
To even ask such a question seems a bit absurd, but let’s double it. What about a 10th grader? As reported on the front page of the May 16, 1952 issue of The New York Times, the 70-something “genius” Albert Einstein was put to the test. How did he do? He received an A+ for […]
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A long-time collector, Morris Brill, is always asking great questions concerning the rare newspaper hobby. I’ll address several over the next few months, beginning with his first: “What is the best way to preserve and store newspapers?” I’ve considered several methods through the years. At first I was using large plastic bags and opening the […]
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