Announcing: Catalog #335 for October, 2023 – Rare & Early Newspapers…
Updated: 2023-09-29 17:42:17
The October catalog (#335) 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 #335 – This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of more than 300 new items, a selection which includes the following […]
The post Announcing: Catalog #335 for October, 2023 – Rare & Early Newspapers… first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
Few thrills are greater in the rare newspaper collecting hobby than finding the unexpected historic gem. Those moments of serendipity are the treasures we all hope for at some point in our quest for new additions to our collection. I have come across many in my years of collecting with two among the more interesting. […]
The post From the Vault – Finding those unexpected historical nuggets. first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
Let’s be honest, if a journalist posed this question in a mainstream newspaper today, the pushback for even asking the question would likely go viral within minutes, if not seconds. However, in 1831 the Boston Police Court was wrestling with this very question. In fact, the language used to describe such a situation was not […]
The post Snapshot 1839… Is an atheist’s sworn statement in court valid? first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
Would you step in front of a moving vehicle to push a small child out of the way of its path? Would you jump into a river to save a drowning family member? Would you kill yourself to prove a stranger’s innocence? If you are anything like me, the answers in order are: “yes”, “Yes”, […]
The post They Put It In Print – Going to extreme lengths to prove another’s innocence… first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
As Kansas began to bleed were slaveholders in Missouri and Kansas selling their slaves to other slaveholders in the South? Did the efforts of the well-intended inadvertently lead to opportunists who “helped” to rid the region of slaves by becoming slaver traders? The article shown below from The Norwalk Experiment (OH) dated June 14, 1859 […]
The post Horace Greeley inadvertently meets a slave trader (1859)… first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with the New York Journal American, September 1, 1939, which had a pre-death report on the Hitler’s attack on Poland in 1939: “GERMAN ARMY ATTACKS POLAND…“
The post Dramatic Headlines Speak for Themselves… Hitler attacks Poland – WW2 begins!!! first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.
Few can argue against the claim of Harriet Beecher’s Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’ Cabin“ being one of the most influential books upon the 19th century… and beyond. However, many incorrectly believe the impact to have been largely upon America alone, but the reality is many European countries felt its sting long before its role in codifying […]
The post “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” – impacting The Senate and The South (1853)… first appeared on History's Newsstand Blog.