THE GREAT STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929

stock-market-crash-hf.jpg“BLACK TUESDAY” WIPES OUT INVESTORS

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1929

The front page banner headline says it all: “BANK AID FAILS IN STOCK DUMPING.” Secondary headline screams: “8,370,000 SHARES SOLD BY NOON AS HYSTERIA REIGNS.” The story begins: “Stocks crashed again today under another wave of panicky selling, a wave that has never before been equalled. Thousands of shares were dumped overboard in blocks and the market was completely demoralized.” This issue also publishes the losses of the largest U.S. companies like American Telephone, General Motors and others.

The most famous day in stock market history, “Black Tuesday,” took place 75 years ago on October 29th, 1929. It is often thought of as the day that sent the United States into the Great Depression. By the end of the day, some 16.4 million shares had traded, fortunes were lost, and the Roaring Twenties came to an abrupt halt. Stock prices didn’t recover to pre-1929 levels until 1954!

I rarely am able to locate even a single Stock Market Crash newspaper from 1929, so it came as a surprise when this issue found its way into our inventory. It’s the complete newspaper in very good condition with some minor chipping at the right margin affecting a few letters.  I would absolutely have this professionally framed for my office or boardroom.  It shouldn’t last long.

$2,250

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MEN WALK ON MOON!

men-walk-on-moon-ff.jpg“THE EAGLE HAS LANDED”
Neil Armstrong and Gus Aldrin Successfully Land on the Moon’s Surface!
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The New York Times
July 21, 1969

Here is the original and much sought-after Times issue announcing one of the most incredible feats in the history of mankind, the landing on Earth’s satellite. Huge headlines scream: “MEN WALK ON MOON.” “ASTRONAUTS LAND ON PLAIN; COLLECT ROCKS, PLANT FLAG.”  The front page contains no fewer than three very large photos showing Neil Armstrong moving away from the landing craft after taking the first step, Col. Aldrin climbing down the ladder, and both men raising the American Flag. There is page after page of reporting and photographs from the Moon including a transcript of the communications between Apollo 11 and Mission Control at Houston. It’s really hard to put this issue down for even a minute as I vividly remember the day it happened. You probably do, too!

You get the two key sections of the paper–the “A” Section and the “Special Supplement: “APOLLO 11 MAN AND THE MOON.” Condition is very fine with just a bit of browning on the centerfold. This issue can be handled easily without doing any harm.  No historical newspaper collection can be really complete without this graphic issue. We only have one in stock and expect it to sell quickly.

$180

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THE WORLD’S FIRST COMPUTER!!!

first-computer-hf.jpgTHE AMAZING “ENIAC” SOLVES MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS 1,000 TIMES FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
NEW COMPUTER COSTS $400,000 and WEIGHS 30 TONS! OCCUPIES A 30 X 60′ ROOM!
NEW ERA OF ELECTRONIC SPEED IS PREDICTED!

The New York Times
February 15, 1946

Beginning smack on Page One of the Times is the startling announcement of what is considered to be the world’s first computer–the amazing ENIAC! The headline reads: “ELECTRONIC COMPUTER FLASHES ANSWERS, MAY SPEED ENGINEERING.” The story, in part: “One of the war’s top secrets, an amazing machine which applies electronic speeds for the first time to mathematical tasks hitherto too difficult and cumbersome for solution, was announced here tonight by the War Department….Its inventors say it computes a mathematical problem 1,000 times faster than it has ever been done before. The machine is being used on a problem in nuclear physics.”

The history-making announcement and reporting continues on page 15 (most of the page) with actual photos of the ENIAC and its two inventors, Dr. John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr. (see scans). Here are just a few of the remarkable details of the new computer in the story: “The machine, however, can do much more (than mathematics). It has the human faculty of “memory,” four kinds of it, to perform certain tasks in the proper sequence….”Watch closely, you may miss it (Dr. Arthur W. Burks of the Moore School), as a button was pressed to multiply 97,367 by itself 5,000 times. Most of the onlookers missed it–the operation took place in less than the wink of an eye….The Eniac was then told to solve a difficult problem that would have required several weeks work by a trained man. The Eniac did it in exactly fifteen seconds.”

One of the Eniac’s inventors, Mr. Eckert, prophetically “predicted an era which, with electronic speeds available, problems that have been thought impossible because they might require a lifetime will be readily resolved for man’s use….The old era is going, the new one of electronic speed is on the way….”

Offered here exclusively by The Mitchell Archives is the complete 42-page issue that has been been preserved flat in a formerly bound volume by a major institution. Very few of these issues exist, and I know of no other one available at this time. Excellent condition and perfect for anyone who really takes computers seriously. Bill Gates would almost certainly love to have this one!

$4,500

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FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

berlin-wall-paper-ff.jpg“BERLIN IST WIEDER BERLIN!”

Berliner Zeitung
November 10, 1989

“Berlin is Berlin Again!” East and West Berlin are reunited as the terrible Berlin Wall comes down at last.  Photos, stories and commentary on an event many believed impossible.  President Ronald Reagan’s call two years earlier: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” finally comes to fruition, thus jump-starting the Democratic process in Germany and Eastern Europe.

Historic and remarkable issue of this famous German newspaper.  Superb virtually perfect condition.

$135

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RONALD REAGAN ELECTED IN LANDSLIDE VOTE

reagan-era-hf.jpgFORMER ACTOR AND CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SWEEPS THE NATION
POWERFUL DEMOCRATIC SENATORS LOSE IN UPSET

The Washington Star
November 5, 1980

Banner headline announces, “THE REAGAN ERA.”  “GOP Takes Over Senate as Liberals Swept Out.” “1980 Voters Transform U.S. Politics.” Ronald Reagan smashes incumbent President Jimmy Carter in a landslide of historic proportions. The President picks up at least 43 states according to the latest report, and won the popular vote by over 8,000,000 votes. Swept out of office along with Carter were Senators George McGovern, Frank Church, Birch Bayh, and Jacob Javits.

This is the COMPLETE and original issue from my personal collection and kept in excellent condition since 1980. It’s very scarce, too, as this great newspaper established in the 1850s, went out of business in 1981, making this paper one its last historic issues.

$137

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“IT’S REAGAN AND FORD” - AMAZING ERROR HEADLINE

reagan-and-ford-ff.jpgA “Dewey Defeats Truman” Type Newspaper

Sun-Times
Chicago, Illinois
July 17, 1980

The Sun-Times boldly, but prematurely, announces that Governor Ronald Reagan has struck a deal with former President Gerald Ford by which Ford will run as the Vice-Presidential Candidate on the 1980 Republican Ticket!  Reagan eventually ended up picking George H.W. Bush as his running mate, and scoring a huge victory over incumbent President Jimmy Carter.

Complete paper as issued, nicely preserved, and a great conversation piece. A must for any good Presidential collection.

$280

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ELVIS PRESLEY DIES OF APPARENT HEART ATTACK!

elvis-dies-photo.jpgTHE KING OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL IS DEAD

The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
August 17, 1977

A bold two-line front page banner headline announces the startling news about Elvis Presley: ”DEATH CAPTURES CROWN OF ROCK AND ROLL–ELVIS DIES APPARENTLY AFTER HEART ATTACK.”  Includes great photos of Elvis, and the hearse taking his body from the Baptist Hospital.  In disbelief, another headline asks: ‘ARE YOU SURE THERE’S NO MISTAKE? — THE DESIRED ANSWER NEVER CAME.”  Much of the front page consists of his incredible career and life.

This is the complete newspaper from the city in which he died. Very nice condition.

$125

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NIXON RESIGNS!

nixon-resigns-hf.jpgThe New York Times
August 9, 1974

“NIXON RESIGNS” is the now famous banner headline announcing the President’s decision to step down from office.  Another headline reads: “HE URGES A TIME OF ‘HEALING’; FORD WILL TAKE OFFICE TODAY.”  Large photos of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.  Full details on the final chapter of the Watergate crisis and a report on the “Rise and Fall.” “Appraisal of Nixon Career.”

This is the original newspaper in fine, well-preserved condition. Very small tear in one headline, not detracting at all. A classic newspaper for any collection, and becoming tougher to locate every year.

$185

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RARE CUBAN COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER

cuban-paper.jpgGREAT PHOTO OF FIDEL CASTRO

Hoy
Havana, Cuba
April 20, 1965

Here is a first for us–an actual early Cuban newspaper after the Communist Revolution on the island located just ninety miles south of Florida. The front page features a large photo of a young Fidel Castro delivering his latest diatribe.  This fascinating Spanish-language newspaper also contains anti-U.S. articles and reports on the Vietnam War.  Death of Cesar Escalante with funeral photos.

Excellent condition.  A very unusual opportunity.

$150

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GENERAL MACARTHUR RELIEVED OF COMMAND!

macarthur-fired-photo.jpgPRESIDENT TRUMAN “CONCLUDES” WAR HERO UNABLE TO SUPPORT U.S. POLICIES IN KOREA

The Milwaukee Journal
April 11, 1951

Bold front page banner headline: “Gen. MacArthur Fired by Truman.” Subhead: “Failure to Support UN’s Strategy Cited.”President Harry S. Truman announces his startling decision to relieve MacArthur of command of the troops in Asia, since the General wanted to expand the Korean War against Communist China.  Nice photo of MacArthur and his successor Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, and also Lt. Gen. James A. Van Vleet who succeeded Ridgway.  The major report begins: “President Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur Wednesday on grounds that he had failed to support–and publicly sought to change–the grand strategy of the United Nations’ war against Red aggression in Korea.”  And, in another report, GOP leaders were trying to get Gen. MacArthur back to the U.S. to address a joint session of Congress with his side of the controversy.

The complete 32-page first section (news) in very fine condition. This is a killer issue!

$360

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