http://blog.rarenewspapers.com Old Newspapers Original & Authentic Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:27:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David Chesanow recently interviewed Timothy Hughes for a post at Americollector.com titled, "Old news is good news for collectors".  Some of the questions asked were: What newspapers do you yourself collect: ones from a specific region or era or pertaining to a certain subject? Or are newspapers in general your collecting ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2222 Credit is given to John Oswald's "Printing In The Americas" for much of the following: Colorado was first organized as the "Jefferson Territory" in October, 1859 and Congress renamed it Colorado Territory in February, 1861. It would become a state in 1876 hence it's nickname "Centennial State". Colorado's first printing was done ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2259 One of the many pleasures of the Rare Newspaper collecting hobby is often quoted within our material: "History is never more fascinating than when it's read from the day it was first reported". In fact, this look back is the impetus for the name of this blog, "History's Newsstand".  However, occasionally ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2239 Many thanks to fellow collector Morris Brill for the following. I'm sure we all can relate: A few days ago I was browsing through a popular auction website. Imagine my surprise when I saw a listing for an “Ancient” newspaper. “Wow,” I thought, “I never knew newspapers were published before ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2186 For much of the information below we credit John Oswald's work "Printing In The Americas". Printing in California began in 1825 when it was under Mexican rule, being not much more than engraved wood blocks used to make seal impressions. Some years later in 1833 with a new governor for the ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2192 The piece shown appeared in the "National Intelligencer" newspaper of Washington, D.C., December 25, 1847, although as noted it was reprinted from the "Detroit Daily Advertiser".  Some curious comments on California. http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2129 Those of us who may reluctantly fall into the category of the "middle aged" can reflect upon a number of historic events and our thoughts on when they happened. For me John F. Kennedy's assassination and its announcement when I was in elementary school was the first major historic event ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2175 The history of Arizona, an Indian word meaning "place of small springs", goes back some 10,000 years B.C. with the arrival of the first Native Americans, while its history as recorded by Europeans dates to 1539 when the first white an, Marcus de Niza, a Franciscan friar arrived.  It was ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2163 The piece shown is from the front page of "The Massachusetts Centinel" of Boston, March 31, 1787. Although written over 222 years ago it doesn't seem as though much has changed with "electioneering" (see below). http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2127 It's always a thrill to find truly significant reports for very little money; proof that doing a bit of homework can be well rewarded. A fellow collector (to whom who owe a special thanks for sharing his "find") shares the uncommonly lengthy letter from Merriwether Lewis while on the Lewis & ... http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=2123