Search
The Rare & Early Newspapers Hobby
Receive the Newsletter
Buy Historic Newspapers
Catching Everyone By Suprise… A Valentine’s Day to Remember…
February 13, 2023 by LauraH · Leave a Comment 
Email This Post
| 
Print This Post
Some holidays catch us by surprise. Countless men have either forgotten their wedding anniversary until it was either too late, or until the last minute when buying that “perfect gift” was no longer an option. So it is in spades with a more recently “invented” holiday: Valentine’s Day. While some refuse to be manipulated into yet another obligation to invest in the greeting card, flower and candy industries, yet others invent creative new ways to mark this wonderful day of romance and the celebration of love. Such was the case with Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1929. This mob hit, nicknamed The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, stumped police until more than 2 years later, and even then no one was formally charged. Hopefully, everyone this year will opt for flowers… and not the kind we see adorning graves as as we drive by our local cemetery. 
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- Valentine’s Day flowers… chocolates… rare newspapers?
- Valentine’s Day – So Many Entertainment Choices…
- This Month in History – February…
- Celebrating Our History – Washington’s Birthday…
- The Traveler… The Olympic champion, Jim Thorpe…
Snapshot 1941 – Crushing Debt’s Impact on Democracy…
February 10, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
With the U.S. national debt spiraling out of control, many economists are predicting the demise of this once (still?) great nation. Is this merely politics… fearmongering… crying wolf? Such concerns have been voiced as far back as when Alexander Hamilton was the Secretary of the Treasury and continue to this day. One such instance surfaced in 1941 and was chronicled in the Liberty Magazine dated February 15, 1941. These cries in the wilderness seeming fall on deaf ears without the doomsday predictions coming to fruition. However, the problem with apocalyptic events is thy have a tendency to be kept at bey… until one day there being viewed in the rear-view mirror with eyes welled up with regret. Let’s hope our generation is not the one shedding tears on behalf of our children and our children’s children.
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- They Put It In Print (1862)… Slavery At The Capital…
- The United States elections – a bumpy walk through time…
- Memorial and Independence Day’s behind us… Veteran’s Day before us…
- Snapshot 1936… It’s time to help the Jews…
- “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”…
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To… Displayable Mastheads . . . A Lost Art
February 6, 2023 by LauraH · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
As citizens of the 21st century we are often aware of the diminishing quality we see in current products compared to the same items owned by our parents or grandparents (many technology-based items excluded). Perhaps the differences are due to available materials, the labor required to produce things, or perhaps a decreasing commitment to excellence (golly I’m sure sounding old). Case in point: Whereas pre-1850 newspapers, due to the cost of paper and “taxes”, were created in a very pragmatic way with every inch on a page packed to the hilt using a very small-font text, there was often one exception – the masthead. Consider the image above and the two newspapers from 1848 & 1849 shown in the links below. These issues are wonderful examples of the pragmatism of early printers combined with their desire of share beauty. Compared to today’s mastheads and graphic headlines, these newspaper publishers valued balance as they dispersed the daily or weekly news – blending both fascinating content and winsome artwork. Even today, decades or centuries later, these mastheads give me pause and solicit a deep appreciation for those who took the time to bring such charm to daily lives which were often devoid of significant beauty.
OLIVE BRANCH, Boston, November 10, 1849
Note: The 1850 date above was not a hard cut-off date. Newspapers such as The Liberator continued this practice well into the 1860’s, and a few other titles had wonderful mastheads well into the early 20th century.
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- Ways to collect: beautiful mastheads…
- Time capsule dating to 1795 included coins, newspapers…
- I’m New Here: Week Twenty-Four…
- Holiday Newsletter (2025) – Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers…
- A video look at Rare & Early Newspapers – revisted…
Most Popular History’s Newsstand Posts – January 2023 update
February 3, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
Whereas some posts are time-sensitive, others have staying power. Although the History Newsstand Blog (sponsored by RareNewspapers.com) has been operating for nearly 15 years and has thousands of entries, certain posts have consistently appeared in the “Top Ten Most Popular Posts” list shown on the right-side menu. The top half-dozen as of this post are:
- Do Old and Antique Newspapers Have Any Collectible Value?
- Setting values for collectible newspapers…
- Genuine or reprint?
- Framing and Storing Newspapers… the ongoing story…
- More on printing newspapers in the 1700’s…
- More on printing newspapers in the 1700’s…
- The reprint issues of the “Honolulu Star-Bulletin” Pearl Harbor issue…
In regard to the most popular (Do Old and Antique Newspapers Have Any Collectible Value?), if you ever have an old newspaper and are curious as to its potential (approximate) value, please contact us directly (info@rarenewspapers.com) as we do not respond through the post itself.
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- The reprint issues of the “Honolulu Star-Bulletin” Pearl Harbor issue…
- Prices realized… 20th century…
- 20th century prices realized… revisted…
- One worth sharing…
- Announcing: Catalog #284 (for July, 2019) is now available…
Announcing: Catalog #327 for February, 2023 – Rare & Early Newspapers for collectors…
January 30, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
|
February’s catalog (#327) is now available. Also shown below are links to a video featuring highlights from the catalog, our currently discounted newspapers, and recent posts to the History’s Newsstand Blog. Please enjoy.
|
[The links above will redirect to the latest catalog in approx. 30 days
upon which time it will update to the most recent catalog.]
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- Announcing: Catalog #319 (for June, 2022) – Rare & Early Newspapers (for purchase)
- Announcing: Catalog #318 (for May, 2022) – Rare & Early Newspapers (for purchase)
- Announcing: Catalog #316 (for March, 2022) – Rare & Early Newspapers (for purchase)
- Announcing: Catalog #321 (for August, 2022) – Rare & Early Newspapers for collectors…
- Announcing: Catalog #320 (for July, 2022) – Rare & Early Newspapers (for purchase)…
This Day in “News” History (Part II) – January 27th…
January 27, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
Earlier this week we featured the post: “This Day in ‘News’ History… January 23…”, along with brief directions as to how you could explore any date. It also featured a link the available newspapers listed on the RareNewspapers.com website which were dated on the 23rd of January (throughout time). We had so much fun pulling these together, we thought we would do this same for today (the 27th of January), but this time, in addition to including a link to the available issues, one of our staff randomly selected a little more than a dozen in a short video. Enjoy.
Link to Available Issues Dated January 27th (through time)
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- Meet the Staff of Rare & Early Newspapers: Lyndsay Miller
- The Gentleman’s Magazine – Own history for pennies on the dollar…
- This Day in “News” History… January 26th…
- St. Patrick’s Day in the news…
- A collectible few know exists… Rare & Early Newspapers…
This Day in “News” History… January 23…
January 23, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
There are many internet sources available to explore what happened on a particular day in history. However, as collectors and resellers of “Rare & Early Newspapers”, our curiosity lies in what people were reading in their morning newspaper on specific days in history. In nearly every instance they were discovering what happened the day prior – and if one reaches back into the 1600s, 1700’s, and early 1800s, when news travelled a bit more slowly, they very well could have been (finally) reading about “rumored” and/or anticipated events from days, weeks, or even months prior.
As an example…
What about January 23rd? The following link will take you to all of our available newspapers dated January 23rd:
NEWS REPORTED in NEWSPAPERS on January 23rd (through time)
Enjoy the trek. Oh, and if you want to try other dates, go here and plug in any month/day of interest.
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- This Day in “News” History… January 26th…
- This Day in “News” History (Part II) – January 27th…
- This Month in History – January…
- More on the time lag in news reporting…
- The Civil War… January, 1865
The January (2023) Newsletter from Rare & Early Newspapers…
January 20, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
Monthly Newsletter ~ Rare & Early Newspapers
|
|
|
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- March, 2024 Newsletter from Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers…
- Announcing: Catalog #326 for January, 2023 – Rare & Early Newspapers for collectors…
- The July (2018) Newsletter from Rare & Early Newspapers…
- The January (2018) Newsletter from Rare & Early Newspapers…
- The January (2020) Newsletter from Rare & Early Newspapers…
From Dreams to Reality… Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Paves the Way…
January 16, 2023 by LauraH · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
The start of a new year lends itself to daydreaming – of the future… of goals… of a better world. Much of the time these dreams fall by the wayside only to be replaced by a new focus or to be renewed at a later time. But sometimes dreams are so monumental and expansive they extend past the dreamer and are swept along by the tidal wave generated by the aspiration. Such is the case, I would argue, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream as stated on August 28, 1963. The work he began and the vision he cast extended well past his assassination as reported in the CHICAGO DAILY DEFENDER, April 6-12, 1968 (pictured to the right), and continued to move an entire country to a more congenial and “equal” state – one better reflecting the Founders’ dream: “We The People…!”. May we all strive for his dream for mankind with all the graciousness, boldness and humility he demonstrated, and may we work to construct such noble dreams as well.
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...
- The aftermath of the Civil War… July, 1865
- The start of a new year…
- You decide… Which is really the best? Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr…
- A Hero Lost. . . Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr…
- The American Dream at Work…
WNEP TV turns the spotlight on Rare & Early Newspapers…
January 13, 2023 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment Email This Post
| Print This Post
A Northeastern Pennsylvania television station (WNEP) recently highlighted Tim Hughes and the Rare & Early Newspapers efforts to serve the world-wide collectible community. Although brief, any opportunity for Tim to share his love for the hobby is a bonus.
Millions of newspapers for sale in Lycoming County (PA)
If you liked this post, you may also enjoy...