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Who is the above caricature supposed to be?
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The most amazing newpaper front page I've seen...
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The personification of the Brooklyn Dodgers -- the "Brooklyn Bum." That page commemorated their first and only world championship in 1955.
He wasn't welcome in Los Angeles. Bunch of west coast snobs.
He wasn't welcome in Los Angeles. Bunch of west coast snobs.
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Atomic Age
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I just found it on line. It actually not the head line from the next day, but rather a memorial edition from the one year anniversary of Lincoln's death. It maybe a reproduction, but I believe its a copy of the actual original paper from the one year anniversary.
Doug
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Oh, okay, I was just wondering because it's definitely not a straight scan of an original paper, but I have no problem believing that it's a cobbled together or Photoshopped version of what was an actual paper. Sorry if I implied that there was something shady going on.
TidiousTed
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scottyrocks
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Take a look at some of the Weekly World News covers. Here's one:
scottyrocks
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scottyrocks
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One more:
Shangas
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Aaaah. Weekly World News. I miss that paper. It was so funny.
Fletch
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In case anyone thinks the Hindenburg disaster was a regional story...
Des Moines Register, May 7, 1937. Des Moines, IA, is 1,150 miles from Lakehurst, NJ.
Des Moines Register, May 7, 1937. Des Moines, IA, is 1,150 miles from Lakehurst, NJ.
Shangas
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The 1920 Wall Street Bombing. One of the biggest terror-attacks on New York until 2001.
Another famous 1920s terrorist-attack, the 1927 Bath School Disaster:
In 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The headline reads...
The Halifax Explosion holds the record of being the biggest ever manmade blast...
...Until Hiroshima.
April, 1906. San Francisco is rocked by a powerful earthquake and is razed to the ground by three days of fire. The Boston Post reports...
Another famous 1920s terrorist-attack, the 1927 Bath School Disaster:
In 1917, a munitions ship exploded in Halifax Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The headline reads...
The Halifax Explosion holds the record of being the biggest ever manmade blast...
...Until Hiroshima.
April, 1906. San Francisco is rocked by a powerful earthquake and is razed to the ground by three days of fire. The Boston Post reports...
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Fletch
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From 1933
Shangas
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Multiple big-news headlines from October, 1929. Of course, the Wall Street Crash is right at the top, but it's not the only one...
The date is October 24, 1929.
The date is October 24, 1929.
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At the time, it was believed the Lusitania was hit by two torpedoes (and even as many as three) because it sank in such a short period of time.
Of course, we know today that the ship was hit by only ONE torpedo. It sank so fast because the ship wasn't able to stop and the motion of the vessel forced water into the bowels of the ship. A secondary explosion, caused by coal-dust, hastened the ship's sinking. The ship's inability to stop directly contributed to the loss of life because it's impossible to safely launch lifeboats while a ship is in motion (the wake from the bow would wash the lifeboats away and smash them to pieces).
Mr. Vanderbilt missed passage on the Titanic and got lucky. On the Lusitania, he heroically gave his life-vest to a woman and insisted she take it, even though everyone knew that he didn't know how to swim.
Captain Turner was washed off the ship as it sank. He was found unconscious floating in the water and pulled into a lifeboat.
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Controversy also arose when it was held by the German government "the second explosion was a result of a secret cargo of heavy munitions on the ship. If this true, Britain was guilty of breaking the rules of warfare by using a civilian ship to carry ammunition. British authorities rejected this charge"
Chas
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I don't know about those. They only exist to me as images in a history text book. Can only say that this is the one I remember most.
Blackjack
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From 1933
Now THAT was a headline that everyone liked! :eusa_clap
LizzieMaine
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Clearly the proofreader had been out Feting King Rum himself.
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