Posted on 07/25/2009 5:50:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Weekly baseball ping. Note that DiMaggio is batting .403 at this advanced stage of the season, albeit with relatively few ABs.
How many pages was the paper on that day?
I don’t know. Maybe 40. Why?
Just wondering. I used to have a fascination with old newspapers. Used to skim some rare newspaper site all the time.
1939 was Ted Williams rookie MLB season. I noticed on the tables for RBI and HR he was at or near the top.
I’ve been collecting newspapers since 1968. I do not anymore. They are dying. My local paper - Spartanburg Herald Tribune - is down to 4 pages for the front page section. My collection is so vast that I can tell you which newspapers I DON’T have.
Nixon Resigns (a form of media protest)
Obama Elected - ( sold out at ALL locations in SC)
Beyond that, I have EVERY newspaper of historical significance from 1968-2008.
What are they worth?
Not much. But to me, they are valuable as historical documents, from an era before the Internet, when the media had a slight semblance of impartiality.
And yes, if the Yankees won a big one, I saved those papers too...
I would love to peruse newspapers from the Civil War era up to around WW1. But I won’t.
Some of them are actually pretty inexpensive considering their age.
I once spent $50.00 for two New York Times newspapers. They were from May 20, 1927 and May 22, 1927. I bought them for my father who’s hero was Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh had left NY on May 20, 1927 and by May 22, the French were going wild. He was only 25 years old. Still, an amazing accomplishment.
In any case, some incredibly OLD newspapers are relatively cheap. I won’t part with my papers. On the 1st anniversary of 9-11, those papers were selling for upwards of $50 each. A year later, they are down to $5.00. If you are interested in newspapers as an investment, you have to bide your time carefully. But here’s the thing: 9-11 newspapers are actually 9-12 newspapers. So fanatical was I, I saved the 9-11 newspaper as well!
A newspaper is unique because it places a historical era in context: You have the news, the economic, social and political situation for a given DAY. It’s ALL there. It really gives one a COMPLETE picture of the times.
And while my papers take up a HUGE amount of space, to me, they are priceless.
Check On-Line. There are a number of web sites that specialize in newspapers.
I remember the paper on 9-11 had an article about William Ayers being proud of his bombings and a tiny article about the death of the leader of the Afgan Northern Alliance by fake reporters.....
Sometimes, I save a paper that I THINK, is a precurser to something larger. Like the TrooperGate story, relative to Bill Clinton. Many times, they don’t pan out. But, the invasion of Kuwaite, by the Iragi’s, did.
I DO have the death of Elvis newspaper, but, regretably, the death of Dale Earnhardt, I don’t have. I just didn’t realize that, after moving to South Carolina, I could have retired on the proceeds from the sale of such a document...
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