Lot 186:
The Cleveland Press Bound Newspapers, June 1939
Sold for: $20
Description
18x24A large folio-sized bound volume containing a collection of original daily issues of The Cleveland Press newspaper from June 1939. The volume is bound in heavy brown cloth boards with a black spine label featuring gilt-stamped text reading CLEVELAND PRESS JUNE 1939. The interior contains complete daily editions, including Issue No. 19353 (Thursday, June 1, 1939) and Issue No. 19364 (Wednesday, June 14, 1939). The June 14 edition features the prominent lead headline FIND KIDNAPED OHIO BABY IN CREEK. The publication includes local and national news reporting, editorial content, and extensive period advertising for products and services such as Chase Sanborn Coffee, real estate listings, and Machineless Permanent Waves. Multiple pages are dedicated to daily comic strips of the era, including Li’l Abner by Al Capp, Walt Disney’s Donald Duck, Wash Tubbs by Roy Crane, and Boots and Her Buddies by Edgar Martin. The newspaper layout features standard broadsheet typography and numerous black and white news photographs.
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