Lot 218:
Cleveland Press Bound Folio Volume, March 1939
Sold for: $25
Description
18×24 This archival bound folio volume contains a comprehensive collection of daily issues of The Cleveland Press for the month of March 1939. The volume is bound in sturdy tan buckram cloth boards with a black leatherette title label on the spine featuring gold-stamped text reading CLEVELAND PRESS / MARCH 1939. The contents include complete daily editions of the newspaper, featuring major international headlines of the pre-World War II era, including the election of Pope Pius XII, developments in the Spanish Civil War, and reports on the rise of Fascism. The interior also provides extensive local Cleveland news, period photography, and sports coverage. Notable features include large-format illustrated advertisements for historic retailers such as The May Company, Halle Bros. Co., and Richman Brothers, along with full pages of syndicated daily comics including Li l Abner, Donald Duck, Wash Tubbs, and Freckles and His Friends. The masthead for the initial issue is dated Wednesday, March 1, 1939, with subsequent issues such as March 13 and March 27 visible within the compilation.
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