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1945 March 4 EISENHOWER BERLIN TOKYO IWO FDR JAPAN REPORT BING CROSBY NY Times

$ 20.85

Availability: 26 in stock
  • Condition: Wonderful example of this NY Times Magazine "Rag Edition". Excellent unread like condition.This edition is made from Rag Pulp which is superior to normal wood pulp issues. The high quality of newsprint was an an expensive process and caused newspaper subscriptions to be far beyond the average citizen. Cotton Paper is superior in both strength and durability to wood pulp-based paper, which may contain high concentrations of acids.Truly a collector can hold history in his hands with a quality of newspaper printing unsurpassed in modern times.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Country of Manufacture: United States
  • NY TIMES NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE: The Road to Berlin Prelude to Battle
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • ORIGINAL NYT "RAG EDITION": WORLD WAR 2 HEADLINE 1945 NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Theme: Militaria

    Description

    Original New York Times WWII Newspaper Magazine
    - Special Rag Edition
    March 4 1945 Covering World War news from
    February 27 - March 3
    Headlines:
    Front Cover:
    Supreme Commander and Sergeant Eisenhower
    Inside Cover:
    The Road to Berlin Prelude to Battle
    The Road to Tokyo: Red Epic of Iwo
    Close-Up Report on the Japanese
    Portrait of Mr Roosevelt's Mr X
    At Home with Bing Crosby Family
    Is There Chaos In Art
    Large Boeing Advert
    Broadway Show 'The Glass Menagerie'
    Fashion, Adverts, Crossword and Cartoons
    56 Pages Size 13.5" x 11.5"
    Special and rare "rag edition":-
    "The rag edition was produced on a very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton & linen content allowing the issues to remain very white & sturdy many years into the future. Given the subscription cost it is not surprising that libraries rather than individuals were the primarily subscribers".
    "
    The Times discontinued the rag edition in 1953".
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