Photographic negatives

Item — Box: 13

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

1849-04-23: Earliest surviving edition

1862-02-18: Storming of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Occupation of Savannah, Georgia

1865-04-10: Surrender of Robert E. Lee

1865-04-15: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

1871-10-11: First issue published after the Chicago fire

1880-07-30: Republican gathering at Du Quoin, Illinois. James A. Garfield (pages 1 and 8 (2 copies of the latter))

1898-05-07: "Direct news from Dewey! No American ship lost [in Manila harbor]! Not one American killed!"

1900-07-04 [Hearst's sdChicago American]: "Opening day of the big convention. Bryan's congratulations to the Chicago American"

1909-02-07: 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln

1909-09-07: "Commander Peary also reaches North Pole: did not meet Cook. Explorer will wire exclusive story of achievement for tomorrow's Tribune"

1912-04-16: "Liner Titanic sinks; 1300 drowned, 866 saved"

1917-04-03: "U.S. at war: Wilson"

1918-11-11: "Great war ends"

1927-05-22: "[Charles] Lindbergh lands in Paris"

1941-12-08: "U.S. and Japs at war"

1945-05-08: "V-E Day--Truman"

1945-08-07: "Atomic bomb story! Tell how deadly weapon was developed"

1947-06-10: "The Tribune is 100 years old"

1948-11-03: "Dewey defeats Truman"

1962-02-21: "How Glenn did it! Circles globe 3 times; lands safely"

1963-11-22: "Assassin kills Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson sworn in"

1968-04-05: "Martin Luther King slain"

1968-12-28: Apollo [8] success hailed: splashdown, recovery go smoothly"

1969-07-21: "Fly U.S. flag on the moon" (2 copies)

1974-05-01 (section 4): "Nixon's transcription of Watergate tapes"

1983-04-13: "[Harold] Washington elected: city has first Black mayor"

1991-06-13: "High five! Bulls are champs!" (color negative)

Dates

1847 - 2001

Creator

From the Collection: Tribune Company (Organization)

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