Loose cover page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Article entitled, At War! – Duce: German Forces 25 Miles from Paris. Contains articles covering Germany's military advance in France, Italian leader Benito Mussolini's declaration of war against France and alignment with Germany, Britain's hopefulness that the U.S. will join the Allies, and President Roosevelt's radio address to United States citizens.
Deadwood Pioneer-Times newspaper. Contains articles discussing local and international events during World War II, 1945. Photo entitled, Yanks Parade in Paris, documents American soldiers parade in France following Japan's surrender.
Deadwood Pioneer-Times newspaper. Contains articles discussing local and international events during World War II, 1945. Topics include restrictions imposed on Hollywood film producers by the Parisian government, Japan's delayed response to the Allies' counter terms for peace, postwar manufacturing of nylon and production of gasoline.
Loose page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Contains articles on the pending resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Italy's perspective on France's surrender to Germany and Britain's future, local accounts of the German occupation of France, Italy's bombing of the Mersa Matruh military area in Egypt, and Japan's war with China.
Loose page from the Chicago Sunday Tribune newspaper, torn along edge. Depicts photos of students on campus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Shows advertisments for Midol pain reliever and Pacquins hand cream.
Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper. Shows a full page advertisement for Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company building. Advertised items include mittens, coats, shoes, women and children's clothing, and stationary.
Loose page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Contains articles on Britain's decision to invoke martial law, rising tensions between Britain and Italy, the German occupation of Norway, Britain's hopefulness that the United States will join the Allied Forces, and the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Philippines.
Loose page from the Chicago Sunday Tribune newspaper, torn along edge. Depicts four paintings exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, including Columbus Avenue by A. Lassell Ripley, Monday Morning by Ogden M. Pleissner, Sunday by Walter E. Lawrence, and Still Life by William J. Gorden. Shows advertisement for Royal Tapioca Pudding.
Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper. Contains articles discussing Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the history of United States governance in Hawaii, and United States army and navy preparations to take offensive action against Japan. Shows advertisements for O'Connor & Goldberg nylon stockings, Superior Table Pad Co. slip covers, Maurice L. Rothschild men's clothing, Prince Matchabelli perfumes and colognes, Singer electric sewing machines, and Father John's Medicine for colds.
Loose page from the Chicago Daily News, torn along edge. Article entitled, Parisians Calm as They Evacuated City; Flight of 3 Million Told by Eyewitness. Shows advertisements for A. S. Beck Shoes, Henry C. Lytton and Sons women's clothing, Klee Bros. and Co. men's clothing, and A Starr Best boys clothing.