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Lot 364

[NEWSPAPERS]. [LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING]. The Dartmouth Extra Broadside. Dartmouth: May 12, 1932.

Estimate: $600 - $900
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$300

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[NEWSPAPERS]. [LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING]. The Dartmouth Extra (Broadside). Dartmouth: May 12, 1932. One-page broadside proclaiming, "Extra! Find Lindbergh Baby Dead". Verso blank. Approximately 15 x 9". 

Condition

Toned, edgworn with some chipping, 1 vertical and 3 horizontal creases, a few other creases, faint soiling on upper right. A very good example of this rare broadside with text of the first portion of the article about the tragedy. From the broadside: "According to the latest bulletin announced over the radio, William Allen, driving a truck along the highway this afternoon near the Lindbergh estate, stopped to talk to a colored man walking along the road. While talking they noticed a small skeleton half-covered with leaves lying just off the highway. On investigation they found a shirt and band around the body. The skull had a hole about the size of a quarter high on the forehead." 

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