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Scripps-Howard Cleveland Press Bound Vol Oct 1933 - 17x24 This is a large, folio-sized bound volume of The Cleveland Press, comprising a complete run of daily issues for the entire month of October 1933. The item is bound in heavy, blue-gray buckram cloth-covered boards. The spine features a black leather label with gold-stamped text reading CLEVELAND PRESS OCTOBER 1933. The contents consist of original daily issues from the Great Depression era, providing a comprehensive historical record through news reporting, period photography, and extensive advertisements. Notable commercial content includes advertisements for Chesterfield cigarettes, Lucky Strike, Philco radios, and A&P Coffee. Mastheads throughout the volume bear dates such as Monday, October 2, 1933; Friday, October 6, 1933; and Wednesday, October 11, 1933. Daily installments of popular comic strips from the period are present, including Buck Rogers, 25th Century A.D., Alley Oop, Freckles and His Friends, and The Dope on Uncle Ira. Several pages bear a circular ink stamp for the Cleveland Public Library, identifying the volume as an ex-library reference copy. Edition markers such as FINAL HOME and SECOND SECTION are visible, with newsprint mastheads indicating an original price of three cents. Measurements: 22.5 x 17 x 2 inches.