Bidspirit auction | Cleveland Press, Bound Volume, August

Cleveland Press, Bound Volume, August 1933 - This oversized folio comprises a complete monthly run of The Cleveland Press, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, for the month of August 1933. The volume is bound in blue-grey cloth boards featuring a black spine label with gold-stamped lettering reading CLEVELAND PRESS and AUGUST 1933. The interior contains daily issues from August 1 through August 31, 1933, representing a primary source record of major global and domestic events during the Great Depression. Major news headlines throughout the volume include coverage of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and its impact on the American workforce, the political climate in Germany including the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the resignation of Cuban President Gerardo Machado. Local Cleveland news, financial reports, and human-interest stories are also present. The publication sections include sports, classified advertisements, and a diverse range of period comics such as Buck Rogers, Alley Oop, and Freckles and His Friends. Full-page commercial advertisements illustrate the era's marketing for brands such as Firestone, Camel's, and Kraft. Individual mastheads specify the issues as the Final Home edition with an original price of three cents. Measurements: Approximately 24 by 18 inches (folio).