TABLOID SIZE VARIETY “LONE RANGER NEWS” #2 FROM 1937 AND #1 FROM 1938 PREMIUM NEWSPAPER PAIR.
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$115.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #209 - Part II
Item numbers 1145 through 2874 in auction 209
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Item Description
First is 11.25x17” Vol.1 #2 copyright 1937 The Lone Ranger, Inc. w/Cramer’s Bread” imprint. Some red accent color throughout. Front page has headline “Have You Joined The Lone Ranger Safety Club?” Center has Lone Ranger silhouette w/text promoting “Mutual-Don-Lee” broadcasts. Page three has photo of “Tonto Speaking in Sign Language”, page four has contest info on winning a “Lone Ranger Shirt” w/photo of boy wearing shirt. Second newspaper is 11.75x17.75” first issue from 1938 w/four pages w/ “V-Bev Tonic Food Jersey City, N.J.” imprint. Front page has headline “ Lone Ranger Wins Thousands Of Friends” w/classic image of Lone Ranger on Silver holding lasso above head. Pages 2-4 have several photos of scenes from Lone Ranger movie serial. No premiums are mentioned. Both issues have horizontal fold through center w/mild tanning along fold lines. Both are Fine. Both are rare regional issues designed exclusively by and for individual sponsors. From the archives of Detroit’s WXYZ and obtained by former long time station employee Jiam DesJardin.
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