Bidspirit auction | Chronicle-Telegram, Nov & Dec 1947,

Chronicle-Telegram, Nov & Dec 1947, Bound Folio - This is a bound elephant folio archival volume containing daily editions of The Chronicle-Telegram newspaper from Elyria, Ohio, for the months of November and December 1947. The volume is half-bound in dark pebbled cloth with tan buckram on the spine and corners. The spine features black stamped text reading CHRONICLE TELEGRAM, 1947, and the months NOVEMBER and DECEMBER. An ink stamp inside the front cover identifies the binder as the O. J. Forman Company, News File Binders, Monmouth, Illinois. The collection includes a continuous run of daily editions from late 1947, preserving a comprehensive historical record of post-war American life. Significant front-page headlines from this period include POWER STRUGGLE IS SPLITTING EUROPE (November 12) regarding the early Cold War and domestic reports such as 9 INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS (November 1). The volume is a rich source of period graphic design and commercial history, featuring large-format advertisements for major brands of the era including Buick, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sunoco, and Bendix Radios. It also contains multiple pages of classic comic strips including Nancy, Archie, Mickey Finn, and others. The interior pages consist of original newsprint with period illustrations, photographs, and maps throughout.