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Original February 28, 1922 issue of THE DENVER TIMES, Denver, Colorado, featuring the full-width front-page headline:
SIX JAILED IN TAYLOR MURDER
The accompanying front-page report concerns the investigation into the slaying of silent-film director William Desmond Taylor. Its subhead reads "DRUG GANG SUSPECTS BETRAYED BY WOMAN," followed by "Heard Men Threaten Director's Life, Is Story to Police." This is contemporary investigation coverage, rather than the initial announcement of Taylor's death.
The same front page prominently covers Princess Mary's marriage to Viscount Lascelles under the red headline "London Cheers as Mary Weds," with portraits of the couple. The masthead and front page combine black and red printing.
Publication details:
- Tuesday evening, February 28, 1922
- Home Edition
- Volume 52, No. 20
- Complete 12-page issue
- Published by the Denver Publishing Company
- English-language newspaper printed in Denver, Colorado
Additional material visible in the issue includes:
- "Stage Drama Screen" theater and motion-picture coverage.
- A Pola Negri advertisement for "One Arabian Night."
- A Buster Keaton advertisement for "The Boat."
- Advertisements naming Hoot Gibson, Herbert Rawlinson and Anita Stewart.
- "Polly and Her Pals" by Cliff Sterrett and "Cicero Sapp" by Fred Locher.
- A large illustrated Wrigley's P-K chewing-gum advertisement.
- Victor Records, Burlington Route/Colorado & Southern railway, and Denver retail advertising.
- Colorado local news, classifieds, and other news of the day.
An original newspaper with appeal to collectors of early Hollywood, William Desmond Taylor material, historic crime reporting, British royal weddings, Denver history and 1920s advertising.
CONDITION: Fair, with substantial splitting/separation and paper loss at the inner fold/spine, additional edge tears and chips, toning, creasing and pencil marks near the upper-left front page. Some inner-margin damage reaches printed areas. Please review every photograph, including the close-up of the damaged spine. The headline, portraits and most photographed content remain readable. Careful handling is necessary. ITEM WILL SHIP IN A TUBE.
You will receive the physical newspaper shown in the photographs. The listing is for one complete issue; any separately photographed signature items are not included.
