Here we have a HUGE lot of 147 First Day Covers from the Postage Commemorative Society from the "Celebrating the 20th Century 1900-1999" Collection!
First we have the section "THE DAWN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1900-1909" which contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
Immigrants Arrive at Ellis Island
First World Series 1903
Ash Can School of American Art 1908
Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States
Kitty Hawk First powered Flight 1903
Model T Ford 1908
First "Teddy" Bear 1902
St. Louis World's Fair Ice Cream Cone Popularized 1904
John Muir Preservationist
Crayola Crayons Introduced 1903
Pure Food and Drugs Act 1906
W.E.B. Dubois Founded NAACP 1909
The Great Train Robbery" First US Feature Film 1903
Gibson Girl Ideal American Women
Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House
Chicago 1909
The next section is "AMERICA LOOKS BEYOND ITS BORDERS 1910-1919" which contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
Boy and Girl Scouting Begins in US.
Jim Thorpe-1912 Olympic Star
Woodrow Wilson-28th President of the US.
Armory Show Introduces Avant-Garde Art-1913
Construction Toys Introduced
First Crossword Puzzle 1913
Federal Reserve System Created 1913
First Transcontinental Telephone Line 1914
Panama Canal Opens 1914
Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp 1914
George Washington Carver Botanist
Child Labor Reform
US Enters World War I 1917
Jack Dempsey Wins Title - 1919
Grand Canyon National Park Established - 1919
The next section is "THE ROARING TWENTIES 1920-1929" which contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
Prohibition Enforced
19th Amendment Women's Right to Vote 1920
Radio Entertains America
Emily Post Publishes "Etiquette" 1922
Jazz Flourishes
Charleston Introduced 1923
Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
The Gatsby Style, Electric Toy Trains Popularized 1926
American Realism Art
Charles Lindbergh First Solo Transatlantic Flight 1927
Babe Ruth Hits 60 Home Runs 1927
Margaret Mead Anthropologist
Art Deco Style
Stock Market Crash 1929
The next section is titled "DEPRESSION, DUST BOWL, AND A NEW DEAL 1930-1939" and contains 14 first day covers which include the following:
Superman Arrives 1938
Bobby Jones Wins Golf's Grand Slam 1930
Empire State Building Completed 1931
Franklin D Roosevelt 32nd President of the United States
Streamline Design
America Survives the Depression
FDR's New Deal
Household Conveniences
Jesse Owens
Six World Records 1935
Gone With The Wind Best Seller 1936
Life Magazine First Issue 1936
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Monopoly Arrives 1933
Golden Gate Bridge Opened 1937
The next section is "WORLD WAR II TRANSFORMS AMERICA 1940 -1949" and contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
World War II 1941-1945
The Big Band Sound
TV Entertains America 1941
Antibiotics Save Lives
Women on the Home Front
GI Bill Education for Veterans-1944
Harry S Truman 33rd President of the US
Slinky Craze Begins 1945
Jitterbug Sweeps Nation
International Style of Architecture
Citizen Kane Released 1941
Abstract Expressionism Art
Postwar Baby Boom 1946
Jackie Robinson Breaks Major League Color Barrier 1947
Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire Opens 1947
The next section is "FAMILY FUN, SUBURBIA, AND NUCLEAR THREATS 1950 - 1959" which contains 14 first day covers which include the following:
US Launches First Satellite 1958
I Love Lucy
Dr. Seuss "The Cat In the Hat" Published 1957
World Series Rivals Yankees vs. Dodgers
Korean War 1950-1953
The "Shot Heard Round the World" 1951
Stock Car Racing Gains Popularity
Movies Go 3-D 1952
Rock 'n' Roll Craze Begins
Desegregating Public Schools
Rocky Marciano Undefeated 1952-1956
Polio Vaccine Developed
Teen Fashions
Drive-In Movies Become Popular
Next is "THE REBELLIOUS SIXTIES and MAN ON THE MOON 1960-1969": This section contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
First Laser built 1960
Peace Corps Established 1961
Integrated Circuit Commercially Available 1961
Roger Maris Home Run Record 1961
The Vietnam War
Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" Speech 1963
The Beatles US Television Debut 1964
Ford Mustang Introduced 1964
Star Trek TV Show Debuts 1966
Barbie Popular Fashion Doll
Green Bay Packers Dominant Football Team of the 60s
Peace Symbol
First Super Bowl
Woodstock 1969
First Man on Moon 1969
Next is "BICENTENNIAL, WATERGATE and EARTH DAY 1970-1979" which contains 14 first day covers which include the following:
First Earth Day Celebrated 1970
Jumbo Jets First Commercial Flight 1970
Secretariat Wins Triple Crown 1973
"Pioneer 10" Reaches Jupiter 1973
Home VCRs Introduced 1975
"All in the Family" Innovative TV Series
"Sesame Street" Revolutionizes Children's TV
Women's Rights Movement
1970s Fashions
"Monday Night Football" A Sports Tradition Begins
Disco Music Becomes Popular
US Celebrates 200th Anniversary July 4 1976
Medical Imaging New Windows into the Human Body
Pittsburgh Steelers Dominant Football Team of the 70s
The next section is "SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCHED, BERLIN WALL FALLS 1980-1989" and contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
American Hostages Freed 1981
Space Shuttle Program Begins 1981
Person Computers Revolution
Video Games Gain Popularity
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedicated 1982
San Francisco 49ers Team of the 80s
"Cats" Broadway Musical Smash
ET The Extra-Terrestrial Introduced 1982
Compact Discs Introduced 1983
"Cabbage Patch Kids" Craze
"The Cosby Show" Hit TV Comedy
Figure Skating Gains Popularity
Cable TV Expansion
Hip-Hop Culture
Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989
Lastly the final section is "IN FINAL DECADE, COLD WAR ENDS, ECONOMY BOOMS 1990-1999" and contains 15 first day covers which include the following:
"Seinfeld" Popular Sitcom
Sport Utility Vehicles, Gulf War 1991
Virtual Reality Technology Creates New Worlds
World Wide Web The World Through Computers
Jurassic Park Hit Movie of 1993
Cellular Telephones The Nation Goes Wireless
Recovering Species
Computer Arts & Graphics Boon to Special Effects
Extreme Sports Daredevils in the Spotlight
Improving Education
Titanic Blockbuster Film of 1997
New Baseball Records
Return to Space John Glenn's Second Mission - 1998
Special Olympics 30th Anniversary 1998
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