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20059 1891 St. Bernards Of High Lineage/Dogs$20.00
This is the September 5th, 1891 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. It has a 3 page article titled "St. Bernards Of High Lineage". The article has 4 illustrations of celebrated St. Bernards. They are:
This is the November 19, 1891 issue of The Independent, a 32 page , 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. This issue has a 1-1/2 column report titled "Lessons From a Recent Volcanic Eruption In California" by Professor G. Frederick Wright. The article is about a recent eruption (in past 200 years - recent by geological standards) of Lassen Peak in Northern California. The article analyzes what is known of the eruption. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the January 22, 1891 issue of The Independent, a 32 page , 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. This issue has a long article that describes the Tidewater Virginia area. The article is about 1 full pages in length and describes a visit to the Tidewater area - the Hampton Roads, Newport News, Va area. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 15, 1892 issue of Themis, a weekly newspaper published by D. Johnston & Co. in Sacramento, California. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It has a front page illustration of Major William Alexander Anderson and a a biography of Anderson who came to Sacramento in 1849 at the age of 4 and had been a resident ever since. He held positions as county auditor, city attorney, and now was running for the Assemblyman from the 20th District. The paper was supporting him in his run for office and about 2/3 of the front page is devoted to the illustration of him and his biography. Paper is in good condition - never bound - some minor roughness at spine.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the May 11, 1893 and April 9, 1896 issues of The Independent, an 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. Each paper has an article related to Hawaii. The articles are:
This is the july 31, 1897 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. The cover and an interesting 4 page article are titled "Characterisitic Peculiarities of the Japanese" written by R. VanBergen. The article has 5 illustrations. The illustrations are titled:
This is the November 26, 1892 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 3 page article about the launch of the USS Cincinnati at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard on November 10, 1892. The article includes 2 full page photos and 2 smaller photos. They are:
This is the May 9, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The front page has a report with a map of the capture of San Tomas, Philippines by General MacArthur. Paper is in good condition - not real brittle - some spine chips.
This is the June 13, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The front page has a report with a map of the capture of Cavite Province and Manila, Philippines by General MacArthur's Army. Paper is in good condition - not real brittle - some spine chips.
This is the March 25, 1893 issue of the Scientific American magazine published in New York. It has an illustrated article titled "The Simplex and Huge Torpedoes", written by H. C. Vogt of Copenhagen, that describes the simplex and huge torpedoes. The article has an illustration sgowing the comparable size and shape of the two types of torpedoes. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume. Cover article and illustrations are about the House Of Commons new signal light.
This is the January 31, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has an inside page article titled "Charles Goodyear". The article is most of a page in length and describes his life and career - it also has a small inset illustration of him. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the March 14, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has an inside page 1-1/2 column report titled "The Florida Phosphate Deposits", written by N. H. Darton. The article describes the phosphate deposits that are scattered from Tallahassee to Charlotte Harbor on the West Coast of Florida and also extending into Polk County. The magazine is from an 1891 bound volume and is in very good condition - no stains, no tears.
This is the June 3, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long front page report (continued on page 2) titled "A Two Weeks Trip With Eskimo Dogs" by the Rt. Rev. Jervois A. Newnham. The article is about 3-1/2 columns in length and describes a trip from Moose Fort (Ontario, Canada) to Rupert House, (Quebec, Canada). The article describes the difficultes in travelling across the bay in the severe below zero temperatures. Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle.
This is the July, 1893 issue of the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine published in New York by the Century Company . It has an interesting 10 page article with 8 illustrations titled "Famous Indians - Portraits of Some Indian Chiefs". The article is about a 'tour of the West by Olin L. Warner to sculpt models of famous Indian Chiefs to produce medallions of them. The article has 8 illustrations of the medallions. They are:
This is the December 30 , 1893 issue of Scientific American with a cover engraving and associated article about Gibralter and its defenses. Article has other engravings and is about 3 pages total. There is also a 6" by 9" engraving of a bicyclist racing a horse. Several other interesting articles and engravings. Magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 12 pages. It is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the September 10, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a large front page illustration of German stateman Otto Von Bismark. there isa a related article on page 2 describing how popular he is in Germany as well as around the world. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the August 12, 1893 issue of Scientific American Supplment magazine. The cover and associated article give an account of how the HMS Victoria was sunk when struck by the Camperdown in the Mediterranean on June 22, 1893. There is also a 2 page article with 4 large engravings of slaughtering seals in the Bering Sea.. The article talks about disputes between the US and Russia in the area over harvesting seals. The seal engravings are abut 6" by 9". The close-up (3rd image below is of the engraving in the lower left corner (see 2nd image) and is titled "Massacre Of Seals"). The article continues on another page (not shown) that has a map and a another engraving. This issue also has 3 pages devoted to the Columbian Exposition with several enravings.
This is a 5-3/4" by 8-1/2", 16 page, magazine titled Park's Floral Magazine that is about raising flowers and plants. Magazine is in very good condition - with original paper covers intact - never bound.
This is the November 6, 1896 iissue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page illustration of President Elect William McKinley and a related report on his election. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the May 5, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page report about war in the Balkans between Bulgaria and Turkey. the report is accompanied by a 3-1/2" by 5-1/2" front page map of the Balkan states. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 13, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has several pages devoted to the 4th of July celebrations at Roseland Park in Connecticut. The paper has a new poem by Julia Ward Howe, a facsimile of her signature and the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" that she wrote in 1861 at the Willard Hotel in Washington DC after visiting a Union soldier's camp near DC. The paper has many of the proceedings and speeches delivered at the celebration as well as letters with facsimile signatures of several notable people, some of whom are Seth Low, President of Columbia College, David J. Brewer, Maj. Gen. Schoefield, William Walter Phelps, Edward Everett hale, S. B. Elkins, A. R> Spoffard, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles A. Russell, Whitelaw Reid, William H., McElroy, Theodore Roosevelt, Senator J. R. Hawley, R. S. MacArthur, and a couple others. Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle - small binding marks at spine.
This is the April 28, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. It has a front page tribute (poem) by Julia Ward Howe given at Harvard College in memory of James Russel Lowell on his birthday. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - small bindng marks at spine.
This is the July 7, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1 full column report titled "The Story of a Kentucky Feud" that describes the feud in Harlan County, KY between the Turners and the Howards. The article describes how the feud started and how it spread. Names mentioned in the article are:
This is the February 26, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page report about former Confederate General and Virginia Governor, Fitzhugh Lee that includes a 5" by 6" illustration of him. The report is about a rumor of him resigning as Consul General to Cuba. Fitzhugh Lee was the nephew of General Robert E. Lee. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - msome edge chips.
This is the April 7, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has about 8 pages devoted to reports on education of Indians, Negroes and other minorities and the work of missionaries and church organizations for their benefit. The reports are titled:
This is the July 6, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. It has a 3 page artcile titled "History of American Life Insurance" which was an address by John A. McCall, President of the New York Life Insurance Company. The address traces the history of life insurance in the US from the 1700's to the current time (1893). Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine .
This is the November 2, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. It has a 1-2/3 column report titled "Arts and Crafts" by William C. Ward that gives the status of the Arts and Crafts movement. Some of the names mentiuoned in the article are:
This is the September, 1891 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine measures 7" by 10" and contains about 160 pages. It has a 16 page article with 9 illustrations titled "The New York Chamber of Commerce" by Richard Wheatley. The article gives a history of the Chamber of Commerce. The illustratiuons are:
This is the July 14, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. Much of the issue is devoted to 4th of July celebrations at Roseland Park in Connecticut. The front page includes a letter from President Benjamine Harrison stating he could not attend, a front page letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, another from Julia Ward Howe. Other front page letters are from Louis Kossuth, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Henry Clews, William McElroy, and John H. Farwell. Page 2 has a letter from Henry Cabot Lodge. Most of these letters have facsimile signatures. The Whittier letter is entirely in his hand (facsimile). The reports go on to describe the celebration, speeches, etc. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the August 6, 1895 and September 3, 1895 issues of Harper's Round Table magazine, published by Harper & Brothers in New York. Each magazine has a report on tennis with photos. They are:
This is the June 16, 1896 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a long front page report about presidential nominee William McKinley. The report includes a front page illustration of McKinley, another of his father and mother and one of his home in Canton, OH. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the August 25, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune Illustrated Supplement newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a 3/4 page report with 3 photos titled "A Summer Laboratory" that describes the Wood's Hole, Massachusetts Marine Biological Laboratory. The 3 photos are:
This is the Janaury 6, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune Illustrated Supplment newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a 1/2 page report with 2 photos titled "A Midwinter Flower Festival" that describes the Pasadena Califonia "Tournament of Roses". The report has 2 fairly large photos showing flower decorated horse drawn carriages. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 24, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1-1/2 column front page report titled "Agreement On Alaska - Boundary Modus Vivendi In Effect". The article includes the text of the agrement. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the May, 1897 issue of The Philistine magazine published at the Roycroft Press in East Aurora, NY and edited by H. B. Taber. This is Vol. IV, No. 6 . This is a very early Roycroft publication prior to Elbert Hubbard becoming editor. Some of the content is:
This is a 13-1/2" by 21" print of the "Machinery for Operating the Swing Span of the Coteau Bridge on Canada Artlantic Railway Over St. Lawrence River At. Coteau , Quebec. The print shows engineering design views of the bridge swing span mechanism. The print is from the May 30, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with print - magazine is from a bound volume and has no covers). print is printed on 1 side only and is suitable for framing - good condition - not brittle. The print is marked "Supplement to Engineering News - May 30 , 1891 in upper left margin .
This is the June 17, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has short rear page article about Peter Jackson, a black challenger to boxer Jim Corbett's title. The article has a small photo of Jackson. Magazine is in good condition except for missing rear cover. Magazine measures 9" by 13". From a bound volume.
This is the September 1st , 1894 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 3 page article titled The First Alpine Club In America. The article is about the formation of the 1st Alpine club and 2 views of climbers on Mt. Hood and 3 other views of Mount Hood (see 2nd and 3rd image below - pg 3 of article not shown - pg 3 has an illustration of a climber at the summit of Mt. hood. Magazine measures 9-1/2" by 12-1/2" and is in good condition. The magazine has several other interesting articles such as:
This is a lot of 3 items. They are all the January 13, 1893 issue of the Staunton Vindicator newspaper published in Staunton, Virginia. They each contain a page 3, 1/2 column article with an illustration of Robert E. Lee about the preparations for the Robert E. Lee birthday celebration to be held in Staunton, VA. The Robert E. Lee illustration is at the head of the article. Some browning at folds, some holes at intersecting folds and some splits at folds. Fair to good condition. Lee article is in good condition. Papers also have a fairly large front page eyeglass ad for Dr. Geo. D. Levy of Staunton. These are original papers - never bound - not reproductions.
This is the June 3, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. It measures 9-1/2" by 12-1/2" and contains about 24 pages. It has an illustrated 1-1/2 page article titled "A Master stroke of Chance" that describes the escape from Sing Sing prison of Pallister and Roehl. The article inlcudes a photo titled "Sing Sing Prison and Shops With a View of the Hudson in the Distance" and "The Death House - Sing Sing Prison". Magazine is in good condition - some edge chips to cover -otherwise very good.
This is the July 4, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page article with 3 illustrations about making flowers from sea shells. The illustrations are titled "A Basket of Shell Flowers", "Tools For Making Shell Flowers" and Method of Manufacturing Various Shell Flowers". . Magazine is in good condition - has a couple short edge tears - from a bound volume.
This is the October 3, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1-1/2 column article titled "A Gem Bearing Granite Vein In Western Connecticut" that describes a large vein of granite that contains valuable gems of Garnet and Beryl and much mica and feldspar. The mine was opened by a Mr. S. L. Wilson. Magazine is in good condition - has a couple short edge tears - from a bound volume.
This is the March 10, 1894 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. It measures 9-1/2" by 12-1/2" and contains about 24 pages. It has a 2 page article titled "Anarchists' Riot In Boston" that is about a riot of unemployed persons led by anarchist Morrison I. Swift. The article has 2 illustrations (1 is a full page illustration). They are titled "Governor Greenhalge and Morrison I. Swift" and "Anarchist Riot in Boston" (full page). Magazine is from a bound volume - some roughness of spine and rear cover is missing - otherwise good condition.
This is the July, 1877 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harpers & Brothers. It has a 17 page illustrated article titled "Queen Victoria's Highland Home" by J. R. Hunter that describes the Queen's home Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands. The article has 13 illustrations. They are:
This is the November, 1896 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harpers & Brothers. It has a 26 page illustrated article titled "The First President Of the United States"by Woodrow Wilson. The article has 10 illustrations. They are:
This is the March, 1895 issue of Outing magazine published in New York and devoted to "Amateur Sport And Pastime". The magazine has a 10 page article by Ninetta Eames titled "Cruising Among the Salt Lake Islands" that is about sailing ona the Grat Salt Lake in Utah to the Salt Lake Islands. The article has 7 illustrations. They are:
This is the July 9, 1891 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. Much of the issue is devoted to 4th of July celebrations at Roseland Park in Connecticut. The front page includes the schedule of events and inside pages include letters and addresses by many notable people of the day including Chauncy Depew, James Whitcomb Riley, and others. The reports go on to describe the celebration, speeches, etc. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle from a bound volume.
This is the July 9, 1898 issue of The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, an 8-1/4" by 12-1/2", 64 page magazine format newspaper , published in New York. The paper includes the following:
This is a lot of 5, Boston Journal of Commerce devoted to textile manufacturing - primarily the cotton and wool industry. The outer wrapper of the paper is advertising - the front page is inside the outer wrapper and the main paper can be easily separated from the advertising wrapper for display. The papers are from April 21, May 12, May 19, and May 26, 1894 and November 26, 1898. Papers are in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume. The papers measure 13-3/4" by 19-1/4" and contain 16 pages each.
This is the February 17, 1894 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a full page a full page article with 2 illustrations about George W. Childs, Editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger Newspaper. Childs had just died and the article describes his career. The article has a photo of childs superimposed over the banner of the newspaper, and a photo of childs in his office at the "Public Ledger". Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the October 21, 1891 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 3/4 column front page poem titled "Hateras" that mentions Hateras Light and the many shipwrecks there. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle from a bound volume.
This is the October, 1899 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 48 pages. It has a 3 page article titled "The Antioch Of American Foreign Missions" by Rev. John Wright Buckam, Salem Mass. that is about the history of missionaries from Salem Mass. The article has a photo of "The Tabernacle Church" and of "The Missionary Settee". Names mentioned in the article are:
This is the Janaury, 1892 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine contains a 18 page article with 8 illustrations titled Canada's El Dorado. The article describes the gold region of British Columbia, Canada. The 8 illustrations are by Frederic Remington and are titled:
This is the March, 1891 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine contains a 9 page article titled American Leads At Whist and Their History by N. B. Trist that describes how Am erican leads in the card game of whist evolved. The magazine measures 7" by 10" and contains about 160 pages. The magazine is in very good condition - minimal wear to original paper covers. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the April 29, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a 2 page illustrated article titled "The Apostasy Of Henrich Heine" that is about the City of Dusseldorf Germany refusing to erect a statue to honor the poet Heinrich Heine because he was Jewish. The article has two illustrations of Heine. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the March 9, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-1/2 column report titled "The Bernalillo Indian School Again" that is about a scandal at the Bernalillo, NM Indian school caused by reporting Mexican students as Indians to get payment for educating them from the Indian Bureau. Some of the names mentioned in the article are:
This is the August 31, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 1 page article titled "Disco Island, South Greenland" by William E. Meehan, member of the Peary relief expedition. The article describes the islands appearance, terrain, geology, etc. Some of the places and names mentioned are:
This is the November 16, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a 2 column front page article by African Explorer Henry Stanley titled "My Last Christmas In The Bush" that describes how he spent the Christmas of 1888 in Africa. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - some roughness of spine.
This is the July 21, 1892 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a long, 3 column, description of Bar Harbor, Maine in 1892 by Elbert F. Baldwin. Paper is from a bound volume - very good condition.
This is the October 13, 1892 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a 3 column report about the Horace Mann School for the deaf and his belief in the articulation method of teaching the deaf to speak rather than to sign. Paper is from a bound volume - very good condition.
This is the April 15, 1899 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The front cover is a large illustration of Queen Victoria titled "Arrival Of Queen Victoria at Boulogne". There is a related article on page 2 titled "Visit Of Queen Victoria To France". Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the September, 1894 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harper & Brothers. It is a softcover, 6-3/4" by 10", 140 page monthly magazine. It contains an 8 page article with 7 illustrations titled "Some Records Of The Ice Age About New York" that describes and shows locations where you can see evidence of the Ice Age in the New York City area. The illustrations are titled:
This is the April 22, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1/2 page article and 1/2 page illustration of Don Jose Zorilla the poet laureate of Spain who had recently passed away. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the June 1, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 2 column article with a 5-1/2" by 6-1/2" illustration of Anna Ella Carroll. Carroll submitted a plan to the government about controlling the Tennessee River that proved to be instrumental in the US winning the war against the Confederates. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the May 14, 18976 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has an illustrated report about the WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union) and Frances E. Willard. The article is about the upcoming convention of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union and an appearance that will be made by Frances E. Willard. The illustration is of Miss Willard. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the March 26, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a report about the late children's poet Eugene Field that includes a small illustration of him and a larger illustration of his daughter, Miss Mary French Field who was noted for giving skillful readings of her father's works. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the March 2, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1-1/2 column article with 1 illustration titled "A Southern White City - The Tennessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville" (White City is in reference to all the buildings being white). The article describes the upcoming exposition and has an illustration titled "Auditorium of the Nashville Exposition". Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the February 23, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 3-1/2 column (most of a page) article about Dr. and Mrs. Fridjof Nansen that tells of their personal traits and describes their home at Lysaker near Christiania, Norway (now Oslo). The report has a large illustration of Nansen and his wife and a small illustration of their home. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the January 19, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page illustration of Senator John Sherman of Ohio who had just accepted an appointment as Secretary Of State under William McKinley . Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the November 20, and November 24, 1896 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The papers measure 12" by 17" and contain 16 pages each. They each have a report about the National Council of Jewish Women. The report takes up about 2-1/2 pages in total and includes 12 illustrations of leaders of the Council of Jewish Women. The illustrations are of:
This is the September 10, 1898 issue of The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, an 8-1/4" by 12-1/2", 64 page magazine format newspaper , published in New York. The paper has along, 1 page report titled "The Wabash Railroad" that is about the condition and business outlook of the Wabash Railroad. The paper also has two other separate financial reports about the Wabash Railroad . The paper also includes the following:
This is the May 19, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a report about the Lao Language finally being able to be printed which would allow missionaries to share the written word with the Siamese. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 6, 1895 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. The magazine has an illustrated report titled "The Finest Cycle Path In the World" that describes the bicycle path that extended from Prospect Park in Brooklyn to the shore line at Coney Island. The article includes an illustration of cyclists and a full page of photos of 14 scenes from the opening of the famous cycle path from Prospect Park , Brooklyn to Coney Island. The 14 photos are:
This is the October 14, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has an illustrated ad for Mark Twain's new book "Following the Equator" that is soliciting agents to sell the book. The ad shows Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) with cigar in hand and walking on the globe. The ad measures 2-1/4" by 2-3/4" and was placed by the American Publishing Co. in Hartford, CT. Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle.
This is a lot of 3 items. They are the August 27, September 10, and September 17, 1896 issues of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. They each have an article about Li Hung-Chang, the Chinese Ambassador to the US. The 3 reports are:
This is the January 13, 1898 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. The paper ha s a 1 column article titled "The Work Of John Sartain" by Sophia Antoinette Walker that describ3es and exhibit of the life's works of John Sartain that were on display at the Philadelphia Art Club. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the November 9, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2 column article titled "Unpublished Poems By John G. Whittier and Elizabeth Whittier". The artcile takes up a full column on the front page and most of a column on page 2. The poems in the article are "To H.H.H." and "Cassandra Southwick and H.H.H.". H.H.H. was a quaker girl named Hannah Hulda Hoag and the poem was written by Whittier while visiting in the hills of New Hampshire. Paper is in good condition - some roughness of spine - from a bound volume.
This is the May 19, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a report about the Lao Language finally being able to be printed which would allow missionaries to share the written word with the Siamese. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the May 26, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-1/3 column article titled "Changes In Muir Glacier" by Professor G. Frederick Wright. The report is about Professor Reid's observations and measurements of changes on the glacier during the summer of 1890. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the May 9, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a 3 page illustrated article about the history of the use of Cloisonne that is titled "The Use of Cloisone For Decoration In Ancient and Modern Times" by Clement Heaton. The article includes a history of the use of cloisonne in Egypt, Assyria, Persia, India, China, Japan, by the Hebrews, Greece, the Romans, Byzantine, Russia, Moresque, Medeival times, and Renaissance Times. The article has 8 illustrations. They are titled:
This is the August, 1891 issue of The Household magazine published in Brattleboro, Vermont by George E. Crowell. The magazine, which measures 10-1/2" by 15" and contains 32 pages, was devoted to the interests of the American Housewife. It has a long, 1-1/2 page article with 1 illustration titled "Wellesley College By the College Girls" that describes the college and includes the story of its origins. The illustration is of the college as viewed from the lake. Some of the sub-sections of the article are:
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the October 2 and October 9, 1897 issues of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. They have a 2 part front page article titled "A Historical Sketch Of the Methodist Episcopal Church In Topsfield" that is a total of about 2-1/4 columns in length. It was written by Mrs. Clarissa Glazier.. Some of the names and places mentioned in the article are:
This is the September, 1893 issue of The Household magazine published in Brattleboro, Vermont by George E. Crowell. The magazine, which measures 10-1/2" by 15" and contains 32 pages, was devoted to the interests of the American Housewife. It has a rear cover ad foir Bedford Mineral Springs Water from Bedford, Pennsylvania. The ad measures 2-1/2" by 4" and shows a glass of water marked "There's Good Health In a Glass of Bedford Water". Some of the other content in the magazine is:
This is the April 4, 1896 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a long, 4/5 column report titled "The New Electric Road" that is about the new electric railroad between Haverhill, Georgetown and Danvers, Massachusetts. The article describes the proposed route and encourages all merchants of Haverhill to support the proposed new electric railroad. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound - some wear spots at folds.
This is the July 21, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has long, 2 column front page article (briefly continued on page 2) titled "Strike Spreads To Manhattan" that is about a strike on the electric railway of the Metropolitan Street Railway of Manhattan out of sympathy for the strike that was going on in Brooklyn. The article describes how the strike was implemented and how the police quelled some of the riots. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 31, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1-1/2 column report titled "Talk With Li Hung Chang" that is about a meeting between DR. L. L. Seaman of New York and China's statesman, Li Hung Chang about the Philippines issue. Chang believed the US made a mistake and should not have invaded the Philippines. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the Janaury 22, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page article and photo of Thomas C. Platt announcing his election as U.S.Senator from New York. . Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the March 16, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page photo of and article about Thomas R. Reed, a Congressman from Maine who was Speaker of the U.S.House of Representatives that includes a brief biography of his career. Some of the sub-sections of the long report (2 columns on front page and 1 col;umn on page 2) are:
This is the May 4, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long 2 column report about the Tennessee Centennial and the Nashville Exposition. The article describes the ceremonies of the Centennial in Nashville and the opening of the Nashville Exposition. The exposition report describes the exposition and tells how President McKinley kicked off the exposition remotely from Washington by telegraph. The article also gives a history of the exposition. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the June 8, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long front page report (1 full column on front page and 2 columns on page 2) about four people being killed an several wounded by a Lynch mod trying to lunch a Negro who was being held in jail. Charles Mitchel was accused of assaulting a Mrs. Eliza Gaumer . Mitchell was held in jail and was protected by the Sheriff and the local militia but the lynch mob finally got to him and killed him and also killing and wounding innocent bystanders in the process. This is a long fairly detailed report about the incident. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August, 1899 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 42 pages. It has a 4-1/2 page article titled "Kobe College For Girls, Kobe Japan" that describes the Christian missionary college for Japanese girls in Kobe, Japan. The article has 3 photos. They are:
This is the May 6, 1891 issue of the Essex County Mercury newspaper published in Salem, Massachusetts by Nathaniel A. Horton & Son. It has a 1+ column, front page article that gives the history of the original road from Salem, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the names and places mentioned in the article are:
This is the May 27, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a 3 page illustrated article titled "The Revival Of Yachting" that is about a revival in yachting in the US due to a change in government at the New York Yacht Club due to the retirement of Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry and a challenge by Lord Dunraven for the Americas Cup. Gerry was replaced by Commodore Edwin D. Morgan. The article has 4 photos and illustrations. They are:
This is the June 20, 1891 issue of Themis, a weekly newspaper published by D. Johnston & Co. in Sacramento, California. It has an illustrated 3" by 4-1/2" ad for J. R. Hodson "The Leading Photographer In America". His studio was located at 521 J Street in Sacramento. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - never bound.
This is the March 14, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a long, 1-1/2 page article titled "The Industrial Revolution In Japan " by William Elroy Curtis, a noted Journalist who was born in Akron, OH, and graduated from of Western Reserve College in 1871. His article describes the industrial revolution of Japan and includes information on foreign investment in Japan and charts on imports and exports and a chart on wages in Yokohama. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the July 22, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 1 page article Rev. B. L. McElroy, PHD of London, Madison County, Ohio titled "Wages Of Miners in the Great Coal Fields". The article discusses the wages of the miners and has a chart showing comparative wages of miners from Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the September 30, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-11/4 column article by Carlos Young from Salt Lake City, UT titled "Thatcher and the Mormons" about Moses Thatcher's unsuccessful run for the position as Senator from Utah. The article tells of the difficulties between him and the Mormon Church. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the November 25, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a brief biography of Marcus Whitman by Mary L. Whitman . Marcus Whitman was born in Rushville, New York and raised in Plainfield, Massachusetts. He became a scout and Doctor for the missionaries in Oregon in the 1830's. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August 20, 1891 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has an ad for the Grant House located at Stamford, New York in the Catskill Mountains . The ad is signed by J. P. and J. G. Grant. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the April 27, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a 1/2 column illustrated article titled "Distinguished Visitors" about a visit to the Danvers Women's Association by Mary Livermore and Julia Ward Howe. The article includes an illustration of each of the women's rights activists. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound - some wear through holes at folds.
This is the January 26, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a 5" by 6-1/2" illustration of the racehorse Onawa, Jr. that was owned by O. N. Fernald and recently sold to Dr. P. B. Laskey of Marblehead, MA. The article tells of some of Onawa, Jr.'s racing accomplishments. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound.
This is the June 15, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has an article with 5 illustrations titled "The Porter Reunion" that describes plans for the reunion of descendants of John Porter of Danvers that was scheduled for July 18th. The article includes 5 small photos. They are:
This is the February 4, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 1-2/3 page article titled "Smokeless Powder and Magazine Rifles" by L. G> Duff Grant. The article is about finding a substitute for black powder. Some of the sub-sections of the article are:
This is the March 2, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a front page article titled "Visit To The Pingree Farm" that describes the author's visit to Pingree Farm (in Essex County - possibly in Topsfield or nearby) that was apparently a modern state of the art farm. The farm was superinteded by Mr. Grantham. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound.
This is the July 2, 1891 issue of The Valley Review newspaper published in Lodi, California in San Joaquin County. It has a brief front page report titled "A Telephone In Every Room" that tells of the Plan Hotel in Tampa, Florida and how Plan in an effort to upstage millionaire Flagler in St. Augustine was putting a telephone in every room of his hotel that would allow guests to communicate with guests in other rooms and he was also installing the "Orchestrion" that was one of the marvels of the Paris Exposition .
This is the June, 1892 issue of The Household magazine published in Brattleboro, Vermont by George E. Crowell. The magazine, which measures 10-1/2" by 15" and contains 32 pages, was devoted to the interests of the American Housewife. It has a long, 4/5 page article titled "Mother Stewart" that is about the life of Eliza Daniel Stewart the noted temperance leader. There is also a photo of her on the cover of the magazine. Magazine is in good condition - never bound.
This is a postcard size card inviting members of the 456th regiment to a Washington's Birthday celebration on February 22, 1898 at Hawley, PA. I am not sure what the 456th regiment was - possibly a PA militia? or sons of the American Revolution? although the number seems rather high. The card is signed Victor A. Decker, Amanuensis. Very good condition - the back of the card is blank. The invitation is for "Junior Sons of Regiment 456 and their family and friends". The card is dated February 16, 1898.
This is the February 7, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 page article with 4 illustrations about Lt. Fiske's new Range Finder. The four illustrations are titled:
This is the June 6, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has front page illustration and a 2/3 page article about Lt. Bradley Allen Fiske and the new range finder he developed. The front page shows 4 views of the range finder and their is an additional illustration on page 2. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the December 5, 1890 issue of The Wayne Independent newspaper published in Honesdale, PA by Benjamin F. Haines. It measures 15" by 22" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition - never bound - rag paper - not brittle. It has a report about the launch of the armored cruiser USS New York at the Cramp Ship Yard on the Delaware in Philadelphia. It includes a small illustration of the cruiser. Some of the local reports are from:
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "Robert Morris " engraved by T. B. Welch (pupil of Longacre) from a painting by J. B. Longacre (engraver & painter from Philadelphia) after an original portrait by R. E. Pine of Philadelphia and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-1/2" by 4-1/2".
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "Benjamin Franklin " based on a painting by Bass Otis of Philadelphia and engraved by E. G. Williams & Bros. of New York and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-1/2" by 4-1/4".
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "George C. Meade " of Civil War General George C. Meade based on a photograph by Gunsthurst and engraved by R. Whitechurch and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-3/4" by 5".
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "William Cramp " engraved by A. E. Francis & Co. and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 4" by 5". William Cramp was a ship builder on Petty's Island on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. He built many iron clad ships for the US during the Civil War.
This is the October 22, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 3 column report (1 page) titled "The New York and New Jersey Bridge Route - Union Station and Terminals" that describes the new bridge that was planned to cross the Hudson to New Jersey to connect the NY railroads with the railroads coming from the North and East in New Jersey. The bridge would begin between 70th and 71st street and between 11th and 12th Ave and proceed in a direct line across the River to New Jersey. The report describes the proposed bridge and includes a map of Manhattan, the Hudson and East Rivers and part of New Jersey showing the location of the bridge. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper of "A. G. Curtin" (Andrew Gregg Curtin), Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. It was engraved by John Sartain of Philadelphia (probably from a photograph) and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-1/2" by 4-1/2".
This is the February 4, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem titled "The Legend Of The Stone" by Madison Cawein of Louisville, Kentucky. Madison Cawein was the leading American nature poet of his day. Good condition - from a bound volume - has small binding marks at spine.
This is the March 18, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 3 page illustrated article titled "Launch Of The Indiana" that has two full page illustrations, a 1/3 page illustration, 1 small illustration and about 1/2 page of text. The illustrations are titled:
This is the November 18, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 2/3 page report with one photo titled "The Gunboat "Mathias" that is about the launch of the gunboat Mathias on the Kennebec River in Me where it was built. The article has a photo of the ship. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the February 2, 1891 issue of The Argonaut newspaper published in San Francisco, California. It has a long San Francisco Society report that includes the following reports:
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the February 3, 1898 and February 28, 1898 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The February 3rd paper has a front page poem by Frances Willard titled "To A Snowbird". Frances Willard was an American temperance leader and reformer, lecturer, writer, and educator who was born in Churchville, New York. She graduate of Northwestern Female College, Evanston, Illinois, 1859. The February 28th paper has a 1 column biography of Frances Willard. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the March 31, 1898 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-1/3 column article titled "Findings of the Maine Court" that gives the findings of the Maine Court of Naval Inquiry . The court concluded that the Maine was destroyed by a mine placed at the bow of the ship. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 25, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 2 column article titled "The Stundists of Russia" by Professor George H. Schodds of Capital University of Columbus, Ohio. The article tells of the sect of German Christians in Russia known as Stundists who were deserters against the Orthodox Russian Church and the low status of morals in Russia. The article describes the beliefs of the Stundists and of the spread of the movement. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the April 14, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem by John Greenleaf Whittier titled "The Wind Of March". The poem is dated March 4th, 1892 at Newburyport, Massachusetts. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition from a bound volume - it has a foxing spot at top center of front page.
This is the March 31, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long 1 column article titled "President Eliot And The Mormons" that is about President Eliot's visit to Utah and the Mormon's and about controversy over some of his remarks comparing the Mormons to the Pilgrims. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the May 16, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 1-2/3 column report titled "An Incandescent Lamp Factory In the Northwest" that is a description of the Standard Lamp Company of Appleton, Wisconsin. The report describes the operations of the factory. Magazine is in good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume - it does have an acid free archival tape repair inside the front page.
This is the September 25, 1897 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a biography of scientist Alfred Marshall Mayer. The biography is about 3 columns in length (1 page) and is a continuation of the biography of Mayer that was begun in the preceding issue of the magazine. This issue covers some of his discoveries in acoustics, vision, electricity and magnetism. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the November 27, 1897 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2 page article with 3 photos and 1 illustration titled "The Electric Transportation System of Fairmont Park, Philadelphia". The article describes the system and the photos and illustration are titled:
This is the April 11, 1891 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1-1/8 page illustrated report titled "Stone Arch Highway Bridge Over the Turkey River , Elkader, Iowa" in Clayton County Iowa. The report has 3 views of the stone arch bridge. They are titled:
This is the February 16, 1891 issue of The Argonaut newspaper published in San Francisco, California. It has a 1/2 column ad offering for sale the estate known as Owl's Wood and owned by Frank Pixley, one of the pioneers of the Marin County area. He was also the editor of this newspaper. The ad describes the estate in quite a bit of detail. The paper has many interesting articles and many illustrated ads. The paper measures 11" by 15" and contains 16 pages - rag paper - not brittle - never bound.
This is a 13" by 17" (printed area is 9" by 13") color lithograph titled "US Army - Infantry Field Equipment - 1892", showing U.S. Army soldiers, uniforms, and field equipment used in 1892. This is a very good quality lithograph on heavy paper with protective onion skin sheet. It is from a collection of military lithographs titled "The U. S. Army and Navy, 1776-1899" by the Werner Co. , published in 1899 in Akron, Ohio. This is a very attractive and framble print in near perfect condition. NOTE: This is an original print from 1899 - not a reproduction.
This is a 13" by 17" (printed area is 9" by 13") color lithograph titled "U. S. Army - Commissioned Officer and Private of Cavalry 1802-1810", showing US Army equipment and uniforms in the US Army in the 1802-1810 period. This is a very good quality lithograph on heavy paper with protective onion skin sheet. It is from a collection of military lithographs titled "The U. S. Army and Navy, 1776-1899" by the Werner Co. , published in 1899 in Akron, Ohio. This is a very attractive and framble print in near perfect condition - with just a couple short edge tears - not near printed area. NOTE: This is an original print from 1899 - not a reproduction.
This is the October 15, 1892 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 6 page article with 16 illustrations titled "New York's Columbian Celebration". The illustrations are of:
This is the September 11, 1897 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a brief article and a 3-1/2" by 6" photo of Trixie Hoyt, the female golf champion of the tournament held at Manchester, Massachusetts the prior year. The article goes on to say that this year Trixie Hoyt will be challenged by Miss Margaret Curtis for the Championship. The photo shows Trixie Hoyt making a shot. Magazine is in good condition - never bound - original covers. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the January 2, 1897 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a 1-1/2 column article and a 4" by 6-1/2" photo about the Carlisle Indian school football team. The article tells of the Carlisle Indian team defeating the University of Wisconsin. The photo shows the 14 players on the Indian School football team. Magazine is in good condition - never bound - original covers. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the July 21, 1892 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a long, 3 column, description of Bar Harbor, Maine in 1892 by Elbert F. Baldwin. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the March 11, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 1-3/4 page report with one photo titled "The First Idol of Dixie " that is about the military career of Civil War General Beauregard. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover has an acid free tape repair. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the October 27, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2/3 column report titled "The New Berea. A Forecast" by George R. Leavitt. The article is about the past and future of Berea College in Berea Kentucky that was a non- denominational Christian school for both whites and blacks. The report tells of the founders John G. Fee and J. A. R. Rogers and of the new president Professor William G. Frost formerly of Oberlin College in Ohio. The report goes on to tell how the school will grow under President Frost. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine..
This is the March 17, 1894 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a two page article (1 page of photos - 1 page of text) describing Monmouth County NJ fox and hound hunts. The hunts were based at Hollywood Park and the hunts were hunted on the grounds toward Middletown, Red Bank, Freehold, Farmingdale and Eatontown. The two photos are of the horses and hounds used in the hunt. The horses named are Lord Langford, Elvis, Countess, Majestic, Flying Dutchman, Lady Lamberton, Good Boy, Longfellow, Asetic, and Lord Gough. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is a lot of 3 issue of the Yale News a 11-1/2" by 16", 4 page, twice weekly newspaper published by the Yale newspaper staff in New Haven, Connecticut. They contain lots of news about Yale, some about Harvard, sporting event reports about golf, football, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, track and others. The papers also have some sporting ads including a Spalding football ad, Columbia bicycle ad, and others.. Papers are in good condition - never bound - not brittle - have just a few short edge tears. The dates of the papers are October 27, 1897, February 9, 1898 and February 11, 1898.
This is the November 26, 1896 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1/2 page article titled "Football Up To Date" that expresses the dangers of football and gives examples of youths that have been seriously injured playing the game. The article is pro-athletics but against football for children because of all the injuries. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - some chips at spine.
This is the May 25, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. It has a 2 column report titled "A Mountain Colony" by Charles Howard Shinn that describes the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton near San Jose, California. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the September 17, 1896 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2/3 page article titled "Washington's Farewell Address. September 17, 1796". The article commemorates the 100th anniversary of Washington's address and includes much of the text of the address with commentary by the author of the article on key passages of the address. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle.
This is the April 16, 1891 issue of The Independent newspaper published in New York. This is a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper devoted to literature, religion, and topical secular news. The paper has a 1 column article titled "Tuberculin, or the Koch Remedy" about Dr. Robert Koch's cure for tuberculosis and controversy regarding how and when he announced it to the world. Paper is in good condition - very clean - from a bound volume.
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This is the September 5th, 1891 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. It has a 3 page article titled "St. Bernards Of High Lineage". The article has 4 illustrations of celebrated St. Bernards. They are:
- Watch - 3 year old smooth coated St. Bernard
- Scottish Prince - died shortly after his arrival in the US
- Champion Hector - smooth coated St. Bernard
- The Late Prince Regent
This is the November 19, 1891 issue of The Independent, a 32 page , 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. This issue has a 1-1/2 column report titled "Lessons From a Recent Volcanic Eruption In California" by Professor G. Frederick Wright. The article is about a recent eruption (in past 200 years - recent by geological standards) of Lassen Peak in Northern California. The article analyzes what is known of the eruption. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the January 22, 1891 issue of The Independent, a 32 page , 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. This issue has a long article that describes the Tidewater Virginia area. The article is about 1 full pages in length and describes a visit to the Tidewater area - the Hampton Roads, Newport News, Va area. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 15, 1892 issue of Themis, a weekly newspaper published by D. Johnston & Co. in Sacramento, California. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. It has a front page illustration of Major William Alexander Anderson and a a biography of Anderson who came to Sacramento in 1849 at the age of 4 and had been a resident ever since. He held positions as county auditor, city attorney, and now was running for the Assemblyman from the 20th District. The paper was supporting him in his run for office and about 2/3 of the front page is devoted to the illustration of him and his biography. Paper is in good condition - never bound - some minor roughness at spine.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the May 11, 1893 and April 9, 1896 issues of The Independent, an 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. Each paper has an article related to Hawaii. The articles are:
- May 11, 1893 - 1-1/4 column front page report titled "Japan in Hawaii" that is about the Japanese Man of War "Naniwa" being in Honolulu Harbor and the Japanese demand that Japanese residents in Hawaii be given rights equal to residents of other nationalities who live there
- April 9, 1896 - 2 column report titled "The Japan Deputation at Hawaii" that is about a US delegation of American Board of Missionaries spending time in Hawaii on thewir return from Yokohama, Japan. the article reports on their observations on Hawaii with some emlhasis on education in Hawaii
This is the july 31, 1897 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. The cover and an interesting 4 page article are titled "Characterisitic Peculiarities of the Japanese" written by R. VanBergen. The article has 5 illustrations. The illustrations are titled:
- A Charcoal Burner and His Outfit
- Not Early Risers
- Jap Acrobats
- The Travels of A Japanese Maiden
- A Street of Enoshima
This is the November 26, 1892 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 3 page article about the launch of the USS Cincinnati at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard on November 10, 1892. The article includes 2 full page photos and 2 smaller photos. They are:
- Appearance of the New Cruiser Before Launching (full page)
- The Cincinnati After Leaving the Ways
- The Cincinnati in Tow
- Visitors From Cincinnati, OH (full page)
This is the May 9, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The front page has a report with a map of the capture of San Tomas, Philippines by General MacArthur. Paper is in good condition - not real brittle - some spine chips.
This is the June 13, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The front page has a report with a map of the capture of Cavite Province and Manila, Philippines by General MacArthur's Army. Paper is in good condition - not real brittle - some spine chips.
This is the March 25, 1893 issue of the Scientific American magazine published in New York. It has an illustrated article titled "The Simplex and Huge Torpedoes", written by H. C. Vogt of Copenhagen, that describes the simplex and huge torpedoes. The article has an illustration sgowing the comparable size and shape of the two types of torpedoes. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume. Cover article and illustrations are about the House Of Commons new signal light.
This is the January 31, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has an inside page article titled "Charles Goodyear". The article is most of a page in length and describes his life and career - it also has a small inset illustration of him. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the March 14, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has an inside page 1-1/2 column report titled "The Florida Phosphate Deposits", written by N. H. Darton. The article describes the phosphate deposits that are scattered from Tallahassee to Charlotte Harbor on the West Coast of Florida and also extending into Polk County. The magazine is from an 1891 bound volume and is in very good condition - no stains, no tears.
This is the June 3, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long front page report (continued on page 2) titled "A Two Weeks Trip With Eskimo Dogs" by the Rt. Rev. Jervois A. Newnham. The article is about 3-1/2 columns in length and describes a trip from Moose Fort (Ontario, Canada) to Rupert House, (Quebec, Canada). The article describes the difficultes in travelling across the bay in the severe below zero temperatures. Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle.
This is the July, 1893 issue of the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine published in New York by the Century Company . It has an interesting 10 page article with 8 illustrations titled "Famous Indians - Portraits of Some Indian Chiefs". The article is about a 'tour of the West by Olin L. Warner to sculpt models of famous Indian Chiefs to produce medallions of them. The article has 8 illustrations of the medallions. They are:
- Joseph - Chief of the Nez Perce Indians
- Encheaskwe, Chief of the Coeur D'Alenes
- Seltice, Chief of the Coeur D'Alenes
- Lot, Chief of the Spokanes
- "Young Chief" Cayuse Indians
- Moses, or Sulktash-Kosha, Chief of the Okinokanes
- Sabina, Daughter of Kash-Kash Chief of the Walla-Wallas
- Yatiniawitz, or "Poor Crane" Chief of the Cayuses
This is the December 30 , 1893 issue of Scientific American with a cover engraving and associated article about Gibralter and its defenses. Article has other engravings and is about 3 pages total. There is also a 6" by 9" engraving of a bicyclist racing a horse. Several other interesting articles and engravings. Magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 12 pages. It is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the September 10, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a large front page illustration of German stateman Otto Von Bismark. there isa a related article on page 2 describing how popular he is in Germany as well as around the world. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the August 12, 1893 issue of Scientific American Supplment magazine. The cover and associated article give an account of how the HMS Victoria was sunk when struck by the Camperdown in the Mediterranean on June 22, 1893. There is also a 2 page article with 4 large engravings of slaughtering seals in the Bering Sea.. The article talks about disputes between the US and Russia in the area over harvesting seals. The seal engravings are abut 6" by 9". The close-up (3rd image below is of the engraving in the lower left corner (see 2nd image) and is titled "Massacre Of Seals"). The article continues on another page (not shown) that has a map and a another engraving. This issue also has 3 pages devoted to the Columbian Exposition with several enravings.
This is a 5-3/4" by 8-1/2", 16 page, magazine titled Park's Floral Magazine that is about raising flowers and plants. Magazine is in very good condition - with original paper covers intact - never bound.
This is the November 6, 1896 iissue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page illustration of President Elect William McKinley and a related report on his election. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the May 5, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page report about war in the Balkans between Bulgaria and Turkey. the report is accompanied by a 3-1/2" by 5-1/2" front page map of the Balkan states. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 13, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has several pages devoted to the 4th of July celebrations at Roseland Park in Connecticut. The paper has a new poem by Julia Ward Howe, a facsimile of her signature and the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" that she wrote in 1861 at the Willard Hotel in Washington DC after visiting a Union soldier's camp near DC. The paper has many of the proceedings and speeches delivered at the celebration as well as letters with facsimile signatures of several notable people, some of whom are Seth Low, President of Columbia College, David J. Brewer, Maj. Gen. Schoefield, William Walter Phelps, Edward Everett hale, S. B. Elkins, A. R> Spoffard, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles A. Russell, Whitelaw Reid, William H., McElroy, Theodore Roosevelt, Senator J. R. Hawley, R. S. MacArthur, and a couple others. Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle - small binding marks at spine.
This is the April 28, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. It has a front page tribute (poem) by Julia Ward Howe given at Harvard College in memory of James Russel Lowell on his birthday. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - small bindng marks at spine.
This is the July 7, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1 full column report titled "The Story of a Kentucky Feud" that describes the feud in Harlan County, KY between the Turners and the Howards. The article describes how the feud started and how it spread. Names mentioned in the article are:
- Nick Howard
- Bob Turner
- Will Turner
- Wilts Howard
- Jennings
- Mr. Bailey
- Boney Turner
- Mr. Middleton
- John Bailey
- George Turner
- 2 men named Keywood
- Judge Lewis
- James Middleton
This is the February 26, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page report about former Confederate General and Virginia Governor, Fitzhugh Lee that includes a 5" by 6" illustration of him. The report is about a rumor of him resigning as Consul General to Cuba. Fitzhugh Lee was the nephew of General Robert E. Lee. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - msome edge chips.
This is the April 7, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has about 8 pages devoted to reports on education of Indians, Negroes and other minorities and the work of missionaries and church organizations for their benefit. The reports are titled:
- The Work for the Indians
- A Question of Proportion
- The American Missionary Association
- Work of the Prewsbyterian Church for the Freedmen
- Work of the Cathlic Church
- The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Negro
- The Protestent Episcopal Church and the Negro
- A Look at the Missions Amonbg the Chinese On the Pacific Coast
- Fisk University, Nashville, TN
- Ministereal Education For the Colored People
- A Methodist Institution
- Mountain Missions in the South
- Some Facts about the Freedmen
- A Baptist Negro University
- Lincoln Memorial Church, Washington, DC
- Spelman Seminary , Atlanta GA
- The Central South as a Home Mission
- Church and School
- The Indian on the Reservation
This is the July 6, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. It has a 3 page artcile titled "History of American Life Insurance" which was an address by John A. McCall, President of the New York Life Insurance Company. The address traces the history of life insurance in the US from the 1700's to the current time (1893). Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine .
This is the November 2, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. It has a 1-2/3 column report titled "Arts and Crafts" by William C. Ward that gives the status of the Arts and Crafts movement. Some of the names mentiuoned in the article are:
- Walter Crane
- William Morris
- Mr. Burne-Jones
- D. G. Rosetti
- Arthur J. Gaskin
- Ford Madox-Brown
This is the September, 1891 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine measures 7" by 10" and contains about 160 pages. It has a 16 page article with 9 illustrations titled "The New York Chamber of Commerce" by Richard Wheatley. The article gives a history of the Chamber of Commerce. The illustratiuons are:
- Lt. Gov. Cadwallader Golden
- President Charles S. Smith
- Secretary George Wilson
- Seal
- De Witt Clinton
- John Cruger
- Interior of the Chamber of Commerce
- The 122nd Annual Banquet of the Chamber of Commerce at Delmonico's Tuesday Evening, November 18, 1890
- Alexander Hamilton
This is the July 14, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. Much of the issue is devoted to 4th of July celebrations at Roseland Park in Connecticut. The front page includes a letter from President Benjamine Harrison stating he could not attend, a front page letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, another from Julia Ward Howe. Other front page letters are from Louis Kossuth, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Henry Clews, William McElroy, and John H. Farwell. Page 2 has a letter from Henry Cabot Lodge. Most of these letters have facsimile signatures. The Whittier letter is entirely in his hand (facsimile). The reports go on to describe the celebration, speeches, etc. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the August 6, 1895 and September 3, 1895 issues of Harper's Round Table magazine, published by Harper & Brothers in New York. Each magazine has a report on tennis with photos. They are:
- August 6, 1895 - Report on the final match of the Longwood tennis tournament with a photo of the court showing umpire L. W. Ware, and players Hovey and Whitman
- September 3, 1895 - Report on tennis at Newport RI with a photo of the tennis courts
This is the June 16, 1896 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a long front page report about presidential nominee William McKinley. The report includes a front page illustration of McKinley, another of his father and mother and one of his home in Canton, OH. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the August 25, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune Illustrated Supplement newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a 3/4 page report with 3 photos titled "A Summer Laboratory" that describes the Wood's Hole, Massachusetts Marine Biological Laboratory. The 3 photos are:
- The Tower At Wood's Hole
- The Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's Hole Mass.
- "Bugging" For Laboratory Work
This is the Janaury 6, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune Illustrated Supplment newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a 1/2 page report with 2 photos titled "A Midwinter Flower Festival" that describes the Pasadena Califonia "Tournament of Roses". The report has 2 fairly large photos showing flower decorated horse drawn carriages. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 24, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1-1/2 column front page report titled "Agreement On Alaska - Boundary Modus Vivendi In Effect". The article includes the text of the agrement. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the May, 1897 issue of The Philistine magazine published at the Roycroft Press in East Aurora, NY and edited by H. B. Taber. This is Vol. IV, No. 6 . This is a very early Roycroft publication prior to Elbert Hubbard becoming editor. Some of the content is:
- Quatrain
- Philistine Sermon No. IV
- The Death of Cleopatra
- Found Drowned
- A Jail Window
- A Dejected Impulse
- Impressions
- The East Aurora School of Philosophy
This is a 13-1/2" by 21" print of the "Machinery for Operating the Swing Span of the Coteau Bridge on Canada Artlantic Railway Over St. Lawrence River At. Coteau , Quebec. The print shows engineering design views of the bridge swing span mechanism. The print is from the May 30, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with print - magazine is from a bound volume and has no covers). print is printed on 1 side only and is suitable for framing - good condition - not brittle. The print is marked "Supplement to Engineering News - May 30 , 1891 in upper left margin .
This is the June 17, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has short rear page article about Peter Jackson, a black challenger to boxer Jim Corbett's title. The article has a small photo of Jackson. Magazine is in good condition except for missing rear cover. Magazine measures 9" by 13". From a bound volume.
This is the September 1st , 1894 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 3 page article titled The First Alpine Club In America. The article is about the formation of the 1st Alpine club and 2 views of climbers on Mt. Hood and 3 other views of Mount Hood (see 2nd and 3rd image below - pg 3 of article not shown - pg 3 has an illustration of a climber at the summit of Mt. hood. Magazine measures 9-1/2" by 12-1/2" and is in good condition. The magazine has several other interesting articles such as:
- The Late George Inness
- Prominent Women Of Our Cities
- Bishop Watterson Of Columbus
- Anton Rubenstein
- The Ways Of Cabinet Officers
- Cover is of Olga Nethersole
This is a lot of 3 items. They are all the January 13, 1893 issue of the Staunton Vindicator newspaper published in Staunton, Virginia. They each contain a page 3, 1/2 column article with an illustration of Robert E. Lee about the preparations for the Robert E. Lee birthday celebration to be held in Staunton, VA. The Robert E. Lee illustration is at the head of the article. Some browning at folds, some holes at intersecting folds and some splits at folds. Fair to good condition. Lee article is in good condition. Papers also have a fairly large front page eyeglass ad for Dr. Geo. D. Levy of Staunton. These are original papers - never bound - not reproductions.
This is the June 3, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. It measures 9-1/2" by 12-1/2" and contains about 24 pages. It has an illustrated 1-1/2 page article titled "A Master stroke of Chance" that describes the escape from Sing Sing prison of Pallister and Roehl. The article inlcudes a photo titled "Sing Sing Prison and Shops With a View of the Hudson in the Distance" and "The Death House - Sing Sing Prison". Magazine is in good condition - some edge chips to cover -otherwise very good.
This is the July 4, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page article with 3 illustrations about making flowers from sea shells. The illustrations are titled "A Basket of Shell Flowers", "Tools For Making Shell Flowers" and Method of Manufacturing Various Shell Flowers". . Magazine is in good condition - has a couple short edge tears - from a bound volume.
This is the October 3, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1-1/2 column article titled "A Gem Bearing Granite Vein In Western Connecticut" that describes a large vein of granite that contains valuable gems of Garnet and Beryl and much mica and feldspar. The mine was opened by a Mr. S. L. Wilson. Magazine is in good condition - has a couple short edge tears - from a bound volume.
This is the March 10, 1894 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. It measures 9-1/2" by 12-1/2" and contains about 24 pages. It has a 2 page article titled "Anarchists' Riot In Boston" that is about a riot of unemployed persons led by anarchist Morrison I. Swift. The article has 2 illustrations (1 is a full page illustration). They are titled "Governor Greenhalge and Morrison I. Swift" and "Anarchist Riot in Boston" (full page). Magazine is from a bound volume - some roughness of spine and rear cover is missing - otherwise good condition.
This is the July, 1877 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harpers & Brothers. It has a 17 page illustrated article titled "Queen Victoria's Highland Home" by J. R. Hunter that describes the Queen's home Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands. The article has 13 illustrations. They are:
- Balmoral
- Mills Near Balmoral
- Lawn Front of the Palace of Balmoral
- Loch Avon
- Loch Na Gar
- The Bridge Of Ivercauld
- On Dee-Side
- Lohn Loch and Loch Na Gar
- Procession of the Ballroom
- Abergeldie Castle
- In The Pine Forest
- Ballaterich Where Byron Lived
- Highlander's Dance
This is the November, 1896 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harpers & Brothers. It has a 26 page illustrated article titled "The First President Of the United States"by Woodrow Wilson. The article has 10 illustrations. They are:
- Thomson, the Clerk of Congress, Announcing to Washington at Mount Vernon, His Election to the Presidency
- The First Presidential Mansion (at Pearl and Cherry Streets, New York)
- Government House at the Battery, New York, 1790
- Washington Lamps
- Washington
- Congress Hall, 1790-1800
- Washington Mansion, 190 Market St. Philadelphia
- Eleanor Parke Curtis
- The Death of Washington
- The Old Tomb, Mount Vernon
- Many others . . .
This is the March, 1895 issue of Outing magazine published in New York and devoted to "Amateur Sport And Pastime". The magazine has a 10 page article by Ninetta Eames titled "Cruising Among the Salt Lake Islands" that is about sailing ona the Grat Salt Lake in Utah to the Salt Lake Islands. The article has 7 illustrations. They are:
- View of the Islands
- The Curving Bay of Stansbury
- Dawn
- On the East Coast of Stansbury
- Sunset and Storm Off Northwest Head, Antelope
- ?The Cambria At DaybreakBlack Rock off Garfield Beach
- Quick Photography Afield
- The Spring Flight on the Mississippi
- Sportsmen's Dogs - The Pointer
- National Guard of the State of Maine
- Others . . .
This is the July 9, 1891 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. Much of the issue is devoted to 4th of July celebrations at Roseland Park in Connecticut. The front page includes the schedule of events and inside pages include letters and addresses by many notable people of the day including Chauncy Depew, James Whitcomb Riley, and others. The reports go on to describe the celebration, speeches, etc. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle from a bound volume.
This is the July 9, 1898 issue of The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, an 8-1/4" by 12-1/2", 64 page magazine format newspaper , published in New York. The paper includes the following:
- Financial Ads
- Clearing House Returns
- US and World Financial News
- Railroad Gross Earnings Report
- English Monetary News
- New York Stock Exhchange Reports
- Outside Securities Reports (Street Railways, Gas, etc.)
- Bonds Report
- Investment News
- Reports on several Railroads
- Cotton Report
- Breadstuffs Report
- Drygoods Report
- many others . . .
This is a lot of 5, Boston Journal of Commerce devoted to textile manufacturing - primarily the cotton and wool industry. The outer wrapper of the paper is advertising - the front page is inside the outer wrapper and the main paper can be easily separated from the advertising wrapper for display. The papers are from April 21, May 12, May 19, and May 26, 1894 and November 26, 1898. Papers are in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume. The papers measure 13-3/4" by 19-1/4" and contain 16 pages each.
This is the February 17, 1894 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a full page a full page article with 2 illustrations about George W. Childs, Editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger Newspaper. Childs had just died and the article describes his career. The article has a photo of childs superimposed over the banner of the newspaper, and a photo of childs in his office at the "Public Ledger". Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the October 21, 1891 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 3/4 column front page poem titled "Hateras" that mentions Hateras Light and the many shipwrecks there. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle from a bound volume.
This is the October, 1899 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 48 pages. It has a 3 page article titled "The Antioch Of American Foreign Missions" by Rev. John Wright Buckam, Salem Mass. that is about the history of missionaries from Salem Mass. The article has a photo of "The Tabernacle Church" and of "The Missionary Settee". Names mentioned in the article are:
- Roger Williams
- Samuel J. Mills
- Dr. Samuel Worcester
- Dr. A. P. Peabody
- Mary Norris
- John Norris
- Benjamin W. Crowinshield
- Dr. Spring
- Daniel A. White
- Judson
- Newell
- Nott
- Rice
- Pliney Fisk
- Levi Spaulding
- Myron Winslow
- Henbry Woodward
- Prof. Moses Stuart
- Edmund Frost
- Dr. Cornelius
This is the Janaury, 1892 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine contains a 18 page article with 8 illustrations titled Canada's El Dorado. The article describes the gold region of British Columbia, Canada. The 8 illustrations are by Frederic Remington and are titled:
- An Impression of the Shuswap Lake, British Columbia
- The Tschummum or tool used in Making Canoes
- The First of the Salmon Run - Fraser River
- Indian Salmon Fishing In the Thrasher
- The Salmon Cache
- The Potlatch
- Going To The Potlach - Big Canoe Northwest Coast
- An Ideal of the Coast
- Aaron Burr's Conspiracy and Trial
- Our Exposition at Chicago
- Popular Life in the Austro-Hungarian Capitals
- Personal Recollection of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Many others . . .
This is the March, 1891 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published by Harper and Brothers in New York. The magazine contains a 9 page article titled American Leads At Whist and Their History by N. B. Trist that describes how Am erican leads in the card game of whist evolved. The magazine measures 7" by 10" and contains about 160 pages. The magazine is in very good condition - minimal wear to original paper covers. Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- The Argentine Capital
- The Chinese Leak
- Nationality In Music
- Literary Landmarks of Edinburgh
- Many others . . .
This is the April 29, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a 2 page illustrated article titled "The Apostasy Of Henrich Heine" that is about the City of Dusseldorf Germany refusing to erect a statue to honor the poet Heinrich Heine because he was Jewish. The article has two illustrations of Heine. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the March 9, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-1/2 column report titled "The Bernalillo Indian School Again" that is about a scandal at the Bernalillo, NM Indian school caused by reporting Mexican students as Indians to get payment for educating them from the Indian Bureau. Some of the names mentioned in the article are:
- Catholic Sisters of Loretto
- Father J. A. Stephan
- Rev. A. Jouveoceau
- Archbishop Salpointe
- Mr. Morgan
- David S. Keck
This is the August 31, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 1 page article titled "Disco Island, South Greenland" by William E. Meehan, member of the Peary relief expedition. The article describes the islands appearance, terrain, geology, etc. Some of the places and names mentioned are:
- Godhaven
- John Davis
- Waigat Straits
- Cape Farewell
- Cape York
- Rothe (Red River)
- Blauzy Dael
- Windy Valley
- Devil's Hole
- Disco FiordMelville Bay
This is the November 16, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a 2 column front page article by African Explorer Henry Stanley titled "My Last Christmas In The Bush" that describes how he spent the Christmas of 1888 in Africa. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - some roughness of spine.
This is the July 21, 1892 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a long, 3 column, description of Bar Harbor, Maine in 1892 by Elbert F. Baldwin. Paper is from a bound volume - very good condition.
This is the October 13, 1892 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a 3 column report about the Horace Mann School for the deaf and his belief in the articulation method of teaching the deaf to speak rather than to sign. Paper is from a bound volume - very good condition.
This is the April 15, 1899 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The front cover is a large illustration of Queen Victoria titled "Arrival Of Queen Victoria at Boulogne". There is a related article on page 2 titled "Visit Of Queen Victoria To France". Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the September, 1894 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine published in New York by Harper & Brothers. It is a softcover, 6-3/4" by 10", 140 page monthly magazine. It contains an 8 page article with 7 illustrations titled "Some Records Of The Ice Age About New York" that describes and shows locations where you can see evidence of the Ice Age in the New York City area. The illustrations are titled:
- Glacial Grooves, Central Park
- Map Of North America in the Ice Age
- A Glacier Planed Rock Surface With Grooves and Scratches - Central Park
- A Scarred and Scratched "Erratic" In a Glacial Gravel Bed Near Morningside Park
- Folded Rock Layers in Central Park
- A Group Of Aliens On Harlem Heights
- The Rocking Stone - Bronx Park
This is the April 22, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1/2 page article and 1/2 page illustration of Don Jose Zorilla the poet laureate of Spain who had recently passed away. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the June 1, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 2 column article with a 5-1/2" by 6-1/2" illustration of Anna Ella Carroll. Carroll submitted a plan to the government about controlling the Tennessee River that proved to be instrumental in the US winning the war against the Confederates. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the May 14, 18976 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. The paper has an illustrated report about the WCTU (Woman's Christian Temperance Union) and Frances E. Willard. The article is about the upcoming convention of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union and an appearance that will be made by Frances E. Willard. The illustration is of Miss Willard. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the March 26, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a report about the late children's poet Eugene Field that includes a small illustration of him and a larger illustration of his daughter, Miss Mary French Field who was noted for giving skillful readings of her father's works. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the March 2, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1-1/2 column article with 1 illustration titled "A Southern White City - The Tennessee Centennial Exposition at Nashville" (White City is in reference to all the buildings being white). The article describes the upcoming exposition and has an illustration titled "Auditorium of the Nashville Exposition". Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the February 23, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 3-1/2 column (most of a page) article about Dr. and Mrs. Fridjof Nansen that tells of their personal traits and describes their home at Lysaker near Christiania, Norway (now Oslo). The report has a large illustration of Nansen and his wife and a small illustration of their home. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is the January 19, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page illustration of Senator John Sherman of Ohio who had just accepted an appointment as Secretary Of State under William McKinley . Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume - some edge chips.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the November 20, and November 24, 1896 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The papers measure 12" by 17" and contain 16 pages each. They each have a report about the National Council of Jewish Women. The report takes up about 2-1/2 pages in total and includes 12 illustrations of leaders of the Council of Jewish Women. The illustrations are of:
- Mary Lowe Dickinson
- Sophie C. Axman
- Carrie S. Benjamin
- Ellen M. Henrotin
- Bessie Myers
- Pauline Witkowsky
- Minnie D. Lewis
- Julius Alexander
- I. H. Lessem
- Hugo Rosenberg
- Phillip Hamburger
- M. De Sola
This is the September 10, 1898 issue of The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, an 8-1/4" by 12-1/2", 64 page magazine format newspaper , published in New York. The paper has along, 1 page report titled "The Wabash Railroad" that is about the condition and business outlook of the Wabash Railroad. The paper also has two other separate financial reports about the Wabash Railroad . The paper also includes the following:
- Financial Ads
- Clearing House Returns
- US and World Financial News
- English Monetary News
- New York Stock Exchange Reports
- Outside Securities Reports (Street Railways, Gas, etc.)
- Bonds Report
- Investment News
- Reports on several Railroads including:
- Milwaukee & St. Paul RR
- Norfolk & Western RR
- Northern Pacific Railway
- New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
- Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis Railway
- Buffalo, Kenmore, & Tonawanda Electric Railway
- Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
- many others . . .
- Cotton Report
- Breadstuffs Report
- Drygoods Report
- many others . . .
This is the May 19, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a report about the Lao Language finally being able to be printed which would allow missionaries to share the written word with the Siamese. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the July 6, 1895 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. The magazine has an illustrated report titled "The Finest Cycle Path In the World" that describes the bicycle path that extended from Prospect Park in Brooklyn to the shore line at Coney Island. The article includes an illustration of cyclists and a full page of photos of 14 scenes from the opening of the famous cycle path from Prospect Park , Brooklyn to Coney Island. The 14 photos are:
- A Bad Beginning
- The Announcer
- Awaiting the Order to Start
- The Mile Handicap
- The Path From Prospect Park to Coney Island
- Five Mile Race
- The Judges Stand
- The Plaza in Prospect Park
- Some of the Unattached
- Start Of One Mile Novice Race
- The Thirteenth Regiment Contingent
- Scattering Scorchers
- A Record Breaker
- The Path In Front of the Bleachers
This is the October 14, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has an illustrated ad for Mark Twain's new book "Following the Equator" that is soliciting agents to sell the book. The ad shows Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) with cigar in hand and walking on the globe. The ad measures 2-1/4" by 2-3/4" and was placed by the American Publishing Co. in Hartford, CT. Very good condition - rag paper - not brittle.
This is a lot of 3 items. They are the August 27, September 10, and September 17, 1896 issues of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. They each have an article about Li Hung-Chang, the Chinese Ambassador to the US. The 3 reports are:
- Li Hung-Chang by W. A. P. Martin, President Emeritus of the Imperial Tungwen College, Peking, China
- Li-Hung Chang and Missions
- Li-Hung Chang as a Patron of Education
This is the January 13, 1898 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. The paper ha s a 1 column article titled "The Work Of John Sartain" by Sophia Antoinette Walker that describ3es and exhibit of the life's works of John Sartain that were on display at the Philadelphia Art Club. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the November 9, 1893 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2 column article titled "Unpublished Poems By John G. Whittier and Elizabeth Whittier". The artcile takes up a full column on the front page and most of a column on page 2. The poems in the article are "To H.H.H." and "Cassandra Southwick and H.H.H.". H.H.H. was a quaker girl named Hannah Hulda Hoag and the poem was written by Whittier while visiting in the hills of New Hampshire. Paper is in good condition - some roughness of spine - from a bound volume.
This is the May 19, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a report about the Lao Language finally being able to be printed which would allow missionaries to share the written word with the Siamese. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the May 26, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-1/3 column article titled "Changes In Muir Glacier" by Professor G. Frederick Wright. The report is about Professor Reid's observations and measurements of changes on the glacier during the summer of 1890. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the May 9, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a 3 page illustrated article about the history of the use of Cloisonne that is titled "The Use of Cloisone For Decoration In Ancient and Modern Times" by Clement Heaton. The article includes a history of the use of cloisonne in Egypt, Assyria, Persia, India, China, Japan, by the Hebrews, Greece, the Romans, Byzantine, Russia, Moresque, Medeival times, and Renaissance Times. The article has 8 illustrations. They are titled:
- Egyptian Cloisonne Jewel
- Part of Frieze From Nineveh
- Greek Entablature Suggesting Closionne Treatment
- Part of Pompeian Ceiling
- Monumental Stone From the Church of St. Genevieve, Paris
- Pavement Tiles Illustrating Champleve Work
- Enamels From the Reliquary Of Limbourg
- Elizabethan Ornament Suggesting Champleve
This is the August, 1891 issue of The Household magazine published in Brattleboro, Vermont by George E. Crowell. The magazine, which measures 10-1/2" by 15" and contains 32 pages, was devoted to the interests of the American Housewife. It has a long, 1-1/2 page article with 1 illustration titled "Wellesley College By the College Girls" that describes the college and includes the story of its origins. The illustration is of the college as viewed from the lake. Some of the sub-sections of the article are:
- Expenses Per Year
- Domestic Department
- College Days
- Some of Our Studies
- Physical Culture
- Music (includes music and words to the college cheer)
- The Story of the Beginning
- A Box of Florida Fruit
- Letters and Letter Writing
- Sketching From Nature
- China Painting
- Begonias
- Distinguished Botanists
- The Sewing Room
- Poison Sumach and Ivy
- The Care of the Eye
- Tea Jackets
- Mock Vests
- Gifts For the Baby
- Baby's Mittens
- Baby Blanket
- Art In the Home
- A Pretty Summer Chair
- Etiquette For Calling
- Life On the Frontier
- Practical Talks in the Kitchen
- Canning Fruit
- Canning Sweet Corn
- Household Recipes - Peach Cottage Pudding , Peach Souffle, about 20 others
- lots of illustrated ads
- Many others . . .
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the October 2 and October 9, 1897 issues of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. They have a 2 part front page article titled "A Historical Sketch Of the Methodist Episcopal Church In Topsfield" that is a total of about 2-1/4 columns in length. It was written by Mrs. Clarissa Glazier.. Some of the names and places mentioned in the article are:
- Andrew Gould
- William Ray
- John Cary
- Mr. Stephen Bartlett
- James Manning
- George B. Loring
- Isaiah M. Small
- High Rock Cottage
- John W. Hutchinson
- Union Hall
- Rev. Mr. Bemis
- Mr. Huyler
- Rev. John Smith
- Rev., Franklin Furber
- Rev. George Sutherland
- Samuel S. McKenzie
- Many, many others . . .
This is the September, 1893 issue of The Household magazine published in Brattleboro, Vermont by George E. Crowell. The magazine, which measures 10-1/2" by 15" and contains 32 pages, was devoted to the interests of the American Housewife. It has a rear cover ad foir Bedford Mineral Springs Water from Bedford, Pennsylvania. The ad measures 2-1/2" by 4" and shows a glass of water marked "There's Good Health In a Glass of Bedford Water". Some of the other content in the magazine is:
- The Use of Poultices
- The Hands and Finger Nails
- The Tomato
- Repairing an Ocean Cable
- The American Woman
- Care Of Boards
- An Afternoon Tea in Japan
- Ladies Reefer Eton Costume
- Ladies Costume with Four Gored Skirt
- How to Clean Chenille Curtains
- Sheet Music Page - "Amelia Schottishe"
- lots of illustrated ads
- Recipes - Clam Soup, Gingerbread, Spruce Beer, Potatoe Croquettes, several others . . .
- Many others . . .
This is the April 4, 1896 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a long, 4/5 column report titled "The New Electric Road" that is about the new electric railroad between Haverhill, Georgetown and Danvers, Massachusetts. The article describes the proposed route and encourages all merchants of Haverhill to support the proposed new electric railroad. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound - some wear spots at folds.
This is the July 21, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has long, 2 column front page article (briefly continued on page 2) titled "Strike Spreads To Manhattan" that is about a strike on the electric railway of the Metropolitan Street Railway of Manhattan out of sympathy for the strike that was going on in Brooklyn. The article describes how the strike was implemented and how the police quelled some of the riots. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 31, 1899 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1-1/2 column report titled "Talk With Li Hung Chang" that is about a meeting between DR. L. L. Seaman of New York and China's statesman, Li Hung Chang about the Philippines issue. Chang believed the US made a mistake and should not have invaded the Philippines. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the Janaury 22, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page article and photo of Thomas C. Platt announcing his election as U.S.Senator from New York. . Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the March 16, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page photo of and article about Thomas R. Reed, a Congressman from Maine who was Speaker of the U.S.House of Representatives that includes a brief biography of his career. Some of the sub-sections of the long report (2 columns on front page and 1 col;umn on page 2) are:
- A Sketch of His Career
- His Entry Into Public Life
- Elected To Congress
- Work On the Potter Committee
- Mr. Reed as Speaker
- An Able Leader of the Minority
- Speaker Once More
This is the May 4, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long 2 column report about the Tennessee Centennial and the Nashville Exposition. The article describes the ceremonies of the Centennial in Nashville and the opening of the Nashville Exposition. The exposition report describes the exposition and tells how President McKinley kicked off the exposition remotely from Washington by telegraph. The article also gives a history of the exposition. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the June 8, 1897 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune newspaper. The paper measures 12" by 17" and contains 16 pages. It has a long front page report (1 full column on front page and 2 columns on page 2) about four people being killed an several wounded by a Lynch mod trying to lunch a Negro who was being held in jail. Charles Mitchel was accused of assaulting a Mrs. Eliza Gaumer . Mitchell was held in jail and was protected by the Sheriff and the local militia but the lynch mob finally got to him and killed him and also killing and wounding innocent bystanders in the process. This is a long fairly detailed report about the incident. Paper is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August, 1899 issue of The Missionary Herald magazine, published in Boston by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It measures 6" by 9-1/2" and contains 42 pages. It has a 4-1/2 page article titled "Kobe College For Girls, Kobe Japan" that describes the Christian missionary college for Japanese girls in Kobe, Japan. The article has 3 photos. They are:
- Gate, Lodge, and Music Building Kobe College
- Gymnastic Class and Entrance to Science Hall
- Kobe College Classes of 1897 With Teachers
- The Story of the Chao Chou Church North China
- Four Years in the South China Mission
- Marathi Mission
- Madura Mission
- North China Mission
- Japan Mission
- Western Turkey Mission
This is the May 6, 1891 issue of the Essex County Mercury newspaper published in Salem, Massachusetts by Nathaniel A. Horton & Son. It has a 1+ column, front page article that gives the history of the original road from Salem, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the names and places mentioned in the article are:
- Broad Street
- The "Lookout"
- Powder House Lane
- Gallows Hill
- Tompkins Hotel
- Devil's Bridge
- Boston Street
- Peabody
- Old Boston Road
- Aborn Street
- Washington Street
- Goldthwait's Brook
- Charlestown Village (Woburn)
- Medford
- Charlestown
- Somerville
- Charlestown Ferry
- Rumney (Chelsea)
- Penny Ferry
- Brown's Pond
- Winnisemmet
- Linn In Saugus
- Rumney Marsh
- Linn Taverns
- Winnissemmet Ferry
- Clay River
- Cary's House
- Castle Hill
- Watch Hill
- Several others. . .
This is the May 27, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a 3 page illustrated article titled "The Revival Of Yachting" that is about a revival in yachting in the US due to a change in government at the New York Yacht Club due to the retirement of Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry and a challenge by Lord Dunraven for the Americas Cup. Gerry was replaced by Commodore Edwin D. Morgan. The article has 4 photos and illustrations. They are:
- Elbridge T. Gerry
- Alcaea - owned by Charles and L. Vaughn Clark
- Lasca - owned by John E. Brooks
- Navahoe - owned by Mr. Royal Phelps Carroll - to compete for the Gold Cup of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club of Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
This is the June 20, 1891 issue of Themis, a weekly newspaper published by D. Johnston & Co. in Sacramento, California. It has an illustrated 3" by 4-1/2" ad for J. R. Hodson "The Leading Photographer In America". His studio was located at 521 J Street in Sacramento. The paper measures 11-1/2" by 16" and contains 8 pages. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - never bound.
This is the March 14, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a long, 1-1/2 page article titled "The Industrial Revolution In Japan " by William Elroy Curtis, a noted Journalist who was born in Akron, OH, and graduated from of Western Reserve College in 1871. His article describes the industrial revolution of Japan and includes information on foreign investment in Japan and charts on imports and exports and a chart on wages in Yokohama. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the July 22, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 1 page article Rev. B. L. McElroy, PHD of London, Madison County, Ohio titled "Wages Of Miners in the Great Coal Fields". The article discusses the wages of the miners and has a chart showing comparative wages of miners from Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the September 30, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-11/4 column article by Carlos Young from Salt Lake City, UT titled "Thatcher and the Mormons" about Moses Thatcher's unsuccessful run for the position as Senator from Utah. The article tells of the difficulties between him and the Mormon Church. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the November 25, 1897 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a brief biography of Marcus Whitman by Mary L. Whitman . Marcus Whitman was born in Rushville, New York and raised in Plainfield, Massachusetts. He became a scout and Doctor for the missionaries in Oregon in the 1830's. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the August 20, 1891 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has an ad for the Grant House located at Stamford, New York in the Catskill Mountains . The ad is signed by J. P. and J. G. Grant. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the April 27, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a 1/2 column illustrated article titled "Distinguished Visitors" about a visit to the Danvers Women's Association by Mary Livermore and Julia Ward Howe. The article includes an illustration of each of the women's rights activists. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound - some wear through holes at folds.
This is the January 26, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a 5" by 6-1/2" illustration of the racehorse Onawa, Jr. that was owned by O. N. Fernald and recently sold to Dr. P. B. Laskey of Marblehead, MA. The article tells of some of Onawa, Jr.'s racing accomplishments. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound.
This is the June 15, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has an article with 5 illustrations titled "The Porter Reunion" that describes plans for the reunion of descendants of John Porter of Danvers that was scheduled for July 18th. The article includes 5 small photos. They are:
- Porter-Bradstreet House
- The Porter-Lindall House
- Reed Porter House
- Birthplace of Gen. Moses Porter
- Porter's River
This is the February 4, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 1-2/3 page article titled "Smokeless Powder and Magazine Rifles" by L. G> Duff Grant. The article is about finding a substitute for black powder. Some of the sub-sections of the article are:
- Attempts To Find a Substitute For Black Powder
- Brown Prismatic or Cocoa Powders
- Other Nitrate Compound Gunpowders
- Misconceptions Concerning Smokeless Powders
This is the March 2, 1895 issue of The Topsfield Townsman newspaper published in Topsfield, Massachusetts by F. E. Moynahan. It has a front page article titled "Visit To The Pingree Farm" that describes the author's visit to Pingree Farm (in Essex County - possibly in Topsfield or nearby) that was apparently a modern state of the art farm. The farm was superinteded by Mr. Grantham. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - never bound.
This is the July 2, 1891 issue of The Valley Review newspaper published in Lodi, California in San Joaquin County. It has a brief front page report titled "A Telephone In Every Room" that tells of the Plan Hotel in Tampa, Florida and how Plan in an effort to upstage millionaire Flagler in St. Augustine was putting a telephone in every room of his hotel that would allow guests to communicate with guests in other rooms and he was also installing the "Orchestrion" that was one of the marvels of the Paris Exposition .
This is the June, 1892 issue of The Household magazine published in Brattleboro, Vermont by George E. Crowell. The magazine, which measures 10-1/2" by 15" and contains 32 pages, was devoted to the interests of the American Housewife. It has a long, 4/5 page article titled "Mother Stewart" that is about the life of Eliza Daniel Stewart the noted temperance leader. There is also a photo of her on the cover of the magazine. Magazine is in good condition - never bound.
This is a postcard size card inviting members of the 456th regiment to a Washington's Birthday celebration on February 22, 1898 at Hawley, PA. I am not sure what the 456th regiment was - possibly a PA militia? or sons of the American Revolution? although the number seems rather high. The card is signed Victor A. Decker, Amanuensis. Very good condition - the back of the card is blank. The invitation is for "Junior Sons of Regiment 456 and their family and friends". The card is dated February 16, 1898.
This is the February 7, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 page article with 4 illustrations about Lt. Fiske's new Range Finder. The four illustrations are titled:
- Diagram of Fiske Position Finder
- Fiske Position Finder in Use
- Intersecting Pointers, Fiske Position Finder
- Diagram of Fiske Position Finder
This is the June 6, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has front page illustration and a 2/3 page article about Lt. Bradley Allen Fiske and the new range finder he developed. The front page shows 4 views of the range finder and their is an additional illustration on page 2. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the December 5, 1890 issue of The Wayne Independent newspaper published in Honesdale, PA by Benjamin F. Haines. It measures 15" by 22" and contains 8 pages. It is in very good condition - never bound - rag paper - not brittle. It has a report about the launch of the armored cruiser USS New York at the Cramp Ship Yard on the Delaware in Philadelphia. It includes a small illustration of the cruiser. Some of the local reports are from:
- Hamlinton
- Seelyville
- South Canaan
- Fermoy
- Hawley
- Gouldsboro Station
- Beech pond
- Milanville
- Greentown
- Bethany
- Dreher
- Cherry Ridge
- Hoadleys
- Smith Hill & Vicinity
- Pleasant Mount
- Starucca
- South Canaan
- Lake Ariel
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "Robert Morris " engraved by T. B. Welch (pupil of Longacre) from a painting by J. B. Longacre (engraver & painter from Philadelphia) after an original portrait by R. E. Pine of Philadelphia and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-1/2" by 4-1/2".
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "Benjamin Franklin " based on a painting by Bass Otis of Philadelphia and engraved by E. G. Williams & Bros. of New York and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-1/2" by 4-1/4".
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "George C. Meade " of Civil War General George C. Meade based on a photograph by Gunsthurst and engraved by R. Whitechurch and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-3/4" by 5".
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper titled "William Cramp " engraved by A. E. Francis & Co. and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 4" by 5". William Cramp was a ship builder on Petty's Island on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. He built many iron clad ships for the US during the Civil War.
This is the October 22, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 3 column report (1 page) titled "The New York and New Jersey Bridge Route - Union Station and Terminals" that describes the new bridge that was planned to cross the Hudson to New Jersey to connect the NY railroads with the railroads coming from the North and East in New Jersey. The bridge would begin between 70th and 71st street and between 11th and 12th Ave and proceed in a direct line across the River to New Jersey. The report describes the proposed bridge and includes a map of Manhattan, the Hudson and East Rivers and part of New Jersey showing the location of the bridge. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is a nice 8" by 11" engraving on heavy paper of "A. G. Curtin" (Andrew Gregg Curtin), Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. It was engraved by John Sartain of Philadelphia (probably from a photograph) and published in 1898. This is a good quality engraving suitable for framing. The printed area measures 3-1/2" by 4-1/2".
This is the February 4, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem titled "The Legend Of The Stone" by Madison Cawein of Louisville, Kentucky. Madison Cawein was the leading American nature poet of his day. Good condition - from a bound volume - has small binding marks at spine.
This is the March 18, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 3 page illustrated article titled "Launch Of The Indiana" that has two full page illustrations, a 1/3 page illustration, 1 small illustration and about 1/2 page of text. The illustrations are titled:
- Launch Of the Indiana - The Battleship As She Appeared Just Before Launching
- Launch of the "Indiana" The Battleship As She Will Appear When Completed"
- The Indiana Just After the Launch
- Miss Miller (daughter of ex-Attorney General Miller who christened the ship)
This is the November 18, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 2/3 page report with one photo titled "The Gunboat "Mathias" that is about the launch of the gunboat Mathias on the Kennebec River in Me where it was built. The article has a photo of the ship. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the February 2, 1891 issue of The Argonaut newspaper published in San Francisco, California. It has a long San Francisco Society report that includes the following reports:
- The Holman-Dubrow Wedding - long report
- The Holbrook Matinee Tea - long report
- The Nightingale Reception - long report - lists names of about 150 attendees
- The Younger Reception - includes a long list of names of attendees
- The Reis Dinner Party - brief report
- The Dean Reception - brief report
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the February 3, 1898 and February 28, 1898 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The February 3rd paper has a front page poem by Frances Willard titled "To A Snowbird". Frances Willard was an American temperance leader and reformer, lecturer, writer, and educator who was born in Churchville, New York. She graduate of Northwestern Female College, Evanston, Illinois, 1859. The February 28th paper has a 1 column biography of Frances Willard. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the March 31, 1898 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1-1/3 column article titled "Findings of the Maine Court" that gives the findings of the Maine Court of Naval Inquiry . The court concluded that the Maine was destroyed by a mine placed at the bow of the ship. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the February 25, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long, 2 column article titled "The Stundists of Russia" by Professor George H. Schodds of Capital University of Columbus, Ohio. The article tells of the sect of German Christians in Russia known as Stundists who were deserters against the Orthodox Russian Church and the low status of morals in Russia. The article describes the beliefs of the Stundists and of the spread of the movement. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the April 14, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a front page poem by John Greenleaf Whittier titled "The Wind Of March". The poem is dated March 4th, 1892 at Newburyport, Massachusetts. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition from a bound volume - it has a foxing spot at top center of front page.
This is the March 31, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a long 1 column article titled "President Eliot And The Mormons" that is about President Eliot's visit to Utah and the Mormon's and about controversy over some of his remarks comparing the Mormons to the Pilgrims. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the May 16, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 1-2/3 column report titled "An Incandescent Lamp Factory In the Northwest" that is a description of the Standard Lamp Company of Appleton, Wisconsin. The report describes the operations of the factory. Magazine is in good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume - it does have an acid free archival tape repair inside the front page.
This is the September 25, 1897 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a biography of scientist Alfred Marshall Mayer. The biography is about 3 columns in length (1 page) and is a continuation of the biography of Mayer that was begun in the preceding issue of the magazine. This issue covers some of his discoveries in acoustics, vision, electricity and magnetism. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the November 27, 1897 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2 page article with 3 photos and 1 illustration titled "The Electric Transportation System of Fairmont Park, Philadelphia". The article describes the system and the photos and illustration are titled:
- Engines and Generators - Fairmount Park Power Station
- South Elevation of Power Station
- Typical Passenger Station - Fairmount Park
- Entrance To One of the Arches
This is the April 11, 1891 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1-1/8 page illustrated report titled "Stone Arch Highway Bridge Over the Turkey River , Elkader, Iowa" in Clayton County Iowa. The report has 3 views of the stone arch bridge. They are titled:
- Stone Arch Highway Bridge Across the Turkey River at Elkader, IA
- View of One Arch and Centering
- General View
This is the February 16, 1891 issue of The Argonaut newspaper published in San Francisco, California. It has a 1/2 column ad offering for sale the estate known as Owl's Wood and owned by Frank Pixley, one of the pioneers of the Marin County area. He was also the editor of this newspaper. The ad describes the estate in quite a bit of detail. The paper has many interesting articles and many illustrated ads. The paper measures 11" by 15" and contains 16 pages - rag paper - not brittle - never bound.
This is a 13" by 17" (printed area is 9" by 13") color lithograph titled "US Army - Infantry Field Equipment - 1892", showing U.S. Army soldiers, uniforms, and field equipment used in 1892. This is a very good quality lithograph on heavy paper with protective onion skin sheet. It is from a collection of military lithographs titled "The U. S. Army and Navy, 1776-1899" by the Werner Co. , published in 1899 in Akron, Ohio. This is a very attractive and framble print in near perfect condition. NOTE: This is an original print from 1899 - not a reproduction.
This is a 13" by 17" (printed area is 9" by 13") color lithograph titled "U. S. Army - Commissioned Officer and Private of Cavalry 1802-1810", showing US Army equipment and uniforms in the US Army in the 1802-1810 period. This is a very good quality lithograph on heavy paper with protective onion skin sheet. It is from a collection of military lithographs titled "The U. S. Army and Navy, 1776-1899" by the Werner Co. , published in 1899 in Akron, Ohio. This is a very attractive and framble print in near perfect condition - with just a couple short edge tears - not near printed area. NOTE: This is an original print from 1899 - not a reproduction.
This is the October 15, 1892 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 6 page article with 16 illustrations titled "New York's Columbian Celebration". The illustrations are of:
- A View of The City
- Bartholdi Or Liberty Statue
- Statue of Washington
- Statue Of Lafayette
- Statue of Lincoln
- Statue Of William Seward
- Carnegie Music Hall
- The Official Badge
- Worth Monument - Madison Square
- Grace Episcopal Church - Broadway & Tenth St.
- Trinity Episcopal Church Broadway & Rector Street
- The box Containing The Presidents Invitation
- The Presidents Invitation
- St. Patricks Cathedral
- Vanderbilt House On Fifth Avenue
- The Columbus Memorial Arch - Fifth Ave and 95th St.
This is the September 11, 1897 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a brief article and a 3-1/2" by 6" photo of Trixie Hoyt, the female golf champion of the tournament held at Manchester, Massachusetts the prior year. The article goes on to say that this year Trixie Hoyt will be challenged by Miss Margaret Curtis for the Championship. The photo shows Trixie Hoyt making a shot. Magazine is in good condition - never bound - original covers. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the January 2, 1897 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a 1-1/2 column article and a 4" by 6-1/2" photo about the Carlisle Indian school football team. The article tells of the Carlisle Indian team defeating the University of Wisconsin. The photo shows the 14 players on the Indian School football team. Magazine is in good condition - never bound - original covers. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the July 21, 1892 issue of The Independent, a 11" by 16", 32 page newspaper printed in New York City. It has a long, 3 column, description of Bar Harbor, Maine in 1892 by Elbert F. Baldwin. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine.
This is the March 11, 1893 issue of The Illustrated American magazine published in New York. It has a 1-3/4 page report with one photo titled "The First Idol of Dixie " that is about the military career of Civil War General Beauregard. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover has an acid free tape repair. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is the October 27, 1892 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2/3 column report titled "The New Berea. A Forecast" by George R. Leavitt. The article is about the past and future of Berea College in Berea Kentucky that was a non- denominational Christian school for both whites and blacks. The report tells of the founders John G. Fee and J. A. R. Rogers and of the new president Professor William G. Frost formerly of Oberlin College in Ohio. The report goes on to tell how the school will grow under President Frost. Paper is from a bound volume - good condition - small binding marks at spine..
This is the March 17, 1894 issue of The Illustrated American published in New York. The magazine has a two page article (1 page of photos - 1 page of text) describing Monmouth County NJ fox and hound hunts. The hunts were based at Hollywood Park and the hunts were hunted on the grounds toward Middletown, Red Bank, Freehold, Farmingdale and Eatontown. The two photos are of the horses and hounds used in the hunt. The horses named are Lord Langford, Elvis, Countess, Majestic, Flying Dutchman, Lady Lamberton, Good Boy, Longfellow, Asetic, and Lord Gough. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - original front cover - rear cover is missing. Magazine measures 9" by 12".
This is a lot of 3 issue of the Yale News a 11-1/2" by 16", 4 page, twice weekly newspaper published by the Yale newspaper staff in New Haven, Connecticut. They contain lots of news about Yale, some about Harvard, sporting event reports about golf, football, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, track and others. The papers also have some sporting ads including a Spalding football ad, Columbia bicycle ad, and others.. Papers are in good condition - never bound - not brittle - have just a few short edge tears. The dates of the papers are October 27, 1897, February 9, 1898 and February 11, 1898.
This is the November 26, 1896 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1/2 page article titled "Football Up To Date" that expresses the dangers of football and gives examples of youths that have been seriously injured playing the game. The article is pro-athletics but against football for children because of all the injuries. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle - some chips at spine.
This is the May 25, 1893 issue of The Independent, a 32 page, 11" by 15-1/2" newspaper published in New York. It has a 2 column report titled "A Mountain Colony" by Charles Howard Shinn that describes the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton near San Jose, California. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the September 17, 1896 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 2/3 page article titled "Washington's Farewell Address. September 17, 1796". The article commemorates the 100th anniversary of Washington's address and includes much of the text of the address with commentary by the author of the article on key passages of the address. Paper is in good condition - rag paper - not brittle.
This is the April 16, 1891 issue of The Independent newspaper published in New York. This is a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper devoted to literature, religion, and topical secular news. The paper has a 1 column article titled "Tuberculin, or the Koch Remedy" about Dr. Robert Koch's cure for tuberculosis and controversy regarding how and when he announced it to the world. Paper is in good condition - very clean - from a bound volume.