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Decorative Masthead of a Raft...
Item #219243
March 19, 1868
EVERY AFTERNOON, March 19, 1868, from New York, NY. The best feature of this title is a magnificent masthead of a raft floating in the sunshine, with the tag-line: "My free drift halts not particularly, but moves itself in a wide sea. - Shakespeare". Mostly literary content, with some comentary on the news of the day. Minor edge tears and some fold browning (see images), bu... See More
Girard Avenue Bridge Philadelphia in 1873....
Item #219145
May 24, 1873
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 24, 1873.
* Girard Avenue bridge in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Girard Avenue bridge - Hat & Coat Hook - Railway Signal - Iron Bridge construction & Much More. These i
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* Girard Avenue bridge in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Girard Avenue bridge - Hat & Coat Hook - Railway Signal - Iron Bridge construction & Much More. These i
Andersonville, Georgia...
Item #217905
August 31, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 31, 1865.
* Andersonville Prison Camp
Front page heads include: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ", "Some Discussion About Handcuffing the Prisoner", "The Tendency of Evidence the Same as on Former Days", and more, with the text taking 2 1/2 columns of the front page. Including is a letter from Henry Wirz. Wirz was the warden of the infamous Civil War pr... See More
Wilmington, North Carolina...
Item #217896
May 05, 1876
THE WEEKLY STAR, Wilmington, North Carolina, May 5, 1876.
* Wilmington, North Carolina
* President Tyler
A typical newspaper of the day with various news items and a wealth of ads. Some of the articles within are headed: "President Tyler's Second Wife", "Protection to Birds", "State Politics", "Why the Republican Party Must be Destroyed", & mu... See More
Early Baseball Convention in 1866...
Item #217563
December 14, 1866
NEW-YORK TIMES, Dec. 14, 1866.
* Early baseball convention reporting - new teams
Page 2 has a report: Convention of Base Ball Players which has details about the tenth annual convention, mentioning there were delegates from as far away as Oregon, Iowa, Maryland and Virginia and that over 100 new clubs applied for admission. Notable changes in the Constitution included the admissio
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* Early baseball convention reporting - new teams
Page 2 has a report: Convention of Base Ball Players which has details about the tenth annual convention, mentioning there were delegates from as far away as Oregon, Iowa, Maryland and Virginia and that over 100 new clubs applied for admission. Notable changes in the Constitution included the admissio
National Govenrement in St. Louis, Missouri ?
Item #217448
August 16, 1869
NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 16, 1869.
* St. Louis, Missouri as our National Capital for convention?
Page 5 has an interesting report: The National Capital The Agitation for its Removal to St. Louis--Call For a National Convention. Other news of the day includes: "Railroad Accidents" "Gettysburg" "The Savannah Base-ball Club in Charleston S.C." and much more. 8 pages in goo
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* St. Louis, Missouri as our National Capital for convention?
*Gettysburg 1869
Page 5 has an interesting report: The National Capital The Agitation for its Removal to St. Louis--Call For a National Convention. Other news of the day includes: "Railroad Accidents" "Gettysburg" "The Savannah Base-ball Club in Charleston S.C." and much more. 8 pages in goo
Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania...
Item #217412
June 26, 1874
DAILY GRAPHIC, N.Y., June 26, 1874.
* Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
Taking half of an inside page are eight scenes of men fishing. The back page 7/8 by 4 7/8 inch illustration of Mauch Chunk, View From Prospect Rock--North. Other prints and text throughout. A few margin tears, otherwise in good condition. Uncut. 8 pages.
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* Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
Taking half of an inside page are eight scenes of men fishing. The back page 7/8 by 4 7/8 inch illustration of Mauch Chunk, View From Prospect Rock--North. Other prints and text throughout. A few margin tears, otherwise in good condition. Uncut. 8 pages.
Early 1868 Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin...
Item #217059
October 20, 1868
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL from Madison, Wisconsin and dated October 20, 1868.
* Early Madison Wisconsin
* 1868 Wisconsin
* Original News
This 4 page newspaper is in good condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this time in history. This issue has news of the day and interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then.
Some of the news in this issue
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* Early Madison Wisconsin
* 1868 Wisconsin
* Original News
This 4 page newspaper is in good condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this time in history. This issue has news of the day and interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then.
Some of the news in this issue
Last Days of the Civil War....
Item #216557
June 05, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, June 5, 1865 The front page has: "THE ARMIES", "Congratulatory Address of General Grant to the Armies" signed in type: U.S. Grant; "The Work of Mustering Out Continued" & more. Good content inside including: "THE TRIAL" of the Lincoln murder conspirators; "The South" "A Large emigration to the State Desirable&qu... See More
Portraits of an 1865 baseball team...
Item #216466
November 25, 1865
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 25, 1865 Certainly the prime feature of this illustrated newspaper is the very nice three-quarter page print captioned: "Champion Nine of the Atlantic Base-Ball Club of Brooklyn, L.I., 1865" showing named prints of each of the baseball players. There is a brief article on them as well titled: "The Atlantic Base-Ball Club." There are... See More
Confederate leaders paroled....
Item #215638
October 12, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 12, 1865
* Post Civil War Confederate Leaders on Parole
* Post Civil War Confederate Leaders on Parole
The front page has: Washington Important Executive Order Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Campbell, John H. Reagan, George A. Trenholm and Charles Clark Released on Parole The Members of the South Carolina Convention Pardoned. Executive order granting parole with the possibility of a pardon is s
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William M. 'Boss" Tweed 1875.....
Item #215621
December 08, 1875
DAILY GRAPHIC, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1875.
* Escape of Boss Tweed
* Escape of Boss Tweed
* Tammany Hall Ringleader
Full page inside six illustrations: The Escape Of William M. Tweed From Warden Dunham Last Saturday. Other prints with text throughout. Good shape.
Andrew Johnson Impeachment Trial 1868....
Item #215536
March 14, 1868
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, March 14, 1868.
* President Andrew Johnson Impeachment trial
* President Andrew Johnson Impeachment trial
* 1868
Front page has: Impeachment Meeting of the Senate as Court House Of Representatives Present Johnson's Counsel Appear Asks Postponements For Forty Days The Senate Grants Ten Days The Trial Set for the 23d of March.
Other news of the day includes: "Heavy R
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Other news of the day includes: "Heavy R
1872 Agassiz Expedition...
Item #215049
May 13, 1872
NEW YORK HERALD, May 13, 1872.
* Professor Agassiz Expedition
* Patagonian Coast
Page 8 has: "SCIENCE AFLOAT" "The Agassiz Expedition on the Patagonian Coast" "Oysters A Foot In Diameter" "A Desert Where Even Thistles Will Not Grow Hail Stones Large As Walnuts" "Extinct Volcanoes of the Southern Islands" & more. Other news of the day includes: "THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE"
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* Professor Agassiz Expedition
* Patagonian Coast
Page 8 has: "SCIENCE AFLOAT" "The Agassiz Expedition on the Patagonian Coast" "Oysters A Foot In Diameter" "A Desert Where Even Thistles Will Not Grow Hail Stones Large As Walnuts" "Extinct Volcanoes of the Southern Islands" & more. Other news of the day includes: "THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE"
From Texas in the 19th century...
Item #215024
THE DALLAS DAILY HERALD, Texas, 1875 An interesting and typically-Western style newspaper, with various news of the day, a wealth of ads, many of which are rather large and many are illustrated as would be expected in a newspaper from the "Old West". A bit of very light water staining, generally in very nice condition. Folio size & complete in 4 pages. Rarely do we find 19th centur... See More
Early 1868 Madison Wisconsin Wisconsin...
Item #213847
November 07, 1868
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL from Madison, Wisconsin and dated November 7, 1868.
* Early Madison Wisconsin
* 1868 Wisconsin
* Original News
This 4 page newspaper is in good condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this time in history. This issue has news of the day and interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then.
Some of the news in this issue i
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* Early Madison Wisconsin
* 1868 Wisconsin
* Original News
This 4 page newspaper is in good condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this time in history. This issue has news of the day and interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then.
Some of the news in this issue i
1872 Wilmington, North Carolina....
Item #213840
January 26, 1872
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Wilmington, North Carolina, January 26, 1872.
* An Act to Alter the Constitution of North Carolina
* Cape Fear
This 4 page issue is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper. This issue has news of the day and several interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then. Some of the headlines in this issue inclu
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* An Act to Alter the Constitution of North Carolina
* Cape Fear
This 4 page issue is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper. This issue has news of the day and several interesting advertisements which gives a good idea how life was back then. Some of the headlines in this issue inclu
1877 Lynn Massachusetts News....
Item #213696
June 23, 1877
THE VINDICATOR SUPPLEMENT, Lynn, Mass., June 23, 1877.
* Lynn Massachusetts Original
* Religious Item
* Advertisements
Taking most of this issue is: Father Damens Infallible Church The 2nd Discourse Delivered In St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church, Lynn, June 10, 1877, By Rev. Daniel Steele, D.D. Quarto-size 4, pgs., irregular at the spine, otherwise in good condition.
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* Lynn Massachusetts Original
* Religious Item
* Advertisements
Taking most of this issue is: Father Damens Infallible Church The 2nd Discourse Delivered In St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church, Lynn, June 10, 1877, By Rev. Daniel Steele, D.D. Quarto-size 4, pgs., irregular at the spine, otherwise in good condition.
1870 Illustrations Magazine...
Item #213326
April 30, 1870
LESLIES CHIMNEY CORNER, N.Y., April 30, 1870.
* Uncommon Title
* Early Illustrations
* 1870 Original Item
Mostly literary content with various illustrations. Front page has minor soiling and heavy foxing in the left margin, inside leaf has an irregular tear, minor edge tears, otherwise good. Uncommon title.
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* Uncommon Title
* Early Illustrations
* 1870 Original Item
Mostly literary content with various illustrations. Front page has minor soiling and heavy foxing in the left margin, inside leaf has an irregular tear, minor edge tears, otherwise good. Uncommon title.
Baseball in 1865...
Item #212983
October 10, 1865
NEW-YORK TIMES, Oct. 10, 1865 Page 5 has the summary and line score of a baseball match played on the Presidents grounds in Washington mentioning that the Excelsiors had no uniforms because the club chest failed to arrive. The back page has the summaries and box scores of three baseball matches. Lite damp staining in the upper left corner, printing crease in the first item and one in
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Rare title from Oregon...
Item #212587
OREGON WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Pendleton, 1875 Pendleton is an East Oregon town which began in 1851, originally known as Marshall only later to be renamed Pendleton. This is an early issue from five years before the town would be incorporated, with various news of the day and many ads as well, several of which are illustrated.A four page newspaper with never-trimmed margins, various tears at margi... See More
Great baseball advertisement....
Item #212184
September 05, 1874
LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, September 5, 1874 The photos shows the back page ad for Peck & Snyder's sporting goods. Described as a Sportsmans Emporium and as ... authorized Designers, Manufacturers, and Leaders of Base-Ball Fashions..., the business was located at 126 Nassau Street in New York. Of particular interest is the main graphic for the professional
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1865 Post Civil War Firemen Baseball Game....
Item #212163
September 16, 1865
NEW YORK TIMES, with baseball content from the year the Civil War ended. Sept. 16, 1865 On the back page under Base Ball is: Base Ball Among Firemen--Hose Company No. 55 Vs. Engine Company No. 34. Very brief one sentence summary says: A spirited game of base ball between the above companies at Hoboken, Friday, Sept. 15... plus the box score. Other news of the day includes: "THE FALL TRADE" "A... See More
Sitting Bull...
Item #212102
August 28, 1877
DAILY GAZETTE & BULLETIN, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Aug. 28, 1877 The front page contains some one column heads including: "SITTING BULL" "Organization of Commission To Visit Mr. Bull" (see photos for the text). Also on the ftpg. is: "High Handed Outrage--A Farmer & his Wife Shot by a Tramping Robber". Complete in four pages, very nice condition, subscription label in the masthead, ... See More
Manchester newspapers from the decade after the Civil War...
Item #211963
UNION DEMOCRAT, Manchester, N.H., dated 1866 - 1870. This is a typical newspaper of the day, each issue having 4 pages, with various news of the day & a wealth of advertising as well, several of the ads being illustrated. The contents within give a good sense of the concerns & attention of the nation the decade after the Civil War. Some margin tears and scattered foxing. Generally in rathe... See More
1865 Baseball Game Attended By Ladies...
Item #211719
July 29, 1865
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 29, 1865 The back page has: "The Field Base Ball--Keystone of Philadelphia agt. Star of Brooklyn, with the summary mentioning: "The seats apportioned for ladies was filled with the galaxy of beauty and finery by the fair sex of Long Island..." and that many had fashionable umbrellas and parasols. Includes the box score. Also post civil war news such... See More
St. Augustine, Florida in 1874...
Item #211526
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, December, 1874. Featured within this issue are several prints associated with St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement and port in the continental United States (source - Wiki), along with lengthy supporting text. Other period items are present throughout.This Reader's Digest sized issue containing... See More
Item #211456
December 12, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, December 12, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Cartoons on Current Topics" "The Turco-Russian War" "What Might Have Been Expected"
Item #211450
December 29, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, December 29, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Holiday Sketches" "The Paris Exposition of 1878" "The China Tea Trade" "Winter --- Reynard Blockaded by Snow"
Item #211447
December 04, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, December 4, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Exhibition of the Society of Decorative Art" "The Huron Disaster" "The New Chapel of St. Augustine" "A Visit of Condolence" "Philadelphia's Farewell to Minister Welsh" "The Paris Exposition of 1878"
Item #211445
December 07, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, December 7, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Trial of Dr. Lambert, President of the American Popular Life Insurance Company, for Perjury" "Thirty-Fifth Semi-Annual Exhibition of the Brooklyn Art Association" "Dante" "An Irreparable Misfortune"
Item #211410
November 17, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, November 17, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "November Days" "Views in the Crater of Kilauea" "The Tithe Collector's Return" "Rest by the Way" "The Competition for the Prize of Rome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris" "The Suicide, William F. Coolbaugh"
Item #211398
November 23, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, November 23, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Our Artist in Washington" "The Tuco-Russian War" "Wholesale Warehouse of Alex. T. Stewart & Co., Chicago" "The Paris Exposition of 1878" "The Crisis in France" "The Power of the Human Eye"
Item #211397
November 24, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, November 24, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Vanderbilt Wedding" "Late for Dinner" "Musical Memories" "Cold Without"
1868 Sacramento California...
Item #211200
November 04, 1868
SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, Sacramento, CA, November 4, 1868. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Articles in this iss... See More
Item #210795
February 23, 1871
THE SAG HARBOR EXPRESS, Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, Feb. 23, 1871 An uncommon title from this once-famous whaling town near the eastern end of Long Island, now more famous as a playground for the rich & famous who frequent the neighboring Hamptons. The ftpg. has a small, comical bit: "A gentleman having a pony that started & broke his wife's neck, a neighbor told him that he wi... See More
Branch's diamond stone-sawing machine...
Item #210712
September 23, 1876
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 23, 1876 This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: Branch's Diamond Stone-Sawing Machine; Thermo-Diffusion - a New Physical Phenomenon; Crystallized Glycerin; Apparatus for Lining Insoles of Boots; Improved Construction of Stables; The United States Patent Association; Honey Buzzards and their Prey; Gold in America -- Its First D... See More
Item #210710
November 05, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, November 5, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "How 'Our Side' May Lose The Election" "The Famine in the British India" "The Election Excitement in France" "Burning of the Duke of Argyll's Castle at Inverary". This issue has some paper folds in the lower right-hand corner.
Item #210709
November 06, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, November 6, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Before and After Election" "An Arab Romance" "A Bazar In Constantinoble" "The Turco-Russian War - with the Turks in Bulgaria" "Joh Welsh, the New Minister to Great Britain" "Meade's Wonderful Midgets"
Item #210701
November 13, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, November 13, 1877. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Our Hot-Corn Plenipotentiary at the Paris Exhibition" "The Voyage of Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandra to England" "The French Exploring Expedition in the Desert of Sahara, Algeria" "Works of the Southern White Lead Co., St. Louis., Mo."
Porcelain manufacturing in 1875...
Item #210671
March 27, 1875
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 27, 1875 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: PORCELAIN MANUFACTURING - STEAM ICE ELEVATOR - HYDRAULIC MOTOR & Much More. Included are images and related text of each. Period ads are present as well.
The issue is in good conditio... See More
Gleason's Monthly Companion magazines with wrappers...
Item #210473
January 01, 1874
Here is a collection of seven issues of GLEASON'S MONTHLY COMPANION magazine, Boston, all dated from 1874-1875, six of which still have the original pink or yellow outer wrappers (rarely found as such) with the remaining issue having the outer wrappers lacking. All issues have some edge wear as is typical, and all issues contain about 50 pages. A nice group of never-bound magazines. Each measu... See More
Item #209857
April 26, 1877
AMERICAN STANDARD, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Apr. 26, 1877 The ftpg. has: "THE BLACK HILLS" "An Interesting Story From One Who Has Been There--People Advised to Say Away" is an interesting article on life in this wild part of America. Lengthy text taking over a full column (see photos for portions of it). Four pgs, never bound nor trimmed, several folds & tears at the margins & some fo... See More
Front Page Illustration of the Democratic Donkey...
Item #209632
November 15, 1877
THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, Nov. 15, 1877 This is the popular folio-size illustrated newspaper of 8 pages which contains a full front page political cartoon captioned: "The Democratic Donkey Stripping The Clothes Off The Back of the Army." An inside page has a map of the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. A few other prints throughout, some minor margin tears, some dirti... See More
From the early years of the Comstock Lode...
Item #209257
VIRGINIA EVENING CHRONICLE, Virginia (City), Nevada, 1872. Virginia City is one of America's largest historic landmarks. Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War. Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed the streets and everybody wanted a piece of the "Riche... See More
Made famous by Mark Twain...
From the town of the Comstock Lode...
Item #209256
DAILY TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE, Virginia (City), Nevada, 1876 Virginia City is one of America's largest historic landmarks. Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War. Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed the streets and everybody wanted a piece of the &quo... See More
"One of the wildest mining camps in the West" & a very short-lived newspaper...
Item #209251
THE DAILY JOURNAL, Pioche, Nevada, 1875 Pioche is located about 180 miles northeast of Las Vegas, hanging on the side of a mountain of Nevada's high desert. In the 1870's it was considered one of the wildest mining camps in the West. According to a number of sources, hired gunmen were imported at the rate of about twenty a day during boom times to fight mining claim encroachments. Evidence of the... See More
From Reno, Nevada...
Item #209248
RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1877 This is an 4 page newspaper which features news on pages 2 & 3 with a wealth of ads on the front & back pages, several of which are illustrated. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in very nice condition with a news agent's stamp in... See More
From Reno, Nevada...
Item #209242
WEEKLY NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1876. This 4 page newspaper features news on the front page as well as pages 2 & 3 but with ads as well. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in nice condition with some minor margin wear or tears. The photo below is "gene... See More
An early issue from the capital of Nevada...
Item #209229
THE DAILY STATE REGISTER, Carson City, Nevada, 1872 Coin collectors are
very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much
desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark.
Situated just
east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from
its hayday during the mining era has various news of the day on the
inside pages with ads filling pages 1... See More
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