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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 12, 1884 Taking most of the front page is a large illustrations plus two insets: "New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway.--Hydraulic Lift Bridge At Syracuse, N.Y." Also a report: "Hydraulic Lift Bridge."
Prints inside include: "Hand-Grenade Fire Extinguisher" "Attitude of a Soldier on the Battle-Field 24 Hours After Death" with an interesting article on rigor mortis; "Warth's Telephone Support" which is a crude headset; and more.
Sixteen pages, never…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 10, 1877 The front page has a very interesting illustration captioned: "Novel Hydraulic Railway Locomotive" showing what essentially looks like a paddlewheel-powered flume ride. A related front page article as well.
Inside the issue is "Guardiola's Sugar and Coffee Machinery" "Blaisdell's Upright Moulding Machine" "Spoke-Making Machinery" and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Sixteen pages, nice condition.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 10, 1877 The front page has a very interesting illustration captioned: "Novel Hydraulic Railway Locomotive" showing what essentially looks like a paddlewheel-powered flume ride. A related front page article as well.
Inside the issue is "Guardiola's Sugar and Coffee Machinery"; "Blaisdell's Upright Moulding Machine"; "Spoke-Making Machinery"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Sixteen pages and in nice condition.
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 18, 1895 Full ftpg. is a Frederic Remington print: 'I Began the Retreat as I Intended'. Fullpg: 'Scenes in Eastern Cuba' Halfpg. illus. & lengthy text: 'Hydraulic Mining in Calif.'
Complete issue.
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 27, 1954
* USS Bennington aircraft carrier explosion disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "91 DEAD IN SHIP BLAST" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images) More inside and on the back page.
Complete with all 46 pages, small library stamp just above the headline, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.
Background: The 1954 USS Bennington (CVA-20) explosion stands as one of the most devastating peacetime disasters in United States Naval…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 2, 1886 Includes an article of: THE BELL TELEPHONE CASE . This article details the Interior Department recommends that the Attorney General investigate to see if Bell's first patent was valid. The front page of the issue "Hydraulic Machinery for Operating the drawbridge Across the Harlem River at Second Ave. N.Y. City". Inside the issue is ""The Jarman Ice and Refrigerating Machine"; "Vertical Flour Mill Engines"; and many more illustrations,…
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 18, 1880
* Inventor Thomas Edison
* Venture into gold mining ?
* Separation - extraction
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 14 has an article headed: "FUGITIVE GOLD" "Which is Said to Escape from Hydraulic Mines, Etc." "Edison's Method of Saving It Not Described...." Text takes up one full column.
This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to…
MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, October 17, 1953
* USS Leyte explosion fire disaster
* United States Navy Aircraft Carrier
The front page has a banner headline: "BLAST ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER KILLS 30" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images)
Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.
Background: On October 16, 1953, the USS Leyte (CV‑32), then undergoing conversion to an anti-submarine aircraft carrier at the Boston Naval…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 26, 1884 The front cover has "Rock Work on New York, West Shore, and Buffalo Railway" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Stanley's Metallic Plastering Surface"; "Laporte's Hydraulic Hay Press"; "Bradford Technical School"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, never bound, in very good condition.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 22, 1860 The front cover has "Huntington's Improved Snow Power" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Largest Hotel in the World" which was the Lindell House in St. Louis, Missouri. This was destroyed by fire in 1867 as reported in the Harper's Weekly issue dated April 20, 1867; "Crandall's Hydraulic Lifting Dry-Dock"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, foxing to the outer cover, otherwise…
SECTION 5 (Automobiles) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 5, 1939 The front page has a banner headline: "40TH ANNUAL CHICAGO AUTO SHOW OPENS" with the entire section devoted to the Automotive industry with new innovations and many photos. Great reading. This particular auto show featured the very first car with air conditioning.
Complete section 5 only with all 18 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
Background: The 1939 Chicago Auto…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 29, 1876 The front page features a large illustration "the Pneumatic Health institute, at Milan, Italy" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: Hofecker's Car Brake"; Smith's Hay Elevator and Carrier"; Clark's Steam Governor"; "Canan's Hydraulic Anchor Lift"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in 16 pages with some lite staining at the edges, otherwise in nice condition.
THE MILLERS JOURNAL, New York, February 28, 1875 This has a subtitle "Hydraulic Engineer" and features a very graphic and displayable masthead as it features a grindwheel, waterwheel, barrels, ships, grains, and windmill. The issue features articles, some with illustrations and numerous advertisements.
Complete in eight pages, uncut, with scattered lite foxing, never bound, in good condition.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 17, 1877 The front page of the issue contains a large illustration "Frick & Co.'s Eclipse Agricultural Engine" and accompanying article. Within the issue is "Secchi's Solar Photographic Instrument"; "Melling's Improvements in Safety Valves"; "Knollin's Cow Milker"; "Hydraulic Punching Machine"; and additional articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in 16 pages in nice condition.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 5, 1879 This issue contains prints and related images of the following: an acoustic apparatus, the Pennsylvania Mower, the Herreshoff Torpedo, the Fuller Electric Light, Dean's Hydraulic Packing Press, and more.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 16 inches, irregular at the spine, a small library stamp on the front page, otherwise good.
TRIBUNE, South Bend, Indiana, May 27, 1979
* American Airlines Flight 191 takeoff crash
* O'Hare airport disaster w/ infamous photo
The front page has the infamous photo showing Flight 191 sharply banking to the left shortly after takeoff with heading: "Beginning of the end" Also a heading: "Power Loss erases last cockpit words" (see images) First report coverage continues on pages 6 & 7 with two more related photos. Until 9/11, it was the deadliest air disaster to occur on U.S. soil.
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COMMERCIAL HERALD & MARKET REVIEW, San Francisco, Jan. 13, 1871
* Rare old West publication
* California mining industry
The focus of this newspaper seems to be on the mining industry, as some of the articles on just the front page include: "Improved Condition of the Miners as a Class" "The Labor Question" "The Blatchley Rock Drill" "Spread of Mining Industry and Bullion Product of the Coast" "Dynamite and the Single Hand Drill" "The Hydraulic Nozzle" and more.
Eight pages, untamed…
DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Nov. 10, 1862
* " Storehouse of the Confederacy"
* Last major battle of the Civil War fame
Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.
Over half of page 2 is taken up with a lengthy: "Special Message" by the governor of Georgia, concluded in two future issues. The letter begins: "The great struggle for liberty & independence in which we have been…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 2, 1886 This paper has front page prints and inside article: HYDRAULIC MACHINERY FOR OPERATING THE DRAWBRIDGE ACROSS THE HARLEM RIVER AT SECOND AVE. N.Y. CITY. The internal article describe and bridge and how it functions. There is also an article on the Invention of Bell's Phone. This paper is in very good condition with some edge tears with no loss. About 11 by 15 1/2 inches.
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, June 24, 1938
* Hobbs, Lea County, New Mexico explosion
* Eunice-Monument Field Oil Field disaster
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "8 KILLED, 4 HURT IN EXPLOSION OF OIL WELL BOMB" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all 30+ pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.
Background: The 1938 Monument Oil Field disaster holds significant historical importance as a tragic turning point that underscored…
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, May 26, 1954
* USS Bennington aircraft carrier
* Explosion disaster
This 30 page newspaper has a nice two line banner headline on the front page: "100 Seamen Die, 220 Injured In Fire Aboard Aircraft Carrier Bennington" with subhead. (see)
Tells of the explosion disaster on board the USS Bennington in Narragansett Bay.
Other news of the day. Good condition.
wikipedia notes: From 14 May 1953-27 May 1954, she operated along the eastern…
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 8, 1934
* Liner SS Morro Castle burns (early 1st report)
* Ward Line cruise ship disaster
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "OVER 300 PERISH IN BURNING LINER" with subheads (see photos). Early 1st report coverage on the SS Morro Castle fire disaster.
This issue contains other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Although it has light browning and minor margin wear it is otherwise in good…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 16, 1878 The front page of the issue features a halfpage illustration "The Holden Ice Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "The National Steam Pump"; "Double Shearing, Punching and Straightening Machine"; "New Boat-Propelling Device"; "Phillip's Improved Buckboard Wagon"; "Millington's Hydraulic Ram" and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in 16 pages with several small binding holes along the left spine,…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 2, 1859 This is the first issue of the new format, or "New Series" as described in the dateline. This was previously a folio-size newspaper. The front page has an illustration of "Nystrom's Improved Hydraulic Pontoon Dock". Inside the issue is "Baird's Car Seat and Reclining Chair"; "Crumbie & Brigg's Improved Cut-off"; "Tinkham's Spring Bed"; "Armstrong Gun" and other illustrations, articles and advertisements.
This is complete in 16 pages, very lite…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 21, 1915 This issue contains many displayable ads including a 2 page spread for a Chalmers Six-40 Motorcar, Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco, and Firestone Tires - all fullpage. Addition content (with images) includes: "The Largest Hydraulic Motor", "Thimble Shoal Lighthouse", "...the "Building of New York's Great Piers", "Farming in Paelestine", and much more. This issue is in very good condition.
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 condition. See images for details on content and condition.
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 3, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 28, 1912
This issue is an Industrial Issue and has a color cover sheet over it. The front page of this issue has a photo called "A Recent Ceremony at the Vatican."
In this issue there is an illustration called "Mere Man and the Suffragette" by Kemble. There are photos of "Strange Air and Sea Craft from Europe" and there are photos of "Building a House in Six Hours." There are many articles with photos including "Frisco Lines"; "Helping the Farmer";…
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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 22, 1908 The front page of this issue has an illustration by W. A. Rogers called "A Campaign Contribution From the Carolinas."
This issue has an article and photos of "The Disaster in the North West" plus photos of "When Royalty Goes Yachting"; "The Winner of the New York to Paris Race"; "Studies in 'Make-up'"; Hawaii's Welcome to the Fleet" and "England's Successful War Balloon." There is also a full page illustration by Campbell Cory called "A Difficult…
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 23, 1910
The front page of this issue has an illustration of "'Cowboys of the Air.' "
In this issue, there is an illustration of "The Speaker of the Lower House--As He Hopes it Will Be." by H. T. Webster. This drawing then has "With Apologies to A. Canoiani, the Italian Sculptor, Whose Statue, "Dante in Hell," was Reproduced in "Harper's Weekly" for April 2, 1910." There are photos of "New Heads of New York Financial Institutions" and "Men Who Preside…
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 18, 1911 This issue has a full, color cover before the front page. The front page of this issue is an illustration of "The Late Howard Pyle."
This issue is has an illustration of "Mr. Wickersham: 'Come Off, Uncle Sam--Can't You Take a Joke?'" by Kemble; and an article entitled "The Legitimacy of Wall Street". There are advertisements for "The Prudential Insurance Company of America"; "The Charles A. Schieren Company" and an article of "The Voice of the…
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 5, 1910 Full front page photo: "Aviation Meet at Belmont Park, Long Island", with a crowd of spectators. Fullpg. inside has nine photos from the Aviation Meet. Other photos and illustrations with text throughout this 32 page issue.
HARPER's WEEKLY, New York, Mar. 3, 1866 Fullpg: 'The Mississippi Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church' includes many blacks. Doublepage centerfold: 'The Iron-clad Fleet of England' includes 30 prints. Fullpg. Parade of the 90th N.Y. Vols . in Brooklyn. Two bkpg. cartoons.
Complete in 16 pages.
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 1, 1894 Full ftpg. shows 'Sunset Ceremony on Board a Man-of-War--Evening Colors'. Fullpg. with 7 scenes of 'Random Sketches of the N.Y. Harbor Traffic' Six Remington prints on the military. Fullpg. with 7 prints on 'The Japanese Army' 'Deodorizing Experiment at Rikers Island'
Complete issue.
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 13, 1873 By far the best & most desirable print in this issue is the nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer titled: "The Morning Bell", which has a related article on a preceding page.
But there are many other prints in this issue including a full front page illustration by political cartoonist Thomas Nast captioned: "Justice." Inside are two half page illustrations of "The Hon. Noah Davis, Judge of the Supreme Court of New York" and "Russian…
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