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A miner's life in the coal regions of Pennsylvania...



Item # 175300

June 16, 1888

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 16, 1888  Front full pg. illus. of "A Strong Combination." Inside are four 1/4 pg. illus. pertaining to "The Quarter Millennial Celebration of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Back Came Those Daredevils of Stuart's."
Doublepage centerfold containing many illus. pertaining to "Practical Instruction in Minor Tactics at West Point." Small map of the port of New York. Full pg. illus. containing many illus. pertaining to "Views on the Staten Island Shore." Supplement: Full pg. illus. of "President Cleveland at Work." Dblpgctrfld. of "View from the Galleries of the St. Louis Convention Hall in an Interval of the Hon. Daniel Dougherty's Speech Renomination Grover Cleveland." Back 1/2 pg. portrait of "Hon. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States."
Also included is the full page illustration, "Moving In During a Rainstorm-An Incident of Polish Miners' Life in Pennsylvania.", with supporting text, "Degraded Labor In The Coal Mines", with mention of Mauch Chunk, PA (now Jim Thorpe) and The Molly Maguires.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in sixteen pages.

Category: 1880-1889