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Item #590314SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN December 12, 1874 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: KEOKUK IA RAILROAD BRIDGE - PITTSBURGH PA CENTERFOLD OF STEEL INDUSTRY - HOT AIR BALLOON & much more. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them. Very... Read full description -
Item #590280THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, October 21, 1840 Page 2 of this issue contains a map "View of the Port of Alexandria, In Egypt - with the position of the English Fleet and the Turco-Egytian Fleet" with accompanying articles pertaining to situation.
Other news and advertisements, some which are illustrated, are within.
Complete in four pages... Read full description -
Item #590279NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT & STATE GAZETTE, Concord, New Hampshire, May 23, 1820 Page two of this issue contains a letter from President Monroe to both the Senate and the House of Representatives in regards to correspondence between the United States and Spain respecting the treaty which concluded on February 22, 1819. This is signed in typed: ... Read full description -
Item #590278NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 1841 The front page has: "Treaty with Wyandott Indians" which includes: "... the "Wyandott nation were assembled y the Chiefs in General Council o the 20th and 22d instant, to vote upon the question of selling to the United States all their lands in Ohio, and emigrant... Read full description -
Item #590148This is a single page, colored print only entitled "There Is Hope" which is a scene of a sick child in bed with her parents and grandmother looking on. The source of the print is unknown but bears a copyright date of 1896 by Wm. H. Hussey. This measures 15 x 10 inches and is in nice condition. -
Item #590125This is sheet music (piano and lyrics) entitled "Mother Dear has gone to Heaven" by George Pitt. This was copyrighted in 1885 by W. F. Shaw. Complete in 6 pages with the music printed on 3 pages, with archival mends in the margin area, measuring approximately 14 x 11 inches. Some lite dirtiness on the outer cover, otherwise in good condition. -
Item #589943THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3, 1889
* Warsaw, Illinois
The front page has a small 1st column heading: "A Terrible Epidemic"which reports a deadly disease that is terrorizing the town of Warsaw, Illinois. We could not find anything on this via the internet. A curious item here.
Other news of the day. Light browning, some spine... Read full description -
Item #589827SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 27, 1872 The front page features "The Hawley Brick Kiln" illustrations with accompany article. Inside are: "Muller's Improved Rope Railway", "Myers' Improved Press"; "Holcomb's Hot Air Furnace" with additional articles and advertisements within the issue as... Read full description -
Item #589774COLUMBIA COUNTY REPUBLICAN, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1882
* Charles J. Guiteau sentenced to death
* Assassination of James A. Garfield
Page 2 has a one column heading:
"Guiteau Sentenced"
which is a 1st report on the sentencing of Charles J. Guiteau to death for the murder of President James A. Garfield.
Other... Read full description -
Item #589752THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, August 6, 1889
* Spokane, Washington
* "The Great Fire" (1st report)
The front page has one column headings that include: "REDUCED TO ASHES", "Spokane Falls, W. T., Swept by a Destructive Fire", "Twenty-Five Business Blocks Burned Down", "A Strong Wind Aids The... Read full description -
Item #589730THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Allentown, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1886
* Haymarket Square riot
* Chicago, Illinois
* Anarchy - Anarchists
Page 2 has a small one column heading in the first column: "The Labor Troubles in the West". See photos for text that includes: "....when a bomb was thrown among which burst with terrible effect...".
This... Read full description -
Item #589642THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, September 17, 1899
* Sir William Henry Preece
* wireless telephony invention - telegraph
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "RIVAL OF MARCONI", "Sir William Preece Conducts Experiments in Wireless Telephony", "Sound Transmitted Without A Wire",... Read full description -
Item #589570SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 19, 1868
* Hanlons' Patent Improved Velocipede, with image
An inside page has a nice article, "Improvement in the Velocipede", which is accompanied by a 4 3/4 inch square print, "Hanlons' Patent Improved Velocipede". Other interesting inventions and period advertising are present throughout.
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Item #589423SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 1, 1881 Inside has an interesting illustration and article on a: "Novel Road Engine" with the print captioned: "Warrington's Road Engine". It is described as an early internal combustion engine: "...The fuel, which is at the same time the motive agent, is common illuminating... Read full description -
Item #589327WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 21, 1876
* 19th century opium addiction
The front page has one column headings that read: "Opium Eating" and "How the Influence is Felt--The Habit and the Dose--Some Individual Cases". See photos for text taking up a full column. Also page 3 has:... Read full description -
Item #589326WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 11, 1876
* William "Boss" Tweed arrested in Spain
Page 2 has small one column headings that read: "Boss Tweed", "His Arrest Confirmed", "He Is Identified By A Caricature". See photo for text. Other news and several interesting advertisements throughout. Minor... Read full description -
Item #589280CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, May 27, 1881
* Excursion steamer Victoria disaster
* London, Ontario, Canada
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GHASTLY", "The Work of Recovering the Dead", "From Under the Wreck of the Victoria", "238 Bodies So... Read full description -
Item #589077SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 1, 1896 The 3rd page of this issue contains a report "Prof. Roentgen's Discovery" which is the accounting of how the discovery of x-rays was made by accident. The frontpage of this issue is of the United States Navy yard in New York. Also within the issue are... Read full description -
Item #589001SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 22, 1876 The front page shows the: "The Campbell Perfecting Printing and Folding Press". Other prints within include: "Steam Jet Pump" "Self-Discharging Coal Hod" "Car Box Grinder" "Saw Gumming Machine" "Megascope" and much more. Related articles for each... Read full description -
Item #589000SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 7, 1876 The front pages features a nice print and article on: "The Singer Book-Sewing Machine, the article headed: "A Bookbinder's Sewing Machine.
A wealth of other inventions and innovations reported as well.
Sixteen pages, nice condition. -
Item #588976SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 17, 1885 This issue contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions/prints: Sibley College & Cornell University - Iron Holder - Hame Fastener - Photographic Apparatus - Kneading Machine - Bread Oven & More. These illustrations also have text that... Read full description -
Item #588974SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 29, 1886 The front page has a nice print showing "Early Telephones" from before Alexander Graham Bell's invention, with each of the 6 models labeled by date, name, and inventor. Also a nice ftpg. article titled: "Early Telephones". Other articles are: "Badia's Improved Life... Read full description -
Item #588965THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, July 8, 9 & 10, 1878
* Great Britain occupies Cyprus
* Cyprus Convention agreement takes effect
* 3 days of reporting
Here are 3 issues with coverage on the takeover of the Island of Cyprus. This is a first report (July 9) on the initial occupation of Cyprus by the British. See... Read full description -
Item #588874CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, Concord, New Hampshire, Dec. 3, 1878
* President Rutherford B. Hayes
* State of the Union Address
Most of the front page is taken up with the: "Annual Message Of President Hayes", which was his state-of-the-union address to the nation, signed by him in type: R. B. Hayes. There is a small tear hole in the last... Read full description -
Item #588865THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27, 1865
* Andersonville prison trial - Henry Wirz
Not surprisingly this issue has much Reconstruction related reports, including: "Soldiers! Who are Your Friends?" "The Trial of Wirze" "How Stand We?" "The Beginning of the End of Radicalism"... Read full description -
Item #588728THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 26, 1865
* Trial of Captain Henry Wirz
* Andersonville Civil War prison - Georgia
The top of page 5 has; "Washington" "the Findings & Verdict of the Wirz Military Commission Submitted to the President" "Intercession of Wirz's Counsel in Behalf of His Client".
Eight pages, nice... Read full description -
Item #588666OLIVE BRANCH, Boston, August 13, 1853
* Western gold rush
Page 2 has: "Gold in Oregon" concerning its discovery there (see photos). Much of the content is literary & religious, but other news reports as well.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, wear at margins & folds with a few small splits. -
Item #588532NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Maryland, May 25, 1833 An inside page has nearly a full page list of promotions in the army, among which, under "Regiment of dragoons" is: "2d lieut. Jefferson Davis, of the 1st regiment of infantry, to be 2d lieutenant, 4th March, 1833." Less than 30 years later Jefferson... Read full description -
Item #588527PUCK, New York, Nov. 14, 1894
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired for their... Read full description -
Item #588526PUCK, New York, Nov. 7, 1894
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired for their... Read full description -
Item #588525PUCK, New York, Nov. 21, 1894
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired for their... Read full description -
Item #588404SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 19, 1876 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: Dumping Cart - Variety Wood Worker - Bolt Cutter - Sewer Ga Trap & Much More. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them.
Very interesting... Read full description -
Item #588393BRITISH WORKMAN AND FRIENDS OF THE SONS OF TOIL, London, (1857) This is issue #13. The early issues were not dated but based on the first dated issue, #30 of June 1, 1857, this is likely from the beginning of 1857. This is a fascinating paper and carries a terrific masthead with graphic representation of working men. The ftpg. has a print... Read full description -
Item #588154WEEKLY PRESS AND TIMES, Nashville, Tennessee, July 29, 1866
* Uncommon title
The front page has: "Outrageous Treatment of a Freed Girl in Virginia" amongst many other articles. Inside includes: "John Brown's Body" Passage by both Houses of the Bill Admitting Nebraska into the Union" which officially happened in... Read full description -
Item #588148COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, March 27, 1811
* Anti Eldridge Gerry campaign
The front page has a black-bordered item headed: "Oppression Maketh A Wise Man Mad" & "Black List" which is essentially a campaign promotion with a list of American vessels: "...laden with American Property--Sailing under... Read full description -
Item #588132THE LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL, Kentucky, October 14, 1880
* Large & unusual political cartoon
* Uncommon title
The front page features an uncommonly large political cartoon of a raccoon, with various political reports in the one column heads (see photos). Rarely do we find such cartoons as large as this.
Four pages, large folio size,... Read full description -
Item #588072KURRE, Chicago, Illinois, June 13, 1885
* Rare title
A rather rare Swedish-language newspaper from Illinois, the subtitle above the masthead translating to: "Illustrated Newspaper For Swedish America". A very decorative masthead (see photos), 8 pages, nice condition. -
Item #587809THE NEWTOWN REGISTER, Long Island, New York, Feb. 14, 1884
* Rare title
Today Newtown is known as Elmhurst, located in the borough of Queens. Among the articles within are: "Shooting A False Lover" "The Fitz John Porter Case" and a report on the Ohio flood headed: "Now Gaunt Famine" & "Prepares... Read full description -
Item #587757NEW YORK WEEKLY EXPRESS, September 26, 1845
* Daniel Boone
Page 4 has an item which begins: "The Reburial of Daniel Boone & his wife at Frankfort, Ky., took place on Saturday...From 15,000 to 20,000 persons were present from all sections of the West. An immense procession was formed..." with further details (see photos).
Complete in 8... Read full description -
Item #587738THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 1848
* Over Niagara Falls
The back page has: "A Man Over The Falls of Niagara" which is a nearly half column detailed article on a man who went over the falls in a boat (see). Four pages, a bit irregular at the spine, good condition. -
Item #587732BOSTON COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 16, 1817
* United States flag changing
Page 2 has a brief yet very significant report on the creation of the United States flag, headed: "Star Spangled Banner" and including: "The flag of the United States is to be altered--The stripes are to be reduced permanently to their... Read full description -
Item #587606THE ADVISER; OR VERMONT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, (Middlebury), July, 1810
* Rare title
* Early 19th Century Middlebury VT
A very uncommon religious title which lasted from 1809 thru 1815. Beginning on the front page and taking 7 pages is: "Christian Courtesy Exemplified in the Character of Theophilus" with a wealth of other religious... Read full description -
Item #587581SALEM EVENING NEWS, Massachusetts, May 7, 1886
* Haymarket Square riot
* Chicago, Illinois
* Anarchy - Anarchists
The top of the front page has nice reports on the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, with column heads: "Convulsed Chicago", "A Loud-Talking Fellow Suddenly Squelched", "The Socialists' Idea of... Read full description -
Item #587533THE NEW YORK TIMES, June - August, 1865
* Five newspapers at the Civil War's end
When the last hostilities of the Civil War ended in May, 1865, it began the long period of healing for the divided country. The months immediately after the close of the war were full of uncertainly as to how to reconnect, how to heal,... Read full description -
Item #587459PUCK, New York, Jan. 3, 1894
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired... Read full description -
Item #587458PUCK, New York, May 9, 1894
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired... Read full description -
Item #587456JUDGE magazine, New York, Nov. 1, 1890
* Color political prints
Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.
After a strong... Read full description -
Item #587454JUDGE magazine, New York, Oct. 18, 1890
* Color political prints
Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.
After a strong... Read full description -
Item #587293THE OBSERVER, Salem, Massachusetts, Sept. 20, 1823
* Arctic explorer William Parry
* Upper Savage islands - Repulse Bay, Nunavut
The front page has: "The N. West Expedition" which begins: "The last accounts from Capt. Parry's expedition were of the 22d July, 1821, when he was near the Upper Sauvage Islands, steering...for Repulse... Read full description -
Item #587282NEW-YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, November 4, 1848 The back page is an article "From California - Counter Revolution at Mazatlan" which mentions the increase of excitement of the gold rush. Also within the article is the counter-revolution at Mazatlan and the escape of the rebellion leader.
Another article is... Read full description
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