Historic Newspapers: Post-Civil War
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Item #698786NEW-YORK HERALD, June 21, 1867
* Alaska purchase - Seward's Folly
* William H. Seward - Russia
The top of page ten has: "Washington" "Proclamation by the President--Ratification of the Treaty With Russia" which formalized the controversial purchase of Alaska.
The proclamation states in part:... Read full description -
Item #698753THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, April 19, 1889
* Oklahoma land rush beginning
* Boomers and Sooners
The top of the front page has column heads including: "ON TO OKLAHOMA" "The Boomers Allowed to Cross the Cherokee Strip" "And Align Themselves on the Border of the Promised Land" "Final Arrangements... Read full description -
Item #698704SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 1, 1898 This is a very significant magazine in the history of automobiles, as the noted reference work "Kane's Famous First Facts" states that the mentioned advertisement was the very first automobile ad ever published in America.
A back page advertisement is headed: "The Winton... Read full description -
Item #698703JUDGE magazine, New York, Nov. 8, 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... Read full description -
Item #698692RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 15, 1874
* 2nd great Chicago fire disaster (1st report)
Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Chicago Again In Flames"with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 4 pages, a little spine... Read full description -
Item #698691RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 9, 1874
* Whiskey Riot - race war - Negroes
* Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky
Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
Page 3 has a small one column heading: "Lawlessness in Kentucky" (see image)
Complete with 4 pages,... Read full description -
Item #698687RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, July 11, 1874
* Samuel Archer King
* Ballooning voyage
* Buffalo - Lake Erie
Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
The front page has a one column heading: "Interesting Balloon Voyage" with subhead. (see images)
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Item #698685RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, July 10, 1874
* Eads Bridge construction completed - opening
* East St. Louis, Illinois & St. Louis, Missouri
* Mississippi River - Riverfront area
Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
The top of the front page has a one column heading:... Read full description -
Item #698675HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 16, 1869 The prime print would be the full page by famed artist Winslow Homer: "Winter At Sea--Taking in Sail Off The Coast" with a related article. This print is in great condition.
The front page shows: "Winter Sports--Ice Boats on the Hudson" and; "Destructive... Read full description -
Item #698672HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 22, 1874 Certainly the most notable print in this issue is the very nice full page by Winslow Homer titled: "Waiting for a Bite." It is in great condition.
Other prints in this issue are a full ftpg. illus. "The Little Vagrant." Inside is a 1/2 pg. map of "The Gold... Read full description -
Item #698671HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 14, 1878 The full front page illustration is captioned: "Is Sercierty to be Reorganized? Is the Wurkin'-man to Hev His Rights? That's Wot I Wants to Know!". Inside prints include a full page: 'Picking Peaches in Delaware'. There is a very dramatic and... Read full description -
Item #698621THE NATIONAL STOCKMAN & FARMER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1888 This is not the typical sort of magazine we would offer, however this issue still has the original, orange outer wrappers (rare as such) which more typically were removed over the years.
Complete in 20 pages, never bound nor trimmed, some dirtiness to the front covers... Read full description -
Item #698618RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Virginia, Aug. 21, 1874 Page 2 has a report concerning the Bowley-Jones feud within the Republican party of South Carolina. Both are African-Americans. Much can be found about them on Wikipedia. James Bowley had escaped slavery in Maryland with the help of Harriet Tubman.
"The Negro Quarrel At... Read full description -
Item #698614CHICAGO EVENING POST--EXTRA, Oct. 10, 1871
* Great Chicago fire disaster
* From the same city (very rare)
This is perhaps the very best Chicago Fire issue we have offered. Not only is it from Chicago, but it is a day earlier than any other report we have offered from Chicago.
Most of the first column is taken up with heads... Read full description -
Item #698544FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 10, 1885
* Early baseball print - illustration - engraving
The full front page has 2 prints on: "Canada - The Anti-Vaccination Riots at Montreal...".
The prime print inside would be the very nice halfpg. captioned: "Illinois - The Struggle for the Baseball Championship - The Third &... Read full description -
Item #698543SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 3, 1898
* 1st electric toy train: ad for Carlisle and Finch
* 1st automobile advertisement - horseless carriage
For the model railroad hobbyist & car enthusiast this issue has two significant advertisements.
First, an illustrated ad for the very first electric... Read full description -
Item #698541FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 24, 1890 The prime feature is a great doublepage centerfold with 25 prints of: "Views In Cairo, Illinois, One of the Rapidly Growing Cities of the West."
Among the other prints are: "New Jersey--Magnificent Peddie Memorial Church in Newark, Recently Dedicated..."; a fullpg. of 9... Read full description -
Item #698506NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 30, 1868
* General Ulysses S. Grant
* General Order No. 11 - Jews
Page 5 has a very significant Judaica item headed: "Letter From General Grant on the Hebrew Question."
This relates to Ulysses S. Grant's General Order #11 from during the Civil War, known as the infamous "Jew... Read full description -
Item #698453THE TOMBSTONE EPITAPH, Tombstone, Arizona, Cochise County, January 6, 1882
* Best Old West title to be had
* Post Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Few could argue for a more recognizable title from the Old West, nor could any town be more linked to the romance of the West than this one. Tombstone is steeped in Western lore, and the... Read full description -
Item #698451JUDGE magazine, New York, Aug. 23, 1890 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 start, the magazine found... Read full description -
Item #698447HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 15, 1874
* Famous Winslow Homer print
The front page features a print: "Scandal" with a related article.
The prime print in this issue is certainly the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer, titled: "On The Beach at Long Branch--The Children's... Read full description -
Item #698444HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 11, 1868
* Winslow Homer illustration - print
Great full front page print: "The Pioneer" is by A. R. Ward. The feature print of this issue would be the nice, full page by the famed artist Winslow Homer: "Art Students & Copyists in the Louvre Gallery". This print is in very nice,... Read full description -
Item #698417LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York City, July 2, 1881
* Luray Caverns...
* Sportsman's Tournament on Coney Island... hunting pigeons...
* Coney Island horseracing
One-third page inside: "Virginia--The Labyrinth In The Famous Luray Cave, Page County".
Full page has 4 scenes:... Read full description -
Item #698387NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 19, 1876 Page 4 has: "WALT WHITMAN'S POEMS" which are per-publication extracts from his famous work: "Two Rivulets," and are believed to be their first appearance.
Included are "Eidolons" "Freedom" and "To A Locomotive In Winter" with additional Whitman... Read full description -
Item #698354CLEVELAND DAILY LEADER, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1866
* First - 1st train robbery in America - capture
* New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The front page has a stack of column heads which include: "Arrest of the Express Robbers" "$250,000 of the Money Recovered". The actual report takes a paragraph and has a... Read full description -
Item #698343NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1867
* Nebraska statehood achieved
Page 5 has: "NEBRASKA" "The Thirty-Seventh State" "Proclamation by the President Declaring Nebraska a State" with the complete text of the proclamation, signed in type: Andrew Johnson.
An early report, as it become a state just the day... Read full description -
Item #698331NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 30, 1868
* General Ulysses S. Grant
* General Order No. 11 - Jews
Page 2 has a very significant Judaica item headed: "Gen. Grant's Jew Order" "Why It Was Issued--A Statement of the Circumstances of the Case."
This relates to Ulysses S. Grant's General Order #11 from... Read full description -
Item #698275CLEVELAND DAILY LEADER, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1866
* First - 1st train robbery in America
* New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
The front page has an article headed: "Robbery of Adams' Express" "Half A Million Stolen" "Robbery", the details provided in a Boston dateline.
What is notable is that most internet... Read full description -
Item #698269NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 12, 1876
* Henry Morton Stanley
* Africa exploration w/ map
Page 2 is consumed by a very large map and descriptive text on Stanley's exploration of Africa, the map headed: "THE SOURCES OF THE NILE. New Map Showing Stanley's Explorations..." plus the first column has heads:... Read full description -
Item #698263FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 19, 1882 The full front page shows: "Encampment of the National Guard at Lewistown--Incidents of Camp Life" in Pennsylvania. Another full page print from this camp inside.
Inside has a half page showing: "Candidates for Admission to the Order of Sisters of St. Dominic Taking the Vail... Read full description -
Item #698262WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, June 2, 1860
* John C. Heenan vs. Tom Sayers
* Famous boxing match
A terrific issue on the famed boxer John Heenan, as the entire front page is taken up with a print of him captioned: "John C. Heenan, The Champion of the World".
The print was taken from a photo of... Read full description -
Item #698153HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1881 (includes the Yorktown Supplement) While there are multiple nice prints regarding the 100th anniversary celebration of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, most issues do not include the supplemental print: "The Surrender Of Cornwallis", by Howard... Read full description -
Item #698096NEW-YORK TIMES, March 20, 1875
* Tiburcio Vasquez execution death (1st report)
* Los Angeles, California outlaw bandit
The front page has: "Execution Of The Bandit Vasquez" "Hanged At San Jose, Cal., Yesterday--No Attempt At Rescue--He Is Cool To The Last."
The report about the execution of this colorful outlaw who... Read full description -
Item #698075FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, June 20, 1885 Full front page shows: "The New Aquatic Wonder, the Steam-Yacht 'Stiletto'...". Prints inside include: "Kansas--Transfer of the Nez Perces--The Indians Boarding a Train at Arkansas City for Their Old Home in Idaho"; a great fullpg. print of;... Read full description -
Item #698068HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 5, 1881
* 19th century football game
* A. B. Frost illustration
The prime print in this issue is the doublepage centerfold, which is one of the best football centerfolds of the19th century to be had.
The double page is captioned: "A Game of Foot-Ball---A 'Scrummage' at the Close" which was... Read full description -
Item #698064FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 7, 1865 A nice foldout centerfold: "Grand Celebration of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows & Dedication of the Monument...Founder of the Order...In America, at Baltimore...".
Other prints include: "Fort Smith, Indian Territory, Arkansas..." "Camp Russell, New Haven,... Read full description -
Item #698023LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, May 23, 1885 The front page includes a print of: "Canada - Fighting in the Northwest - A Shell from the Winnipeg Battery Striking a House Occupied by Half-Breeds During Gen. Middleton's Attack Upon Batouche". Pg. 3 has a very nice full page montage of 7 vignettes of: "New York... Read full description -
Item #697855THE DOLLAR WEEKLY SUN, New York, Feb. 15, 1871 Page 2 has: "Gratz Brown In Trouble - A Woman's Rights Delegation Surrounding Him - The Great Liberal Fights Shy of the Movement..." with more.
Also: "A Slave Trader's $40,000" "The Trouble at West Point" "The Great Postal... Read full description -
Item #697733HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 9, 1869
* Winslow Homer illustration - print
The front page features a full page illustration by Thomas Nast: "Peace" showing Grant and Miss Liberty.
Inside has a full page illustration by Winslow Homer: "The New Year - 1869". The doublepage centerfold is: "West Point and... Read full description -
Item #697732HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 13, 1866
* Actor Edwin Booth
* NYC fire department
* Prints - illustrations
The full front page is a nice illus. of: "Edwin Forrest Booth" from a Brady photograph.
The highly sought-after great doublepage centerfold: "Metropolitan Fire Department" is very displayable with many vignettes on... Read full description -
Item #697698OGLE COUNTY PRESS, Polo, Illinois, Feb. 9, 1889 A typical newspaper of the day from this Northern Illinois town of 2355.
Four pages, even toning, a few chips at margins, good condition. -
Item #697619SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 18, 1872 Typical of this title the pages contain an interesting variety of news items on the latest inventions & improvements of the period, including a wealth of illustrations, not the least of which is a front page article & print of the: "Steam Flying Ship".
But... Read full description -
Item #697618THE SPICE BOX, Boston, October, 1880 This is the volume 1, number 10 issue of a quite scarce newspaper "Published by the Boston Branch, Grocery and Tea House". The front page features nice headlines concerning a recent election.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, good condition.
background: The Spice Box serves as a quintessential example of... Read full description -
Item #697616THE SANFORD JOURNAL, Florida, July 12, 1883
* Rare 19th century Seminole County publication
Gregory's "Union List of Newspapers" notes that only two institutions have more than a single issue of this title. This is the first newspaper we have ever offered from Sanford.
A typical newspaper of the day, a bit irregular at the spine margin,... Read full description -
Item #697615THE TRUE COMMONWEALTH, Washington, D.C., May 1, 1890 This is the volume 1, number 2 issue of a space title. This is a monthly publication, and as explained on the back page it: "...demands that all interstate railways, telegraphs, etc., shall be owned & operated by the General Government in the interest of the whole people; that local... Read full description -
Item #697610THE SHINING STAR, Danville, Pennsylvania, August, 1878 This title is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of Newspapers". This is the volume 1, number 12 issue. This is a religiously-themed newspaper, and seems to be focused on children's interests.
Four pages, a handsome masthead, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to a... Read full description -
Item #697587THE WESTERN AMATEUR, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jan. 15, 1878
* The amateur press movement
his is an "amateur press" newspaper done by and for young printing hobbyists, a popular avocation at the time.Four pages, 8 by 10 1/2 inches, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Western Amateur, published in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was a short-lived... Read full description -
Item #697582THE ILLUSTRATED BUFFALO JOURNAL of the INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL FAIR, New York, Aug. 21, 1888 A newspaper which existed to report on the International Industrial Fair at the time. This is the volume 1, number 6 issue, and we suspect it did not exist beyond a year.
This newspaper is not listed in Gregory's "Union List... Read full description -
Item #697580THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST, DeLand, Volusia County, June 25, 1879
* Rare 19th century publication
As the title would suggest this newspaper is focused on the agriculture industry in Florida, this being a volume 2 issue. Many advertisements as well.
This newspaper is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of... Read full description -
Item #697578THE BAY STATE PUZZLER, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August, 1886
* Home of Harvard University
A small-size newspaper that existed for just six issues. It seems to be an example of the "amateur press", an avocation popular at the time where amateurs put our small newspapers or new sheets as a hobby, most short-lived.
Four pages, 7 by 10 inches,... Read full description
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