Historic Newspapers: Post-Civil War
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Item #633772SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 12, 1892 The front cover has "A Fast Locomotive of Forty Years Ago" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Hanlon's Automatic Water Feeder for Low Pressure Steam Boilers"; "Hill Terraces, California"; "Parmenter's Railroad Signal"; "Apparatus for Aerial... Read full description -
Item #633770SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 13, 1889 The front cover has "The Remarkable Glaciers, Waterfalls, Mountains, and Harbors of Alaska" with an inside article "Views of Alaska". Inside the issue is: "Large Twin Gas Engine"; "Reid's Duplex Pump and Condenser"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
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Item #633767SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 4, 1882 The front cover has "The Hudson River Tunnel - New York End" with several small illustrations. Inside the issue is: "Agee's Improved Plow"; "Giles' Drilling Machine"; "Explosion of Two Boilers at Pittsburg, PA" with several illustrations; and more articles,... Read full description -
Item #633745ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, June 23, 1877 Among the many prints within is a halfpg: "Presenting The Freedom of the City of London To General U.S. Grant at Guildhall" and a full page: The St. Gothard Railway Tunnel Works".
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Item #633741SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, Sept. 7, 1878 This title was a totally separate, stand-alone publication from the more well-known SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Having begun to report on the Centennial Exposition in 1876, its success caused it to continue as a weekly publication into the 20th century. This title is much like... Read full description -
Item #633696SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 12, 1887 Taking most of the ftpg. are four illus. of: "The Weiss Electric Street Car & The Weiss System As Applied In Jersey City, N.J." The largest illus. shows a street car ascending a hill in Jersey City. Included is a related article.
Many other articles & prints of the latest inventions &... Read full description -
Item #633687THE AMERICAN SOCIALIST, Oneida New York, March 28, 1878 An inside page features a small report on Jefferson Davis "Jefferson Davis lives in Memphis, Tenn. He is said to be very thin, and to look very old and broken... But did you ever think what a pair of skinny invalids that Confederacy had to preside over it?" This is a small size... Read full description -
Item #633612FILATELIC FACTS & FALLACIES, San Francisco, Dec., 1892 Calls itself: "A Monthly Magazine for Stamp Collectors and Dealers" with the contents focused primarily on this hobby.
Twenty pages plus outer wrappers, water staining at the margins, \5 3/4 b 9 inches, generally nice. -
Item #633578NEW YORK TIMES, August 25, 1865
* Andersonville Prison - Camp Sumter
* Captain Henry Wirz trial - Georgia
Most of the front page is taken up with reports on the trial of the commandant of the infamous Andersonville, South Carolina, prison camp, Henry Wirz, with headlines: "TRIAL OF CAPT. WIRZ"... Read full description -
Item #633555HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 11, 1897 Full ftpg. shows the surf breaking over the boardwalk at Asbury Park, N.J. Fullpg. shows 6 photos of "Scenes in Kansas City's Great Grain & Cattle Market". Fullpg. with 7 photos of "On the Way to the Klondike Gold Fields--Scenes at Dyea & Skagway,... Read full description -
Item #633480HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, September, 1870 Within this is issue is a 5+ page article "Footprints of Charles Dickens" which begins "Charles Dickens was dead. It was hard to realize, but realized it was at last; and then there was no look or voice in London but repeated it over and over -- Charles Dickens is... Read full description -
Item #633464SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 25, 1887 Among the articles is: "An Unsinkable, Self-Righting Lifeboat" which has a nice illustration (see). Other prints include: "Rohling's Cotton Picker" "Weaver's Fly Net for Horses" "Sattes' Saw Filing Machine and much more.
Sixteen pages, never bound nor trimmed,... Read full description -
Item #633385THE CIRCULAR, Oneida, New York, July 22, 1872 This issue contains an article from the "Jewish Times, commenting upon the report of Professor Gratz and two merchants who have lately returned from an extensive tour in Palestine." Another article is "The Westinghouse Air-Brake" which was being used on the... Read full description -
Item #633383SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 8, 1894 The front page has an article with illustrations "Steel Foundations of Tall Office Buildings" which continues inside the issue. Also in the issue is: "The Ancient Roman Bridge at Mostar"; "The Compass Field Glass"; "The Plaster Center Piece... Read full description -
Item #633307THE EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, Nov. 28, 1891 Page 7 has a very interesting interview with Thomas Edison in which he is asked "What is life?" with the heading: "What Is Life?" "Tom Edison Considers Man a Microcosm of Intellectual Atoms". His response takes over a full column (see for the beginning).
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Item #633289NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 13, 1872
* The great Boston Fire
* One of most costly fires in U.S. history
The top of the ftpg. has column heads on the huge Boston Fire with: "BOSTON ALIVE AGAIN" "Business Men Too Busy to Mourn Over Their Losses" and more. Page 3 has a large & detailed map headed: "BOSTON & THE... Read full description -
Item #633261BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1875
* President Andrew Johnson
* Death (1st report)
Page 2 has a very brief item headed: "Death of Andrew Johnson" which is datelined "July 31" & reads: "Ex-President Andrew Johnson died very suddenly at Chattanooga, Tenn., at 2:30 o'clock this... Read full description -
Item #633208THE CIRCULAR, Mount Tom, New York, Dec. 18, 1865 A weekly newspaper published by the Oneida community. Most of the content has religious or literary overtones, however the back page reports "North Carolina has ratified the Constitutional Amendment abolishing slavery." Also on this same page is information on the division of... Read full description -
Item #633138NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 29, 1865 The front page has: "The Fenians" "Meeting of the Magistrates of Cork County - Priest Denouncing Fenianism" which includes: "...We understand that this society, which has been so extensively developed all over the country, became the subject of remark last Sunday from the pulpits... Read full description -
Item #633074SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 2, 1876 The front page features the "Wrought Iron Bridge at Pittsburgh, PA" with related text. Inside the issue are numerous articles: "New Steam Dredging Machine"; Universal Wood Worker and Six-Roll Planer, Matcher and Bender by the J. A. Fay & Co,; "Brice's Boat... Read full description -
Item #632840THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1881
* President James S. Garfield death
* Best title to have ?
The ftpg. has nearly a half column of heads on the death of President James Garfield: "HE RESTS" "At Last From His Life of Noble Labors" "the Final Funeral Services of the Nation's Dead" "A Quarter of... Read full description -
Item #632298SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 31, 1892 The front cover has "Moving the Great Tower of the Harlem River Railroad Bridge - General View of Old and of Temporary Bridge" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Bidel Menagerie"; "The New Army Magazine Rifle"; "John Strong... Read full description -
Item #632297SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 27, 1897 The front cover has "Lengthening a Hudson River Steamboat - The Hull Pulled Apart - Framing the New Section" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Oil Wells on the Sea Shore Near Santa Barbara, California"; Steam Motor Car for Branch Line... Read full description -
Item #632295SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 15, 1899 The front cover has "The Reconstructed Cruiser 'Chicago.' Displacement, 4,500 Tons' Speed, 18 Knots" and "The New First-Class Battleship 'Kearsarge.' Displacement, 11,525 Tons; Speed, 15 Knots" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Franklin Life Buoy in... Read full description -
Item #632215SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 28, 1893 The front cover has "How the Broken Shaft of the Cunard Steamship Umbria Was Repaired" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The First Overhead-Propelled Street Railway"; "Charles T. Yerkes"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
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Item #632208SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 17, 1883 The front cover has "The New United States Ship of War Atlanta" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Improved Combined Shears and Punch"; "Novel Apparatus for Home-made Bread Making"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
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Item #632207SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 22, 1883 The front cover has "The New United States Cruisers - The Dispatch Boat Dolphin" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The 'Hercules' Bone Mill"; "Furnace for Revivifying Bone Black"; death of "Sir William Siemens"; "The New United... Read full description -
Item #632205SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 13, 1883 The front cover has "The Great Dry Docks at the Erie Basin, Brooklyn, N.Y." with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "New Hose Coupling"; "Schofield's Log Setting Apparatus for Saw Mills"; "Dutcher's Potato Digger"; and more illustrations, articles... Read full description -
Item #632180SCIENTIFIC 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,... Read full description -
Item #632176SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 17, 1894 The front cover has "The Park Avenue Improvement in New York City" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The First Ironclad, 1585"; "Thomas' Car Fender"; "Bohemia - A Funeral Procession on the Ice"; "Notable and Curious Watches"; and more... Read full description -
Item #632174SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 17, 1894 The front cover has "The Aerial Cable Railway, Knoxville, Tenn., 350 Feet High" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The World's Columbian Exposition - Exhibit of the Eagle Cotton Gin Co., of Bridgewater, Mass."; "The New Battle Ship Indiana"; "The American-Built... Read full description -
Item #632169SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 3, 1894 The front cover has "The Third Avenue Railroad Company's New Cable Traction Plant" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Improved Triple Expansion Engines"; "Lovell Diamond Cycle - Model 19"; "The New Steel Bridge, Galveston, Texas, 2 1/8 Miles in Length";... Read full description -
Item #632115SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 27, 1894 The front cover has "The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company's Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Columbia Bicycle, Model 34"; "Chicago Cable Cars on Chicago Day"; "Manufacture of Pulled... Read full description -
Item #632104SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 6, 1892 The front cover has "The Santa Maria - A Copy of Columbus' Ship, Recently Built in Spain" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "A New and Useful Telephone"; "A New Mill for Pulverizing"; "The Columbia, our New U.S. Warship"; "Fire Department... Read full description -
Item #632064SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 23, 1895 The front cover has "The New Bridge Over the East River at Blackwell's Island, New York" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Clarke's Automatic Water Heater"; "The Roman Triumphal Arch at Timegatte";... Read full description -
Item #632061SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 18, 1888 The front cover has "False Work Under East Arch - General View of Operations in Progress on the New Harlem River Bridge" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Boomber & Boschert's Power Screw Tankage Press"; "New French Steam Tricycle"; "The... Read full description -
Item #632053SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 20, 1884 The front cover has "The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Frankel's Registering Dynamometer"; "The Economic Motor Co.'s New Gas Engine"; "The Camel Corps of the... Read full description -
Item #632051SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 1, 1899 The front cover has "Typical Perpetual Motion Fraud" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Automobile Brougham for a City Physician"; "Head of Tylosaurus"; "Fossil Sea Lizard"; "The Proposed Twin Tunnel Beneath the East... Read full description -
Item #632036SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 5, 1893 The front cover has "The World's Columbian Exposition - The French Locomotive Exhibit - The Bethlehem Iron Co.'s Exhibit" (Pennsylvania) with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Edison Electric Light Suits" the recent ruling on the patent;... Read full description -
Item #632034SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 26, 1893 The front cover has "World's Columbian Exposition - An Entrance to the Palace of Agriculture" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Improved Circular and Elliptical Boring Machine"; "Nasmyth's Torpedo Boat of 1853";... Read full description -
Item #632031SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 3, 1893 The front cover has "World's Columbian Exposition - The Exhibit of Windmills" and "... The Palace of Agriculture" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The World's Columbian Exposition - The Famous 999" (railroad engine);... Read full description -
Item #632028SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 24, 1893 The front cover has "World's Columbian Exposition -United States Government Exhibits of River and Harbor Improvements" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Group of Effigies Near Fort Atkinson Wisconsin"; "Japanese at the World's Columbian... Read full description -
Item #632027SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 17, 1892 The front cover has "World's Columbian Exposition - Present Appearance of Buildings" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Making Wood Screws"; "Searching for Sunken Gold Near Hell Gate, New York"; and more illustrations,... Read full description -
Item #632020SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 9, 1893 The front cover has "The World's Columbian Exposition - Triumphal Arch and Peristyle, Court of Honor" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The World's Columbian Exposition - Creamery and Dairy Exhibits of the Vermont Farm machine Co."; "...View from the... Read full description -
Item #631955SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 27, 1869 The front page has "Maurice's Patent Autographic Press" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Davis' Patent Culinary Steam Generator"; "Samuels' Patent Hand Crank Velocipede"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
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Item #631951FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 6, 1894 The front page features a full illustration of: "The New Union Railway Station at St. Louis, Missouri". Inside includes a full page "Picturesque Minnesota Summer Resorts" with five photos. A full page: "Maneuvers of the Detachment of the Regular Army... Read full description -
Item #631942SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 26, 1874 The front page has "Railway Bridge Near York, England" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Underground Railway in New York - The Great Arch Near 95th Street" [what appears to be the Mount Prospect Tunnel]; "Trying-Up and Four-Cutter Planing... Read full description -
Item #631922SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 23, 1893 The front page has "The World's Columbian Exposition - A General View" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Jean Martin Charcot"; "Apparatus for Registering the Running of Trains"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
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Item #631914SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 25, 1893 The front page has "Electric Launches at the Columbian Exposition" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "New Fire Alarm"; "Four Hundred Horse Power Compound Mill Engine"; "The New United States War Ship Columbia"; and more illustrations, articles and... Read full description -
Item #631902SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 1, 1883 The front page has "The Great Cantilever Bridge over Niagara River" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Cassedy's Fire Escape"; "Locomotive with Electric Head Lights and Electric Machine"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
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