The university crew races on Lake Saratoga...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 6, 1874



* Intercollegiate Regatta week w/ crew names

* Boat - rowing - Saratoga Lake



The top of page 3: "THE COLLEGE REGATTA" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up entire page including each team's crew lineups.

Complete with all 10 pages, small archival mend on page 4, nice condition.... See More  

Rosentine and Moody executions...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 10, 1874



* Lewis Rosentine & John Moody

* Abraham Behm murder



Page 6 has one column headings: "A DOUBLE EXECUTION" "The Hanging of Rosentine and Moody at Harrisburg" "A Full Confession by the Colored Culprits"

Other news of the day. Complete in 10 pages, a little margin wear, generally nice.... See More  

Samuel Archer King... Ballooning pioneer...

RICHMOND 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)

Complete with 4 pages, a little spine wear, nice condition... See More  

Long Branch, New Jersey.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1874



* Long Branch, New Jersey

* Caskill Mountains

* Summer resorts



Page 5 has one column headings: "SUMMER RESORTS" "Long Branch" "Up Among The Catskills" Early descriptions of these two famous Summer getaways.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good condition.... See More  

Gold & silver mining in Colorado...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 18, 1874 Full ftpg. Nast shows U.S. Grant "Don't Let Us Have Any More of This Nonsense. It is a Good Trait to Stand by One's Friends; But --". Halfpg: 'Gold & Silver Mining, Colorado'. Fullpg: 'The Morgue at Paris' & 'Sunshine' shows 2 youngsters on a swing. Fullpg "Meeting of Old Settlers"; 3/4 pg &quo... See More  

International Rifle Match...

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1874 Bates Battlefield in Wyoming...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 24, 1874



* Bates Battlefield - Hot Springs County, Wyoming

* Captain Alfred E. Bates - United States Army action

* American Indian Frontier Wars - Bighorn Mountains



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE INDIAN TROUBLES" with subheads that include: "A Battle With Outlaw Sioux" and more (see images)

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HARPER'S WEEKLY dated July 25, 1874. (print only)



This is a single-page framed print. The print contains the engraving "A Saturday Noon in a Southwestern Town ".



The print size is approximately 9.5 x 15 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 13.75 x 19 inches. The matting color is a lite shade of tan/beige color.... See More  

1874 Henrietta Weibel "The Baby Burner" arrested......

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 1, 1874



* Henrietta Weibel "The Baby Burner"

* 13 Year old girl fiend of New York City

* West Farms, Bronx murder attempt



The top of page 3 has one column headings: "A FIENDISH GIRL" "A Child of Thirteen with a Mania for Baby Burning" "A Street Walker At Eleven" and more. (see) Text takes up just over a full column.

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DAILY CHRONICLE, Allentown, Pa., Aug. 6, 1874 An interesting ftpg. report about "Gypsy Life In America" takes two columns. Includes some talk about fortune telling. Rejoined at the spine.

1874 Charley Ross kidnapping...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 16, 1874



* 4 year old boy - Charley Ross kidnapping

* 1st American for ransom in U.S. (media coverage)



The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "THE LOST CHILD" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.

Other news of the day. Complete in 10 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.... See More  

Paterson, New Jersey...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 8, 1874  Halfpg. street scene: 'Reunion of Veterans at Paterson, N.J.' Comic fullpg: 'Sketches at Our Hotel in the Country'. Various scenes of warfare in Europe. Ftpg. "The Mere Shadow Has Still Some Backbone" by Nast. Fullpg. "The Columbia Boys -- Grand Reception in New York" is comprised of three scenes. Fullpg. "... See More  

Barnum advertisement...

Boston Daily Advertiser, Boston, MA, August 11, 1874.  (print only)



The is a advertisement print for Barnum In Boston! The print size is approximately 2.25 x 8 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 7.5 x 12.75 inches. The matting color is a medium shade of beige color.

1874 Bakersfield, California...

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Bakersfield, California, August 13, 1874 

 

* Rare Old West title 

* Kern County 



This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons, gold miners & gu... See More  

India Supplement... Much on the history of India...

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Nov. 28, 1857 (India Supplement)  Formatted very much like Harper's Weekly with many nice prints, the prime feature of this issue is a focus on India: "HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA". The front page engraving shows the Nawab of Morshedabad at prayer.

On following pages are many beautiful prints of life in India.

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On the Bowley-Jones political feud in South Carolina...

RICHMOND 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 Georgetown, South Carolina" begins: "The disturbances at Georg... See More  

1874 Georgetown, South Carolina race riots....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 22, 1874



* Georgetown, South Carolina

* Race war - riots - blacks



The top of page 10 has one column headings that include: "THE BLACK RIOTS" "Bloodshed and Murder In South Carolina" "Scenes Of Horror" and more. (See) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.

Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.... See More  

A short-lived newspaper from the Northwest....

SALEM DAILY RECORD, Oregon, August 22, 1874  A very rare title as this is a volume issue of a newspaper that existed for just over one year. Gregory notes that only 3 institutions have any holdings, one of which has but a single issue.

Today Salem is the capital of Oregon. Various news reports of the day with a great wealth of advertisements. Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, great c... See More  

Picking blackberries...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 29, 1874  Full ftpg. Nast shows Black men being 'pardoned' - "Freedom, Jubilee. and Pardon". Great fullpg: 'On a Load of Hay' shows children atop a wagon load of hay. Fullpg: 'Seaside Sketches' 1/2 pg: 'A String of Blackberries' shows a Black family picking them. Doublepage centerfold: "Warwick Castle". ... See More  

DEXTER SMITH'S, published in various cities, Sept., 1874  A magazine themed on: "Music, Drama, Art, and Literature" with a very decorative titlepg. (see). Complete in 32 pages, 9 by 12 inches.

P.T Barnum...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, August, September, 1874 See the inset for the nice, nearly half column ad for "P. T Barnum's Great Roman Hippodrome" that includes a nice woodcut of Mr. Barnum. Ad appears on an inside page or the bkpg. Good shape. 



PLEASE NOTE the photo is an example of what you will recieve.  This issue will be different in date, but similar in content and condi... See More  

Alfred Packer & cannibalism...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, September 9, 1874



* Alfred Packer

* Saguache, Colorado

* Cannibalism - murder



Page 5 has a small one column heading: "Murders In The Mountains Of Colorado" See image for text here.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little spine wear, generally good.

Rocky Mountains hunting in 1874...

NEW YORK HERALD, September 12, 1874



* Hunting in the Rocky Mountains

* Elk - deer - bear - antelope & more



The top of page 5 has one column headings: "ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAME" "Shooting in the Valleys West of the 'Divide'" and more. (see) Text takes up over a full column.

Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, small damp stain on the ftpg., nice condition.... See More  

Fall River fire...

THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, September 22, 1874 This issue carries numerous illustrations, including many pertaining to "the Terrible Calamity at Fall River, Massachusetts". Also included are "an Autumn Tour in Switzerland - Life on the Rhine Boat"; "The Catholic Pilgrimage to Pontigny"; "The Episcopal Academy of Connecticut Located at Cheshire" and the larg... See More  

A.B. Frost...

THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, September 24, 1874.  The famous folio-size newspaper with the large graphics. The frontpage features an illustration entitled "One Good turn Deserves Another" by A. B. Frost. Other illustrations within the issue include "Meeting of the Anthropological Congress at Stockholm, Sweden'; "Sketches at the Autumn Floral Exhibition Held at Horticultura... See More