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Snoqualmie Falls power plant...
Item #612652
August 30, 1902
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 30, 1902 The front page has several illustrations of "The Snoqualmie Falls Power Plant" and an accompanying article inside the issue.
Inside is "A Mammoth Combined Harvester"; "Electrical Resonance and its Relation to Syntonic Wireless Telegraphy -- II"; "The United States Naval Observatory at Washington"; and more arti... See More
1902 eruption of Mount Pelee....
Item #678472
September 04, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 4, 1902
* 1902 Eruption of Mount Pelée
* Island of Martinque, France
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "FIRE FOLLOWED THE ERUPTIONS" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
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Mark Twain...
Item #177164
September 06, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 6, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Cornelius Vanderbilt, The President in New England with photos; Mark Twain in His Country Home with photos; Marksmanship in the Army with photos; The Great Dam Across the Nile; color doublepage centerfold "The Blacksmith's Noon Hour" by Ranson; and other news and advertisements of the day. S... See More
1902 fire on Spindletop.... Beaumont oil fields...
Item #678474
September 12, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 12, 1902
* Fire on Spindletop gushers
* Beaumont, Texas oil fields
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "TEXAS OIL FIELD SWEPT BY FIRE" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Comp... See More
Item #177165
September 13, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 13, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Clyde Fitch; The War Game; fullpage photos of The Crater of Soufriere, St. Vincent; The Search Problem of the North Atlantic Squadron; The New Archbishop of the Diocese of New York, Mgr. John Murphy Farley; Heatherbloom, the Highest-Jumping Horse in the World; and other news and advertisements of the day... See More
1902 Northfork, West Virginia mine disaster....
Item #591340
September 16, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, September 16, 1902
* Northfork WV West Virginia
* Algoma coal mine disaster
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "EXPLOSION IN A MINE", "Disaster and Death at North Fork, W. Va.", "Seventeen Known To be Dead"
1st report coverage on the Northfork, West Virginia Algoma Coal Mine explosion disast... See More
Robert Peary's 1898-1902 Arctic expedition....
Item #678495
September 18, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 18, 1902
* Arctic explorer Robert Peary
* 1898-1902 expedition ending
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "ARCTIC EXPEDITION RETURNING HOME" with subhead. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complet... See More
Item #177166
September 20, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 20, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, George Jay Gould; The President in the South; The Navy in the War Game; The Porto Rican Regiment; The Jesup Archaeological Expedition; The Blackwells Island Bridge; The Prince of Wales automobiling; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.
Motorized Bicycle...
Item #578425
September 20, 1902
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, September 20, 1902 Within the issue is "Holden's Motor Bicycle" and several illustrations on "Petrol Motor Bicycle". The front cover is of "The Manufacture of Perfumes in France" which is comprised of several photos. Other articles are "Automatic Relay Translation for Long Submarine Cables" "The Rela... See More
Anthracite Coal strike of 1902...
Item #678496
September 24, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 24, 1902
* Anthracite Coal strike of 1902
* Eastern Pennsylvania coalfields
* United Mine Workers of America
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "REIGN OF TERROR IN COAL REGION" with subhead. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally ... See More
Item #177167
September 27, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 27, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, George W. Young; The President Receiving the Citizens of Long Island; Captains of the Coal Strike; The Latest Method of the Middle West in Politics; The New Lance-Boat of the German Army with photos; "Hiawath," Played by Indians in the Open with photos; The Kaiser Goes A-Hunting; fullpage... See More
1902 Corinth, Mississippi Negro lynching...
Item #678481
September 29, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 29, 1902
* Thomas Clark burned at the Stake
* Corinth, Mississippi Negro lynching
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
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Emile Zola death...
Item #591666
October 03, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 3 & 7, 1902
* Emile Francois Zola death (1st report)
* French writer - novelist - Naturalism
* Funeral (1st report)
These 8 page semi-weekly newspapers has coverage on the death of Emile Francois Zola.
The October 3 issue has one column headings on page 4: "M. ZOLA FOUND DEAD", "Asphyxiation Ended the ... See More
Item #177168
October 04, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 4, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Robert W. Chambers; The President's Shortened Western Tour; The Revolution in Venezuela; fullpage photo of opera composer Pietro Mascagni; The Return of the Arctic Explorers; The Power-House Canal at Sault Ste. Marie with photos; The Fort Riley Maneuvers and the New Armament with photos; photo of ... See More
Prince Alert breaks record...
Item #621687
October 08, 1902
THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, October 8, 1902 Page 9 has a one column headline "PRINCE ALERT'S RACE" with subhead "Beat Sir Albert S. and Broke the Half Mile Pacing Record".
Other news, sports and advertisements are within.
This is complete in ten pages, chipping and small edges, irregular left spine. Must be handled with care.
Spindletop oil field fire in Beaumont TX...
Item #591349
October 08, 1902
WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 8, 1902
* Spindletop oil field fire disaster
* Beaumont, Texas
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ANOTHER GREAT FIRE", "Disastrous Conflagration In the Texas Oil Field", "Twelve Or More Lives Lost" and more. 1st report coverage of the Spindletop oil field fire disaster at B... See More
Item #177169
October 11, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 11, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Lewis B. Stillwell; Pennsylvania Coal-Strikers with photos; Secretary Hay's Note and the Jewish Question with photos; fullpage photo Emile Zola; fullpage illustration "Freighting in the Desert" by Dixon; Our First Annual Military Manoeuvres with photos; The Taking of the Cotton Crop in the So... See More
Item #177170
October 18, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 18, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Robert M. La Follette; A Fuel to Supplant Coal; fullpage illustration "The President's Attempt to End the Coal Strike"; Darkest Siberia with photos; Types of Modern Portrait-Sculpture; Laying the Corner-Stone of the New York Custom House; fullpage illustrations Side-Lights of the Coal Famine;... See More
Item #177172
November 01, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 1, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Clarence H. Mackay; The Presidential Hunt with photos; United States Rubber Industry in South America with photos; "Mad Mullah" and the English in Somaliland with photos; The Return of the Miners with photos; fullpage illustration "The Cathedral of Nova Sancta Sophia" by Pettit; The Mod... See More
Carrie Nation...
Item #600336
November 05, 1902
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 5, 1902
* Carrie Nation
* Temperance advocate
* Anti-alcohol
This uncommon 4 page newspaper contains news of the day with some interesting advertisements 10 years before statehood.
The front page has one column headings: "MRS. CARRIE NATION" "Aboard a Train Which Ran on to a Siding and Collided With an Engine Standing Th... See More
Auburn, New York electric chair...
Item #600337
November 18, 1902
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, New Mexico, November 18, 1902
* Auburn Correctional Facility
* Electric chair execution
This uncommon 4 page newspaper contains news of the day with some interesting advertisements 10 years before statehood.
The front page has one column headings: "DIED IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR" "Within Five Minutes After the Witnesses Gathered in Auburn Prison... See More
Item #177175
November 22, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 22, 1902
Letters to Editor on Mark Twain's self obituary...
Item #177176
November 29, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 29, 1902
1902 Army-Navy game... college football...
Item #714068
November 29, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 29, 1902
* Early Army-Navy game
* College football rivalry
* West Point vs. Annapolis
* Played in Philadelphia
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ANOTHER VICTORY FOR WEST POINT" with subheads that include: "Sailors Could Not Play Football with Their Sea Legs" and more. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in go... See More
English Channel Lighthouse...
Item #671714
November 29, 1902
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 29, 1902 The cover features a full page photo of: "The Beachy Head Lighthouse, Recently Completed" in the English Channel, which contains a related article on an inside page.
Additional coverage, while not shown in the photos, includes: "The American Hemp Industry", "Thirty-Seven-Inch Mills Reflecting Telescope and Spectrograp... See More
Honoring Mark Twain...
Item #177178
December 13, 1902
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 13, 1902
Ships and Railroads... Kenco Miniature Train ad...
Item #559375
December 13, 1902
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 13, 1902. The issue contains lots of coverage on Marine, Lake, and Railroad Transportation. The front cover features photos from several new ships.
There are several articles and advertisements, including one for "Kenco" miniature model trains.
This is a complete issue in 48 pages and is in very nice condition. See photos for details.... See More
The Magno-Electric Vitalizer invention...
Item #678453
December 15, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 15, 1902
* Thomas Alva Edison, Jr.
* Magno-Electric Vitalizer
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "YOUNG EDISON" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 6 pages, small library s... See More
1902 death of Frederick Temple...
Item #678524
December 23, 1902
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 23, 1902
* Frederick Temple death
* Archbishop of Canterbury
* English academic teacher
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE OLD PRIMATE HAS PASSED AWAY" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from thi... See More
Territorial New Mexico...
Item #583918
January 01, 1903
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, New Mexico, 1903 A quite uncommon newspaper from this Western town, still 9 years before New Mexico would become a state! Nice condition. Be in touch if an image is needed.
Pre-statehood New Mexico...
Item #583921
January 01, 1903
SANTA FE DAILY NEW MEXICAN newspaper dated 1903. A great issue, with a wealth of news of the day both local and national (and international) and a wealth of ads as well, many of which are illustrated.
Complete in 4 pages. Spine is somewhat irregular but causing no loss of text. Browned, mainly at the edges and some minor margin tears.
Rare and early stock market title...
Item #649268
January 01, 1903
WALL STREET DAILY NEWS, New York, 1903 This interesting & quite rare newspaper is subtitled: "A Daily Journal Devoted to Financial Interests", from over a century ago. This newspaper has a wealth of early stock market reporting & would be a great companion newspaper for any modern report on the stock market.
Four pages, 10 by 13 1/2 inches, re-joined at the spine, nice con... See More
Rare and early stock market title...
Item #160001
January 01, 1903
WALL STREET DAILY NEWS, New York, 1903 This interesting & quite rare newspaper is subtitled: "A Daily Journal Devoted to Financial Interests", from over a century ago. This newspaper has a wealth of early stock market reporting & would be a great companion newspaper for any modern report on the stock market.
Four pages, 10 by 13 1/2 inches, re-joined at the spine, nice con... See More
Item #177182
January 03, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 3, 1903
Item #177183
January 10, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 10, 1903
The Ulysses S. Grant family...
Item #699147
January 11, 1903
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 11, 1903 This was the illustrated insert in the "Omaha Bee" newspaper. Pages 4 & 5 are taken up with articles & 22 photo of: "Four Generations of the Grant Family", including a photo of: "General Ulysses S. Grant".
Eight pages, nice condition.
Aeroplane Machines... Automobiling..
Item #177184
January 17, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 17, 1903
Madison Square Garden's Automobile Show...
Item #642503
January 31, 1903
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 31, 1903 The front cover of the issue is entitled "A New Derrick or 'Grasshopper' Elevator for Unloading Grain from Vessels" which is comprised of two illustrations with an additional illustration within the issue. Within the issue is: "Test of the 16-inch Army gun at Sandy Hook"; "The Landing of the Honolulu End of the ... See More
1903 Indianapolis body snatchers business...
Item #703994
February 06, 1903
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 6, 1903
* Rufus Cantrell "King of the Ghouls" case
* Indianapolis grave robbers - body snatching
The front page has a two column heading: "CORPSE THIEF ON THE STAND" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile fr... See More
Item #177188
February 07, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 7, 1903
Item #177189
February 14, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 14, 1903
Frontpage Ad for Colt firearm . . . and more!
Item #573966
February 14, 1903
ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL, New York, February 14, 1903 The primary feature of this issue is the displayable front page ads which include:
Colt's New Army Revolver
Remington-Lee Sporting Rifle
Bethlehem Steel Company
See the photo for details - including additional ads.
A tabloid-size publication; the subj... See More
1903 Newark, New Jersey trolley & train disaster...
Item #679232
February 19, 1903
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 19, 1903
* Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
* Trolley and train collision disaster
* Barringer High School students
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "SCHOOL CHILDREN GROUND TO PIECES" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that a... See More
Huge financial broadside...
Item #539563
February 20, 1903
THE TIMES---SUPPLEMENT, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1903
* Large financial broadside Supplement
This is an interesting & quite large broadside (single sheet & printed on one side only) which has a banner heading: "Receipts And Expenditures Of Centre County For The Year 1902".
The balance of the ftpg. is taken up with seven columns of financi... See More
Item #177190
February 21, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 21, 1903
Item #177191
February 28, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 28, 1903
1903 Carrie Nation...
Item #679238
March 05, 1903
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 5, 1903
* Carrie Nation at Sacramento
* Temperance advocate
* Anti-alcohol leader
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CARRIE HONORED THE LEGISLATURE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era i... See More
1903 Olean, New York train explosion...
Item #679239
March 10, 1903
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 10, 1903
* Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York
* Erie Railroad train wreck & explosion disaster
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MANY PEOPLE GO DOWN TO DEATH" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragil... See More
Item #177193
March 14, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 14, 1903
Item #177194
March 21, 1903
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 21, 1903 Front page illustration Henrik Ibsen; Humor and Life in La Guayra; Wireless Telegraphy in the Next War; The Stanford Memorial Church; "Binding the Bargain"; The New Hotel for Women in New York ("Martha Washington"); Domestic Relations of Automobiles; and other news and advertisements of the day.
See photos for full details.... See More
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