Issues for under $50
Issues for under $50
Many early photos of Southern California... New Year's Day...
Item #672044
December 29, 1904
LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 29, 1904 Still has the color front cover with a New Year's theme (wear at margins, some dirtiness). Inside has a few New Year's items, plus a wealth of photos of buildings in: "Delightful Southern California, The Land of Sunshine and Bloom".
Lacking the back cover. Mild margin wear.
George Washington Universtiy...
Item #177281
December 31, 1904
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 31, 1904 Front page illustration "Looking Forward" by W. A. Rogers; Robert Marion La Follette, Governor of Wisconsin; Prominent Representatives of Capital and Labor Meet--The Annual Dinner of the National Civic Federation in New York City; Troubles of the Russian Forces in Manchuria--Difficulties Encountered in Securing Supplies From the C
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Rare title...
Item #130453
January 01, 1905
THE EXETER SUN, Exeter, California, 1905 Here is a title I've never had before, and I only have a few issues. From early in the 20th century, various news of the day. An 8 page newspaper evenly browned, loose at the spine, various chipping at the margins. Must be handled carefully.
Early Pro-Union Newspaper...
Item #557938
January 01, 1905
THE LABOR NEWS, Eureka, California, 1905. A rather uncommon newspaper from this Northern California town themed on labor-related news and concerns. Quite early for a pro-union themed newspaper. Note that the photo is "generic" and the issue you get will not have this specific date but will have the format as shown. Measures approximately 15x12 inches and contains 8 pages.
William Taft...
Item #538279
January 01, 1905
Life magazine, circa 1905. (print only)
PLEASE NOTE: The exact date is unknown. The print is by Albert Levering and is that of "William H. Taft". The print size is approximately 8.5 x 10.75 inches.
Item #538283
January 01, 1905
Life magazine, circa 1905. (print only)
PLEASE NOTE: The exact date is unknown. The print is by Allan Gilbert and is entitled "Becky Sharp - Life's Gallery of Heroines". The print size is approximately 8.5 x 10.75 inches.
Automobile advertisement...
Item #538783
January 01, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, circa 1905. (print only)
PLEASE NOTE: The exact date is not known. The print is the backcover of an issue and is an automobile ad for Columbia 2 Electric Vehicle Company.
The size is approximately 9.5 x 13.5 inches.
Broadsheet "Extra" issue on the surrender of Port Arthur...
Item #678758
January 02, 1905
NEW FREE PRESS - EXTRA EDITION, Vienna, (Austria), Jan. 2, 1905
* Port Arthur, Manchuria surrenders (1st report)
* Russo-Japanese War
This broadsheet "Extra" is totally in German. The banner headline announces: "The Surrender of Port Arthur". This was a major event in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5.
Single sheet, older glue repairs ate the margins & central fold, ... See More
Item #177286
January 07, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 7, 1905
Item #177287
January 14, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 14, 1905,
1905 Russian Revolution...
Item #715530
January 19, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Monday, Jan. 19, 1905
* Pre-Bloody Sunday massacre (3 days away)
* St. Petersburg, Russia - Russian revolution
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "SHRAPNEL BURST OVER CZAR'S HEAD" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are... See More
By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
Item #705172
January 20, 1905
THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 20, 1905 As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after winning the c... See More
Item #177288
January 21, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 21, 1905
Item #177289
January 28, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 28, 1905
Serial killer Johann Otto Hoch...
Item #677802
February 02, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 2, 1905
* Johann Otto Hoch - The Bluebeard Murderer
* German born serial killer - wife murderer
Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "BLUEBEARD'S WIFE WAS POISONED" 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 f... See More
Very first issue of a newspaper from Berkeley...
Item #681349
February 02, 1905
BERKELEY ADVANCE, California, Feb. 2, 1905
* Vol. 1 No. 1 issue
This is the volume one, number one issue. Nearly half of the front page is taken up with a report on the purpose of the paper.
Tabloid size, 8 pages, mild wear.
Hornellsville, NY sleigh-train disaster...
Item #591080
February 03, 1905
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, February 3, 1905
* Hornellsville, New York
* Arkport sleighing disaster
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "HORNELLSVILLE WOMEN IN AN AWFUL ACCIDENT" and more with list of the dead and injured (see photos). 1st report coverage on the sleigh & train collision at Arkport, New York which r... See More
The election of President Roosevelt...
Item #583402
February 09, 1905
SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, February 9, 1905 Page twelve carries a one column wide headline "Roosevelt Is Elected" with subheadlines "Official Announcement Made". The ceremony of counting the electoral votes of the states was held. Other news and advertisements are within the issue.
This is complete in 14 pages with several small bind hole... See More
Automobiles...
Item #177291
February 11, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 11, 1905
Like an early Wall Street Journal... 1905 - Weekly Financial Edition...
Item #706932
February 11, 1905
THE COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL CHRONICLE, New York, Feb. 11, 1905 (Weekly Financial Edition) A 50+ page publication filled with financial reporting (stocks, bonds, banking, etc.) - much like a Wall Street Journal of today, only with considerably more details. Ads and commentary are included. Nice to have from this formative period in U.S. industrial development. Quite fascinating.
Approxima... See More
Item #209044
February 18, 1905
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, PA, February 18, 1905. A great issue for framing and displaying!
Motor Boat Racing... Mark Twain Content...
Item #177292
February 18, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 18, 1905
By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
Item #704414
February 24, 1905
THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 24, 1905 As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after winning the c... See More
Item #177293
February 25, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 25, 1905
1905 New Orleans riverfront fire disaster...
Item #678102
February 27, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 27, 1905
* New Orleans riverfront fire disaster
The front page has a two column heading: "NEW ORLEANS LOSES $5,000,000 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.
Complete with 8 pages, small libr... See More
By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
Item #699112
March 03, 1905
THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, March 3, 1905
* By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan
As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most ... See More
Item #177294
March 04, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 4, 1905
Battle of Mukden ending in 1905...
Item #677850
March 09, 1905
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 9, 1905
* Battle of Mukden ending
* Shenyang, Manchuria
* Russo-Japanese War
The front has a nice banner headline: "JAPANESE ARE CLOSING THE IRON RING ABOUT KUROPATKIN'S RETREATING ARMY" with subhead. (see) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that a... See More
Religious newspaper from council Bluffs, Iowa...
Item #212242
March 10, 1905
THE WORD AND THE WAY, council Bluffs, Iowa, March 10, 1905. A small-size religious newspaper with a very decorative masthead featuring a lighthouse by the seashore (see photos). Tis title was published semi-monthly as a "...religious, family newspaper...". Never bound nor trimmed, a bit of light dirtiness to the front page, mostly nice. Measures about 9 by 12 inches.
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International Automobile Racing...
Item #177295
March 11, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 11, 1905
Stanford University founder murdered ?......
Item #699400
March 15, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 15, 1905
* Funeral of Jane Stanford - murder mystery ?
* Stanford University founder
The front page has a one column heading: "FUNERAL OF MRS. STANFORD" with subhead. (see images) Nice to have in a California publication. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are no... See More
Guglielmo Marconi marries in 1905....
Item #677837
March 16, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 16, 1905
* Guglielmo Marconi marries - wedding
* Wireless telegraphy - radio inventor
* Beatrice O'Brien
The front page has a one column heading: "MARCONI IS WED THIS MORNING" 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 fr... See More
Item #177297
March 25, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 25, 1905
Item #177298
April 01, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 1, 1905
Quaint, amateur newspaper from Brooklyn...
Item #667969
April 01, 1905
THE MAGNET, Brooklyn, New York, April, 1905
* Rare miniature size publication
This is the vol. 1 #4 issue of a quite rare title not listed in Union List of Serials or Union List of Newspapers. A small-size, amateurish newspaper in which a previous issue noted: "The 'Magnet' publishes interesting stories, poems, jokes, notes of school & society...is published every two ... See More
Mark Twain as Satan...
Item #177299
April 08, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, April 8, 1905, New York.
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1905 Lochner v. New York... 10 hr. work day...
Item #677840
April 10, 1905
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 10, 1905
* United States Supreme Court decision
* Lochner v. New York - 10 hour work day
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "10-HOUR DAY LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL" 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 ... See More
Louis Pasteur...
Item #209045
April 15, 1905
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1905 The cover pictures a man sitting in front of a fireplace. Within the issue is "An Uncle Remus Rhyme"; "Medical Miracles - Pasteur as the Epic Sower of Ideas"; and more stories and advertisements.
Complete in 28 pages with lite dirtiness to the cover, otherwise in very good condition.
Mark Twain Content....
Item #177300
April 15, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 15, 1905
Item #203840
April 20, 1905
LIFE MAGAZINE, New York, April 20, 1905. A great issue for framing and displaying!
The New York Easter Parade...
Item #177301
April 22, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 22, 1905
Prints inside include: "New York's Easter Parade"; photos: "Showing Scenes of Destruction at Port Arthur and Russian Prisoners Captured by the Japanese"; "Handling New York's Mail--Scenes and Incidents Connected With the Wo... See More
1905 death of General Fitzhugh Lee...
Item #677887
April 28, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 28, 1905
* Fitzhugh Lee death (1st report)
* Confederate cavalry general
* Robert E. Lee's nephew
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GEN. FITZHUGH LEE IS STRICKEN" 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 fra... See More
Belmont Park...
Item #177302
April 29, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 29, 1905
1905 Chicago teamsters' strike...
Item #714540
May 03, 1905
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 3, 1905
* 1905 Chicago teamsters' strike
* Solidarity action & lockout
* Brotherhood of Teamsters
The top of the front has a three column headline: "WAR RAGES IN CHICAGO STREETS" with subhead. (see image) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fra... See More
By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
Item #698449
May 05, 1905
THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 5, 1905
* By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan
As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most fa... See More
Item #177303
May 06, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 6, 1905
1905 Snyder, Oklahoma tornado disaster...
Item #691711
May 12, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 12, 1905
* Snyder, Kiowa County, Oklahoma
* Tornado disaster with 113 deaths
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TORNADO VICTIMS HAVE NO RELIEF" 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.... See More
1905 Snyder, Oklahoma F5 tornado disaster....
Item #642334
May 12, 1905
THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 12, 1905
* Snyder, Oklahoma tornado
* F5 tornado disaster
The top of page 9 has one column headings that include: "Dead May Exceed 100" "From Oklahoma Tornado" and more. (see) Coverage on the F5 tornado that hit Snyder, Oklahoma, one of the worst natural disasters in that state.
Other news of the day. Complete in 16 p... See More
Horse Show...
Item #177304
May 13, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 13, 1905
Belmont Park... Yachting...
Item #177305
May 20, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1905
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