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Inaugural Running at Belmont Park...
Item #177306
May 27, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 27, 1905
American racing cars...
Item #634621
May 27, 1905
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 27, 1905 The front cover has "The Start of the 3,000-Mile Ocean Cup Race" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The First Oregon Locomotive"; "The Cobra"; "The Renaissance of the Bayonet"; "American Racing Cars for the International Cup Race"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements... See More
The Panama Canal...
Item #639514
June 03, 1905
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 3, 1905 The front cover has "History and Present Status of the Panama Canal" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Electric Mail Automobiles"; "Electric Dead Reckoner in Use on Yacht 'Valhalla'"; "The Grubb Gun-Sight"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in twenty page... See More
Polo...
Item #177308
June 10, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 10, 1905
1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught weds...
Item #677914
June 15, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 15, 1905
* Princess Margaret of Connaught wedding
* Gustaf VI Adolf - Future King of Sweden
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "PRINCESS OF ENGLAND WEDS PRINCE OF SWEDEN" 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 frag... See More
By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
Item #716284
June 16, 1905
THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 16, 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
20th Century Limited train speed record...
Item #677915
June 19, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 19, 1905
* 20th Century Limited passenger train
* New York Central Railroad
* New York to Chicago speed record
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "80 MILES AN HOUR MADE ON THE RUN" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not ... See More
1905 Mentor, OH train wreck...
Item #591048
June 23, 1905
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 23, 1905
* 20th Century Limited wreck
* Mentor, Ohio
This 8 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page that include: "THE 20th CENTURY FLYER WRECKED" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the 20th Century Limited express passenger train at Mentor, Ohio.
Other news and ad... See More
1905 Lodz insurrection... Polish workers...
Item #677916
June 24, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 24, 1905
* Lodz insurrection - June Days
* Polish workers uprising
* Russian Empire
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "2,000 KILLED OR WOUNDED AT LODZ" 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 ... See More
Horseracing... Rowing...
Item #177310
June 24, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 24, 1905
Early Flight... Gillespie...
Item #546743
June 24, 1905
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York, New York, dated June 24, 1905. The frontpage of this issue features "The Gillespie Aeroplane As It Would Appear When Soaring" An interesting machine with a square wing, and the pilot seated below the wing. Report inside with two photos: The Gillespie Aeroplane.
Other topics with photos and illustrations throughout.
This is a complete 16 pag
1905 James Gordon Bennett automobile race...
Item #679112
July 05, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 5, 1905
* James Gordon Bennett Cup - automobile race
* Leon Thery wins - Auvergne, France
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FRENCH MOTORIST WINS GREAT RACE" 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 th... See More
Coney Island...
Item #177312
July 08, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 8, 1905
1905 Gridley, California fire disaster...
Item #679169
July 10, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 10, 1905
* Gridley, Butte County, California
* Fire - conflagration - disaster
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GRIDLEY SUFFERS HEAVILY BY FIRE" 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 p... See More
Intercollegiate Boat Races...
Item #177313
July 15, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 15, 1905 Front page Photo: "Elihu Root, Who Succeeds John Hay as Secretary of State". Inside images include: "Scenes at Cleveland, Where the Body of John Hay Lay in State, and Where His Funeral Was Held", "Scenes at the Intercollegiate Boat-Races on the Hudson", "Fifty Years of Progress in America", "The Muti
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1905 Aviator Daniel J. Maloney killed...
Item #679113
July 18, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 18, 1905
* Aviator Daniel J. Maloney killed
* John J. Montgomery glider crash
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FRIGHTFUL FALL OF AN AERONAUT" 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
Automobile Racing...
Item #177314
July 22, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 22, 1905
1905 New Orelans yellow fever epidemic...
Item #679427
July 26, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 26, 1905
* New Orleans, Louisiana
* Yellow fever epidemic
* Last outbreak in America
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MANY NEW CASES OF YELLOW FEVER" 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 er... See More
Golfing...
Item #177315
July 29, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 29, 1905
1905 Albany department store collapse...
Item #679118
August 08, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 8, 1905
* John C. Myers Company
* Department store collapse
* Albany NY New York
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "SCORES BURIED UNDER WRECKAGE" 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 ... See More
1905 Sulphur Springs, Texas Negro lynching...
Item #679119
August 11, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 11, 1905
* Sulphur Springs, Texas
* Hopkins County lynching
* Negro Thomas Williams
The front page 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.
Compl... See More
1905 launching of the USS Vermont battleship...
Item #679125
August 12, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 12, 1905
* USS Vermont (BB-20) battleship
* United States Navy warship
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "NEW BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED TODAY" 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.
Comp... See More
Admiral John Paul Jones...
Item #177317
August 12, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 12, 1905 Front page illustration "A Twentieth-Century Plant" by W. A. Rogers; The Disastrous Boiler Explosion on the Gunboat "Bennington" in San Diego Harbor; Japan's Chief Peace Envoy in America; The Reception of the Body of Admiral John Paul Jones at the Naval Academy, Annapolis; Photographs of the Russian War-Ships Which Fled t... See More
A displayable cover...
Item #628064
August 12, 1905
THE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING NEWS, New York, August 12, 1905 It still has the original outer wrapper showing a woman in a carriage (see). This is noted as the: "Mid-Summer Number", and as the title suggests the theme is primarily sports-related (camping, horse shows, horse racing, motorboat racing, etc.) although there is other content as well. The ftpg. is a photo of: "Camping Al... See More
Cricket... Tennis...
Item #177318
August 19, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 19, 1905
1905 Soldiers and Sailors monument dedication...
Item #679124
August 23, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 23, 1905
* Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument
* Liberty Park - Ogdensburg, New York
* Civil War heroes dedication - unveiling
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MONUMENT DEDICATED TO CIVIL WAR HEROES" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find... See More
Golfing...
Item #177319
August 26, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 26, 1905
1905 Treaty of Portsmouth...
Item #706483
August 30, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 30, 1905
* Treaty of Portsmouth agreement reached
* Russo-Japanese War formally ends
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "JAPAN HAS WON HIGHEST PRAISE" 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 from t... See More
Item #177320
September 02, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 2, 1905 Front page "The Gateway of Peace" by W. A. Rogers; The First Photographs Taken of the Recent Meeting of the Zemstvoists in Moscow, Held in Defiance of the Police; Snap-Shots of Some of the Japanese and Russian Representatives at Portsmouth During the Peace Conference; The National Shooting Tournament at Sea Girt; Double pag... See More
1905 Hibiya incendiary incident...
Item #679415
September 07, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 7, 1905
* Hibiya incendiary incident
* Tokyo, Japan riots
* re. Treaty of Portmouth
* Era of Popular Violence
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "WILD RIOTING BY TOKIO MOBS" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not tota... See More
1905 Italy, Texas Negro lynching...
Item #679416
September 08, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 8, 1905
* Italy, Ellis County, Texas
* Negro lynching - burning
The top of page 2 one column heading: "A TEXAS FIEND BURNED AT 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.
Complete with 6 pages, s... See More
Air-Ship...
Item #177321
September 09, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 9, 1905
1905 Ninth Avenue derailment... elevated railways...
Item #679418
September 11, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 11, 1905
* Ninth Avenue derailment
* Elevated railways - trains
* Manhattan, New York City
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "AWFUL WRECK OF ELEVATED CARS" 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 t... See More
A 1905 school newspaper from Scotland, PA...
Item #658704
September 14, 1905
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEWS, Scotland, Pa., Sept. 14, 1905 Ftpg. has a nice 5 by 8 inch photo of the "Scotland School Base-Ball Team". Players are wearing neat period uniforms that feature pointed collar jerseys that lace up the front. Also present is an interesting article regarding Captain Wirz, and the Andersonville Prison atrocities.
Small-folio size, 4 pgs., on slick paper.
Motor Boat Racing...
Item #177322
September 16, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 16, 1905
two James Montgomery Flagg illustrations...
Item #625931
September 21, 1905
LIFE magazine, New York, September 21, 1905 The colored front cover illustration by James Montgomery Flagg and is of a man trying to "pick" a lady from a tree. Also inside the issue is another Flagg illustration entitled "Summer is Over".
Within the issues are a variety of articles, poems and additional illustrations.
The issue measures 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches and is in v... See More
Early New York City mafia...
Item #591685
September 22, 1905
ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 22, 1905
* Early NYC mafia
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "Bomb Outrage In New York" and more. 1st report coverage on a bombing in New York City that was suspected as being done by the "Black Hand" which was a extortion racket by the early Mafia.
Other news and advertisements ... See More
Motor-Boat Carnival... Golfing... Hunting by Auto...
Item #177324
September 30, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 30, 1905
Item #177325
October 07, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 7, 1905
1905 World Series....
Item #599533
October 11, 1905
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 11, 1905
* World Series of baseball
* New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics
* Chief Bender
Page 3 has one column headings: "The Sports Of A Day", "Philadelphia Wins This One", "New York 'Giants' Shut Out", "Bender, the Athletics Indian Pitcher..." with b... See More
Item #177326
October 14, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 14, 1905
1905 London, Kentucky Negro lynching...
Item #679249
October 17, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 17, 1905
* London, Kentucky
* Laurel County lynching
* Negro Virgil Bowers
The front page has a one column heading: "KENTUCKY MOB HANGED NEGRO" 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 6... See More
Early Football...
Item #177327
October 21, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, October 21, 1905, from New York Front page illustration "Ditched" by W. A. Rogers; Plan to Detect and Arrest Automobilists [Automobile drivers] Who Break the Speed Laws; Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, From the Painting by James. C. Porter; Two Important Football Games of the Early Season; Only Photographs of the Japanese Naval Victory in the Korean Straits--The War's Decis... See More
1905 Teddy Roosevelt's Southern tour..
Item #711765
October 26, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 26, 1905
* President Theodore Roosevelt Southern tour
* On a New Orleans, Louisiana steamer
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "PRESIDENT'S TRIP REACHES CLIMAX" with subheads. (see images) This steamer would wreck the following day just below New Orleans. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wo... See More
Horse Show... Automobile Racing...
Item #177328
October 28, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 28, 1905
Football...
Item #177329
November 04, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 4, 1905
Millheim, Pennsylvania.....
Item #581325
November 09, 1905
THE MILLHEIM JOURNAL, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1905
This 4 page newspaper, measuring 20 by 26 inches, has news of the day with advertisements. Light browning with various margin & fold tears, otherwise good.
The "Black Hundreds" in 1905 Russia...
Item #699321
November 10, 1905
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 10, 1905
* Post Odessa pogrom - massacre
* "Black Hundreds" plan - Anti-Semitic
* St. Petersburg, Russia Jews in danger
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "A ST. BARTHOLOMEW MASSACRE PLANNED" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very ... See More
Football... Aeroplane...
Item #177330
November 11, 1905
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 11, 1905
Football... Horse Show...
Item #177331
November 18, 1905
Harper's Weekly, New York, November 18, 1905 Front page illustration "Behold Him Now" by W. A. Rogers; The Horse Show; Correctly Appointed Turn-Outs at the Horse Show Driven by Women; The Gentlemen's Pony and Steeplechase Races at "Graceland"; The Latest Type of Transatlantic Liner; Double page Photos, Some of the Principal Prize-Winning Entries in the Y... See More
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