"The Wizard of Oz"...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 7, 1903 Frontpage illustration William the Teuton; The Outlook for Coal (with Clarence Darrow as the attorney); Roosevelt and Cleveland; "The Wizard of Oz"; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

Polo...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 9, 1903 Frontpage Photo of Americans of To-morrow XXXII.--John Huston Finley; The Secrets of Arctic Geography Revealed; Photo, The President in the National Park; About Polo and Polo-Ponies; Doublepage illustration "Lucky Dog" by Clarence F. Underwood; "The First Jump of the Season" by Lucius W. Hitchcock; other news and advertisemen... See More  

Flatiron Building...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 18, 1903 Frontpage illustration of the Statue of Liberty; Photo of President Roosevelt Writing the Message Which Opened the New Pacific Cable; A Finish at Close Quarters; A New Up-Town Sky-Scraper For New York (Flatiron Building); The Daily Show at Asbury Park; Doublepage illustration "A Letter From Home" by Clarence F. Underwood; The America... See More  

Golfing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 29, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, The Great Naval Parade Off Oyster Bay; The Intercollegiate Golf Matches; "Championship Diving at Highgate, England"; River-Diving in Maine---Down Stream on the Trunk of a Tree; Sculpture at the World's Fair--Mr. Bela L. Pratt's "Light and Darkness"; Doub... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 19, 1903  Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, The First Photograph at Close Range Taken of Professor Langley's Air-Ship; Physical Training for College Girls; "A New Portrait by William M. Chase"; The National Shooting Match at Sea Girt; Doublepage illustration "Target-Practice on a Man-Of-War--Finding the Ra... See More  

1903 color comics... Punch and Judy...

THE SUNDAY PRESS, Philadelphia, Dec. 13th, 1903



* Punch and Judy - Negro

* Billy Bounce



Children's and Comic Section. The front page of this section has two color comics with one titled: "Punch And Judy Up To Date" The back side of this section has two color comics titles: "The Teasers: Bobby Gets Himself Into More Trouble" and "Billy Bounce Team Rolls A Race&q... See More  

Toboganning...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1904  Frontpage illustration "Rough Riding" by W. A. Rogers; Photo, The Commander-In-Chief of the Army of Panama Swearing Allegiance to the New Republic; Scenes From the Prize Contests in Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Switzerland; Paintings at the National Academy Exhibition and other advertisements of the day. The issue is complete... See More  

Smithsonian Institute Founder Honored...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 27, 1904  Frontpage illustration "Hold Fast, Uncle Sam!" by W. A. Rogers; A View of One of Russia's Sea-Ports in Manchuria; Russian Troops on Their Way to the Front; Marcus A. Hanna; The War in the East--Snap-Shots Taken at the Scene of Action; Honoring the Founder of the Smithsonian Institution; Ad, Mark Twain's Six Funniest Boo... See More  

War in the East...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 19, 1904  Frontpage Photo Alexeieff, Viceroy of Russia; Russian Troops Arriving at the Seat of War; A View of the Open Port of Newchwang, Manchuria, Near Which Russian Forces are Concentration; and many other photos of the war in the East; and other advertisements of the day. The issue is complete in 12-16 pages, in good condition, and contains a... See More  

War content from Russia and Korea...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 9, 1904  Frontpage illustration "Russia's Move" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots of Russian Soldiers on the Uncompleted Railroad Around the Southern Part of Lake Baikal; Military Scenes in St. Petersburg and Warsaw; Photos From the Scene of War in Korea; Doublepage illustration "A Cossack Charge Against Japanese Troops in Northern ... See More  

Russia and Manchuria... Ohio...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 23, 1904 Frontpage illustration "On the Road" by W. A. Rogers; War-time Scenes From Russia and Manchuria; Inside the Russian Fortifications at Vladivostok; Multiple articles on the State of Ohio; Doublepage photo, Night View of Columbus, the Ohio State Capital; and other advertisements of the day. The issue is complete in 12-16 pages, in goo... See More  

Golfer, Walter J. Travis...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1904  Front page illustration "Delighted" by W. A. Rogers; Walter J. Travis, Winner of the Amateur Golf Championship of Great Britain at Sandwich, England, on June 3; The Parade-Ground at Port Arthur--General Volkoff Delivering an Address to the Russian Troops; George Bruce Cortelyou, President Roosevelt's Choice for Chairman of the ... See More  

Tour of New York City's new Subway...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 6, 1904  Front page illustration "Keeping Cool" by W. A. Rogers; Henry G. Davis, Democratic Nominee for Vice-President--A Snap-Shot Taken at His Home at Elkins, West Virginia, on July 14; Photographs of Scenes at the Annual Race Week and Water-Sports Carnival at the Larchmont Yacht Club; The Mayor's Inspection Party Making a Tour of the... See More  

Racing at Saratoga...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1904 Front page illustration "Height of the Racing Season" by W. A. Rogers; The Latest Photograph of Mrs. Alton B. Parker; Snap-Shots of Scenes at the Opening of the Racing Season at Saratoga; Photographs of Irving Bacheller's Literary Workshop at Sound Beach, Connecticut; Double page Photo, Judge Parker Receiving the Formal No... See More  

Niagara's Carnival of Ice... Niagara Falls...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 24, 1904 Front page Photo, Ex-Governor Winthrop Murray Crane, Now Senator From Massachusetts; James Smith, Jr., Ex-United States Senator From New Jersey, and the Receiver for the United States Ship Building Company; Chinese View of the War--Photo Showing Pilgrims Coming to Worship at a Shine in Manchuria While the War is in Progress; A Peril of Mountain... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 6, 1905 Front page illustration "Behind Their Backs" by W. A. Rogers; Lessons Learned From the War--Eleven-Inch Howitzers Put to a New Use; Lessons Learned From the War--The Japanese Climbed up this Cliff and Captured Takushan Fort at the Top by a Hand-to-Hand Assault; Incidents of the Western Trip of President Roosevelt and His Party; "Jeffer... See More  

1905 Sulphur Springs, Texas Negro lynching...

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 Italy, Texas Negro lynching...

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  

1905 London, Kentucky Negro lynching...

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  

Jewish... Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 2, 1905  Front page illustration "Digging" by W. A. Rogers; John M. Pattison, Governor-Elect of Ohio, Whose Election Defeated the Republican Machine Bosses; Yale's Victory Over Princeton at New Haven; The Reign of Terror in Russia--Scenes of the Massacres of Jews and the General Industrial Uprising; The Evils of College Athletic... See More  

Automobile Show at Madison Square Garden....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 20, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - I. " by W. A. Rogers; "Commemorating the Nation's Birth" by Charles W. Tyler; "The Presidential Election in France" by Ernest Dimnet; a double-page illustration of "The Automobile Show at the Madison Square Garden" by The Kinneys; and ph... See More  

Building Ten Torpedo-Boats in 15 weeks...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 31, 1906  Front page illustration "They Seem to Pull Well Together" by W. A. Rogers; "The Panama Canal as a Benefit to American Commerce" by Henry Harrison Lewis; "Building Ten Torpedo-Boats in Fifteen Weeks" by Henry Townsend; photos of "Persons in the Day's News" including Miss Sus... See More  

H.G. Wells...

A Fourth of July crash, and a Train disaster in England....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 21, 1906  There is a front page photo, "The King and Queen of Norway" by Underwood & Underwood. There is an article, "The Future in America, A Search after Realities", by H. G. Wells, author of War of the Worlds, with illustrations done by Vernon Howe Bailey and E. V. Nadherny. Photos of "Scenes at the C... See More  

The 1906 World Series: Chicago vs. Chicago... Booker T. Washington...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg Sentinel, Mass. A set of 5 issues reporting on 5 of the 6 games (missing game #5) of  the 1906 Major League Baseball World Series. The newspapers are dated October 10-13, 15, 1906. The final issue shows the victory of the Chicago White Sox over the Chicago Cubs. See images and the note below.

Additionally, there is an article titled, "NEGRO CITIZENSHIP, Boo... See More  

Arctic Whaling....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 24, 1906  There is a front page illustration, "Seeing Porto Rico" by W. A . Rogers. There is an article and photos of "The Hidden Tragedies of the Arctic Whaling Fleet" by Robert Dunn. There is another article with photos of "The President's Barge of State, The Battle-Ship "Louisiana" by Thomas M. D... See More