Massachusetts...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 31, 1903 Frontpage illustration "The Rammany Inferno" by W. A. Rogers; Article, The Decision of the Alaska Boundary Commission; Photo, America Wins the Alaska Boundary Award; Where a False Step Means Death; The Queen of England, Dowager Empress of Russia, Duchess of Cumberland, and King of Denmark at Cards; Multiple Articles on the State o... See More  

Circus...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 17, 1903  Frontpage illustration "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by W. A. Rogers; Shipping a Circus Across the Pacific; The New Columbia Statue, by Daniel C. French; Another Deadly Invention for Modern Warfare; Where the Sealskins Came From; Doublepage illustration "The New Bridge System in New York City" by Vernon Howe Bailey; Sam Pa... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 3, 1903  Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Duck-Shooting On the Chesapeake; A New Way of Making Exposition Statuary; Tom Johnson and Myron T. Herrick, the Rival Candidates for Governor of Ohio, Playing Golf; Doublepage illustration "The Opening of the College Season at Yale" by the Kinneys; The New West Point--And Wh... 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  

Yachting...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 5, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Striving for the "America's" Cup; The Marquis of Salisbury; The New National Guard by Franklin Matthews; "Engineer Corps.--Building a Pontoon Bridge" by J. N. Marchand; Doublepage illustration "Bringing Up the Gun" by J. N. Marchand; "The Signal ... See More  

Yachting... Polo...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 22, 1903  Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo A Race Between an Auto and a Balloon; Snap Shots of the Atlantic Coast Life-Savers; Snap Shots by Cinematograph---Training a Thoroughbred to Meet an Automobile; illustration "The New Manhattan Eye-Bar Bridge" by H. M. Pettit; Polo on the Pacific Coast; Doublepage illustr... See More  

Yachting... Tennis...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 8, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photos This Week's International Tennis Matches; The "Kanawha" Wins the International Cup for Steam-Yachts; illustration "Transforming the Metropolitan Opera House, New York" by Vernon Howe Bailey; "A Hundred-Foot Dive in Army Practice"; Doublepage illustration... See More  

Pope Leo XIII...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 25, 1903 Frontpage illustration "Pope Leo XIII." by Henry McCarter; illustration "Pope Leo XIII." by Laszlo; "The Pope is Dead!"; Leo XIII. 1810-1903" by Sydney Adams; "The Strenuous Summer Life at Oyster Bay" by George Gibbs; "W. E. Henley"; "Plan for Municipal and Terminal Buildings at City ... See More  

New York City...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  July 11, 1903  Frontpage illustration of the Statue of Liberty; Photo of First Trial of "Shamrock III." in American Waters; New York City a Flood Centre; illustration "The New Hendrik Hudson Memorial Bridge" by Vernon Howe Bailey"; Doublepage illustration "Reliance" Wins" by George Gibbs; Lighting a Metropolis;... See More  

Harvard-Yale Boating...

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Poe...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1903 Frontpage Photo of The Tornado in Gainesville, Georgia; In the Path of the Georgia Cyclone; The Floods in the West; Doublepage illustration "The Last Hours of Cadet Days" by Fietcher C. Ransom; article about Poe; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

Yachting...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 30, 1903 Frontpage Photo The Outrages in the Balkans; The Cup Yachts and the Season's Problems; Doublepage photo The Children of the West Greet the President; The President in the West; other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

Ralph Waldo Emerson...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 16, 1903  Frontpage Photo of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Impressions of Emerson; Photo, The Dedication of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis; Across the Continent in Ten Hours; Fullpage illustration "The Finest Race-Course in the World" by H. M. Pettit; Mr. Borglum's Broncos and Bronco-Busters; 4 page illustration "The Supreme C... See More  

Mark Twain Content....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 2, 1903  Frontpage Photo of Rudolph Keppler; Experiments with Lightning; Photos The Situation in Macedonia; Doublepage illustration "A Hold-up in Central Park" by Max F. Klepper; Why Not Abolish It? written by Mark Twain; other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-morrow XXXI- Henry L. Stoddard; The President's Trip West; Harnessing a Glacier; The Edison of To-Day; Doublepage illustration "Vanderbilt--Neilson" by Granville Smith; article Racing on the Sand; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 4, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-morrow XXX.-Lloyd Griscom; The Story of the Alaskan Boundary; Pope Leo XIII. and American Education; Niagara Falls Runs Dry; Exploring the Sea Bottom; "Lonesome" by Clarence F. Underwood; photo of Henry James, professor of Harvard; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full deta... See More  

The tenemant fire that would lead to fire escapes...

NEW-YORK TIMES, Feb. 3, 1860  The front page has: "Calamitous Fire" "Tenement House on Elm-street Destroyed" "Thirty Persons supposed to have Perished in the Flames". The detailed report takes up much of the last column.

According to Kanes Famous First Facts, this fatal fire resulted in legislation requiring tenements to have fire escapes.

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Port Republic VA 1862 Civil War...

DAILY SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN from Springfield, MA and dated June 16, 1862. This 4 page newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this very historic time in U.S. history. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes reports on Port Republic Virginia VA, Memphis Tennessee TN, General McC... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 14, 1903 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow XXIX. - George Ade; Reading the Articles of War in the Navy; The New Stock Exchange in New York; Tolstoy's "Resurrection"; The American Girl at the Court of King Edward; Who Will Control the World  a Hundred Years from Now?; Deer-hunting in Automobiles; and other news and advertisements of ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 28, 1903 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow XXVII. - Finley Peter Dunne; The Election of New Cardinals; Underground Moving Sidewalks in New York; Sven Hedin's Exploration; The Marine Band at the White House; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 14, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXVII - Peter Cooper Hewitt;  John Hay and the New Treaty;  The Day Before Lent in New Orleans; By Balloon Over the Irish Sea; The New Passenger Station in Chicago; New Electric Locomotives; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 31, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXV -Edwin A. Alderman; The Subway and its Stations; Experiments just Made in Telephoning without Wires; To the Jews a Stumbling-block and to the Greeks Foolishness; Automobiling; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.... See More  

Great double page print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 14, 1891



This item is a double page centerfold print only. The print is titled: "Overland Route to the Pacific--A Stop for Dinner in New Mexico" drawn by W. H. Crane. A great issue for framing and displaying!

Mark Twain on Christian Science...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 24, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXIV -William B. Leeds; The Outlook for Currency Legislation; fullpage illustration "The Great Social Event of the Season at the White House; The Culture of Unknown American Tribes; fullpage illustration "A Twentieth-Century Creation" (Belmont Hotel) by Pettit; "More from Mark Twain a... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 10, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXII.- Arthur Twining Hadley; fullpage illustration "The Military Heads of New York's Police Force"; Recent Light on the Rontgen Rays; Excavating Prehistoric Animals of North America; doublepage centerfold "The Twentieth-Century Problem of Municipalities"; types of Entries for the... See More