HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 1, 1905 Front page illustration "April First" by W. A. Rogers; A View Taken on the Deck of the Russian Battle-Ship "Peresviet," in the Harbor at Port Arthur; Photos of the Northern Athletic Games Recently Held at Stockholm; Waging War in the Air, Written by W. G. Fitz-Gerald; The Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists... See More  

International Automobile Racing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 11, 1905  Front page illustration "Congress Has Adjourned" by W. A. Rogers; Scenes at the Recent Floral Parade in Havana; Snap-Shots of the Recent International Automobile Races in Cuba; The Sportsmen's Show at the Madison Square Garden; Recent Athletic Contests of American Soldiers in the Philippines; Famous Paintings Reproduced From L... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  February 25, 1905  Front page illustration "Within the Constitution" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots of Scenes at the Winter Quarters of the Russian Army at Mukden and Vladivostok; The New Statue of the Late Frances E. Willard, Unveiled in the Capitol at Washington of February 17; Double page Photo, Scene in the House of Representatives During t... See More  

Automobiles...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 11, 1905 Front page illustration "Who is Steering, Anyway?" by W. A. Rogers; The Fatal Accident to Mr. Frank Croker at Ormond Beach, Florida, During the Recent Automobile Meet; The Automobile Races at Ormond Beach, Florida; The New Portrait of Colonel Daniel Appleton, Commander of the Seventh Regiment, By Creifeld; A Street Scene in Moscow, to... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 28, 1905 Front page Photo, John Kean, U. S. Senator From New Jersey; A Session of the Hungarian Parliament Afger the Recent Riot in the Chamber of Deputies; "Scene at the Recent Metropolitan Musicale Given at the Home of the Late W. C. Whitney" by W. Granville Smith; and other advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 14, 1905, Front page Photo, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Next Ambassador to the Court of St. James; The Surrender of Port Arthur; Snap-Shots Taken Before Port Arthur--Incidents of the Japanese Siege; The New Method of Training the Norwegian Army for Winter Service; The Feature of Chicago's New Subway--Important Business Houses Connected Directly with the Subw... See More  

The Siege of Vicksburg and Port Hudson...

A CIVIL WAR  issue, from the New York Tribune, dated, June 13, 1863.



* The Siege of Vicksburg

* The Siege of Port Hudson

* Colored Troops



This issue is full of Civil War reports, which including the following:  " From the Army of the Potomac," " Tenderness for Negroes," " The Siege of Vicksburg," " The Assault," "Steeles's Invasion," " The Siege of Port Hudson," and ".... See More  

1853 Manchester New Hampshire...

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America's oldest continually published newspaper...

THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Aug. 14, 1805



* Predecessor of the Hartford Courant, America's oldest newspaper



This is a nice, early issue of America's oldest continually published newspaper, now known as the Hartford Courant, but with this title for most of its history. Over half of the front page is taken up with ads. The inside pages have various news of the day & ads as well... See More  

Air-Ship trials...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 3, 1904  Front page Photo, Joseph W. Folk, Democratic Governor-Elect of Missouri; Snap-Shots of the Harvard-Yale Football Game at New Haven on November 19; Snap-Shots of Some Recent Air-Ship Trials at St. Louis; The Comparative Exhibit of Native and Foreign Art in New York; .and other advertisements of the day. The issue is complete in 12-16 pages, in ... 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  

Yale-Princeton...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 26, 1904 Front page Photo, General Nogi, The Japanese Commander, Studying a War Map at His Headquarters Before Port Arthur; The Statue of Frederick the Great, Presented to America by Emperor William, and Unveiled at Washington, November 19; The First Photos Taken of Scenes in and Around Port Arthur During the Present Siege; Double page Photo, The End of... See More  

New York City's Rapid Transit...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 12, 1904  Front page Photo, Marquis Hirobumi Ito; Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, Commander of the Russian "Baltic Fleet Which Attacked the British Trawlers in the North Sea; Snap-Shots of Four Leading Players in the Football World--Captains at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia; Henry Watterson; Photos Taken at the Opening of New York's New Su... See More  

Lauching of Battleship "Nebraska"...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 29, 1904  Alexander E. Orr, President of the Board of Rapid Transit Commission Which has Directed the Building of New York's New Subway; A New Automobile Record From Chicago to New York--Messrs. B. B. Holcomb and Laurence Duffie in the Columbia Car, With Which They Reduced the New York-Chicago Record to 58 Hours 45 Minutes; Caricatures by Japane... See More  

Flying Machine... Launching "Connecticut"...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 15, 1904  Front page illustration "The Lion-Tamer" by W. A. Rogers; Paul Morton, The New Secretary of the Navy; The Railroad Disaster at Knoxville, Tennessee, in Which More Than Fifty Lives Were Lost; Launching the "Connecticut," the Largest Battle-Ship in the United States Navy; Receiving Wireless Messages on Ship-Board 2000 Miles F... See More  

Bird's-eye view of the St. Louis Fair Grounds...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 1, 1904  Front page illustration "Oh, the bulldog on he bank, and the bullfrog in the pool; the bulldog...." etc., etc." by W. A. Rogers; Frank W. Higgins, Republican Nominee for Governor of New York State; Photograph of the Delegates at the Republican State Convention in Saratoga on September 14; Members of the Eighth International ... See More  

New York Subway...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 17, 1904  Front page illustration "Who is Running This Campaign, Anyway?" by W. A. Rogers; An Innovation in Chicago's Mail System--Opening of the City's New Pneumatic-Tube Mail Service; Snap-Shots of Scenes at the World's Olympic Championship Games at the St. Louis Fair; Photos of Japanese Military Leaders, and Snap-Shots of... See More  

Racing at Saratoga...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 3, 1904 Front page illustration "A Vision of November 8" by W. A. Rogers; A New Portrait of Mark Twain, Painted by the Italian Artist E. Gelli, to be Exhibited at the World's Fair at St. Louis; The End of the Racing Season at Saratoga--Snap-Shots of Scenes and Incidents; Secretary Taft, Members of the Philippine Commission, and Invit... 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  

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  

Republican Convention... Rowing Regatta...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 16, 1904  Front page illustration "The "Trust-Busters" at Work" by W. A. Rogers; Senator Fairbanks Opening the Republican Campaign in Indiana; Germany and the Far-Eastern Situation--Prince Adalbert Reviewing the Kaiser's Troops at Tientsin; INt Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at Poughkeepsie--Syracuse Winning the Four-Mile '... See More  

"General Slocum" diaster...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 25, 1904  Front page illustration "Come On, Boys" by W. A. Rogers; Russian Soldiers Hauling Guns Up the Steep Heights at Port Arthur; Two Remarkable Photographs of the Blowing up of the Russian Flag-Ship, the "Petropavlovsk," at Port Arthur, on April 13; The Japanese Army on the March--Photographs by Our Special Correspondent; ... See More  

Horseracing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 11, 1904  Front page illustration "He Wants Them Both" by W. A. Rogers; Japanese Troops Leaving the Shanagawa Railroad Station for the Front; The Eighteenth Brooklyn Handicap, Run at Gravesend, Long Island, May 26; Alton Brooks Parker; With the Japanese Troops--Snap-Shots Taken in the Field; President Clarence H. Mackay and His Lieutenan... See More  

St. Louis Fair...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 28, 1904  Frontpage illustration "What Are You Doing Here?" by W. A. Rogers; Russian Wounded in a Japanese Red Cross Hospital at Chemulpo, Korea; Honoring A Japanese Naval Officer, Lieutenant-Commander Hirose, Who was Killed at Port Arthur; Double page illustration "A Daily Scene at the World's Fair--Sketch Made on the Grounds From t... See More  

Japanese Artillery...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 14, 1904 Frontpage illustration "Looking On" by W. A. Rogers; Photo of Japanese Firing-Line in a Skirmish Near the Yalu; Russian Troops in the Far East--Infantry Parading at Blagovestchensk; Doublepage Photo, Japanese Artillery in Action During a Skirmish in Northern Korea; Mark Twain's Six Funniest Books and other advertisements of the da... See More