Texas to be a State?

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Streetcar elevator in 1875...

Girard Avenue Bridge Philadelphia in 1873....

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Panama Canal... Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 9, 1905  Front page illustration "Still One Left" by W. A. Rogers; The Canal Will Be Built; Mishaps Incident to the Panama Canal Work; Double page illustration "Bird's-Eye View of the Completed Panama Canal Constructed on the Lock Principle Approved by President Roosevelt; The Defeat of Harvard Which Gave Yale the Football Championshi... See More  

Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 4, 1905 Front page illustration "Fitz Murphy: "Come one, come all! These 'rocks' shall fly From their firm base as soon as I!"; by W. A. Rogers; The President at Richmond, Virginia; The President's Southern Trip; The Visit of Price Louis of Battenberg in Command of the British Second Cruiser Squadron; Japanese Soldie... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 14, 1905  Front page illustration "Only One Escaped" by W. A. Rogers; Our Record in Porto Rico; Distinguished American ARmy Officers Who Attended the French Military Manoeuvres; Views of the Swedish Army Manoeuvres at Norrlands--Since Norway's Revolt Sweden has Redoubled Her Military Activities; The Political Upheaval in Russia--... See More  

Cricket... Tennis...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 19, 1905  Front page Photo, The President and the Peace Envoys at the Meeting on Board the "Mayflower"; Preparations for the Meeting of the Peace Envoys at Oyster Bay; Scenes at the Meeting of the Peace Envoys on Board the "Mayflower"; The Racing Season at Saratoga--The Running of the "Saratoga Special"; International C... See More  

Automobile Racing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 22, 1905  Front page illustration" The First Mountain to be Removed" by W. A. Rogers; Scenes Connected with the International Automobile Race for the James Gordon Bennett Cup; Fifty Years of Progress in America; Views of Commander Peary's Ship, The "Roosevelt," in Which He Has Just Sailed For the Pole; Extracts from Adam's ... See More  

Yachting...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 3, 1905  Front page illustration "No Sauce for the Gander" by W. A. Rogers; Why Japan Wins by Lieut. J. A. Baer. U.S.A.; Scenes at the Start of the Transatlantic Yacht-Race; The President's Reception to the Delegates of the International Railway Congress on the White House Grounds; and other advertisements of the day. See photos for full... See More  

Belmont Park...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 29, 1905 Front page illustration "Nothing More to Lose" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots Showing the Effects of Exploding Mines and Torpedoes Used in Modern Warfare; Riding to Hounds in Europe--Photographs of a Meet at Pau, France; Belmont Park, the Finest Race-Course in the World; Scenes and Incidents of the President's Western Trip; Port Arthur ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 25, 1905 Front page illustration "Sign!" by W. A. Rogers; The Recent Cottabato Expedition of American Troops in the Philippines; The Situation at Mukden and Port Arthur; and other advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

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  

Flag-Ship 'Kearsarge'...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 30, 1904  Front page illustration "There's Life in the Old Man Yet" by W. A. Rogers; Views at Esopus--Snap-Shots Taken at Judge Parker's Estate on the Hudson; The Visit of the North Atlantic Squardron to Portugal--Snap-Shots of Scenes on the Flag-Ship "Kearsarge"; How The Japanese Care for Their Wounded--Views in the Field Hospit... 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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

Life in Japan... Southern California...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 2, 1904 Frontpage illustration "The Performance Has Begun" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots From the Scene of War; General Kuropatkin and Russian Artillery Officers in the Field; Every-Day Life in Japan--How the Children are Cared For; Multiple articles on the State of Southern California; Persons and Places of Importance in the Far Eastern Crisi... See More  

Troops enter Korea...

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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  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 5, 1903  Frontpage Photo, General Leonard Wood; Emperor William on Board His Yacht, The "Hohenzollern"; Doublepage illustration "A Flying Leap--Will He Make It?" by W. A. Rogers; The Invention of Smokeless Powder; My Discovery of the Mississippi by Julius Chambers; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for fu... 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  

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  

Harvard-Yale Boating...

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