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  

Golfing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 17, 1905 Front page illustration "A Good Example" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots of the Present Champion and Three Prominent Players of the Metropolitan Golf Association; A German Sense of Humor; and other advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

Inaugural Running at Belmont Park...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 27, 1905  Front page illustration "Get Rid of Your Friends" by W. A. Rogers; Views of Kamranh Bay, The French Port in Indo-China Which the Russian Fleet Used as a Naval Base for Ten Days; Russian Prisoners of War in Japan--Scenes at Himeji, Showing the Advantages Given to Russian Prisoners by the Japanese; Military Manoeuvres Above the Clouds-... See More  

Mark Twain as Satan...

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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 4, 1905  Front page illustration "The President's Inaugural Address"; Vice-President-Elect Fairbanks Taking the Oath of Office in the Senate Chamber; The Inauguration; What the People Endorsed; Our Financial Situation; The War Department; The Department of Justice; The Postal Service; Progress in the Navy; Double page illustration "The ... See More  

Harvard-Yale...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 19, 1904  Front page Photo, President Roosevelt and His Sons; General Prince Fushimi, Who has Just Come to America to Represent the Emperor of Japan at the St. Louis Fair; Snap-Shots of the Recent Beagle Trials on the Estate of the Late W. C. Whitney at Westbury, Long Island; The Airship "California Arrow" in Flight at the St. Louis Fair; 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  

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  

Cricket... Chicago...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 26, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Training Leaders for the Macedonian Revolution; The English-American Cricket Matches; How New York City Guards its Shipping Interests; The Passing of a Curious Indian Custom; "Every One His Own Samson--A Peasant Custom in Holland"; Doublepage illustration "Chicago... 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  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 20, 1903 Frontpage illustration "The Presentation of the New Chinese Minister; The Havoc of the Western Floods; A New Invention for Our Next War; The Assassination of the King and Queen of Servia; Doublepage illustration "They're Off!" by George Wright; The Gate Way to Nevada; other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full ... 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  

THE INTER OCEAN, Illustrated Supplement, Chicago, August 9, 1893



A great issue for framing and displaying! The full front page is a color illustration of  "The Indiana State Building at the World's Fair". The back page features a full page color print "At the World's Fair". Three tiny binding holes at the blank spine margin, some minor chippi... See More  

From historic Dayton, Nevada...

LYON COUNTY TIMES, Dayton, Nevada, 1881-1882  Nevada's first non-Indian settlement, Dayton's original residents were hard-scrabble prospectors who panned for gold in nearby Gold Canyon. By the spring of 1851, as many as 200 miners were living in the area. By 1856, the community was generally known as Chinatown, because a large Chinese population was reworking the placer deposits. In N... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 3, 1903 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXI.- George B. Cortelyou; fullpage illustration "The First State Dinner of the Season in the New White House"; Progress Under the Sea; The Future of Niagara; fullpage illustration "The New York Public Library - Astor, Tilden, and Lenox Foundations" by Pettit;  Automobile Trucks; ca... See More  

Walla Walla Washington...

WALLA WALLA STATESMAN, Walla Walla WA, April 15 1871. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Very early for Washington. Nice con... See More  

New York Number... Mark Twain's self obituary and portrait...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 15, 1902 Colored front cover. Frontpage photo:  "Americans of To-Morrow, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.", "The Beginnings of the St. Louis World;s Fair", "The West's Painter-Laureate", fullpage illustration "Dead Sure - A Bad Man to Stop", "St. Pierre, Miquelon, Destroyed by Fire" with photos, "Newfoun... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 27, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, George W. Young;  The President Receiving the Citizens of Long Island; Captains of the Coal Strike; The Latest Method of the Middle West in Politics; The New Lance-Boat of the German Army with photos; "Hiawath," Played by Indians in the Open with photos; The Kaiser Goes A-Hunting; fullpage... See More  

Polo...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 14, 1902 Frontpage illustration "Traffic Waits on the Children" by Werner; Making Friends of the Filipinos; fullpage photo Joseph Chamberlain; fullpage illustration "Cross-Roads Politics" by Roth; poem "In The Red Dew" by Bacheller; fullpage photos Construction-Work on the New York Subway; fullpage illustration The New Chamber ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 12, 1902 Frontpage illustration "Opening of the Spring Coaching Season" by Kloppe; The Search for the Origin of the Aborigine with photos; fullpage photos Northeasternmost Siberia; fullpage photos The Society of American Artists; fullpapge illustration "Izaak Walton's Black Sheep" by Lawrence; Boston's Solution of the Transporta... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 22, 1902  Frontpage illustration The Trials of a "Bronco-Buster" by Dixon; fullpage photos The Victor Hugo Centenary in Paris, February , 26; fullpage photos The Boer Prisoners' Encampment in Bermuda; fullpage photo The New Marchioness of Dufferin; The American Commercial Invasion of Russia; Edward Everett Hale with fullpage photo; fullpage i... See More  

Denver Colorado...

THE DAILY DENVER TIMES, Denver, CO,  dated in 1881. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Very early for Colorado. Nice co... See More  

Visalia California...

THE VISALIA WEEKLY DELTA, Visalia CA,  October 6, 1877. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Very early for Californ... See More  

San Francisco California...

CALIFORNIA EVENING REPUBLICAN, San Francisco, CA, October 19, 1872. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Very early for C... See More  

Nice portait of Thomas Edison...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 21, 1901 Frontpage photo Miss Helen Hay; The Commercial Losses of New York; fullpage illustration "Christmas Supplies for the Light-Ship" by Weber; Edison's Most Important Discovery with a fullpage photo; fullpage illustration "Assembling for the Meet"; shopping at Christmas-time; doublepage centerfold photos  "The Two Most ... See More