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Longest running American satire magazine of the period...   On Lincoln's assassination...
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Longest running American satire magazine of the period... On Lincoln's assassination...

Item # 715658 ·

YANKE NOTIONS, New York, June, (1865)  This is a comic monthly magazine. The year is not printed, but with the centerfold having a dramatic graphic and much text on Lincoln's assassination, it's easy to determine the year is 1865.
 Started in 1852, Yankee Notions was the longest-running American satire magazine of the Civil War period.  It lasted until 1875. It was edited and published by Thomas Strong, an enterprising publisher of cheap paperbacks and penny valentines.  Strong modeled it after the comic almanacs that had been popular with American audiences for a generation.  Each issue contained a motley assortment of comic stories, jokes, doggerel, woodcuts with humorous captions, and a full-page interior and cover cartoon. Several of the comic illustrations are racially themed, not uncommon for the era.
Complete in 32 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, minor wear at the margins with some tape mends near the margins, generally in good condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026

Category: Yankee
Price
$135
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.