Historic Newspapers: Outlaws & Gunfights
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Item #175772HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 24, 1892 Full ftpg. hunting print by A.B. Frost: 'Missed 'em Agin, by Ginger!' Fullpg. of photos on the Gould family. Very nice & displayable doublepage centerfold by F. Remington: 'Roasting Christmas Beef in a Cavalry Camp'. Nice fullpg: 'A Deer Hunt in Louisiana' -
Item #175766HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 3, 1892 Front full pg. illus. of "The Bumboat Woman - Souvenirs for the Folks at Home." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Scenes at the Yale-Princeton Football match on Thanksgiving Day." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Colonel's Favorite." (Horse) 2/3 pg. of illus. pertaining to... Read full description -
Item #603515CLEVELAND WORLD, Cleveland, Ohio, October 23, 1892
* Oliver Curtis Perry
* Eastern train robber
* Prison escape
The front page has one column headlines: "PERRY HAS ESCAPED" "The Noted Train Robber and Desperado Gets Out of Auburn" "His Threat Made Good" and more with illustration. See images for text.
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Item #175706HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 7, 1892 Front page: 'Pres. Harrison Laying the Cornerstone for the Grant Monument' plus another full page on this inside. Much on 'Constantinople'. Full page with 4 illus. by Remington: 'El Cinco de Mayo, City of Mexico". -
Item #175680HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 6, 1892 Front full pg. illus. of "The Old Guard Ball." Inside is a full pg. of illus. pertaining to "From the Annual Exhibition of the American Water Color Society." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Chilian Question - War or Peace." Full pg. illus. of "Sketches of World's Fair Buildings."
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Item #175676HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1892 Front full page illus. of "In a Public Dispensary - Treating Patients of La Grippe." Inside are two 1/4 pg. portraits of "The Late Duke of Clarence and Avondale" and "The Late Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni."
Doublepage centerfold of "Battledoor and Shuttlecock at Tuxedo."... Read full description -
Item #175674HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 16, 1892 Great full front page showing a train robbery, captioned: 'The Modern Dick Turpin' is a very displayable print. Full page shows 10: 'Beacons Along the South Coast'. Full page with 4 Remington prints on 'The 6th U.S. Cavalry Camp at Rapid Creek'. Nice... Read full description -
Item #175638HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1891 Full page with 6 scenes: 'A Visit to Coney Island'. Full page: 'Grand Central Depot, Chicago' has 4 scenes. Full page: 'Popular Concert in Tompkins Square, New York'. A. B. Frost: 'How to Shoot a Grizzly'
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Item #694575THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 1891
* Cotopaxi train robbery - Colorado
* Denver & Rio Grande railroad
* Royal Gorge - Arkansas River
The front page has a half column report headed: "DARING TRAIN ROBBERS" "Seven Masked Men Stop an Express and Overpower the Messenger" "They... Read full description -
Item #130067THE DAILY BOOMERANG, Laramie, Wyoming, 1891 A fascinating newspaper from this much romanticized Old West town. As for the unusual title? It was named for the editor's mule. This issue was printed just one year after statehood.
Laramie was founded in the mid-1860's as a tent city near the Overland Stage Line route and the Union Pacific... Read full description -
Item #180010THE DAILY BOOMERANG, Laramie, Wyoming, 1891 (nice condition) A collection of nine issues of this fascinating newspaper from the Old West. As for the unusual title? It was named for the editor's mule. These issues were printed just one year after statehood.
Laramie was founded in the mid-1860's as a tent city near the Overland... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #175550HARPER'S WEEKLY, Nov. 8, 1890 Fullpg. with 4 views of: 'The Manhattan Athletic Club Quarters' includes 'The Billiard Room'. Nice fullpg: 'Around the National Capitol'. Fullpg: 'The 'Mafia' in New Orleans'. -
Item #578827DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Oct. 22, 1890
* Rare Utah pre-statehood title
Among the front page item: "Daring Robbery--The Watchman Gagged & Bound, and $2000 Secured" in Wellsville, Wisconsin. Also: "The Pinkertons--Are Engaged to Manage the Investigation of Hennessy's Assassins...". Page 2... Read full description -
Item #634212DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, October 22, 1890 Just what we hope to find on the front page of a newspaper from the Old West is in this issue: "Daring Robbery" "The Watchman Gagged & Bound and $2000 Secured" with some details. Not a lengthy nor conspicuous report, but great to have in this title.
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Item #175544HARPER'S WEEKLY, October 18, 1890 Nice double page centerfold: 'The City of Los Angeles, California' shows 11 scenes. Terrific half page print: 'A Rush to Death' shows an Indian, in full warfare regalia, charging through the fire of soldiers (see the inset). Nice full page shows 6 scenes of 'The Newly Completed Mussel Shoals... Read full description -
Item #175522HARPER'S WEEKLY, Aug. 2, 1890 Full ftpg: 'A Summer Evening on the Battery'. Nice fullpg: 'Interior of the Church at Acoma, New Mexico, During the Harvest Feast'.
Doublepage centerfold: 'Visiting in a Steam Launch--Among the Yachts at New London'. Fullpg: 'Recent Architecture in New Jersey' shows scene in... Read full description -
Item #175486HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 29, 1890 Full ftpg: 'Prince Bismarck'. Fullpg: 'Sat. Night Market on 9th Ave., N.Y.' Halfpg. print by Remington, done for a serialized story: 'The Aztec Treasure-House'.
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Item #175478HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 1, 1890 Nice full ftpg: 'Making a Landing By Search Light on the Mississippi' Halfpg. Remington print for a story: 'The Aztec Treasure House' fullpg. of six scenes: 'Native Life of New Guinea' nice fullpg: 'Great Meeting of Amateur Athletes Under the Auspices of the Boston Athletic Club'... Read full description -
Item #175474HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 15, 1890 Front full pg. illus. of "Innocence Abroad" (Dogs). Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of "Secretary Tracy's Terrible Bereavement." Three small portraits of "Mrs. Wilmerding, the Surviving Daughter of Secretary Tracy," "The Late Mrs. Tracy," and "The Late Mrs.... Read full description -
Item #175468HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 25, 1890 Fullpg. with 4 scenes of 'Artificial Ice Manufacture'. Dramatic doublepage centerfold: 'Drawing a Pot of Molten Glass from the Furnace'. Fullpg. with 9 scenes of: 'A Day in a Tannery' Nice fullpg. by Remington: 'Canadian Backwoods Architecture' includes a tepee, ranch... Read full description -
Item #175464HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 11, 1890 Two nice halfpg. scenes of: 'Oystering On the Chesapeake--Working the Beds Off Annapolis' & 'Raking in Shallow Water'.
Nice Frederic Remington doublepage centerfold: 'Hunting the Caribou--'Shoot! Shoot!' plus another Remington print showing soldiers in a gunfight. -
Item #175434HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 28, 1889 Full ftpg: 'A Landslide in Quebec'. Small portrait of John Rockefeller.
Doublepage centerfold: 'Cavalry on the March'. Fullpg: 'Sketches from Western resorts'. Fullpg: 'After the storm at Atlantic City'. Also present are several prints... Read full description -
Item #175430HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 14, 1889 Front full pg. illus. of "Back from Paris - Passing the Ordeal of the Custom House Inspectress." Inside are two full pg. illus. of "The Proposed Inwood Site for the International Exposition of 1892 - Viewed from Fort George" and "The proposed Site at Oak... Read full description -
Item #175420HARPER'S WEEKLY, Aug. 10, 1889 Full ftpg: 'A Board of Health Doctor in a New York Tenement'. Great & displayable fullpg: 'The City of Lincoln, Nebraska' includes 7 views. Fullpg: 'Americans in Paris--Dining on the Seine'. Halfpg: 'Albemarle Sound Fishing' & 'A Big Menhaden Catch'.
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Item #175418HARPER'S WEEKLY, Aug. 3, 1889 Great full ftpg: 'A Picket Post in the Indian Country' shows several soldiers on the watch over an Indian village in the distance. Fullpg: 'A Day at the Fishing Banks' & 'Recent Architecture in Atlanta, Ga.' 4 pages on 'Roads & Road-Making' shows several scenes & one of... Read full description -
Item #687226TOMBSTONE PROSPECTOR, Arizona, June 4, 1889
* Very rare wild West publication
* Gunfight at the O.K. Corral fame
We have had a few other newspapers from the iconic Old West town of Tombstone, but this is perhaps the most uncommon. The masthead features a great engraving of a miner on a mule.
The content is much as would be expected... Read full description -
Item #175398HARPER'S WEEKLY, May 25, 1889 Nice full ftpg: 'Cheyenne Scouts at Drill' shows them on horseback. Dblpgctrfld: 'Crossing the English Channel'. Nice fullpg: 'Market Gardening, Uptown New York'. Great dblpgctrfld: 'Rep. Scenes & Citizens of the City of Worcester, Mass.' shows 11 scenes.
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Item #592331THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, May 15, 1889
* Cedar Springs, Arizona - ghost town
* Outlaws vs. Army paymaster Whamat
The front page has one column headlines that include: "A FIGHT WITH BANDITS", "Army Paymaster and his Guard Attacked by Highwaymen", "Who Secure Over... Read full description -
Item #175376HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 9, 1889 (excludes supplement) Full ftpg: 'The Arrival of Troops--A Scene on Penna. Ave. Before Inauguration Day.' Very nice doublepage centerfold: 'Sketches in Washington Before the Inauguration' shows 10 scenes, including: 'The Arrival of the... Read full description -
Item #175374HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 2, 1889 Nice doublepage centerfold: 'A Court-Martial In the Field' nice fullpg. illus: 'Horse Raising In the Northwest' is by Frederic Remington. A dramatic full ftpg. illus. is a scene from the Civil War.
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Item #614896THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, January 4, 1889
* Outlaw Eugene Bunch
* Gentleman Train Robber
This uncommon title from the deep South has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "BUNCH THE BANDIT" "The Bold Highwayman and His Knowledge of Firearms" "How Bunch Received His Wound in the... Read full description -
Item #705452THE TIMES, London, England, Oct. 11, 1888
* Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders
* Best title to be had (very rare as such)
During the last half of 1888 the East End of London, primarily the Whitechapel district, was terrorized by a murderer who came to be known as Jack The Ripper. His infamous & brutal crime spree... Read full description -
Item #175324HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 8, 1888 Front page print: "W.J. Florence As 'Captain Cuttle'". Nice fullpg: 'The Natural Bridge, Va.'.
Doublepage centerfold: 'A Downtown Lunch Room in New York'. Fullpg. with 2 illus. & article on: 'John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore'.
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Item #175292HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 19, 1888 Fullpg: 'Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee'. Nice fullpg: 'The Centennial of the Organization of the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.' "Lester Wallack and His Most celebrated Impersonations" is a full page with 9 prints of him in various costumes.
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Item #175234HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 29, 1887 Full front pg. illus. of "The Presidential Train Approaching Atlanta." Inside are two 1/6 pg. portraits of "Signor Francisco Crispi, Premier of the Italian Ministry" and "The Late Elihu B. Washburne." 1/3 pg. illus. of "Dedication of the... Read full description -
Item #130321LARAMIE WEEKLY SENTINEL, Wyoming (Territory), 1887 Certainly a very rare title from the true "Old West", and one of the more romanticized towns from the cowboy and gunslinger era. This issue was printed three years before statehood.
Laramie was founded in the mid-1860's as a tent city near the Overland Stage... Read full description -
Item #175114HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 4, 1886 The full front page is a very nice (and famous) Frederic Remington print: "Abandoned" which has a Western theme. There is a related article on an inside page: "Our Soldiers In the Southwest" which also has a Remington print... Read full description -
Item #175084HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 22, 1886 Full ftpg. shows: 'A Mounted Sword Contest at San Francisco'. Fullpg. with many illus. of: 'New York Architecture--The Tiffany & Marquand Houses'. Fullpg: 'Centennial Celebration of the Chatham Artillery at Savannah, Ga.' Nice illus. of the: 'Proposed Memorial Tower at Paris'... Read full description -
Item #692358THE DAILY TOMBSTONE, Pima County, Arizona, April 30, '86 (1886)
* Gunfight at the O.K. Corral fame
* Rare advertisement of the famed livery stable
This may well be the consummate "Old West town" much romanticized in movies and television shows, perhaps most famous for the gunfight at the OK Corral involving Wyatt... Read full description -
Item #603616THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, March 15, 1886
* Nonpareil Dempsey (Jack Dempsey)
* Early boxing match - pugilists
* Railroad train robbery
The front page has a small one column heading: "Witness a Hard Fought Battle Between Dempsey and Lablanche"
Also on the front page is: "Daring Express Robbery" "And Murder on the Chicago,... Read full description -
Item #175058HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 20, 1886 Full ftpg. Thomas Nast illus. Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock who recently died. Fullpg. shows 4 scenes of "The Ice Palace at St. Paul". A 2/3 page Nast print: "Defacing the Administration Sign". 2/3 page print of "Cardinal James Gibbons". Nice... Read full description -
Item #605156NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, January 29, 1886
* William O'Brien
* Billy Porter
The front page has one column headings: "'BILLY' PORTER ARRESTED" "Found At A Leading New-York Hotel" "Charged With A Safe-Burglary In Troy--His Career In Crime" See images for text here.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #638642ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Aug. 17, 1885
* Old West stage coach robbery
* University of Notre Dame
The ftpg. has some interesting articles including; "Battling With A Burglar" "Midnight Encounter with a Murderous Negro at Texarkana" "Slain by a Saloon-Keeper--Result of a Drunken... Read full description -
Item #638648ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, July 12, 1885 Likely due to its location on the edge of the Western frontier, this newspaper typically contained a wealth sensational crime reports and events from the West than found in eastern newspapers.
Page 3 has over column headed: "HOSTILE APACHES" "Texans Indignant Over a Proposition Looking to Their... Read full description -
Item #591168EASTON EXPRESS, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1885
* Abe Buzzard gang - outlaws
* Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The front page has one column headlines that include: "BUZZARD SURRENDERS", "Citizens Believe He is Not as Bad as He is Painted" and more. See for for text here.
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Item #174974HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 2, 1885 Full ftpg: "The Riel Rebellion--A Mutiny of Teamsters". Halfpg. print: "The New H.I. Kimball House, Atlanta, Georgia". There are two full pages with 4 prints of: "The Prize Fund Exhibition of the American Art Association". Fullpg. with 3 scenes of: "Ploughing Out the... Read full description -
Item #638658ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 9, 1884 Likely due to its location on the edge of the Western frontier, this newspaper typically contained a wealth sensational crime reports and events from the West than found in eastern newspapers.
Page 7 has: "Frontier Gamblers" "The Games & Dealers of the Wild Southwest" & more. An... Read full description -
Item #638659ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 9, 1884 Likely due to its location on the edge of the Western frontier, this newspaper typically contained a wealth sensational crime reports and events from the West than found in eastern newspapers. Page 2 begins with: "A CARNIVAL OF CRIME" "A Bloody Battle in the Streets of a Texas Town"... Read full description -
Item #693114ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 13, 1884 Page 2 has a somewhat brief report: "Denied by Mormons" which is a report from Salt Lake, Utah, noting in part that: "President John Taylor...leaders of the Mormon Church...repudiated the statements...that the Mormon Church had appropriated money to aid in the election of... Read full description -
Item #693112ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 9, 1884 Page 2 has: "The Mormon Problem" reports on political issues, noting in part: "...semi-annual post-conference session of the Mormon Constitution Convention...composed largely of polygamists, being a continuous body...John T. Caine reported on his efforts to have Utah admitted... Read full description
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