Historic Newspapers: Slavery & Abolition

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 30, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Herbert H. Vreeland; Irrigation Idea in the Arid Lands; What Engineers Have Done To Open Up Impassable Country; fullpage photo Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt; fullpage photos Along the Blue Juniata;... Read full description  

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 18, 1903

* Dr. George Washington Carver in Alabama 
* Black-American scientist & educator
* Born into slavery - Tuskegee Negro conference 

The front page has a one column heading: "TUSKEGEE NEGRO CONFERENCE OPEN" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 7, 1903 Frontpage illustration William the Teuton; The Outlook for Coal (with Clarence Darrow as the attorney); Roosevelt and Cleveland; "The Wizard of Oz"; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 9, 1903 Frontpage Photo of Americans of To-morrow XXXII.--John Huston Finley; The Secrets of Arctic Geography Revealed; Photo, The President in the National Park; About Polo and Polo-Ponies; Doublepage illustration "Lucky Dog" by Clarence F. Underwood; "The First Jump of the Season" by Lucius W. Hitchcock; other... Read full description  

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 8, 1903

* Evansville race riot - Indiana
* African Americans - Negroes

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TROOPS CONTROL ION EVANSVILLE" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 15, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo At Full Gallop on the Road to Ardsley; The New Model-Room, Where Artists Sketch Animals From Life, At the Bronx "Zoo," New York;  "The New Pope, Pius X."; The Plan of the New and Proposed Buildings at Yale; Photo Mr. Alexander Winton... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Launching the Largest Vessel in the United States Navy; From the Atlantic the the Pacific in an Automobile; "A $3,100,000 Department Store" by H. M. Pettit; Snap... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 3, 1903  Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Duck-Shooting On the Chesapeake; A New Way of Making Exposition Statuary; Tom Johnson and Myron T. Herrick, the Rival Candidates for Governor of Ohio, Playing Golf; Doublepage... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1904  Frontpage illustration "Rough Riding" by W. A. Rogers; Photo, The Commander-In-Chief of the Army of Panama Swearing Allegiance to the New Republic; Scenes From the Prize Contests in Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Switzerland; Paintings at the National Academy Exhibition and other advertisements of... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 19, 1904  Frontpage Photo Alexeieff, Viceroy of Russia; Russian Troops Arriving at the Seat of War; A View of the Open Port of Newchwang, Manchuria, Near Which Russian Forces are Concentration; and many other photos of the war in the East; and other advertisements of the day. The issue is complete in 12-16 pages,... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 9, 1904  Frontpage illustration "Russia's Move" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots of Russian Soldiers on the Uncompleted Railroad Around the Southern Part of Lake Baikal; Military Scenes in St. Petersburg and Warsaw; Photos From the Scene of War in Korea; Doublepage illustration "A... Read full description  

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. ... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1904  Front page illustration "Delighted" by W. A. Rogers; Walter J. Travis, Winner of the Amateur Golf Championship of Great Britain at Sandwich, England, on June 3; The Parade-Ground at Port Arthur--General Volkoff Delivering an Address to the Russian Troops; George Bruce Cortelyou, President... Read full description  

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;... Read full description  

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,... Read full description  

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... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 6, 1905 Front page illustration "Behind Their Backs" by W. A. Rogers; Lessons Learned From the War--Eleven-Inch Howitzers Put to a New Use; Lessons Learned From the War--The Japanese Climbed up this Cliff and Captured Takushan Fort at the... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 2, 1905  Front page "The Gateway of Peace" by W. A. Rogers; The First Photographs Taken of the Recent Meeting of the Zemstvoists in Moscow, Held in Defiance of the Police; Snap-Shots of Some of the Japanese and Russian... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 9, 1905 Front page "The Final Victory" by W. A. Rogers; The First Flight of an Air-Ship Over New York City; On the Skirmish-Line at the Shooting Tournament at Sea Girt; Double page illustrations "The Year's Art in Paris--Some of the Noteworthy Pictures of the Season's Exhibitions; An Interesting... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 28, 1905  Front page illustration "In Dixie Land" by w. A. Rogers; The Women's Golf Championship--The Winner, Runner-Up, and Semifinalists in the Year's Contest; The Open-Air Horse Shows at Morristown, New Jersey, and Locust Valley, Long Island; The Vanderbilt Cup Race--Snap-Shots... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 16, 1905 Front page Story, The Hold Up, illustrated by Stanley Arthurs; "Brought Along by the Invitation Committee, All Dabbled Over With Flour" by Stanley Arthurs; Multiple Stories; "Not Coming Home This... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 24, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - VI." by W. A. Rogers; photos of "The Latest Photographs of Scenes in Panama" and "Burning $385,000 Worth of U.S. Stamps at Panama." "The Algeciras Conference on the Control of... Read full description  

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, July 14, 1906 

* Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
* Issac Lyerly family murders (1st report)
* Pre-Negro lynchings

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FIVE MURDERED IN NORTH CAROLINA TOWN" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition... Read full description  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 8, 1906  There is a front page, illustration, "This Iz Tu Mutch" by W. A . Rogers. "English as She is Spelt, The 300 Words Selected for Change" is an article and list of words such as "licence to license and encyclopaedia to encyclopedia." There is... Read full description