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THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 1872

• James Gordon Bennett death (1st report)
• New York Herald fame

Page 4 has a lengthy biography headed: "Obituary" "James Gordon Bennett" Text takes up 3 full columns.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 10, 1858  The front page features a large illustration of "James Gordon Bennett, Esq." Inside two large illustrations pertaining to "Travel Notes in Bible Lands"

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 5, 1905

• James Gordon Bennett Cup - automobile race
• Leon Thery wins - Auvergne, France

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FRENCH MOTORIST WINS

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 25, 1903

• Gordon-Bennett Cup automobile race photos
• Athy, Kildare County, Ireland

Full front page has two photos: "The Automobile Race in Ireland for the

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, September 3, 1930

• Gordon Bennett gas balloon race
• Ward Van Orman - Goodyear VIII
• Cleveland OH Ohio - ballooning

This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 22, 1872  Full ftpg. illus. of 'The Late James Gordon Bennett'. Fullpg: 'The International Rowing Match' & 'Bird's-eye View of Boston & Its Environs' is nice, plus

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 10, 1877

• James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
• Frederick May
• Marydel, Maryland duel

This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2

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

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 19, 1867. Nice full ftpg: 'Grandpa Is Coming!' Halfpg. 'Social Science: Cooking Our Own Dinner' & 'Railroad Train in a Snow Drift'. Nice fullpg: 'Coming From

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1880  Front full pg. illus. of "The Democratic Trojan Horse." Inside is a full pg. illus. entitled "General Hancock Gulliver, How do You Like it as far as You've

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

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 2, 1893  Front full pg. illus. of "Columbian Exposition - A Hot Day at the Fair." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "The Moment in Congress for the Repeal of the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 10, 1869  The front full page illustration is of "The Memory of Seventy-Six." Inside is a full page illustration by Thomas Nast entitled "All hail and Farewell to the

NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 11, 1861  The front page has two interesting features: first, a nice Civil War map headed: "Topographical Map Of Virginia. From Leesburgh to Mathias Point and the Rappahannock,

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 28, 1859

• John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
• Harpers Ferry, West Virginia criminal trial
• Underground Railroad & Frederick Douglass

The top of the front page has some nice

THE WEEKLY HERALD, New York, 1847

• From the Mexican war

The very famous James Gordon Bennett newspaper the "New York Herald" also published a weekly edition, summarizing the various news events from

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 23, 1862  An uncommonly graphic front page as the first column headlines are capped with an image of an eagle on the U.S. shield with flags, and the bottom of the heads

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 1, 1877  One-fifth pg. illus. of 'Joseph, The Nez Perces Warrior'. Nearly halfpg: 'The Steamship Ontario--The Woodruff Expedition Around the World' with article

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 28,1892  Front full pg. illus. of "An Alarm of Fire at the Naval Academy, Annapolis." Inside is a 1/4 pg. portrait of "The Late James Ripley Osgood." Small portrait of

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 17, 1858  A front page illustration and article 'Rev. Henry Ward Beecher'. An article "The Boat and The Train" features two half page illustrations: 'Going On Board'

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 29, 1872  This issue contains many prints, including a full front page Thomas Nast cartoon showing Uncle Sam & H. Greeley: 'The Sage of Chappaqua'; a great full page

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1887  Front page print: "The Illinois Railroad Disaster--Views of the Wreck and the Broken Bridge".
Very nice fullpg. print: "In A Cotton Field" shows several

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 31, 1881  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Constancy is a Jewel." Inside is a 1/3 pg. illus. of "Hell's Kitchen, New York." Two 1/4 pg. portraits of "The Hon. B. H.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 15, 1876  Full front page Thomas Nast political cartoon 'Madness (Yet There's Method In It)', plus another full page inside 'The (D. D.) Field of Gold, or The

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 1, 1891 Full front page. shows a woman strolling: 'By A Summer Sea'. Nice full page: 'Sketches in Albuquerque, N. Mexico & Vicinity' includes 7 scenes.
Complete in

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 27, 1906  There is a front page illustration, "Only a Stepping-Stone" by W. A . Rogers. There is a full page illustration of "The Forty-Acre Site of the New Grand

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1868 The front page of this issue features a three-quarter page illustration entitled "The Water Drinkers in Spain". A full page features a halfpage "The South

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 6, 1882  Front page print: "The 'Jeannette' In An Ice-Jam". Nice double page centerfold shows: "The Music Festival, 7th Regiment Armory". Halfpg: Nast political

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 8, 1902 Frontpage photo Mr. John Burroughs; photos from the Invalid Trees of Boston Commons; The Kaiser as a Sportsman; a fullpage colored illustration of Mrs.