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Item #217539THE DAILY PRESS, Asbury Park, New Jersey, the summer of 1888 An interesting 4 page newspaper from this once-famous vacation mecca on the New Jersey coast, containing various news of the day with an emphasis on tourism-related items. Included on the front page is a column headed: "Surf... Read full description -
Item #217239The ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, April 9, 1887 Subtitled: "A Gazette of The Regular and Volunteer Forces." See the photo below for the terrific & quite large illustrated ad for "THE GATLING GUN" with some details. Loads of military news and ads throughout. You get the complete 20 page issue, which is in relatively good condition. ... Read full description -
Item #216466HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 25, 1865 Certainly the prime feature of this illustrated newspaper is the very nice three-quarter page print captioned: "Champion Nine of the Atlantic Base-Ball Club of Brooklyn, L.I., 1865" showing named prints of each of the baseball players. There is a brief article on them as well titled:... Read full description -
Item #215380EASTON EXPRESS, Easton, Pennsylvania, June 21, 1880
* Nice illustrated circus advertisement* Easton, PennsylvaniaThe front page has an ad for: Welshe & Sands Railroad Circus & Royal English Menagerie and Grand Mardi Gras Carnival with illustration of three of the attractions and more, taking two complete columns. News of the... Read full description -
Item #215024THE DALLAS DAILY HERALD, Texas, 1875 An interesting and typically-Western style newspaper, with various news of the day, a wealth of ads, many of which are rather large and many are illustrated as would be expected in a newspaper from the "Old West". A bit of very light water staining, generally in very nice condition. Folio size &... Read full description -
Item #215016MIDDLESEX GAZETTE, Middletown, Connecticut, 1826 Not only is this a nice, "newsy" newspaper from the early part of the 19th century, but perhaps the best feature of this issue is the very handsome masthead which includes nice lettering and a large engraving of a heraldic eagle with sunrays emanating behind it, making it a nice candidate... Read full description -
Item #213907THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE & UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, 1797 News of the day, with most of pages 3 & 4 taken up with various advertisements, several of which are illustrated.
The masthead is very decorative and ornate making it a nice newspaper for display. Complete in 4 pages and in nice condition.
The image shown... Read full description -
Item #212728THE CONNECTICUT COURANT, Hartford, Aug. 14, 1805
* Predecessor of the Hartford Courant, America's oldest newspaper
This is a nice, early issue of America's oldest continually published newspaper, now known as the Hartford Courant, but with this title for most of its history. Over half of the front page is taken up with ads. The... Read full description -
Item #212587OREGON WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Pendleton, 1875 Pendleton is an East Oregon town which began in 1851, originally known as Marshall only later to be renamed Pendleton. This is an early issue from five years before the town would be incorporated, with various news of the day and many ads as well, several of which are illustrated.
A four page newspaper with... Read full description -
Item #212184LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, September 5, 1874 The photos shows the back page ad for Peck & Snyder's sporting goods. Described as a Sportsmans Emporium and as ... authorized Designers, Manufacturers, and Leaders of Base-Ball Fashions..., the business was located at 126 Nassau Street in New York. Of particular... Read full description -
Item #211963UNION DEMOCRAT, Manchester, N.H., dated 1866 - 1870. This is a typical newspaper of the day, each issue having 4 pages, with various news of the day & a wealth of advertising as well, several of the ads being illustrated. The contents within give a good sense of the concerns & attention of the nation the decade after... Read full description -
Item #211359THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, February 23, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Waltz Notes" Marie Litta, The New Prima Donna" "Stanley's Explorations in Central Aftrica - Hauling Canoes Up Inkisi Falls" "Illustrated Magazines for March (multiple illustrations on one page)"... Read full description -
Item #210906THE INTER OCEAN, Illustrated Supplement, Chicago, September 6, 1893
A great issue for framing and displaying! The full front page is a color illustration of "Maine State Building at the World's Fair". The back page features a full page color print "Iowa State... Read full description -
Item #210905THE INTER OCEAN, Illustrated Supplement, Chicago, August 23, 1893
A great issue for framing and displaying! The full front page is a color illustration of "The Missouri State Building at the World's Fair". The back page features a full page color print "The... Read full description -
Item #210903THE 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... Read full description -
Item #210902THE INTER OCEAN, Illustrated Supplement, Chicago, July 12, 1893
A great issue for framing and displaying! The full front page is a color illustration of "On the Veranda of the Wisconsin Building". The back page features a full page color print "Government Exhibit at... Read full description -
Item #210717LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, March 9, 1916. "Afternoon Tea" "At the Front and at Home - Glimpses of the Great Wat" "Dodging Submarines in the Mediterranean"; "How Death Lurks in the Teeth"; plus other articles of the day. A great issue for framing and... Read full description -
Item #210714LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, May 13, 1909. "A Saturday matinee Crowd in New York" "The Novel Side of Life in Porto Rico" "The People and the Land Where Roosevelt Hunts" "Most Frightful Massacre of the Century" "Glimpses of Roosevelt's Hunting Grounds in East... Read full description -
Item #210713LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 5, 1908. "Perils of Hunting in the Rocky Mountains" New York's Wonderful New Scheme for Fighting Fire" Strange People and Scenes in a South Sea Island" "The Grand Annual Carnival at Omaha, Neb." plus other articles of... Read full description -
Item #210684THE INTER OCEAN, Illustrated Supplement, Chicago, August 30, 1893. A great issue for framing and displaying! The full front page is a color illustration of "The Entrance to Machinery Hall, World's Columbian Exposition". The back page features a full page color print "Idaho State... Read full description -
Item #210683THE INTER OCEAN, Illustrated Supplement, Chicago, July 26, 1893. A great issue for framing and displaying! The full front page is a color illustration "Fish Exhibit - Illinois Building at the World's Fair". The back page features a full page color illustration "Sketches on... Read full description -
Item #210376LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 21, 1882 This issue has a full front page illustration captioned: " New York City.---'Cane Rush' Of The Students Of Columbia College, October 9th." (see photos below). Inside has a related report that describes this event: "The 'Cane Rush' Of Columbia College Students". Is this still an annual... Read full description -
Item #209973LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, December 18, 1920. "Pictorial Digest of the World's News" plus other articles of the day. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #209972LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 13, 1920. "Pictorial Digest of the World's News" "Primitive Man Still Roams the Amazon Jungle" plus other articles of the day. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #209971LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, June 8, 1916. "Seen In The World Of Sport" "Canada" "Verdun" "The Awful Truth About Mexico" "Striking The Mexican Bandits" "How Women Do War's Heavy Work" plus other articles of the day. The bkpg. is entirely taken up with a color... Read full description -
Item #209950LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, October 12, 1916. "Nothing is Sacred in War" "Seen in the World of Sport" plus other articles of the day. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #209946LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 16, 1916. "Pictorial Digest of the World's News" "The Kitchener of Canada" plus other articles of the day. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #209933THE TOPSFIELD TOWNSMAN, Massachusetts, October 8, 1898. Interesting local paper from this town, with various news of the day and many illustrated ads. Some of the headlines in this issue include: "War News of Local Interest" "Fall Field Day Of Knights Templar" "Seeding Grass Land" and much more. Complete in 4 pages, full size, has many folds but not... Read full description -
Item #209645NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 8, 1894 Within this complete, 14 page newspaper is a nice, illustrated one column advertisement for "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, with a small likeness of Buffalo Bill (see the photo below). The rest of the issue is filled with various news of the day & a wealth of ads. Several illustrations scattered... Read full description -
Item #209632THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, Nov. 15, 1877 This is the popular folio-size illustrated newspaper of 8 pages which contains a full front page political cartoon captioned: "The Democratic Donkey Stripping The Clothes Off The Back of the Army." An inside page has a map of the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. A few... Read full description -
Item #209506LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, December 25, 1920. "Pictorial Digest of the World's News" "The Camera's Record of Natable Events" plus other articles of the day. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #209248RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1877 This is an 4 page newspaper which features news on pages 2 & 3 with a wealth of ads on the front & back pages, several of which are illustrated. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in very nice condition... Read full description -
Item #209232RENO WEEKLY GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1879 The masthead includes a nice engraving showing the Sierra Nevada mountains which surround this picturesque city and an inset with some buildings (see photo). This is an 8 page newspaper which features news on the front page as well as many inside pages but with a wealth of various Western-themed ads as well,... Read full description -
Item #209036LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, September 2, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! -
Item #209028LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 25, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! -
Item #209027LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 18, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! Victrola ad on the back page.
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Item #209026LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, November 11, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! Doublepage Reo Truck advertisement. Colored Sterling chewing gum ad on the back page.
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Item #209025LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, September 9, 1915. A great issue for framing and displaying! 1916 Maxwell The "Wonder Car" ad on the back page. This issue has stray ink marks on the cover.
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Item #208490NEW YORK EVENING POST, Nov. 4, 1807 The front page is filled with ads including 12 illustrated ship ads. Page 3 has an interesting column which contains illustrations of the mocking bird, a squirrel, and a dog (see photo). Eaerly for such illustrations. Complete in 4 pages, nice condition.
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Item #208424THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1791 A nice newspapers from the late 1700's carrying various news of the day and a wealth of ads. The entire front page is taken up with ads, a few of which are illustrated. Nice engraving in the middle of the masthead showing the "mercury" figure. Folio size, complete in 4 pages, some... Read full description -
Item #208394SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, April 23, 1911. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #208393SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, March 29, 1914. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #208392SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, September 26, 1909. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #208391SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, September 12, 1909. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #208390SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, March 27, 1910. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #208388SUPPLEMENT TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, London, March 6, 1886 This is a single sheet with two related color illustrations, captioned: "Ladies First and Gentlemen After" and the and: "In Charge (Trespassers Beware)".
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Item #208024THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, July 26, 1856
This item is a double page centerfold print only. The print is of: "The Queen's Birthday--The 'James Watt' Man of War--Colours Flying and Manned at the Yards." A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #207991LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, New York, July 30, 1914. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #207889SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, February 6, 1916. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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Item #207885SUNDAY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, March 31, 1912. A great issue for framing and displaying!
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