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Item # 177012

October 17, 1908

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 17, 1908  The front page of this issue has an illustration by W. A. Rogers called "'Giddap, Bill!' "

This issue has photos of "The Greatest Ball Game Ever Played" between Chicago Cubs and New York Giants on October 8, 1908; "Pittsburgh Celebrates its Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday"; "The Socialist Propaganda in the Campaign"; "The Most Cultivated Princess in Europe" and "Mr. Taft in the West." There is also an illustration by Kemble called "Should Auld Acquaintance by Forgot?" and a double page illustration by Kemble called "Teddy Revere" plus the tenth comic in a series by Grill called "The White House Boys, Bill and Jack and much more.

Other advertisements of the day are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century. 

Category: Harper's Weekly