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Mark Twain on the cover...
Mark Twain on the cover...
Item # 703951
September 26, 1891
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 26, 1891
* Displayable issue w/ Mark Twain
The full front page is a nice print captioned: "Samuel L.Clemens (Mark Twain)" with a corncob pipe in his mouth. Very displayable as such.
Inside pages have prints including: "The Manhattan A.C. Grounds" showing several views of the baseball field. Also a halfpg. photos of: "The Philadelphia Champion Team of 1889" for cricket; a doublepage centerfold captioned: "At The Pony Races" and a full page showing: "Laying the Cable for the Broadway Surface Railroad at Union Square".
Complete in sixteen pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Harper’s Weekly issue dated September 26, 1891 famously features Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) on its full front cover, depicted with a corncob pipe in his mouth under the caption “Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain),” making it a highly collectible issue among 19th‑century illustrated newspapers. Inside this weekly publication were other period illustrations and photographs, including views of the Manhattan A.C. baseball grounds and a half‑page photo of the Philadelphia Champion Team of 1889, reflecting the magazine’s mix of cultural and sporting content along with its prominent literary portrait.
Category: 1890-1899
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