America ' S Cup, Cornell, Columbian Expo, Brazil, Harper ' S Weekly Oct 7, 1893
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You are bidding on a complete original issue of Harper's Weekly published October 7, 1893. The pages measure approximately 16 x 11 inches and 16 x 22 for center-folios. This issue includes pages 949-972. All pages may not be shown due to space constraints. Great pictures, humor, science, literature, sports, theatre, history, news of the day, and wonderful old ads. Most issues are replete with politics and New York City doings.
It is 1893 and the "Gay Ninety's" reigns and Grover Clev...eland has been elected the U.S. president. The U.S. is at relative peace internationally, conquering only Hawaii. The 1893 World's Fair (Columbian Exposition) opens in Chicago, introducing the first U.S. commemorative stamps and a commemorative half-dollar. The NYSE crashes causing the Panic of 1893 and depression. Paris introduces the first car (license) plate and "Pepsi" is formulated by a pharmacist. New Zealand is the first country to allow women the vote while Colorado is our first state to do so in the same year.
Rudolf Diesel patents his engine and the U.S. launches its battleship "Indiana." Cultured pearls are introduced as is the recumbent bicycle. The brothers Duryea drive the first gas-powered motor-car in Springfield, MA, while more settlers rush to the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. Lizzy Borden is acquitted in Massachusetts and the British Flagship HMS "Victoria" collides with HMS "Camperdown" and sinks. Thomas Edison's kinetoscope is demonstrated in Brooklyn and the first recorded basketball game takes place in Beaver Falls, PA. The American University in Washington D.C. begins. The Salt Lake Temple dedication takes place, after 40 years of construction. And lastly, the Supreme Court declares the tomato a vegetable!
This issue: All pages crispy and attached. Sweet centerfold.
Cover Page Illustration: "Drilling the Crew of the "Vigilant" by M. J. BurnsMachine Made SenatorsCornell University, Ithaca, NYPortsmouth, New HampshireThe Revolution in Brazil, Rio De JaneiroDefenders of the America's Cup - Past and Present"Columbian Exposition - The Midway Plaisance at Night" centerfold by T. de ThulstrupThe Johnson Family Witness the Drill of the Life-Saving CrewThe Dance of the Dahomans in the Midway Plaisance
The "Valkyrie"Amateur Sport
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Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
It is 1893 and the "Gay Ninety's" reigns and Grover Clev...eland has been elected the U.S. president. The U.S. is at relative peace internationally, conquering only Hawaii. The 1893 World's Fair (Columbian Exposition) opens in Chicago, introducing the first U.S. commemorative stamps and a commemorative half-dollar. The NYSE crashes causing the Panic of 1893 and depression. Paris introduces the first car (license) plate and "Pepsi" is formulated by a pharmacist. New Zealand is the first country to allow women the vote while Colorado is our first state to do so in the same year.
Rudolf Diesel patents his engine and the U.S. launches its battleship "Indiana." Cultured pearls are introduced as is the recumbent bicycle. The brothers Duryea drive the first gas-powered motor-car in Springfield, MA, while more settlers rush to the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma. Lizzy Borden is acquitted in Massachusetts and the British Flagship HMS "Victoria" collides with HMS "Camperdown" and sinks. Thomas Edison's kinetoscope is demonstrated in Brooklyn and the first recorded basketball game takes place in Beaver Falls, PA. The American University in Washington D.C. begins. The Salt Lake Temple dedication takes place, after 40 years of construction. And lastly, the Supreme Court declares the tomato a vegetable!
This issue: All pages crispy and attached. Sweet centerfold.
Cover Page Illustration: "Drilling the Crew of the "Vigilant" by M. J. BurnsMachine Made SenatorsCornell University, Ithaca, NYPortsmouth, New HampshireThe Revolution in Brazil, Rio De JaneiroDefenders of the America's Cup - Past and Present"Columbian Exposition - The Midway Plaisance at Night" centerfold by T. de ThulstrupThe Johnson Family Witness the Drill of the Life-Saving CrewThe Dance of the Dahomans in the Midway Plaisance
The "Valkyrie"Amateur Sport
Please look at my feedback to witness sane pricing in action!
I am not a book or paper dealer so please view pictures to determine condition.
This lot will be packed flat and mailed first class USPS. I will pay half of the just under $6.00 cost for first class.
Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
