Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue
Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue Baseball Hall of Famers Harper's Gilded Age newspaper 1888 complete issue
$ 125.00

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization.

(Old Periodicals, 19th Century Newspapers, Americana, Harper's Weekly, Gilded Age, Illustrated Newspapers, Baseball, New York, Grover Cleveland, Virginia Agricultural Exposition).

Issued October 20th, 1888, New York, by Harper & Brothers.

An actual piece of American history issued during the Gilded Age. Filled with commentary and wood engraved images, issued contemporary to the events.

Original late 19th century weekly newspaper.  An actual, complete newspaper published at the date listed, not a modern re-issue.

During this period, this journal was a major, influential national publication which employed many of the top artists of the era.

Paper uniformly age toned as typical, some pages loose. Issue was once bound up in a volume and is now free-standing and complete unto itself as originally issued.

Nice looking, clean, well preserved example, pages loosened, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. Text on reverse of each page as always, images and maps from Harper's like this are often offered separately for display. 

Newspaper measures c. 16" H x 11" W.

Periodical will be shipped gently rolled in a sturdy 3" wide tube to ensure it arrives safely to you! Multiple issues purchased at the same time will be shipped flat.

[B8625].

An inside page has full-length portraits of Timothy J. Keefe, Pitcher & Williams Ewing captioned: "The Winning Battery Of The New York Base-Ball Team." Each portrait measures about 6 3/4 4 1/4 inches. Both players are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. There is also a companion article: "The Base-Ball Season".

Other prints include a full ftpg. portrait of "Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor of New York", a fullpg. montage: "The Great Industrial & Agricultural Exposition at Richmond, Virginia", a small print of: "The 'Great Chief' Of the Columbia River", a nice doublepage centerfold: "A Public Reception at the White House" which shows President Grover Cleveland; a fullpg: "Scenes During The Street-Car Strike at Chicago" & another fullpg. with 4 prints of: "A Puyallup Hop Ranch Near Tacoma, Washington Territory".

Other news and advertisements of the day are included.