New England Industry, Chattanooga, Railroad Perils, Harper's May 28, 1910

Description

You are bidding on a complete original issue of Harper's Weekly published May 28, 1910. The pages measure approximately 10.5 x 15 inches (13 x 18 for center-folios) and this issue includes pages 1-36. 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 1910
. The "Progressive Era."
William H. Taft
is the U.S. president. The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated. The Westmorland coal strike is at its height.
Henry Ford
sells 10,000 automobiles. African-American boxer
Jack Johnson
defeats white boxer
James Jeffries
, sparking race riots throughout the country. Meanwhile, the greatest fire in U.S. history, the "Great Fire of 1910," rages
in the west.
This Issue: Great shape. All pages attached. Some cool short stories and sweet centerfold.
Exterior Colored Cover Page: New England Industrial Number
Cover Page: "Lest We Forget" (Battleship "Maine")
"Attorney-General Wickersham" by E. W. Kemble
The Chaos at Washington
Boston's Uplift
Peril's of the Run, Railroad
New England Industry: Life Insurance, Wool Manufacturing, Watches, Glue, China, Confections, Paper, Machinery, Shoes
Miss Louise Dresser
"Chattanooga - Forty Years After" centerfold by W. T. Smedley
Finance
Supplemental Rear Colored Cover Page, Gold Medal Flour
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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.