1891 Sydney Australia 11 Views Centerfld, Presidential Train, Nova Scotia Apr 25
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🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · April 25, 1891
Complete Issue + Supplement · New York
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A globally ranging issue with exceptional framing potential — a supplement double-page centerfold of eleven views of Sydney, Australia; President Harrison's observation car; four scenes of the Columbian Exposition planning; and six scenes of Nova Scotia shipbuilding. Strong content for Australian history collectors, presidential history enthusiasts, and maritime history buffs.
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🌏 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — ELEVEN VIEWS
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🦘 SUPPLEMENT DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "VIEWS OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA" — ELEVEN SCENES
A magnificent supplement double-page centerfold of eleven views of Sydney, Australia — one of the most comprehensive and displayable Victorian illustrated documentaries of the great Pacific city in the Harper's Weekly run. In 1891 Sydney was the capital of the Colony of New South Wales, a thriving port city of nearly 400,000 people, and the largest city in Australia — just a decade before Federation would make Australia a nation in 1901. The eleven views capture the harbor, the streets, the public buildings, and the daily life of a city that was one of the great success stories of British colonial enterprise. A beautiful, rare, and very frameable piece of Australian history, Sydney history, and Victorian Pacific exploration. Eleven views in a double-page spread is an exceptionally comprehensive documentary of any Victorian city — a collector's centerfold.
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🚂 THE PRESIDENTIAL OBSERVATION CAR
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🚂 FULL FRONT PAGE — "THE OBSERVATION CAR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN"
A full front-page illustration of the observation car of President Benjamin Harrison's presidential train — used on his grand transcontinental tour of the American West in April-May 1891, the most ambitious presidential journey since Grant's Western tours. Harrison traveled with his Cabinet and a large press entourage, visiting cities from Washington to California in a trip designed to showcase American national unity and presidential accessibility. The presidential observation car — luxuriously appointed and specially designed for public appearances — was itself a symbol of Gilded Age technological and political power. A significant piece of presidential history and American railroad history.
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🏛️ THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION — FOUR SCENES
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🏛️ FULL PAGE — "THE COLUMBIAN FAIR, CHICAGO" — FOUR SCENES
Four scenes from the planning and construction of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago — published two years before its opening, as Daniel Burnham's team was beginning to transform the Chicago lakefront into the "White City." A primary document of the greatest World's Fair in American history in its construction phase.
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⛵ NOVA SCOTIA SHIPBUILDING
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⛵ FULL PAGE — "SHIP BUILDING IN NOVA SCOTIA" — SIX SCENES
Six scenes of shipbuilding in Nova Scotia — a vivid and comprehensive documentary of the Maritime provinces' great wooden shipbuilding tradition at its final flourishing, before steel hulls and steam power rendered the Nova Scotia yards obsolete. A significant piece of Canadian maritime and industrial history.
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📋 CONDITION
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I photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions — I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.
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📌 DETAILS
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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· April 25, 1891
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper + Supplement, complete in 16 pages
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📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION
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• Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
• Fully tracked for your peace of mind
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1891 Sydney Australia 11 Views Centerfld, Presidential Train, Nova Scotia Apr 25
$41.11