{"product_id":"1898-mckinley-at-tuskegee-atlanta-night-at-the-opera-chicago-rail-dec-31","title":"1898 McKinley at Tuskegee \u0026 Atlanta, Night at the Opera, Chicago Rail โ€” Dec 31","description":"๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ HARPER'S WEEKLY ยท December 31, 1898\nComplete Issue ยท New York\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nA historically significant year-end issue closing 1898 โ€” President McKinley's visit to Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute documented in two full pages, a Night at the Opera double-page centerfold, Chicago's railroad corruption fight, and New Year's Eve. A primary document of one of the most consequential presidential visits to a Black institution in American history, in the last issue of the year that transformed America into a world power.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\nโœŠ McKINLEY VISITS TUSKEGEE \u0026amp; BOOKER T. WASHINGTON\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐ŸŽ“ TWO FULL PAGES โ€” \"PRESIDENT McKINLEY'S SOUTHERN TRIP โ€” SCENES DURING HIS VISITS TO TUSKEGEE AND ATLANTA\" AND \"THE CELEBRATION AT ATLANTA\"\nTwo full pages documenting President William McKinley's historic visit to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute on December 16, 1898 โ€” the school founded and led by Booker T. Washington, the most prominent Black educator in America. McKinley traveled 140 miles out of his way from Atlanta, bringing his family, members of his Cabinet, and generals Wheeler, Lawton, and Shafter aboard special trains. More than 6,000 people gathered at Tuskegee to receive them. McKinley toured the school grounds, witnessed a student parade, and spoke in the chapel, praising the Institute for sowing \"the seeds of good citizenship.\" For Booker T. Washington, who had personally lobbied McKinley to make the visit, it was the fulfillment of his central ambition โ€” to \"build up a school that would be of so much service to the country that the President of the United States would one day come to see it.\" The visit was also a deliberate political signal in the immediate aftermath of the Wilmington, North Carolina race massacre of November 1898, and a gesture of reconciliation between North and South during the Atlanta Peace Jubilee. These two full pages are a primary document of one of the most historically charged presidential visits to a Black educational institution in American history โ€” a significant piece of Black history, educational history, and Reconstruction's long aftermath.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐ŸŽญ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐ŸŽญ DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD โ€” \"A NIGHT AT THE OPERA\"\nA double-page centerfold of the opera โ€” the great social institution of Gilded Age New York, where the Metropolitan Opera's golden horseshoe boxes housed the most powerful families in American society. A beautiful and very frameable piece of Gilded Age high society and musical culture.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿš‹ CHICAGO โ€” THE RAILROAD RING\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ›๏ธ FULL PAGE โ€” \"THE COMMON COUNCIL OF CHICAGO โ€” THE STORM CENTRE OF THE RECENT FIGHT AGAINST THE SURFACE RAILROAD RING\"\nA full-page illustration of the Chicago Common Council โ€” the city's governing body at the center of one of the great municipal corruption battles of the Gilded Age, in which reformers fought the powerful surface railroad franchise holders who had bribed their way to control of Chicago's streetcar system. A significant piece of Chicago political history and Gilded Age urban corruption.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ INSIDE THE ISSUE\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ“ฌ FULL FRONT PAGE โ€” \"ON HIS HANDS\"\nA full front-page illustration โ€” a pointed commentary on the responsibilities that America now carried as it entered 1899 with Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii, and Guam all under its flag.\n\n๐Ÿฅ‚ HALF PAGE โ€” \"NEW YEAR'S EVE\"\nA half-page New Year's Eve illustration closing the final issue of 1898 โ€” the year that transformed the United States from a continental republic into a global empire, in a single stroke of remarkable historical acceleration.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“‹ CONDITION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nI 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 โ€” I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“Œ DETAILS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nPublication ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Harper's Weekly\nDate ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท December 31, 1898\nCity ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท New York\nFormat ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Illustrated newspaper, complete in 24 pages\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“ฆ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PRESERVATION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโ€ข Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement\nโ€ข Fully tracked for your peace of mind\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ” SEO TAGS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nMcKinley Tuskegee visit, McKinley Booker Washington, President McKinley Tuskegee 1898, Booker T Washington president visit, Tuskegee Institute McKinley, seeds good citizenship McKinley, Black education history antique, Tuskegee primary document, Atlanta Peace Jubilee McKinley, Wilmington massacre aftermath, McKinley Southern trip 1898, Black history education antique, Tuskegee Institute history, Booker Washington school president, Night at the Opera centerfold, Metropolitan Opera Gilded Age, opera New York 1898 antique, Gilded Age opera social, Chicago railroad ring corruption, Chicago Common Council, surface railroad franchise Chicago, Chicago Gilded Age corruption, New Year's Eve 1898, Harper's Weekly 1898, antique newspaper 1898, antique illustration engraving, framing quality print, Black history collector, Booker Washington collector, Tuskegee collector, history lover gift, rare newspaper collectible, museum quality ephemera","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264017395932,"sku":null,"price":38.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/9fa94c7d-il_fullxfull.8281261104_kksj.jpg?v=1786496674","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1898-mckinley-at-tuskegee-atlanta-night-at-the-opera-chicago-rail-dec-31","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}