1891 Edison in His Lab, Yale & Princeton Baseball Teams, Chicago Tunnel — Jun 13 For Sale

🗞️ HARPERS WEEKLY · June 13, 1891
Complete Issue · New collectors issue combining three separately desirable subjects — Thomas Edison standing beside his phonograph in a magnificent double-page centerfold, Yale and Princeton baseball teams in back-to-back half-page illustrations, and the proposed Chicago boulevard tunnel. One of the most versatile and collectible issues of the 1891 run — science, sport, and infrastructure all in one complete THOMAS EDISON — IN HIS DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — \"THOMAS A. EDISON IN HIS LABORATORY\" — FULL-FIGURE ILLUSTRATION BESIDE HIS PHONOGRAPH
The showpiece of the issue — a full-figure double-page centerfold of Thomas Alva Edison standing in his legendary Menlo Park laboratory beside his phonograph, one of his most celebrated inventions. In 1891 Edison was at the absolute peak of his creative powers and public fame — he had invented the phonograph in 1877, the incandescent light bulb in 1879, and was in 1891 working on the motion picture camera (the Kinetoscope, patented that same year) and improving his electrical power distribution systems. The West Orange, New Jersey laboratory complex he had built in 1887 was the worlds first industrial research laboratory — the template for every corporate R&D department that followed. Edison was without question the most famous inventor in the world, and a full-figure centerfold portrait beside his phonograph captures the man and his most beloved invention in a vivid and very frameable composition. A significant and highly collectible piece of American invention, technology, and cultural YALE & PRINCETON HALF PAGE — \"YALES BASEBALL NINE\"
A half-page illustration of Yale Universitys baseball team — the Bulldogs, one of the most storied programs in college baseball history. Yales baseball program dates to 1865, making it one of the oldest in the country, and in the 1880s and 1890s the Ivy League rivalry between Yale and Harvard defined college baseball at its most prestigious. A significant piece of college baseball and Yale athletic history.⚾ HALF PAGE — \"PRINCETONS BASEBALL NINE\"
A half-page illustration of Princeton Universitys baseball team — the Tigers, Yales great rival in the intercollegiate diamond. Together the Yale and Princeton baseball nines in the same issue form a matched pair of Ivy League college baseball history from the sports golden amateur era — exceptionally rare in this format and highly collectible for baseball history enthusiasts and Ivy League sports THE CHICAGO BOULEVARD FULL FRONT PAGE — \"PROPOSED BOULEVARD TUNNEL, CHICAGO\"
A full front-page illustration of the proposed boulevard tunnel for Chicago — a significant piece of Chicago urban planning and transportation history, one of the infrastructure projects that were transforming the city in the run-up to the 1893 Worlds Columbian photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and dont hesitate to ask any questions — Im happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you ········ Harpers Weekly
Date ··············· June 13, 1891
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 SHIPPING & Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
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