1896 St. Louis After Tornado Centerfold, Czar Coronation, Cuba, Golf — Jun 20 For Sale

🗞️ HARPERS WEEKLY · June 20, 1896
Complete Issue · New historically varied and visually rich issue — a magnificent double-page centerfold of St. Louiss grand Westmoreland Place and Portland Place, published one week after Harpers Weeklys five-page tornado coverage; the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow; the Cuban insurrection; golf photographs; and a Republican elephant vs. Democratic donkey front-page political cartoon at the height of the 1896 presidential campaign. A vivid cross-section of Gilded Age America and world ST. LOUIS — WESTMORELAND PLACE & PORTLAND DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — VIEW OF ST. LOUIS LOOKING EAST ALONG WESTMORELAND PLACE AND PORTLAND PLACE
A magnificent double-page centerfold of St. Louis — looking east along the grand private streets of Westmoreland Place and Portland Place, two of the most beautiful and exclusive residential boulevards in Gilded Age America. Published just one week after Harpers Weeklys devastating five-page tornado coverage, this centerfold captures a very different St. Louis — the citys magnificent western residential neighborhoods that had been largely spared by the tornado, standing in vivid contrast to the destroyed riverfront. Westmoreland Place and Portland Place — with their grand Victorian mansions, iron gates, and elm-shaded private carriageways — were among the finest residential streets in America in 1896, home to St. Louiss wealthiest families. Together with the previous weeks tornado coverage, this centerfold forms a remarkable paired document of St. Louis at its most dramatic moment of contrast — destruction and grandeur in the same city at the same time. A beautiful, significant, and very frameable piece of St. Louis architectural and social history.🏙️ FULL PAGE — ADDITIONAL ST. LOUIS SCENES
A full page of additional St. Louis scenes — further documentary of the city in the immediate aftermath of the tornado, capturing the resilience and variety of one of Americas great Gilded Age THE CORONATION OF TSAR NICHOLAS FULL PAGE — \"THE CORONATION OF THE CZAR\"
A full-page illustration of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II — crowned at the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin on May 26, 1896, in one of the most lavish royal ceremonies of the Victorian era. The coronation was shadowed by the Khodynka Tragedy of May 30, when a crowd stampede during the public celebrations killed more than 1,389 people — a disaster that many Russians took as a terrible omen for the new Tsars reign. Nicholas II would be the last Tsar of Russia, abdicated during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and executed with his family in 1918. This coronation illustration — published at the height of his imperial glory — is a primary document of the beginning of the last chapter of the Romanov dynasty. A significant piece of Russian imperial THE CUBAN FULL PAGE — \"THE CUBAN INSURRECTION\"
A full-page illustration of the Cuban War of Independence — continuing Harpers Weeklys coverage of the conflict that would draw the United States into war with Spain just two years later. A significant piece of Cuban and Spanish-American War GOLF GOLF PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographs of golf — published at the height of the sports explosive growth in Gilded Age America, two years after the United States Golf Association was founded and one year after the first U.S. Open was played. A significant and collectible piece of early American golf THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FRONT PAGE POLITICAL CARTOON — REPUBLICAN ELEPHANT VS. DEMOCRATIC DONKEY
A front-page political cartoon featuring the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey — published at the height of the 1896 presidential campaign, the most dramatic and consequential election since the Civil War, in which Republican William McKinley faced Democrat William Jennings Bryan on the burning issue of the gold standard vs. free silver. A significant piece of American political cartoon and election 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 20, 1896
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Complete SHIPPING & Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
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