New York Sunday Journal--32 pages for 3 cents--Uncle Sam's fatal folly ... / Brill. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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New York Sunday Journal--32 pages for 3 cents--Uncle Sam's fatal folly ... / Brill. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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New York Sunday Journal--32 pages for 3 cents--Uncle Sam's fatal folly ... / Brill.
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Uncle Sam's fatal folly," the headline on this color poster, sets it apart from other newspaper advertisements of the period, and the title line credits an artist named Brill. Printed in Philadelphia by H.I. Ireland in 1896, it promotes the New York Sunday Journal's 32 pages for 3 cents. That year the Journal was under William Randolph Hearst, who had bought it in 1895 and was competing fiercely with Joseph Pulitzer's World for readers. Bargain pricing and eye-catching street posters like this one were common tools in that circulation battle.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : H.I. Ireland, 1896. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890-1900.Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Newspapers--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,460 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216656 |
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