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Harpers April 98 – Historic Reproduction

Harpers April 98, 1898 — vintage poster
Harpers April 98, 1898. Vintage poster from the Golf collection.

(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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This vintage poster of Harpers April 98 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Harpers April 98

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This color poster advertised the April 1898 issue of *Harper's*, and its focus on golfers sets it apart from other pictures of the period that show the sport in general. It shows men in the dress of the day, which the catalog record lists as a subject alongside the golfers themselves. In the 1890s, American magazines often used eye-catching color posters like this one to attract newsstand buyers, a trend that was part of a wider poster craze in the United States and Europe. Golf was then growing quickly in popularity among well-off Americans, so the subject would have appealed to *Harper's* readers.

Created / published1898
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. D41. 1898. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC
SubjectsGolfers--1890-1900. Men--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters
Original scan1,144 × 1,452 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-ART-769

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