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What you’re getting: A remarkable survival — multiple original pages from the Boston Sunday Journal dated August 30, 1896 — a 128-year-old Victorian newspaper supplement packed with content across music, maritime history, portraiture, and sports.
Sheet music highlight: The complete original printing of “My Love and Me” — words by Theron Brown, music by Boston tenor Herbert Johnson, Copyright 1896 — with his portrait photograph. This piece was published specifically for the Boston Sunday Journal as part of their popular music supplement series, making this a first-printing document of a Victorian parlor song.
Maritime history highlight: A full illustrated feature on “The Life Savers” at Highland Light, Cape Cod, with photographs of the US Life Saving Station at Orleans, Mass., the dramatic wreck of the Schooner Daniel B. Fearing, and crews firing rescue lines — rare photographic documentation of 19th century US Coast Guard predecessor operations.
Notable portraits include: Mrs. Julia Ward Howe (author of “Battle Hymn of the Republic”), the late Celia Thaxter (beloved New England poet), and Otto Goldschmidt with his wife Jenny Lind — the legendary “Swedish Nightingale.”
Plus: Coverage of the National Bicycle Meet at Louisville, Kentucky with action photographs — a wonderful snapshot of the 1890s cycling craze.
Condition: Heavy age toning, tears, and fragility consistent with 128 years of age. Multiple pages present. Significant historical content remains clearly readable throughout.
Great for: Victorian ephemera collectors, New England maritime history enthusiasts, Cape Cod & Life Saving Station collectors, Jenny Lind / Julia Ward Howe admirers, antique sheet music specialists, and 1890s Americana lovers.
