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Dimensions: 7" x 10"
Up for sale is an incredibly rare, authentic piece of early Ivy League athletic and cultural history: an original complete single-issue copy of "The Dartmouth" collegiate magazine, Vol. XXIX, No. 31, dated Tuesday, February 18, 1908.
Published by the undergraduate student body of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, this rare survival features a beautiful, clean front cover showcasing a green line engraving of the landmark Dartmouth Hall clock tower.
The interior serves as an invaluable, text-dense time capsule of Gilded Age collegiate life and early American sports history. The front-page feature story is entirely dedicated to the conclusion of the 1907-1908 intercollegiate ice hockey season, titled "HOCKEY SEASON OVER: Brilliant Promise of Princeton Game Not Fulfilled—Review Shows Long List of Defeats." The multi-column article provides a comprehensive summary of games played against Princeton, Yale, and Columbia, outlining team lineups under Captain Foote, and a complete final Intercollegiate Hockey League standings matrix. Other historic internal articles detail campus visits by baseball coach Ralph Glaze, a concert by contralto Madame Schumann-Heink, a speech by President William Jewett Tucker, and plans to establish a shared New York City University Club House alongside Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan, and MIT.
The advertising pages provide a spectacular look at period commerce, featuring elite print ads for Brooks Brothers (pioneering "Clothes for Winter Sport"), J.E. Purdy & Co. (Photographers to Class of 1908), Coes & Stodder Shoes, The Almond Flexo Desk Lamp, and Russell the Tailor.
Of special interest to philatelic and ephemera curators, the back cover features a historic United States 1-Cent Green Benjamin Franklin Documentary Revenue Stamp (1898 Series) affixed directly onto the "Grosvenor the Shoeman" advertisement block. An exceptional, pristine crossover artifact perfect for collectors of vintage college hockey memorabilia, early secret society/university publishing history, or unique revenue stamp ephemera.
Specifications:- Publication: The Dartmouth (Official Undergraduate Magazine)- Issue: Volume XXIX, Number 31- Exact Date: Tuesday, February 18, 1908- Location: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire- Core Theme: 1907-1908 Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Season Directory- Added Novelty: 1-Cent Benjamin Franklin 1898 Series Documentary Revenue Stamp on Back Cover- Size: 7 inches by 10 inches
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