1896 A.B. Frost Golf Print, US Army Uniforms, Saratoga Hotel, Cuba — Aug 1

🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · August 1, 1896
Complete Issue · New York

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A varied and collectible Gilded Age issue — an A.B. Frost golf print on the back page, U.S. Army uniforms and equipment in a full displayable page, Saratoga hotel life, Chicago country club life in five photographs, and Cuban insurrection supply routes. Strong content for golf art collectors, military history enthusiasts, and Gilded Age leisure history buffs.

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⛳ A.B. FROST — GOLF PRINT
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⛳ BACK PAGE — A.B. FROST GOLF PRINT — NEARLY QUARTER PAGE
A back-page golf illustration by A.B. Frost — the most celebrated American sporting illustrator of the Gilded Age and one of the most actively collected of all golf print artists. Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928) was himself a regular golfer at the Morristown County Golf Club in New Jersey and brought unmatched authenticity and humor to his golf illustrations, which capture the sport's peculiar combination of aspiration and frustration better than any other artist of the era. His golf work — including the celebrated "I've Played Thirteen!" centerfold (September 17, 1898, whose original gouache sold at Neue Auctions in 2023) and "Tournament Day — The Lost Ball" (October 29, 1898) — is among the most actively traded of any American sporting illustrator. The Old Print Shop of New York lists Frost golf prints as sought-after collectibles. This back-page Frost golf illustration is an original print — not a reproduction — from the publication that first brought his work to a national audience. A significant and collectible piece of early American golf art history.

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🎖️ U.S. ARMY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT
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🪖 FULL PAGE — "U.S. ARMY UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT" — DISPLAYABLE
A full-page and displayable illustration of United States Army uniforms and equipment — published two years before the Spanish-American War would transform the Army from a small frontier constabulary into a major imperial fighting force. This 1896 documentation of Army uniforms and equipment captures the service at the precise moment before its great transformation — the last generation of Indian Wars-era dress before the khaki of Cuba and the Philippines. A significant and very frameable piece of American military history and uniform history.

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🏨 SARATOGA — HOTEL PIAZZA CONCERT
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🎵 FULL FRONT PAGE — "EVENING CONCERT ON A HOTEL PIAZZA, SARATOGA, NEW YORK"
A full front-page illustration of an evening concert on the hotel piazza at Saratoga Springs — the great Gilded Age resort where America's wealthiest families gathered each summer for the races, the waters, and the social rituals of the season. Saratoga's grand hotels — the Grand Union, the United States, Congress Hall — were the social centers of Gilded Age America, and the evening piazza concert was one of its most beloved rituals. A warm, vivid, and very frameable piece of Gilded Age resort and leisure history.

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🏌️ CHICAGO COUNTRY CLUB LIFE
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🏌️ FULL PAGE — "COUNTRY CLUB LIFE IN CHICAGO" — FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS
Five photographs of country club life in Chicago — a vivid piece of Gilded Age upper-class leisure culture, capturing the golf, lawn tennis, and social activities of Chicago's elite at a moment when the country club was the defining institution of American upper-class suburban life. A significant piece of Chicago social and sporting history.

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🇨🇺 THE CUBAN INSURRECTION
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📸 FULL PAGE PHOTO — "THE CUBAN INSURRECTION — TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES ACROSS THE RIVER PLUMA"
A full-page photograph of Cuban independence fighters transporting supplies across the River Pluma — a vivid primary photographic document of the guerrilla logistics of the Cuban War of Independence. A significant piece of Cuban independence history.

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I photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions — I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.

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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· August 1, 1896
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Complete issue

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