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567 Issues of Manufacturers' Gazette and Northeastern Lumberman, a Near-Complete Run

This serial provides valuable insight into both newspaper publishing and social history. Black labor in New England manufacturing is illustrated in Vol. 6, No. 4, Jan. 26th 1884, showing a Black man working alongside white workers; more interestingly, however, the serial has reused this exact image at least twice for advertisements in later issues (pg. 13, Vol. 14, No. 4, January 2nd 1888; and pg. 16, Vol. 15, No. 1, Jan. 5th 1889). This reuse of image shows how the publisher recycled images for different purposes.

Other articles and representative subjects of the serial include: an article stating that "Artificial leather is no longer a utopian dream, but an accomplished fact" (Vol. 1, No. 4, Aug. 6th 1881); an article titled "Why Some Mechanics are Illiterate" (front page, Vol. 14, No. 4, January 2nd 1888); an article boasting, "Type Setting Abolished", quote: "A[n] inventor has, according to the British and Colonial Printer, been engaged for some time in experimental work, which aims at nothing less than the entire elimination of the compositor from book work, and even newspaper work" (front page, Vol. 15, No. 1, Jan. 5th 1889); an article about "Prohibiting Immigration" (p.7, Vol. 16, No. 1, Jan. 4th 1890); and an article on the mahogany trade in Africa (pg. 5, Vol. 21 No. 10, March 9, 1895).

New England: Manufacturers' Gazette, 1881-1898. A significantly large run of the Manufacturer's Gazette, a sixteen-page illustrated weekly newspaper, including its "Lumberjack Edition". This is the single most complete run of this serial we have been able to locate (approx. 9 holding institutions in WorldCat, most with only a small handful of issues). In total there are approx. 567 issues, including approx. 114 issues of the Gazette's "Lumberman Edition". This run spans the years 1881 and 1898, which appears to be nearly the entire life span of the serial. Sponsored by some of the leading American manufacturers, the serial began specifically for the interests of the manufacturing industry, and focused on the following subjects: machinery and automation; the textile industry; labor and workforce; steam powered machinery; invention and innovation.

In 1895, the serial shifted towards lumbering and logging through its "Northeastern Lumberman Edition" run of issues; by 1897, however, it returned to its more generalist leanings, including all forms of machining and industry news. World events, such as the 1894 World's Fair, are often touched upon, and it should be noted that Edison's light bulb is advertised in this serial not long after its invention. The advertisements are aimed at overseers and employers, and often tout products that claim to be fully "automated" and "fireproof", including: bricks; presses (of all descriptions); cotton gins; engraving services; candy manufacturing equipment; light bulbs; looms and shuttles; steam engine equipment; and, of course, employer's insurance. Each issue measures approx. 16.25" by 11", and spans 16 pp. Most are illustrated, with many of the lumberman editions with photographs. Good to very good. Some toning, short tears, occasional dust soiling and/or spotting. Some later library pencil markings or ink stamps, incl. Ink stamp of Franklin Institute Library to some of the issues. Loose leaves with perhaps a couple lacking, otherwise a very nice, clean set.

Price: $4,500.00

Item #1900672