A few days ago, I posted part one of this article you can find here. In this article I’m providing the full text of an article that appeared in the December 1879 issue of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine and was written by Ernest Ingersoll, a writer with Harper’s and Frank H. Taylor, “an … [Read more...]
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Harper’s Weekly Profiles Atlanta in 1879
Harper’s Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. I often use back copies as historical research to help me because the magazine dates to June 1850 when it was first published in New York City by the Harper brothers I’ve pictured below. Today, Harper’s … [Read more...]
Atlanta’s Movers and Shakers in Caricature from 1908
The Atlanta Georgian and News was a newspaper that launched on April 25, 1906 with a special thirty-six-page issue. Initially the paper had around seventeen thousand subscribers and was the third-largest paper in competition to The Atlanta Journal. In February 1907 the Georgian absorbed the … [Read more...]
Augusta National – It’s Historic!
A rite of Spring around the Cooper manse is giving a respectful nod to Masters Week, the time leading up to the annual Masters Golf Tournament at Georgia’s Augusta National Golf Club. Golf is a major sport in our family. Both of children were encouraged to play to the point they both lettered in … [Read more...]
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