'AMERICANA' CLIPPINGS SCRAPBOOK - Civil War, Indians, Slavery, JACK THE RIPPER

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c1876-1897 -- 'AMERICANA' SCRAPBOOK ALBUM-- Newspaper clippings from 1876-1897 are glued into this album, a time capsule of the era leading up to the Spanish-American War... American interests & values & ethics, national humor, what was important and what was whimsical. News stories on The Civil War... Murders... Indians... Slaves/Slavery... Susan B. Anthony/ Women's Suffrage... Harriet Beecher Stowe... General Ulysses S Grant (he hated eating any meat) ... a woman dressed as a peasant fought in the Civil War... floods... explosions.

News clippings skitter across pages: an in-depth article about a man known as JACK the RIPPER, JR (legal name, Mr. Denver), who bought pieces of bloody clothing worn by JACK the RIPPER and wore them as he retraced the murderer's route... G.A.R. Civil War veterans' invitation... pasted in Victorian trade cards... Two US 1892 embossed postage stamps, in very good condition, created for the 400th anniversary (1492-1892) ... an Indian battle site where 100,000 Indians died... the Pullman Brothers of railroad fame... The Christy Minstrels... a listing of Washington, D.C. officials' salaries...

Vintage 'Americana' Scrapbook-- overall, in pretty decent condition. 12"x 15". Housed in a custom-made box. Rear board separated, several loose leaves, some edge rubbing affecting some entries.

Domestic s&h $15.