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3 photo / illustrated articles from a scarce 1897 Victorian periodical, the first article is entitled "The Greatest Telescope on Earth" by Walter George Bell The article is full of interesting information about the Yerkes observatory at Lake Geneva Wisconsin founded by Mr Charles T Yerkes. Includes several photographic / illustrations including The Yerkes Observatory Mr Charles T Yerkes The Great Yerkes Telescope (not photo) A photograph of the moon The second article is entitled "Women Gamblers" 1.5 pages by J Brand Finally a 4 page article by William Livingstone Alden entitled "Wisdom Let Loose" discussing in his own way - illustrated by Charles May The Horrors of a Swiss Fire A Good opportunity missed - not joining the Greek army The sad lack of imagination in the Greek The importance of colour in a National Flag An alarming prospect - theories about martian canals Please note these are genuine actual pages extracted from a rare disbound Victorian publication, there are no covers and there may be extracts from other articles at the start or end. Images show the article whilst in its still bound state, the article will be posted as loose pages.Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper I have indexed many antique periodicals with detail of, peoples names, places & subjects included. When I find duplicate issues in poor condition I list the articles on ebay. If you are searching for a particular family history related person, subject, place etc, please let me know and I will search my database for any relevant entries Thanks for taking the time to have a look at my item for sale. Please see my other items currently on ebay in my ebay shop - If you have any questions about any of my items please contact me.
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