OT: 19th century printing plate

[aquarius31]

Hi Steve,
The date is clearly marked as "June 30, 1880" and the title of both plates is "The Holocaust of the Sound." It also clearly states "The Daily Graphic, New York" on one of the plates. The New York Daily Graphic had a very unique cover which is consistent with this metal plate (see below baseball example)...the metal plate is simply missing "The" in "The Daily Graphic."

The plate says "Destruction of Seawanhaka by Fire Last Monday." I was able to find the below link which provides more details on the sad events of that day.

http://www3.gendisasters.com/new-yor...ster,-jun-1880

[steve B]

Ah, couldn't read the date on the scan, or the print under the title. Amazing how similar the two disasters were. The image from the cover is almost identical to one used for the 1904 disaster. In 04 the ship was also run aground on an island but not quickly enough to prevent things from getting far worse.

I don't think I have any daily graphics aside from maybe a few of the British ones. The big group of old magazines I bought is mostly 1900-1940 sewing stuff, with a few general interest and a few harpers from the 1860's conveniently skipping the entire early baseball era.

Steve B