2 Eastland Disaster Newspapers  Chicago Daily News and Chicago Tribune 1915

Description

On July 24th 1915 the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River causing the deaths of 844 people, most from Western Electric Hawthorne Works, who boarded the steamer for a company picnic.  Listed for sale are two newspaper pages shown that covered the disaster.   One is page 3 from the Chicago Daily News dated Saturday July 24th, 1915.   The other is page 1 the Chicago Tribune dated July 25, 1915, with the headline, from the day after the disaster when more information was available (but still incorrect in the number of fatalities).   Both papers have been framed in matching black frames.  The papers are mounted on archival boards, black for the Daily News and White for the Tribune.   Condition is as shown, the Tribune in remarkably good condition for newspapers in this period, the Daily News in substantially poorer condition but has a good newspaper photograph of the disaster from the same day it happened.   I believe the Daily News has the rest of the paper in the frame, the Tribune is only the first and last page of the first section on that Sunday.
The papers are offered as is, mounted on archival boards and framed, and will be shipped as the buyer prefers, I have listed USPS Priority Mail shipping for convenience.   I may meet a Chicago buyer if we can agree on a date and time.
Original papers from Chicago relating to the disaster are extremely rare, these have been mounted and framed for display and preservation.