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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1912)
12 THE : OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 9, 1912, B IE . V N Mothers give your children this chance to seenistory in its making! Vete rans of the war let 50 1 years roll away before yourfceyes! Men and. women, young i and old, here is some thing which will stir anew your pride of Country rEEMEMDOUS SUCCESS! Each of these wond erf ul Wax ; Photo graphs here offered you, if viewed sepa rarely, are alive with real human inter est; taken to gether they form a great moving, stir ring spectacle more absorb ing, than any drama ever staged. OF THE FIRST WEEK S GREAT DISTRIBUTION BY THE BEE OF Epson's History Illustrated by the FAMOUS BRADY WAR-TIME P lOTOGRAPMg (Collected through Co-operation with the United States War Department, and supplemented by many other recently discovered pictures both North and South) THE Civil War Through THE Camera " . IN SIXTEEN ' . . ' BEAUTIFUL SE0TI0K8 ! 4Each section complete in itself 'i ' I THE BEE OFFER 7'j , The Bee Has recently entered a; great National publication; alli ance and become sole distributer of a superb ,war-time memorial for this city and vicinity, v . , It is THE CIVIL iVVAB THROUGH THE CAMERA, and is the choicest of the famous Brady's and other war photographers' ;work, . handsomely reproduced. . . . , , . . , " ; The Bee was morjg'th'an glad to have this opportunity, not only because of its great patriotic and educational value, but also because J the ' enormous distribution , involved in every State of the Union has . , resulted in placing this unique work in reach of every home, at the bare cost of handling. - Think of itl " The famous originals, taken by Brady and others on the actual. fields of battle, are today priceless. The United States Government paid $27,840 for a portion of them, fifty years ago. ; An other part was lost for many years, and has only recently been dis-. .covered.'.-' ;.-v '. ' .Many famous Confederate pictures have also been 'brought to light after months of patient search and the expenditure of a fortune. ' Yet here are the choicest of these pictures now issued direct to ou by The Bee at a cost of a few cents to jmy us for the handling! It is the most extraordinary offer in the annals of publishing! ;v THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE , The people of Omaha are backing up The Bee in this monumen tal enterprise. The response during the first week just 'closed has been immediate and enthusiastic. Orders have poured in daily by person and through the mails, until our stock of the opening part has been almost exhausted. ; .V The people of Omaha know a good thing when they see it. And the best thing in all the realms of bookdom is here within their. reach practically for the asking. s This series of finely illustrated portfolios sixteen in all makes you an interested and enthralled eye-witnes&of the great battles and events of the Civil War. You see just what the' camera saw the generals issuing their orders, the men marching down the dusty road or toiling in the trenches, or charging upon ; the enemy, or lying down in the evening to rest some of them never to. arise. You become a personal spectator of the most momentous conflict of modern times. The happenings of history grow real to you. More than all this you may find in these rare old pictures the face of some relative or friend, greeting you again across the past. Hundreds have done so. The collection is really marvelous. , Section I BULL RUN ; With Frontispiece in Pull Color, and Many Photographs Only Ten Cents Section II SHILOH With Frontispiece in Full Color, and Many Photographs Only Ten Cents . ' See Coupon Below ONE MILLION COPIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN A NATION-WIDE MOVEMENT (5) SECTIONS CONTAIN ING . FAMOUS WAR PHOTOGRAPHS -EACH SECTION COM PLETE IN ITSELF. To celebrate the Semi-Centennial of the historic conflict to pay tribute to the valor of the Blue and Gray The Bee's Supply for this City and Vicinity is Going with a Clamor and a Rush START YOUR SERIES WOW-YOU WILL NEVER HAVE SUCH A CHANCE AGAIN TO CENTS ONLY FOR EACH SECTION WHEN ACCOMPAN. IED BY THE COU PON BELOW. How One Old Soldier Found Himself in the Photographs John Landegon, a famous. Union scout, . tells this interesting' 6tbry about his ex-; perience 'with, the - Brady ,war -photograph's : " I got the book; recently, and .was looking through it, and all of a sud den, by Gee! there -was I! I got ehot the yerynext day after the picture waltaken . the only one I had taken during the,; iWar-and I hadn't thought about the photograph from that day.until I looked , out at myself after all these years. I had t just about forgotten what "sort'W a young fellow I was those days. That was a long time ago. The next day I made my last scout in Virginia.' v . V . SECTION TWO NOW READY TELLING IN TEXT AND WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPHS THE STIRRING STORY OF THE BATTLE CF SHILO . ' . Each section is complete in itself, and tells the story of a great battle or series of events. The pictures are ac companied 'by a clear, .interesting story,-from the pen of Professor Henry W. Elson, of Ohio University, told so Vividly that you beepmej forhe time an actual sharer in the scenes described and pictured. ; .. . . The text of Section' Two deals with the events .leading, up. to and following -the. Battle ofShiloh. There is a 1 -beautiful frontispiece in full colors, representing1 this great "coritesi, which was fought both on water and on land. . ' J l.The following half-tones, from. the,, actual, photographs.tell the trend, St. the. story : General Grants as Brigadier ' " General,' commanding in Iillinois, 18611 Grant waiting for , his m'a'il at" the Cairo post-office. The river ironclad, Essexj r " 'LUnd her commander, Captain Porter. The Cincinnati, the gunboat that fired the first shot at Fort Henry wo-gallant gunboats at Fort Donelson, the St. Louis and the Louisville. The Conestoga and the Tyler,, two. sister ships that fought . . at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Generals Simon B. Buckner arid 'Lloyd Tilghman, the captured commanders. Gen : eral A. S. Johnson .who fell athiloh. General J; I). Webster, .GranVi''. Chief of Staff. The .'Washington : 'Artillery of V Nevr Orleans'before' the' Battle of Shiloh.' Pittsburgh Landing a few."das after -.the -Battle.' What thes gunboats did pf at Shiloh. Iowa troops who held the center at the Hornet's Nest at Shilolj. ;. The Fourth Kentucky ' Calvary. The " Mounted Police of. the West. , The Locomotive that hung Eight Men as Spies." ... There's the Coupon! Cutft : ; It This Handsome Book Practically FREE ! "I Knew Brady Well" "I was in personal association with many of the events recorded, and among the photographs I recognize those of some fifty officers whom I knew more or less intimately. "I enclose for your information a list of the officers whose portraits I have recognized through my personal acquain tance with them. I knew Brady well and ? can. testify from my. own knowledge to the genuineness 'and. value of his photo graphic representations of Army scenes. It is' rvery fortunate that they have been preserved." : y :' ( ; . f. ! Wm. Conant Giurch, Editor U. S. Army & Navy Journal. - . . ; -: SHOULD BE IN EVER Y AMERICAN HOME TMPORT ANT : ave succeeded in .obtaining xiiM. vm a few more cdpieg of , SECTION ONE, in order that our belated readers can begin at the -beginning. While each section is complete in itself, you will undoubtedly want; the -ENTIRE SERIES, the mo ment you see any section The Coupon FOR TODAY is good, for both SECTION ONE and SECTION TWO, when accompanied by the low; expense fees of ten cents for each. There are no conditions or. obligations. Each section "is delivered com plete for the Coupon and -ONLY TEN'CENTS, a sum barely Sufficient to pay us for tbe material, handling," clerk hire, etc. By mail three cents additional. .. i r . But do not delay! This remarkable offer has resulted in an unprecedented de mand, i We cannot reserve copies,' and our supply is necessarily limited. It is first come, first served. ' . ? v i ; Malcr Your Series CompleteStart Today. Bring or Send this Coupon to The Bee Office at Once mi WAR SOUVENI3S . COUPON SAVE THIS COUPON IT HELPS YOU GET Thev Civil War Through the Camera ConUlnlnc Brady'? Tamou ClvUiWar. Photograph! . . - (UiW j ftnWinM f tk4 V. 5, War tkpvrtmtnt) An4 Professor Daon's Newly 'Written : History of the Civil War JUL