LIFE 1884 (Currently Out of Stock)

Historical Highlights from 1884 :

• The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed, Labor Day, is now a recognized holiday.
• Alaska becomes a United States territory.
• The United States Naval War College is established in Newport, Rhode Island.
• The Washington Monument is completed.
• Mark Twain writes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
• Helen Hunt Jackson completes and publishes Ramona.
• Ringling Brothers Circus established.
• The first game of the baseball World Series is played.
• Eleanor Roosevelt is born.