Munsey's Magazine, November 1907

Munsey's Magazine presents a portrait of Salmon P. Chase, the 19th-century statesman who served as Governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The cover features an engraved bust-style illustration in black and white, emphasizing Chase's stern visage and formal period dress. The featured article, "Some of the Big New Englanders Who Have Helped to Build Up the Great West," by Harvard historian Albert Bushnell Hart, exemplifies Munsey's editorial focus on American biographical and historical content. Founded in 1889, Munsey's pioneered the low-cost mass-circulation magazine model, blending serious journalism with accessible storytelling to reach middle-class audiences during the Progressive Era.