Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization
New York
Incredible Illustrations!
They include news, advice, politics, short stories and
some great advertising.
May 16, 1868 – George F. Sands. National Baseball
Association President, Domestic Intelligence and the Impeachment of President
Johnson, General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago,
London: A Pilgrimage, part 7, by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold, 109 Mercer
Street, New York, NY, Last Sitting of the Geneva Court of Arbitration
December 5, 1868 – The Late Baron James De
Rothschild, Hoosac Tunnel, The Brewer Fountain on Boston Commons
December 12, 1868 – Whipping Post and
Pillory at New Castle, Delaware, H. Rives Pollard assassinated in Philadelphia
March 27, 1869 – Appointments and changes
to the Cabinet of Ulysses S. Grant, early illustration of Arlington National Cemetery,
Illustration of Aaron Burr’s grave, Ill of Pius the Ninth, ill of Church of
Saint Peter and the Vatican
April 10, 1869 – Cuban exiles marching from
the Cabana Fortress, New York State Poultry Association, Cuban Revolution
April 24, 1869 – The Bible Women, Oxford
and Cambridge University Boat Race view from Barnes Railway Bridge, Isthmus of
Suez Maritime Canal
May 22, 1869 – Jordan & Jerusalem, Inauguration
of Masonic Lodge Room, Booth Room in New York, National Peace Jubilee Building,
Boston, Mass, Havana Harbor Cuba, Pacific Railway Celebration in Chicago, New
Chicago Tribune Building, Floating Lighthouse in Liverpool
June 12, 1869 – A Seaman’s Burial at Sea,
The Prodigal’s Return painting, Warden’s office Sing Sing, General Washington Resigning
his Commission to Congress at Annapolis, Maryland, Union Pacific Railway, Cuba,
Burning of the International Hotel at St. Paul Minnesota
March 26, 1870 – Captain Williams and The
Oneida, Congress and Cuba, Trains leaving for Colorado, Scenes of the
Mississippi River, Interior of a Male Prison
September 10, 1870 – Illustrations of
Weissenburg and Saarbruck, the Battle of Gravelotte story and two page
illustration, Napoleon ruse ill.
November 30, 1872 – Boston Firefighters and
the Boston Fire, Map of Boston showing the entire burned area, WOW!!!
These are original papers. They are torn. They are not complete in many cases. They are very fragile.
They are 150 YEAR’S OLD!!!
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A peek back in time to see how things were going.
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