Eskimos... Yukon River in Alaska...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 3, 1883  Full ftpg. shows: "General William Tecumseh Sherman". Three-quarter page print: "Robbing a Wild Bee Hive". Full page with 3 prints: "Henry Irving in 'The Bells'--Matthias and the Mesmerist". Full page print: "The Bay State Campaign". Very nice fullpg. print: "On the Yukon River" in Alask... See More  

Nice football print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 1, 1883  Contains a nice fullpg. football print: "Foot-Ball--Collared". Also present is the full page print by A.B. Frost: "No Thanksgiving Dinner for the Johnsing Family", which shows a Black family. Full ftpg. shows: "Washington Leaving New York, December 4, 1783", being quite displayable. Nice fullpg: "Washington T... See More  

Mobile Bay... Wall Street cartoon...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 31, 1884  Full ftpg. by Thomas Nast: 'The Loves of the Nations'. Halfpg: 'The Village Barber'. Doublepage centerfold: 'Studies in Horses--Apropos of the Second National Horse Show at Madison Sq. Garden'. Halfpg: 'Sketches in Mobile Bay' Small backpg. Thomas Nast cartoon re. Wall Street.

Other news and advertisements of the da... See More  

Nice tennis print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 11, 1885  The full front page is an illustration of "Henry M. Stanley", the African explorer.

Among prints inside are a terrific fullpg: "Lawn Tennis In Prospect Park" which shows women playing & is very displayable; a full page" "Sketches on the Congo"; half page: "Sketches of Garden City"; a three-quarter ... See More  

Natural gas In Pennsylvania...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 14, 1885  Nice doublepage centerfold: "Natural Gas In Pennsylvania" shows 7 scenes including a large & dramatic one of "Old No. 1". Fullpg: "Life Under the Dumps In New York City". 3/4pg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Does This Mean The Indorsement Of The President?". Full ftpg. print: "The National Hor... See More  

"Gathering Christmas Laurel"... Thomas Nast New Year cartoon...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 2, 1886  Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: "What You With Us Is One Thing; What You Will Give Us Is Another". Fullpg: "The Nanticoke Mining Disaster" shows 5 scenes.

Doublepage centerfold: "Gathering Christmas Laurel". Fullpg: "Issuing Christmas Dinners to the Veterans in Brooklyn" plus much more.

Other news and advertise... See More  

Toboggan slide at Orange, New Jersey...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1886  Full ftpg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "The Switcher Switched". Fullpg: "The New Toboggan Slide at Orange, New Jersey".

Doublepage centerfold is a very nice interior view of: "The House of Representatives". Two half page prints: "Excavating for the New Line of the Baltimore and Ohio" and "Transfe... See More  

Geronimo... The Apache War...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 10, 1886  Full ftpg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "What's In A Name?". Fullpg. text & 2 illus: 'The Apache War' includes a nice illus. of 'Geronimo, The Renegade Chief Of the Chiracahua Apaches'. Dramatic doublepage centerfold: Making Bessemer Steel at Pittsburgh'. A very good & uncommon Indian issue.

Other news... See More  

Great high-wheeled bicycle print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 5, 1886  Full ftpg. illus: 'Oliver Wendell Holmes'. Nice fullpg: 'Annual Meet of the Wheelmen at Boston' is a great illus. of men on high-wheeled bicycles. Great doublepage centerfold: 'Rafting Logs' shows 10 scenes, including a central theme from the Wisconsin area. 3/4pg. Nast illustration.

Other news and advertisements of the day... See More  

Trout fishing in Montana...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 10, 1886  The front page of the issue is "Jack of the Tules" by Bret Harte. Inside the issue is a fullpage "The Senatorial Round-House" by Nast; fullpage "the Regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club, off Marblehead, Massachusetts"; nice fullpage print: "Lawn-Tennis Tournament"; fullpage "The Columbia-Harvard Boat Race,... See More  

Chester Alan Arthur...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 27, 1886  Nice full ftpg. ilus. of: "Chester Alan Arthur", with text inside. Doublepg. centerfold: "The Return of the Native". A half page print shows two views of "The New Statue of Washington for Philadelphia". A near full page print by Thomas Nast: "What the Colored Race Have To Be Thankful For".

Other news an... See More  

Glen Canyon on the Colorado... Lick Observatory...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 11, 1886  Front page print: "The Tables of the Law". Nice full ftpg: 'Scene In Glen Canon, On the Colorado River of the West' shows a man photographing an Indian child among the cliffs. Fullpg: 'Maryland--Club Life In Baltimore' fullpg: 'A Blizzard In Dakota' shows a train caught in snowdrifts. Small illus of 'The L... See More  

Several western-themed prints... Richmond's cigarette factories...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 15, 1887  Front full pg. illus. pertaining to the poem "Crotalus", along with the entire text of the poem. Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Old Bone Man of the Plains." Full pg. illus. of "Pima Indians Convoying a Silver Train in Mexico."

Doublepage centerfold of "Promenade Concert on New Year's Eve at the Produ... See More  

Eskimos... Scenes of Atlanta...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 12, 1887  Front page print: "Constance Fenimore Woolson". Nice doublepage centerfold: 'Around Behring's Straits' shows 11 scenes among the Eskimos including 3 nice illustrations of them. Fullpg: 'Homage To St. Valentine' is a Black scene.

Attached is a 4pg. 'THE NEW SOUTH' Supplement with 3 nice fullpg. scenes in A... See More  

Earthquakes in Mentone...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 5, 1887  Front full pg. portrait of "Professor James Strong, S.T.D." Inside is a 2/3 pg. illus. of "An Old London Street." Two 1/2 pg. illus. of "James Russell Lowell in His Study" and "A Group of Representative Theosophists." Two full pg. illus. of "Sketches in the Riviera in the Area of Disturbance by the Rece... See More  

Yellowstone National Park...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 9, 1887  Very nice full ftpg: "The Yellowstone In Winter--A Surprise" shows skiers coming upon a heard of elk. Nice doublepage centerfold: "Winter Scenes in the Yellowstone National Park" shows 8 scenes including 1 of "Old Faithful Geyser Going Off". Halfpg: "Catching Herring". Full page print by W.A. Rogers: "U... See More  

Denver print... Card-playing in New Mexico... Walt Whitman's views of literature...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 23, 1887  The entire ftpg. is a print by R. F. Zogbaum captioned: "The Prairie Letter Box" showing a cowboy on horseback dropping a letter in a mail box.

Other prints in this issue including a fullpg. with 5 vignettes of: "The Celebration of the Columbia College Centennial"; two-thirds of a page with 3 prints on: "The Great Fire a... See More  

European Steamer Day...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 21, 1887  Full front pg. illus. of "European Steamer Day-"The Last Bell-All Ashore"." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The United States Armored Cruiser "Atlanta"."

Doublepg. centerfold of "Horse Artillery Going into Action." Four small portraits of "The Late Washington C. De Pauw, of Indiana," &quo... See More  

Colorado scenes... West Point... Nashville...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 11, 1887  The prime feature is a very nice full page which has five prints captioned: "The Old Ute Reservation, Colorado" with scenes of Black Canyon--Gunnison River, Ouray, Marshall Basin, Ingram Falls, and Bridal Veil Park at Telluride.  Also desirable are the nice full page print with seven scenes captioned: "Sketches At West Point&qu... See More  

The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 30, 1887  Nice fullpg: 'Views In & About Marblehead' shows 6 scenes. Very nice fullpg: 'Sketches In Utah' shows 9 scenes including 'Mormon Temple at Logan' & 'Tabernacle & New Temple at Salt Lake'. Fullpg: 'Wheat Harvest in Dakota'.

Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pag... See More  

The Illinois Railroad disaster... Kennebcunk...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1887  Front page print: "The Illinois Railroad Disaster--Views of the Wreck and the Broken Bridge".

Very nice fullpg. print: "In A Cotton Field" shows several Blacks picking cotton. Great fullpg: "Around Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach" shows 9 scenes. Fullpg: "Loading an Ocean Steamer at Night". Another page o... See More  

Terrific baseball centerfold print: "Thrown Out On Second" ...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 10, 1887  The full ftpg. is a Zogbaum print: "Mars & Venus at Fortress Monroe". A full page has many scenes of Castine captioned: "An Old Maine; Seaport". Another full page has 6 prints of: "The Annual Meet of the American Canoe Association".

But by far the best print in this issue is the terrific double page centerfo... See More  

Savannah, Georgia...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 24, 1887  Nice full ftpg: 'The 'Volunteer Under Full Sail' shows a yacht. Nearly halfpg: 'The Exhibition of Natural Gas Illumination at Toledo'. Nearly halfpg: 'Wharf Scene in Savannah'. Fullpg: 'English & American Athletes at the Annual Championship Games, Manhattan Athletic Club'. Double page centerfold: "... See More  

The Grand Army Celebration at St. Louis...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 8, 1887  Full ftpg: 'The Presidential Tour' shows Pres. Cleveland & wife in their private railroad car. Nice fullpg: 'The Grand Army Celebration at St. Louis'. Two fullpg. prints of yachts in the America's Cup race. Fullpg: 'Sketches of the New York Quarantine Establishment' includes 16 scenes.

Other news and advertisemen... See More  

The Challenge Cup of the American Yacht Club...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1887  Front full pg. illus. of "Returning Home." Inside is a 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Serpent of the Still."

Double page centerfold of "Statue of Abraham Lincoln, to Be Unveiled in Lincoln Park, Chicago, October 22, 1887." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Challenge Cup of the American Yacht Club." Full pg. illus. of "... See More