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Item # 174518

December 25, 1880

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1880  Front full pg. illus. of "Making Wreaths." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Excavations Under Flood Rock, Hell Gate." Three large illus. of "Sketches on the Nile."
Doublepage centerfold of "Christmas Morning in Old New York." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Gun of Ericsson's Torpedo Boat the 'Destroyer'." Two 1/4 pg. portraits of "Allan Campbell, the Comptroller of New York" and "General W. B. Hazen, the New Chief Signal Officer." 2/3 pg. illus. entitled "Post Haste." Also included are two political cartoons by Thomas Nast: "Watterson In The Field Early" and ""Doctors Differ" - the last regarding Congress tinkering with the thought of using a Silver Standard.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.

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Category: 1880-1889