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Marking out Santa's route from the North Pole, by Thomas Nast...



Item # 175040

December 19, 1885

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 19, 1885  Certainly the prime feature of this issuie is the great Thomas Nast doublepage centerfold print: 'Santa Claus's Route' showing two children marking out his route from the North Pole. Very displayable.
The front page features a full page print: "Hon. John Sherman, President pro tempore of the United States Senate".  Other prints within include a one-third page: "An Inoculation for Hydrophobia" which relates to the article on: "Pasteur's Latest Discovery".
Also a full page of illustrations concerning: "The Homes of the Late William H Vanderbilt" while another page features a half page illustration of: "The Late William H Vanderbilt" and "The Vanderbilt Tomb at New Dorp, Staten Island". Also a print of: "A Street Lighted by Natural Gas at Findlay, Ohio" and "St. Paul's Church, Glen Cove, Long Island".
Other news, articles and advertisements of the day. Complete in 16 pages.

Category: 1880-1889