Harper's Weekly Illustrated
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<em>Harper's Weekly</em> was the most widely read newspaper during the Civil War. Its many battlefield illustrations and often politically-charged cartoons captivated readers. We are proud to say that our archive contains 95% of <em>Harper's Weekly</em> issues that were ever printed. We encourage you to visit our main <em><a href="http://www.rarenewspapers.com/entry/harpers_weekly">Harper's Weekly newspapers</a></em> page to learn interesting facts and history about this title.
Scenes of British Columbia...
Item #174514
December 11, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 11, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. entitled "The People's Pleasure-Ground Appropriated." Inside is a 1/3 pg. illus. of "Statue of Alexander Hamilton, Central Park." Several small portraits of various men. 2/3 pg. portrait of "Cardinal Newman." 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Sailor's Return - Home Once More." 2/3... See More
Lucretia Mott...
Item #174512
December 04, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 4, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. entitled "The Heat of the Last Political Campaign." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Incidents of the Naval Review at Fortress Monroe." 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Naval Review at Fortress Monroe - Ceremonies During the President's Visit to the Flag Ship." Two full pg. illus. depicting &quo... See More
Cowboys... Thomas Nast cartoon...
Item #174510
November 27, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 27, 1880 Front page print by Thomas Nast: "General Make-Up". Great & displayable fullpg by W. A. Rogers: "Among the Cowboys--Betting on the Bull Fight" shows many cowboys watching two bulls fighting. Halfpg: "The Revival of Falconry". Double page centerfold print: "A Disarrangement in Blue--A Scene in an Artist... See More
Thomas Nast prints...
Item #174508
November 20, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 20, 1880 Full ftpg. Th. Nast illus. shows a good view of the Republican elephant created by Thomas Nast, with the cartoon captioned: "The Republican Pachyderm Alive & Kicking" . Full page political cartoon by Gillam captioned "Victory!" showing the Republican candidate, James Garfield. Nice prints of James A. Garfield and Cheste... See More
Election day in New York...
Item #174506
November 13, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 13, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "A Local Question", plus another inside: "What A Pity!". Fullpg: "Women at the Polls in New Jersey in the Good Old Times". Nice doublepage centerfold: "Scenes & Incidents of Election Day in New York". Fullpg: "Cruelties Practiced on Fish & Fowl" plus m... See More
Rugby, Tennessee... Lenox Library, New York City...
Item #174504
November 06, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 6, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "The North means business". Fullpg: 'In & About Rugby--The English Colony in Tennessee'. Fullpg: 'Hqts. of the National Republican Committee, Fifth Ave., N.Y.' & halfpg: 'The Lenox Library, Fifth Ave., New York City'.
Full page: "Call You That Backing Of Your Fri... See More
Thomas Nast prints..
Item #174502
October 30, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 30, 1880 Front full page Thomas Nast illustration of "The Height of English's Ambition." Full page illustration of "Republican Enthusiasm in New York - The Grand Procession of October 11 Passing the Review Stand." Two 1/2 page illustration of "Mrs. Partington Hancock Struggling with the Republic Tide" and "Only Wai... See More
Early Baltimore...
Item #174500
October 23, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 23, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'Freedom of Suffrage to the Blacks Means Freedom of Suffrage to the Whites'. Over one-third pg. illustration of: 'Laying Out Baltimore Town, Jan. 12, 1730'. Fullpg. illustration: 'The Friend of Freedmen' shows Garfield being adored by a group of Blacks. Double page centerfold print by Thulstrup: ... See More
Thomas Nast cartoons... Quail hunting...
Item #174498
October 16, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 16, 1880 Full ftpg by Thomas Nast: 'Women Will Never be Statesmen'. Fullpg: 'The St. Louis Fair'. Fullpg print by W. A. Rogers: 'Now or Never--the White House or Bust'. Fullpg: 'The Quail and its Enemies'(hunting). Fullpg: 'Scenes in Rugby, the English Colony in Tennessee'. Fullpg. Nast pictorial with 4 prints.
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Nast print...
Item #174496
October 09, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 9, 1880 Front full pg. illus. of "The Democratic Axe Grinder." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "A Hopeless Undertaking." Full pg. Nast illus. entitled "A Financial Mistake."
Doublepage centerfold by Nast entitled "Another Kind of 'Silent (Democratic) Majority'." Two 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to "Not a... See More
A.B. Frost Hunting Print... W.A. Rogers... Thomas Nast...
Item #174494
October 02, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 2, 1880 The front page features a fullpage Thomas Nast cartoon entitled "The Toodles Ticket - The First Thing He Sees on Returning to the Democratic party is Thomspon with a P!". A ful page A. B. Frost illustration is entitled 'Gun-Shy' which is a hunting scene. Another full page illustration "The Capture of Andre" is f... See More
Cologne Cathedral...
Item #174492
September 25, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 25, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: "Resumption, of Honest Money and Work". Fullpg. pictorial of old Boston: "Antique Boston". Fullpg: 'The Long Suffering and Patient Race' shows two Blacks. Fullpg: 'Swimming a la Mode' shows women swimming in pond. Full page print: "Cologne Cathedral, Recently Finished After Six... See More
Long Branch, New Jersey...
Item #174490
September 18, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 18, 1880 Full page Thomas Nast cartoon "A Change Is Necessary". Full page Thomas Nast cartoon "He Will Be Gulliver in the Hands of the Brobdingnagians". Dramatic full page 'A Storm at Long Branch'. Doublepage centerfold "Out of the Deep". Full page with many scenes of removing the Egyptian Obelisk from the s... See More
Thomas Nast prints... W.A. Rogers print...
Item #174488
September 11, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 11, 1880 Front full page Thomas Nast illustration of "The Widow's Wants". Full page Thomas Nast illustration of "Wade Hampton's Dilemna". Full page W.A. Rogers illustration of "The Settler's First Home in the Far West".
Doublepage centerfold of "English Church Architecture - Carlisle Cathedral". 2/3... See More
Opium denks...
Item #174486
September 04, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 4, 1880 Front full page illustration of "Up Hill Work." A full page illustration of " Home Revisited." 2/3 page illustration of "An Opium Den in A Chinese City." Full page Thomas Nast illustration entitled "General Lookout." Full page illustration of "Sighting the Trawl Buoy." Full page illustration of... See More
Picking coffee in Costa Rica...
Item #174484
August 28, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 28, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: "Another fool's errand!". Fullpg print: 'The Newport Casino'. Fullpg. illus. regarding snipe hunting: "What has Become of the Snipe?". Nast doublepage centerfold cartoon: 'The Silent (Democratic) Majority'. Fullpg: 'Picking Coffee in Costa Rica'.
Other news and advertiseme... See More
Scenes of Mentone...
Item #174482
August 21, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 21, 1880 Full front page political cartoon by Nast: 'A Tail Praising Its Head'. Full page with 8 scenes: 'New Main Drainage Works for Boston'. Nice doublepage centerfold shows 9 'Scenes at Chautauqua'. 3/4 page shows 8 scenes 'View of Mentone and the Surrounding District'. Another full page Thomas Nast print 'Hard (Up)... See More
Summer resort at Long Beach...
Item #174480
August 14, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 14, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "The 'Harmonious Tribe' in Ambush". Great fullpg: "The New Summer Resort at Long Beach".
Halfpg. print: "Parade-Day" shows Blacks, with one man in a band uniform. Full page print: "Going to the Spring". A full page Nast cartoon: "General Inspection" plu... See More
Thomas Nast print...
Item #174478
August 07, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 7, 1880 Full front page illustration entitled "A Great Question." Inside is a full page illustration of "Scenes on Mount Desert." Full page Thomas Nast illustration of "Such a Load."
Doublepage centerfold. of "English Church Architecture - Lincoln Cathedral." Full page illustration of "Dog Days." 1/3 pag... See More
Cornwall, England...
Item #174476
July 31, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1880 Front full pg. illus. of "The Democratic Trojan Horse." Inside is a full pg. illus. entitled "General Hancock Gulliver, How do You Like it as far as You've Got?" 1/3 pg. illus. of "James Gordon Bennett's New Steam Yacht 'Polynia'." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Ocean Steam Yacht 'Anthracite'.&quo... See More
Indian Reservation... W.A. Rogers...
Item #174474
July 24, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 24, 1880 The front page of the issue is a political statement between 'Miss Columbia' and 'General H___' which is dealing with the upcoming election. "The 'Passion Play'" article features two large illustrations. The full page 'At High Bridge, Harlem River -- 'All Aboard' is by W.A. Rogers '.
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Barnum's New Museum, Madison Square...
Item #174472
July 17, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 17, 1880 Nice full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "Baby Politics". Dramatic fullpg. showing 5 scenes of: "The Burning of the 'Seawanhaka' ". Nice full page illus. of: "Barnum's New Museum, Madison Square" includes an inset illus. of "P.T. Barnum". Very nice doublepage centerfold by A.B. Frost: "A Coll... See More
Rifle match...
Item #174470
July 10, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 10, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Boom!!! - So Near, and Yet So Far." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Democratic Convention at Cincinnati - The Break for Hancock." 1/2 pg. portrait of "Major General W. S. Hancock, Democratic Candidate for President."
Doublepage centerfold of "The First Public Reading of the Dec... See More
Cleopatra's Needle...
Item #174468
July 03, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 3, 1880 Full ftpg. shows: "The Veteran SoldIers' d. bion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin". Fullpg. Nast political cartoon. Most of a pg. is on "The Coming Obelisk", being Cleopatra's Needle including several illustrations.
Nice doublepage centerfold: "The Great Disaster on the Sound" showing the wreck of the 'Narragansett&#... See More
Nast print... Garfield for president... "The Last Night in Gray"...
Item #174466
June 26, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 26, 1880 Full front page Nast illus. entitled "Bismarck has Resigned Again, Because He Can Not Have His Own Way in His Own Country." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Old and New Dorchester." Full pg. illus. of "The Last Night in Gray." Two full pg. portraits of "The Republican Candidate for President: James A. Garfield&quo... See More
U.S. currency... The Republican Convention...
Item #174464
June 19, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 19, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon. Fullpg. pictorial: "Coining Silver Dollars at the Philadelphia Mint"; 3/4 pg: "In a Virginia Country Store, Discussing the Republican Nominations".
Doublepage centerfold: "The Republican National Convention at Chicago"; fullpg. illus. "The Republican National Convention at Chicago" ... See More
A drive through Central Park...
Item #174462
June 12, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 12, 1880 Full ftpg: 'An Encounter With Icebergs'. Fullpg: 'The Three Graces' (Portrait of three boys). Doublepage centerfold: 'Coaching In New York, A Drive Through Central Park' plus much more.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Scenes from the Shetland Islands...
Item #174460
June 05, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 5, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "The Plumed Knight." Inside is a 2/3 pg. illus. of "A Cruise in Ten Tonner." Two 1/4 pg. portraits of "Prince Leopold" and "Dudley Buck." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Milton, Pennsylvania, Destroyed by Fire May 14." Full pg. containing many illus. pertaining to "Some Prize D... See More
Item #174458
May 29, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 29, 1880 Very nice fullpg: 'Immigrant's In Castle Garden' shows 6 scenes of their entry into America, plus another halfpg: 'Immigrants Landing at Castle Garden' with article. Many illus. of: 'The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church' 3/4 pg. Nast cartoon.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16... See More
Riot in Paterson, New Jersey...
Item #174456
May 22, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 22, 1880 Front full pg. portrait of "The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M.P." Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of "Sunday Morning in Virginia." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Robert Raikes, the Founder of Sunday Schools." 2/3 pg. Nast illus. entitled "Don't - Be Penny (Labor) Wiser and Pound (Capital) Foolish."
Doublepage cen... See More
Cruelty to children...
Item #174454
May 15, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 15, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "It is Whispered Again that Tilden Has Given In." Inside is a full pg. of illus. pertaining to "The United States Steamer 'Marion' in Quarantine at Flores Island, Off Montevideo." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Cruelty to Children - How the Little Waifs of the Street are Treated."
Doublepage ... See More
The fire at Madison Square Garden...
Item #174452
May 08, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 8, 1880 Entire ftpg. is taken up with illustrations of "The Colonels of the New York Seventh Regiment". Halfpg: "The Tragedy at Madison Square Garden" shows it in ruins after a fire. Halfpg: "Wild Fowl Massacres" shows a man hunting ducks. Fullpg. Nast cartoon: "The 'Magnetic' Blaine: Or a Very Heavy 'Load'... See More
Hudson River Tunnel...
Item #174450
May 01, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 1, 1880 Fullpg. text with 5 illus. on: 'The Hudson River Tunnel'. Fullpg: 'The Negro Exodus--the Old Style & the New' fullpg: 'The West Point Outrage--The Court of Inquiry in Session'.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Riverside Park, New York City...
Item #174448
April 24, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 24, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. entitled "Another Man That Trembles for Our Republican Form of Government." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Speckled Beauty of the Brooks." Several small illus. pertaining to "General Grant in Mexico - Visit to a Coffee Plantation." 2/3 of a doublepage centerfold of "A Meeting of t... See More
Worcesteer Cathedral...
Item #174446
April 17, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 17, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. entitled "Don't." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Valley of Mexico form Chapultepec." 1/3 pg. portrait of "General James Watson Webb."
Doublepage centerfold of "English Church Architecture - Worcester Cathedral." Full pg. Nast illus. of "The Die is Cast - Caesar and ... See More
The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Item #174444
April 10, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 10, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "Social Science Solved". Fullpg: "Grain Ships Laid Up in Gowanus Creek". The double page centerfold: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Central Park, New York." Fullpg: 'The American Line of European Steamers--Sketches on Board the 'Indiana''. Another full page Nast... See More
Chinese Opium palace, San Francisco...
Item #174442
April 03, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 3, 1880 Front full pg. illus. of "The Explosion in the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg - Scene in the Guard Room." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Preparing for Easter." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The 'Salvation Army'." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Rev. Robert L. Dashiell, D.D."
Dblpgctrfld. containing many illus. pertaini... See More
U.S. Grant's visit to Mexico....
Item #174440
March 27, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 27, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Boom! - And Off It Went." Inside is a full pg. containing six illus. pertaining to "Grant's Visit to Mexico - The Arrival at Vera Cruz." One 1/2 pg. illus. and one 1/4 pg. illus. pertaining to "Professor Nordenskjold's Reception at Naples, Italy." Full pg. illus. of "Cleari... See More
Chinatown, San Francisco...
Item #174438
March 20, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 20, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "The Ides of March." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Buying Trotting Horses on the Androscoggin." Four 1/4 pg. portraits of "General Lucius Fairchild," "Colonel John W. Foster," "Count Ferdinand De Lesseps," and "James Russell Lowell." Dblpgctrfld. of "... See More
Florda oranges...
Item #174436
March 13, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 13, 1880 Full ftpg. Th. Nast political cartoon: 'The European Plan' for creating a canal thru Panama. Nice fullpg: 'Florida Oranges--From the Grove to the Market' has 5 scenes. Another fullpg. Nast political cartoon: "Give the Natives a Chance, Mr. Carl". A full page with 6 sketches of: "Plans for Model School-Houses."
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A trip to San Diego....
Item #174434
March 06, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 6, 1880 Front full pg. illus. of "The Carnival in Havana - General Grant in the Procession." Inside are three 1/3 pg. illus. pertaining to "General Grant in Cuba - The Trip to San Diego." Full pg. Nast illus. entitled "Let Him Roar, Mr. Speaker." Full pg. illus. of "The Carnival in Central America." Full pg. Nast il... See More
Skating on the Schuylkill... A beer saloon...
Item #174432
February 28, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 28, 1880 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "The Herald of Relief from America." Inside are two 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to "General Grant in Cuba - The Visit to Havana." Full pg. illus. of "Washington Relics, Purchased by the United States Government from the Lewis Family."
Dblpgctrfld. of "A Skating Party on the Schuyl... See More
A Valentine's Day print... Nova Scotia...
Item #174430
February 21, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 21, 1880 Halfpg: 'Sketches on the Ice' shows ice skating. Halfpg: 'Gen. Grant In Florida--Reception at Key West' plus another of him: 'The Visit to Orange Park'. Fullpg. Valentine theme: 'A Romance of Other Days'. Very somber fullpg: 'A Negro Funeral in Virginia' is by A.B. Frost. Nearly fullpg: 'Canoeing In ... See More
General Grant in Florida...
Item #174428
February 14, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 14, 1880 Front full pg. illus. by Nast entitled "The Invasion of Indiana - A Colored Amazon Legion." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "General Grant in Florida - A Trip on the Oklawaha." 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Hot Lakes of New Zealand." Dblpgctrfld. of "Sketches from the Thirteenth Annual Exhibition of the American Wate... See More
Bicycles in America...
Item #174426
February 07, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 7, 1880 Full ftpg: 'The Call to Church: Early Colonial Times in New England'. Fullpg. with five scenes: 'Gen. Grant in Florida'. Halfpg: 'The Distress in Ireland: Peat Gatherers on the Moors'. Fullpg. Nast political cartoon. Fullpg: 'The Bicycle in America' shows 2 scenes.
Other news and advertisements of the day are in... See More
Harbor of Charleston...
Item #174424
January 31, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 31, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'Another Investigation Committee' shows a Black man in Kansas holding a bag reading: 'Exodus from the South'. Nearly halfpg: 'Whale Captured in the Harbor of Charleston, S.C.'. Illus. of 'The Late Frank Leslie'. Several illustrations of: 'Paris Under the Snow'. Another fullpg. Nas... See More
Metropolitan Concert Hall, New York...
Item #174422
January 24, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 24, 1880 Full front page Thomas Nast illustration entitled "Beware of Foreign Tramps." Full page illustration of "The Lebanon Club - New York Working Men's Coffee House." Full page Thomas Nast illustration of "Alonzo Garcelon Ceasar I."
Full page illustration of "The Mask Ball at the New York Academy of Music.&quo... See More
Meridian, Mississippi...
Item #174420
January 17, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 17, 1880 Front page has two prints of: "The Late Attempt on the Life of the Czar of Russia". Very nice fullpg: "A Cotton Blockade at Meridian, Mississippi" includes 9 scenes. Fullpg: "The Bridge Over the Firth of Tay, Scotland". Halfpg: "The Kremlin at Moscow"plus much more.
Other news and advertisements of the d... See More
Cleopatra's Needle...
Item #174418
January 10, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 10, 1880 Full ftpg: 'From the Land of the Nile to the Shores of the Hudson: Cleopatra's Needle'. Nearly halfpg: 'New Farmers' Market in New York'. Three-quarter pg: 'Some Early Inventions' shows five. Fullpg; 'Gen. Grant in Phila.' Fullpg: 'Christmas Dinner at the Five Points House'.
Other news and advert... See More
Nast Santa.... "Another Stocking to fill"...
Item #174416
January 03, 1880
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 3, 1880 The entire ftpg. is a Thomas Nast print captioned: "A Merry Christmas" showing Santa Claus dancing with Mother Goose (see). The doublepage centerfold is a very nice Thomas Nast Christmas print captioned: "Another Stocking to Fill" showing Santa Claus leaning over a sleeping baby (see). A full page shows: "Bringing Home C... See More
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