New York Academy of Music...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 25, 1876  Full front-page Thomas Nast: 'Fixing Things - A Proper Steering Apparatus Found'.  This print includes "The New Democratic Slate...  For President, Jefferson Davis, of the South, For Vice-President, Fernando Wood, of the North."; Full-page: 'The Martha Washington Reception, New York Academy of Music'; ... See More  

Chinese emigration to America...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1876  Full front page Thomas Nast political cartoon: 'The Democratic Tiger Gone Mad'. Another full page Thomas Nast political cartoon inside 'The Foremost Champion of this Spirit of Reform'.

Doublepage centerfold: 'Chinese Emigration to America - Sketch on Board the Pacific Mail Steamship Alaska' with accompanying article. A full... See More  

Thomas Nast print... "The Centennial" prints...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  November 25, 1876  Front full page Thomas Nast illustration of "Waiting." Full page illustration of "The United States Steam Ship 'Ossipee' in a Cyclone."; 2/3 page illustration of "The Centennial - The Evening Rush for the Cars."

Full page illustration and two 1/2 page illustration pertaining to "The C... See More  

The Thanksgiving turkey...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 9, 1876  Full front page Thomas Nast political cartoon: 'The Ignorant Vote--Honors Are Easy' is Black-themed. A half-page illustration 'The Louisiana Returning Board - Taking the Oath' with an accompanying article.   

Doublepage centerfold: 'The British Arctic Expedition - Sunday Morning on Board the Alert, in Midwinter... See More  

Opening of the season at the North Pole...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 23, 1876 (includes supplement with "Vanity Fair Christmas, 1683")  Doublepage by Thomas Nast: 'Grant's Last Annual Message' shows a weeping Liberty figure; Full page: 'The Centennial--Wall paper Printing Press'; Front page: 'Burning of The Brooklyn Theatre - Scene at the Washington Street Entrance"; ... See More  

General Nelson Miles...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Mar. 10, 1877 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'Hewitt Down'. 1/4 pg: 'General Nelson Miles' Fullpg. Nast cartoon. Halfpg: 'Helping The Poor, Scene On Cherry Street'. 3/4 pg. pictorial of Buffalo hunting.

Nice print of Frederick Douglass...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 21, 1877  Certainly the feature of this issue is the nearly one-quarter pg. print of: "Frederick Douglass" with an article on him as well mentioning him being the new Marshall of D.C., with talk of his newspaper The North Star.

Other prints include a full ftpg. political cartoon by Thomas Nast: "Young American Roast Beef For Old England&quo... See More  

Niagara Falls...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 9, 1877  The full ftpg. is a Nast cartoon: 'The Almighty £'. Nice fullpg: 'Yacht Rendezvous, Gowanus Bay, Brooklyn--Preparing for the Yachting Season'. Halfpg: 'Scene at Niagara Falls--Buying Mementos'. Doublepage centerfold: 'A Chinese Reception in San Francisco'.

The beach at Long Branch... Coney Island...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 4, 1877  Full ftpg: 'The Great Dock Fisheries' includes blacks fishing off a dock. Fullpg. of 9 illustrations: 'On the Beach at Long Branch'. Fullpg: 'The Country Peddler'. Nice doublepage centerfold: 'The Coney Island Concourse'. Two halfpg. illus. on: 'The Montreal Riot'

Death of Brigham Young, with an illustration of him...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Sept 15, 1877 Nearly halfpg. illus. of: 'Brigham Young', with obituary. Two halfpg. scenes: 'Des Moines Rapids Canal--The Lock Above the Rapids' & 'Through the Veta Pass...', Denver & Rio Grand RR expansion.

Wagon trains at Helena, Montana...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Feb. 2, 1878 Great dblpgctrfld. by Nast: 'Italians, Your 1st King is Dead'. Great fullpg: 'Wagon Trains at Helena, Montana' shows a typical western street scene. Nice shape.

St. Augustine, Florida... New York Aquarium...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, May 11, 1878 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "The lion of 'the best society' in England". Fullpg: 'Sketches in the New York Aquarium' and 'Love in Blackville: The Wooing of the Twins' shows blacks. Halfpg: 'Indian School at Ft. Marion, St. Augustine, Florida' & 'Archery Practice' One-third pg: 'The New Music Hall, Ci... See More  

William Cullen Bryant...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, June 29, 1878 Full ftpg. Nast print. 3/4pg. illus: 'Wm. Cullen Bryant' plus 2 scenes of his Home at Roslyn, Long Island, who recently died. Dramatic Nast dblpgctrfld.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 11, 1879  Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'The Gold New Year', plus another fullpg. by Nast inside. One-third pg: 'Scene At Pine Bluff Station, Arkansas'. Great fullpg. of 6 scenes of: 'Wonders Underground--The Caves of Luray, Va.'

Other news and advertisements of the day are included. This issue is complete in 16 pages and is in good c... See More  

Academy of Music, New York City...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 15, 1879  Full ftpg. by Th. Nast: 'Coming Back to Mother England's Apron Strings'. Halfpg: 'Indian Chief Having His Hair Dressed' & 'Across the Missouri by Rail, at Bismarck, Dakota Terr.' Fullpg. Nast: 'A Matter of Taste'. There is a full page print: "The Martha Washington Reception, Academy of Music, New York-... See More  

Views of Leadvville, Colorado...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 21, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "The Old National Spirit is Gone (For the President)." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The New Iron Pier at Long Branch, Now in Process of Construction." Three large illus. pertaining to "Leadville" including "View in Chestnut Street," "Interior of Shaft House," and &q... See More  

Brighton Beach, Coney Island...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 9, 1879  Full ftpg. Nast cartoon. Halfpg: 'A Little Black Tea At Blackville'. Fullpg: 'The New Iron Pier At West Brighton Beach, Coney Island'. Halfpg: 'Four Celebrated Setters' (dogs). There are two 2/3 page prints: "Among the Tenement-Houses During the Heated Term--Just Before Daybreak" and "A Narrow Way in Cairo&q... See More  

Indian chiefs in the Ute War...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 25, 1879  Full ftpg Nast: 'Reducing the U.S. Army Again--Let all Savages Rejoice'. Halfpg: 'Prospecting on the Ute Reservation' shows a miner meeting an Indian. Great fullpg. with 10 illustrations of: 'The Ute War--Portraits of Chiefs'. Four half page prints of: 'Gen. Grant at San Francisco'.

Other news and advertisements... See More  

First appearance together of the Democratic donkey & Republican elephant...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 27, 1879  An ideal issue for any political junkie as it contains the famous Thomas Nast print with the first appearance together of the Republican elephant & Democratic donkey. Thomas Nast was the creator of these two famous political symbols making this a very significant print. The caption reads: "Stranger Things Have Happened."

The ba... See More  

A Valentine's Day print... Nova Scotia...

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  

Barnum's New Museum, Madison Square...

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  

Long Branch, New Jersey...

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  

Valentine's Day... The Bowery of New York...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 26, 1881  Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "An Interior Investigation". Halfpg: 'A Race on the Ice--Bicycles vs. Skates'. Fullpg: 'St. Valentine's Day in the Morning' and 'Winter Amusements', by A.B. Frost. Fullpg: 'A Night Scene in the Bowery, New York' & 'The Streets of New York' is cartoonis... See More  

Nast cartoon with Republican elephant...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 16, 1881  The prime print in this issue is the full front page Thomas Nast print titled: "The Readjusting Performances". The prime feature of this famous political cartoon is the image of an elephant labeled: "Republican Pachyderm".

Thomas Nast was the creator of the elephant as a symbol of the Republican party, the donkey for the Demo... See More  

Paddlewheeler on the Ohio River...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1881  Wreck of the Canadian excursion steamboat "The Victoria". Nice halfpg. shows 'A Sunday Excursion on the Ohio River' shows a very crowded paddlewheeler. Halfpg. shows: 'Wheelmen in Boston', being a parade of men on 'boneshaker' bicycles. Nast cartoon: "The New Stamp Act--Approved".

Other news and adverti... See More