Fireboats of New York... The dead horse festival...
Item # 174716
November 11, 1882
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 11, 1882 The front page of the issue is comprised of a nice fullpage illustration 'A Fire at a New York Dock -- The River Fire Brigade at Work' which is a good view of a fire boat fighting a ship fire. Inside the issue is a three-quarter page 'The Burning of the Park Theatre'. The doublepage centerfold is of 'The New York Pension Agency' and three-quarter page 'The Dead Horse Festival' with 3 scenes. This issue also includes a story which features two illustrations by A.B. Frost and political cartoons by Thomas Nast.
Complete in 16 pages and contains additional prints and related text.
Complete in 16 pages and contains additional prints and related text.
Category: 1880-1889



















