Opening of the Brooklyn elevated railway...
Item # 174980
May 23, 1885
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 23, 1885 Full front pg. illus. of "The United States Dispatch Boat "Dolphin"." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Opening of the Brooklyn Elevated Railway, May 13." Two 1/4 pg. portraits of "Edward O. Graves, Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing" and "George V. N. Lothrop, United States Minister to Russia." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Riel Rebellion-Attacking a Canadian Supply Steamer on the Saskatchewan." Twenty-four small portraits of men under the title "The Revised Version of the Old Testament-The American and English Companies of Revisers." Three 1/3 pg. illus. pertaining to "The Inter State Military Drill at Mobile, Alabama, May 6-9." Full pg. illus. of "The New Dynamite Balloon."
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Category: 1880-1889











