The Illinois Railroad disaster... Kennebcunk...
Item # 175214
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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1887 Front page print: "The Illinois Railroad Disaster--Views of the Wreck and the Broken Bridge".
Very nice fullpg. print: "In A Cotton Field" shows several Blacks picking cotton. Great fullpg: "Around Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach" shows 9 scenes. Fullpg: "Loading an Ocean Steamer at Night". Another page on the "Illinois Railroad Disaster" shows 3 scenes.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Very nice fullpg. print: "In A Cotton Field" shows several Blacks picking cotton. Great fullpg: "Around Kennebunk and Old Orchard Beach" shows 9 scenes. Fullpg: "Loading an Ocean Steamer at Night". Another page on the "Illinois Railroad Disaster" shows 3 scenes.
Other news and advertisements of the day are included. Complete in 16 pages.
Categories: 1880-1889, Post-Civil War
Price
$38
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.
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