GLEASON'S PICTORIAL DRAWING-ROOM COMPANION, Boston MA, September 13, 1851. This 16 page newspaper is one of the few illustrated newspapers of that time. The famed Harper's Weekly didn't start until 1857. The woodcuts in these issues give the public a sense of what was going on around America at the time. This particular issue has the following woodcuts: The Celebrated Niblo's Hotel, New York City, ftpg. - Sunny Side, the residence of Washington Irving - Scene Representing the Late Tornado at Medford, Mass. - Encampment of Foot Guards at the Glass Palace (Hyde Park, London) - Bishop's Patent Floating Derrick - View of the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. - United States Line of Battle Ship, North Carolina - United States Naval Lyceum, Brooklyn, N.Y. - Camp Meeting at Eastham, Mass. (church revival) - Scene from Conrado de Beltran - South Mines, Jamestown, California (gold mining) - Chief Justice Shaw - Steamship City of Manchester and more. There is text as well along with these prints. Nice condition.