Historic Newspapers: Harper's Weekly Issues Under $50
One of the most fascinating newspapers to discover from the past is Harper's Weekly, which featured evocative and detailed illustrations from across the United States, particularly from the Civil War and the westward expansion.
Found 2277 Results
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Item #538740HARPER'S WEEKLY dated June 21, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads including a political cartoons entitled "Before Richmond"; " Inhuman Treatment of Rebel Commissioners in Europe; and "A Dangerous Novelty in... Read full description -
Item #538738HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1863 (print only) This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads including a political cartoon entitled "I Wanted - An Cedipus". See photos for details.
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches. -
Item #538736HARPER'S WEEKLY dated December 6, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads including a political cartoon entitled "John Bull as Painted by Himself". See photos for details.
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches. -
Item #538734HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1865 (print only) This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads including one for "President Lincoln - His Portrait, with Comments on His life and Death - in Phrenological Journal...". See photos for details.... Read full description
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Item #538691HARPER'S WEEKLY dated April 12, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains an engraving entitled "Views at New Madrid and Point Pleasant" which is comprised of three illustrations and an inset of General Pope.
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75... Read full description -
Item #538688HARPER'S WEEKLY dated April 4, 1863 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains three engravings entitled "The Army of the Cumberland - Head-Quarters of Major-General M'Cook, Commanding Twentieth Army Corps"; "The Army of the Cumberland - The Nashville and... Read full description -
Item #538685HARPER'S WEEKLY dated August 17. 1861 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains two engravings entitled "A Fire Zouave Relating His Experience of the Battle of Bull Run in the Street at Washington" and "Recapture of the Schooner 'Enchantress' by the... Read full description -
Item #538683HARPER'S WEEKLY dated March 22, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains two engravings entitled "Newport News Battery before the Fight" and "Brigadier-General Mansfield and Staff at Newport News during the Engagement".
The print size is... Read full description -
Item #538680HARPER'S WEEKLY dated January 31, 1863 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains two engravings entitled "Appearance of the Site of the Deserted Rebel Camps near Murfreesboro" and "Murfreesboro, Tennessee".
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75... Read full description -
Item #538677HARPER'S WEEKLY dated December 13, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains a single engraving entitled "The City of Petersburg, Virginia".
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches. -
Item #538674HARPER'S WEEKLY dated November 16, 1861 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains a single engraving entitled "Beef for the Army Crossing the Long Bridge at Washington".
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches. -
Item #538672HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 26, 1863 (print only) This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads and a cartoon entitled "Presentation to Jeff Davis". See photos for details.
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches. -
Item #538671HARPER'S WEEKLY dated June 27, 1863 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads and a cartoon entitled "One Kind of Patriotism". See photos for details.
The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches. -
Item #221943Harper's Weekly dated October 28, 1871.
This is a single-page framed print. The print contains the engraving "Chicago in Ruins ".
The print size is approximately 14.5 x 21 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 19.5 x 26 inches. The matting color is a medium shade... Read full description -
Item #221932HARPER'S WEEKLY dated July 25, 1874. (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. The print contains the engraving "A Saturday Noon in a Southwestern Town ".
The print size is approximately 9.5 x 15 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 13.75 x 19 inches.... Read full description -
Item #221925HARPER'S WEEKLY dated February 23, 1867. (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. The print contains the engraving "Scene in a New York Faro Bank - The Critical Moment: Making 'The Turn' ".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches. The matting color is a... Read full description -
Item #221924HARPER'S WEEKLY dated March 23, 1867. (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. The print contains the engraving "The Indian Battle and Massacre Near Fort Philip Kearney, Dacotah Territory, December 21, 1866 ".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches. The matting... Read full description -
Item #221674HARPER'S WEEKLY dated October 14, 1871 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The Levee at St. Louis, Missouri ".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75... Read full description -
Item #221671HARPER'S WEEKLY dated August 25, 1877 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "Anticipation - Return From A Melon Scout".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75... Read full description -
Item #221660HARPER'S WEEKLY dated September 1, 1883 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The English Mania for Private Theatricals Invades Blackville".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size... Read full description -
Item #221658HARPER'S WEEKLY dated September 7, 1878 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "Wedding Trip of the Blackville Twins - Off for Europe".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately... Read full description -
Item #221656HARPER'S WEEKLY dated March 18, 1876 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The First Ulster in Blackville - Consternation and Flight of the Inhabitants".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted... Read full description -
Item #221654HARPER'S WEEKLY dated September 28, 1878 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The Coaching Season in Blackville - The Grand Start".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is... Read full description -
Item #221653HARPER'S WEEKLY dated November 23, 1878 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "Decorative Art Has At Last Reached Blackville - 'Dat Small Japan Jug Cum from de Ruins of Pompy'".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75... Read full description -
Item #221651HARPER'S WEEKLY dated January 11, 1868 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The Barn-Yard".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches. The matting... Read full description -
Item #221253Here a full page pictorial print from the March 1, 1894 issue of Harper's Weekly. The title of this print is: "Winter Sport In Colorado, Hunting With Hounds The Jack-Rabbit Of the Prairie". Print only !
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Item #221229HARPER'S WEEKLY; dated: January 6, 1894. This print shows an inside hotel scene in Cripple, Creek Colorado. Print Only !
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Item #220923HARPER'S WEEKLY dated September 28, 1872 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This Thomas Nast is a full page engraving of "Circumstances Alter Cases" .
The print size is approximately 10 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 16 x 20 inches. The matting color is a medium shade of linen/beige color. -
Item #220922HARPER'S WEEKLY dated February 5, 1870 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "Manton Marble" .
The print size is approximately 10 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 16 x 20 inches. The matting color is a... Read full description -
Item #220921HARPER'S WEEKLY dated March 5, 1870 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The Late Joseph Wesley Harper" .
The print size is approximately 10 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 16 x 20 inches. The matting... Read full description -
Item #220920HARPER'S WEEKLY dated May 24, 1879 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "Fox-Hunting in Blackville - Mrs. Johnson is Entitled to the Brush" .
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size... Read full description -
Item #220919HARPER'S WEEKLY dated July 14, 1877 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The 'Fourth' in Blackville - 'Hold on to Sumfen, She's Goin' off Dis Time'." .
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches... Read full description -
Item #220918HARPER'S WEEKLY dated June 7, 1884 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "The Phrenologist at Blackville" .
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches. The... Read full description -
Item #220916HARPER'S WEEKLY dated May 31, 1873 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. This is a full page engraving of "Captain Jack and His Companions" .
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches.... Read full description -
Item #220913HARPER'S WEEKLY dated January 11, 1868 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. The print contains an engraving of "The Barn-Yard" .
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches. The matting... Read full description -
Item #220895HARPER'S WEEKLY dated February 23, 1867 (print only)
This is a single-page framed print. The print contains a single page illustration "Scene in a New York Faro Bank - The Critical Moment: Making 'The Turn' ".
The print size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and... Read full description -
Item #220893HARPER'S WEEKLY dated June 15, 1872
This is the complete issue. The print shown in the matting is of the front cover, a Thomas Nast illustration entitled "'Stand By Your Guns, Men!'".
The size is approximately 9.75 x 14.75 inches and the overall matted size approximately is 14.75 x 19.75 inches. The matting color is a medium shade... Read full description -
Great Statue of Liberty sketch..
Item #177853HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 19, 1913 The inside has two pages of vignettes (photoed by the famous photographer Paul Thompson) of well-known actor's and actresses of the period which include Jack Barrymore, Otis Skinner, Vincent Serrano, and Blanch Bates. Also present are images related to: "The Striker," by Frederick... Read full description -
Item #177851HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 2, 1913 The inside has two pages of vignettes, "The Four Hundred And The Four Million," contrasting the life of the rich and the poor. Included are photos of newsboys, Coney Island, John Nicholas Brown, and Newport Children. Also shown are images and/or text related to: "The Ward Of... Read full description
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Item #177850HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, July 11, 1914
This issue has a color cover page before the title.
In this issue, there are several articles including "A Republican Suicide"; "When Chesterton Is Angry"; "The Women on the Farm"; "Beckham of Kentucky"; "Around the Capitol", "Sports",... Read full description -
Item #177849HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, July 4, 1914
This issue has a color cover page before the title page featuring the 4th of July.
In this issue, there are several articles including "Your Chance of Drowning"; "Mona Lisa and the Wheelbarrow" pertaining to da Vinci's diagram; "Around the Capitol"; "You... Read full description -
Item #177833HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, April 29, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "The Coming Election" by Charles D. Hazen; "Plutarch Lights of History--No. 7: Bernard Shaw" by F. P.... Read full description -
Item #177832HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, April 22, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "A New War Secretary's Ideas" by Fred C. Kelly; "The U. S. S. Oklahoma" by Truman Smith; "the... Read full description -
Item #177831HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, April 15, 1916
Note: As is typical for the later issues of Harper's Weekly, the color cover is not present.
In this issue, there are several articles including "Two Poems by Richard Le Gallienne; "The Five Ages of the Bowery"; "The Wilson Administration and the Wage-Worker" by William B.... Read full description -
Item #177829HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, April 1, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "The Next Election" by Henry French Hollis, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire; "The Nation's Capital";... Read full description -
Item #177828HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, March 25, 1916 (without color wrapper)
In this issue, there are several articles including "A Great Artist in a New Field" which includes an illustration by Hassam; "Henry James" by Henry S. Canby; "Japan, China, and... Read full description -
Item #177827HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, March 18, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "Theodore Roosevelt--Visionary" by Charles Merz; "The Nation's Capital"; "What One Department... Read full description -
Item #177826HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, March 11, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "The Next Election" by Senator Robert L. Owen; "Feminism" by Evelyn King Gilmore; "How We Are... Read full description -
Item #177825HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, March 4, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "A Week With the Russians Army" by Samuel N. Harper; "Concerning Foreign Affairs" by Franklin K. Lane;... Read full description -
Item #177824HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, February 26, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "Pen, Ink and War" by Elon Jessup which includes several ink illustrations; "What I Saw in Poland" by W. H. Hamilton; "The Senate and Republican... Read full description






















































