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BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 24, 1859  The front page features a print: "Winter Scene in New England" showing a sleigh ride.
Prints within include: "Ornamented Paneling at the Capitol,… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 1, 1881  The entire front page is a Thomas Nast print showing the Liberty figure weeping over a memorial to President James Garfield.
A three-quarters page print:… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 9, 1859  

* American illustrator Winslow Homer
* Very early illustrations in a periodical

This issue features two prints by renowned artist Winslow Homer,… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 4, 1858  The front page has the print of: "William E. Burton, Esq., Comedian", which is by Winslow Homer. 
Other prints within include: "Falls on the St. John, New… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Massachusetts, July 4, 1857

* Winslow Homer Print
* "Hon. William Haile"

Winslow Homer prints are very desirable, and among the more difficult periodical  titles… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 19, 1856  

* United States Capitol Building illustration

The front page features an emblematic print of the: "State of Illinois" with a related article. 
Other prints… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 4, 1857  

* American illustrator Winslow Homer
* Very early illustration in a periodical

Winslow Homer prints are very desirable, and among the more difficult… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 22, 1856  The front page features an illustration of "Hon. Edward Everett." Inside has several prints of the: "Shot Tower at Baltimore" which still exists in… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 6, 1858  The front page features a dramatic print: "Stagecoach Attacked by Wolves in Maine" with a related article.
Inside includes a full page print: "Moorish… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 6, 1857 

* American illustrator Winslow Homer
* Very first illustration in a periodical

This periodical was formatted much like Harper's Weekly but predated… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 19, 1857 

* Winslow Homer print: "The Late William Wood"

Winslow Homer prints are very desirable and among the more difficult periodical  titles in which to… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Nov. 7, 1857 

* American illustrator Winslow Homer
* Very early illustration in a periodical

Winslow Homer prints are very desirable, and among the more difficult… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Jan. 26, 1856  Among the prints within are a front page print of: "United States Steam Frigate Merrimac" with a related article. Also within: "Academy At South Berwick,… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, February 23, 1856  The front page is mostly taken up with a print: "A Snow Scene on Boston Common".
Among the prints within are: "The Embarkation of Emigrants" "The… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 8, 1856  The front page is taken up with: "Various Railroad Depots In Boston".
Among the prints within two pages with 8 prints of "New Bedford", Massachusetts,… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 26, 1856  The front page features a print of: "The New Addition to the Boston State House" with a related article.
Other prints include: "Boston Railroad Depot,… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 15, 1856  Most of the front page is taken up with: "Central View of Waltham, Massachusetts" with a related article. 
Prints within include two full page prints on:… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 24, 1856  The front page  has a print of: "The Thousand Islands--River St. Lawrence" and a related article.
Prints within include: "Island of Labuan, Borneo"; a nice… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 28, 1856  The front page  has a print: "Scene in Fulton Market, New York City" with an article. A great, tipped-in doublepage centerfold: "Representation of Brighton… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Jan. 10, 1857  The front page  has an emblematic print of the state of "Mississippi" with a related article.
Prints within include: "Boats of Foreign Countries", two… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, March 14, 1857  The front page features a print: "Towing Up an Emigrant Ship Through the Ice, New York Harbor" with a related article.
Prints within include: "Chamois… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Feb. 7, 1857  

* Jersey City neighborhood scene

The front page has a print & article: "The Dogs of St. Bernard". Among the prints within is a nice view of;… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 4, 1857  Inside has 3 prints of "The Island of St. Pauls, Indian Ocean". Other prints include: "The Female College At Worcester, Massachusetts" more formally known… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 30, 1857  The front page features a print of: "Mr. Edwin Booth, as 'Sir Giles Overreach' " with an article on him. He was the older brother of John Wilkes Booth.
… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 12, 1857  Two pages with text includes four prints of: "Columbus and Xenia, Ohio" including: "View of the Lunatic Asylum, Columbus" "Bridge Over the Big Darby, Ohio"… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Jan. 9, 1858  The front page has a print: "Station House, Hotel & Steamboat Landing at Rouse's Point, New York" with a related article.
Inside has 2 pages of descriptive… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 10, 1858  Prints within include: "Wood-Choppers Attacked by a Bear in the Forests of Maine". Also 2 pages of text with 5 prints on: "Views in Portland, Maine"… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 1, 1858  Inside has 2 pages of text with 8 prints of: "Cottage Architecture". Also a print of: "The Union School any Niles, Michigan" with an article, plus: "The City… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, May 8, 1858  The front page has an article and two prints of: "Ethan Allen's Monument" and: "Grave of Ethan Allen at Burlington, Vermont".
Inside has 2 pages of… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Oct. 31, 1857  The front page has an article and related print on: "Emigrants At Constitution Wharf, Boston".
Other prints include: "Perils of the Pacific Whale Trade"… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 26, 1857  The front page features an article and print: "The Great Eastern Steamship, the Leviathan of the Deep".
Inside has two pages of text and 4 prints on:… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Jan. 16, 1858  

* Pre-Civil War Southern city views - prints

Inside has two pages with 4 prints on: "Macon, Georgia" including: "Botanic College at Macon" "Court… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Nov. 14, 1857  

* Pre Civil War street scenes and views

Inside has two pages of descriptive text with 8 prints of "Rahway, New Jersey" including 2 churches, 2… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 24, 1858  The front page features a nice print of the: "Cathedral of St. Louis & Jackson Square, New Orleans" with a related article.
Prints within include:… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Feb. 13, 1858  The front page has a print of: "The Wreck of the Ship Serampore, off Cohasset", Massachusetts. There is a related article.
Inside has 2 pages of text with… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 5, 1858  The front page features a nice print: "The Late Crevasse [breach of a river bank] act Bell's Plantation Near New Orleans" with an article.
Inside has 2… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Aug. 7, 1858  The front page features two prints: "Artesian Wells in Charleston,  S.C." and: "Forts Pinckney and Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina" with a related… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 24, 1858  The front page features a print and article: "United States Marine Hospital and Mississippi River, New Orleans". 
Prints within include: "Mount Blanc and… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 4, 1858  The front page features a print and article: "View of the City Hall, Richmond, Virginia".
Prints within include: "View of Jeddah, Scene of the Late… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 18, 1858  The front page features a print and article: "Rock Island Railroad Bridge, on the Mississippi River".
Other prints within include: "The Aissaouas of… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 25, 1858  The front page features a print and article on: "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow".
Among several prints inside is: "Right Rev. William Ingraham Kip D.C.,… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 17, 1859  The front page has a print of: "The Washington Building, Washington Street, Boston" with a related article. 
Prints within include: "New University… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 10, 1859  Although there are several prints in this issue, perhaps the most notable for collection would be the one-third page print: "View of Bedford Township, and… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 3, 1859  Inside has two parades of text with 8 prints of: "Suburban Scenery Around Boston". The prints include: "Nonantum, Brighnton" "J. W. Edmand's House, Newton… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Oct. 22, 1859  The front page has a print of: "The Old Salt House, Long Wharf, Boston".
Other prints within include: "View on the Chenango River, New York"; a montage of… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 28, 1855  A periodical much in the style of the more popular Harper's Weekly, but this title existed before Harper's did.
The front page has a print of: "May… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 13, 1857  

* Early Winslow Homer print
* Boston street scene

The front page features one of the earliest Winslow Homer prints to appear in a periodical, in… more