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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, 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, 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, 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, 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

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. 19, 1856  Among the prints within are a front page print of: "The Chippewa Indians". Inside has a great tipped-in, doublepage centerfold: "General Scott's Triumphant… 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 1, 1856  The front page is mostly taken up with an emblematic print of the: "State of Vermont".
Among the prints within are: "John Taylor & Sons' Brewery, Albany,… 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.
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BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Oct. 10, 1857  The front page features a print of the: "Surf & Bell Boat, Harding's Ledge, Boston Harbor".
Other prints within include 5 of St. Paul, Minnesota… 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, Feb. 6, 1858  The front page features an article and print of: "Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Mayor of Boston".
An inside page has an article and two prints of "Syracuse,… 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, 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, Nov. 21, 1857  The front page features a very nice: ":View of the Capitol Montgomery, Alabama which in a few years be the capital of the Confederacy before moving to… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Dec. 19, 1857  The front page features an article and print: "An Everyday Scene In Washington Street, Boston".
Inside has 2 pages of text and 4 prints on: "The Mohawk… 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, 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, April 3, 1858  The front page has a print of: "St. Jermain's Hotel, Chazy Lake, Northern New York" with a related article.
Among other prints inside: "Protestant… 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, July 3, 1858  The front page features a nice print: "Class Day at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass." with a related article.
Prints within include: "Arabic French… more

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, July 31, 1858  The front page features a nice print: "The New Post office, Corner of Summer & Chauncy Streets, Boston" with an article.
Inside has two 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