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Item #175110HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 21, 1886 Full ftpg. is a famous Frederic Remington print: 'Soldiering in the Southwest--The Rescue of Corporal Scott, a Black soldier.'
Fullpg: 'A Forest Fire'. Halfpg: 'Types From Arizona' includes Indians & soldiers. Displayable fullpg. print: 'Annapolis, Md.'... Read full description -
Item #175108HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 14, 1886 Full ftpg: "Samuel J. Tilden". Fullpg: "The Funeral of Samuel J. Tilden". The doublepage centerfold: "A Prairie Fire" shows deer running from it. Halfpg: "President Cleveland's Country House". A one-third page illustration: 'Franz Liszt' with an article... Read full description -
Item #175106HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 7, 1886 Nice full ftpg. Thomas Nast cartoon: 'The Watch on Spoilers'. Halfpg: 'Arriving at an Emigrants Boarding-House in New York'. doublepage centerfold: 'The Smoking Room of an Atlantic Steamer'. Nice fullpg: 'San Francisco--The Mare Island Navy Yard' shows 5 scenes. Nice... Read full description -
Item #175104HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1886 Nice front page print: "The British Cutter Galatea, Challenger for the America's Cup" is a nice sailing scene. Full page print: "Scenes of the Volcanic Eruptions in New Zealand" which shows 4 scenes. Fullpg: "Twenty-Fourth Festival of North... Read full description -
Item #175102HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 24, 1886 Full ftpg: "A Cheyenne Courtship" is nice. Fullpg. hunting scene: "Summer Woodcock Shooting". Fullpg: "The Bicentennial of Albany--The Old & The New" shows several scenes. Full page Thomas Nast print: "A Too Short Vacation" plus much more.
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Item #175100HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 17, 1886 Full ftpg: "American Fishermen Laying in Ice at Sea". Halfpg: "Signaling the Main Command" is by Remington. Very nice doublepage centerfold: "Wheeling on Riverside Drive". Fullpg. article on "The Graphophone" shows 3 illus., & begins "One of the most brilliant... Read full description -
Item #175098HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 10, 1886 The front page of the issue is "Jack of the Tules" by Bret Harte. Inside the issue is a fullpage "The Senatorial Round-House" by Nast; fullpage "the Regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club, off Marblehead, Massachusetts"; nice fullpage print: "Lawn-Tennis Tournament";... Read full description -
Item #175096HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 3, 1886 Front page print: "In The Small Back Parlor Behind The Apothecary's Shop". Nice fullpg. Thomas Nast illus: "At His Post" shows President Cleveland. Dblpgctrfld: "Mount Vernon--The Room In Which George Washington Died". Nice fullpg: "A Pilgrimage To Mount Vernon" and another... Read full description -
Item #175094HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 26, 1886 Nice full ftpg: 'The Priscilla Winning the Atlantic Club Regatta' is a great sailing scene. Fullpg. Thomas Nast political illustration: 'What Is Sure To Stick".
Doublepage centerfold: 'The Drive to the Soldier's Home at Washington' is a coaching scene. Fullpg:... Read full description -
Item #175092HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 19, 1886 Front page print of: "William Dean Howells". Nice fullpg. print: 'Coaches at Jerome Park on a Race Day'. Very nice fullpg: 'Mount Popocatepetl' from Mexico, is beautiful. Fullpg. Nast political illustration: "Both" plus much more.
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Item #175090HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 12, 1886 Front page print by Thomas Nast: "Blessed Be The Union--More Civil Service Reform". Fullpg: 'The President's Wedding--The Ladies of the Cabinet'.
Doublepage centerfold: 'The President' s Wedding' is sewn in, and shows the actual ceremony before the minister, plus a... Read full description -
Item #175088HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 5, 1886 Full ftpg. illus: 'Oliver Wendell Holmes'. Nice fullpg: 'Annual Meet of the Wheelmen at Boston' is a great illus. of men on high-wheeled bicycles. Great doublepage centerfold: 'Rafting Logs' shows 10 scenes, including a central theme from the Wisconsin area. 3/4pg. Nast... Read full description -
Item #175086HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 29, 1886 Full ftpg: 'Spring Lamb' shows 3 scenes. Halfpg. shows 3 of the 'Mescalero Apaches'. Halfpg: 'The Proposed New Capitol of Georgia'. Doublepage centerfold: 'Shot On Picket' by Thulstrup, from a sketch by Frederic Remington. Fullpg: 'Arlington' shows 7 scenes.
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Item #175084HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 22, 1886 Full ftpg. shows: 'A Mounted Sword Contest at San Francisco'. Fullpg. with many illus. of: 'New York Architecture--The Tiffany & Marquand Houses'. Fullpg: 'Centennial Celebration of the Chatham Artillery at Savannah, Ga.' Nice illus. of the: 'Proposed Memorial Tower at Paris'... Read full description -
Item #175082HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 15, 1886 Full ftpg. by Nast: 'Too Heavy a Load for the Trade Unions'. Nice fullpg: 'Sketches from Minneapolis, Minnesota' shows 7 scenes. Nice halfpg: 'The New Grounds of the Metropolitan Base-Ball Club on Staten Island'. Dramatic doublepage centerfold: 'The Anarchist Riot... Read full description -
Item #175080HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 8, 1886 The full ftpg. shows: "Some Setters & Pointers at the Dog Show" with a related article inside. Other prints include: "The Canoe Exhibition", a Thomas Nast political cartoon: "The Root Of The Matter"; a doublepage centerfold of: "Trinity Church, Boston"; and a... Read full description -
Item #175078HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 1, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast illustration themed on "Oliver Cromwell & Charles I". Fullpg: 'The Cyclone in Minnesota'. A halfpg: 'The Proposed Capitol of Colorado'. The doublepage centerfold: 'The Strike' is a dramatic scene. Halfpg: 'Exhibition of... Read full description -
Item #175076HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 24, 1886 The entire front page is taken up with two prints captioned: "Closing Scenes of the Apache War", the upper one: "Geronimo and His Band" and the lower one: "General Crook's Conference With Geronimo", showing both, among others. Inside has a full page with four prints of:... Read full description -
Item #175074HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 17, 1886 Full ftpg: 'An Incident of the Floods In Alabama' shows a train stalled in water. Fullpg. has 4 illus: 'The Chiracahua Apaches' subheaded: 'Geronimo's Aids'. The doublepage centerfold: 'The Strike At East St. Louis--Firing Into the Crowd'. A... Read full description -
Item #175072HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 10, 1886 Full ftpg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "What's In A Name?". Fullpg. text & 2 illus: 'The Apache War' includes a nice illus. of 'Geronimo, The Renegade Chief Of the Chiracahua Apaches'. Dramatic doublepage centerfold: Making Bessemer Steel at Pittsburgh'. A very good... Read full description -
Item #175070HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 3, 1886 Full ftpg: 'Flower Show at the Metropolitan Opera-House, New York City'. Two-thirds pg: 'Explosion of Natural Gas at Murrysville, Pennsylvania". Great fullpg. hunting print: 'Spring Snipe-Shooting' is very displayable. Fullpg: 'Approach to the Philadelphia Station of the Pennsylvania... Read full description -
Item #175068HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 27, 1886 Full ftpg. is the famous Nast political cartoon: 'Our System of Feathering Nests Breeds Tweeds all Over the Land'. Halfpg: 'New Railroad Bridge Across the Ohio Near Louisville'. Dramatic doublepage centerfold: 'The Sinking of the 'Oregon'--Transferring the Passengers'. Halfpg:... Read full description -
Item #175066HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 20, 1886 Full ftpg. Thomas Nast cartoon: "One Thing You Are Accountable To The Public For". 1/3 pg: "The Cunard Steamer 'Oregon', Lost Off Long Island". Fullpg: "A Loggers' Camp At Night". Fullpg: "The United States Ship Of War 'Atlanta'".... Read full description -
Item #175064HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 13, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast illustration: "Like Cromwell--Not 'Like Charles the First,'--Mr. Edmunds". Two half page prints: "The $29,000 Filly Dew-Drop" and "A Meet of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club at the House of Theodore Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long... Read full description -
Item #175062HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 6, 1886 Halfpg: 'Newsboys' Lodging House' in New York ' & 'The Ice Gorge On the Hudson, Near Albany'. Fullpg: 'The Anti-Chinese Riot at Seattle, Wash. Territory'.
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Item #175060HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 27, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: "The 'Something' (That) 'Should be Done by Me to Relieve Myself and the Administration". Nice fullpg: 'Cattle In a Blizzard on the Plains'. Nearly halfpg: 'Winter in Philadelphia'. Nice doublepage centerfold: 'Sleighing In... Read full description -
Item #175058HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 20, 1886 Full ftpg. Thomas Nast illus. Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock who recently died. Fullpg. shows 4 scenes of "The Ice Palace at St. Paul". A 2/3 page Nast print: "Defacing the Administration Sign". 2/3 page print of "Cardinal James Gibbons". Nice... Read full description -
Item #175056HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 13, 1886 The front page features a full page illustration "That Garland Has Slipped - His Various Channels of Usefulness in Public Trust -- Are At An End!" by Thomas Nast. Within the issue is a full page illustration "The Chinese Highbinders in San Francisco"... Read full description -
Item #175054HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 6, 1886 Nice full ftpg: "Platform Deer-Shooting" shows a man about to shoot a deer. Nearly full page Thomas Nast print: "A Lesson In Greek". One-third pg: "Ice Bound on the Lakes". The double page centerfold: "The Water-Color Exhibition". Fullpg: "Curling" shows the... Read full description -
Item #175052HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 30, 1886 Front page print: "Lawrence Barrett as 'Hamlet'". Nice fullpg: "Among the Coke Furnaces of Pennsylvania". A half page print by Thomas Nast: "The President's Grip; or, Our Infant Hercules". Doublepage centerfold: "On The Ice" shows men... Read full description -
Item #175050HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1886 Full ftpg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "The Switcher Switched". Fullpg: "The New Toboggan Slide at Orange, New Jersey".
Doublepage centerfold is a very nice interior view of: "The House of Representatives". Two half page prints: "Excavating for the New... Read full description -
Item #175048HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 16, 1886 Front full pg. Nast illus. entitled: "A Good Spirit to Follow." Inside are two 1/4 pg. portraits of "James W. Husted, Speaker of the New York Assembly" and "Edmund L. Pitts, President Pro Tem. of New York Senate." One-third pg. illus. of "The Match... Read full description -
Item #175046HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 9, 1886 Full front pg. Remington illus. of: "The Apache War-Indian Scouts on Geronimo's Trail."
Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Rehearsing for the American Opera-A Scene from "Orpheus". 1/2 pg. illus. of "An Engagement in the Oyster War on the Chesapeake."
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Item #175044HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 2, 1886 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: "What You With Us Is One Thing; What You Will Give Us Is Another". Fullpg: "The Nanticoke Mining Disaster" shows 5 scenes.
Doublepage centerfold: "Gathering Christmas Laurel". Fullpg: "Issuing Christmas Dinners to... Read full description -
Item #175042HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 26, 1885 The full front page is a famous Thomas Nast Christmas print: "Peace and Good Will Ringing In The Air -- Ding! Dong!!" showing two Santa Claus prints.
Other prints within include: "The Meet Of a Canadian Show-Shoe Club" and a great doublepage centerfold by Thomas Nast: "A Christmas... Read full description -
Item #175040HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 19, 1885 Certainly the prime feature of this issuie is the great Thomas Nast doublepage centerfold print: 'Santa Claus's Route' showing two children marking out his route from the North Pole. Very displayable.
The front page features a full page print: "Hon.... Read full description -
Item #175038HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 12, 1885 Full front pg. illus. of "Dolly Vansittert's Other Lover." Inside has a doublepage centerfold. of: "A Christmas Fantasy." (Woman running in the snow with polar bears). Doublepage centerfold of "Christmas in Camp-Tying up the Pudding." Full pg. illus. of "Christmas in... Read full description -
Item #175036HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 5, 1885 Full front pg. portrait of "The Late Thomas Andres Hendricks, Vice President of the United States." Inside is a 1/3 pg. illus. of "Proposed Design for the New Fifth Avenue Omnibuses." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Old Broadway Stages in 1831." Full pg. illus. containing... Read full description -
Item #175034HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 28, 1885 (with Supplement) The full front page is a political cartoon by the famed Thomas Nast, shows a pilgrim about to carve a turkey on "The Union Altar".
Among prints inside are a full page: "Washington Market the Day Before... Read full description -
Item #175032HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 21, 1885 Full ftpg: "The Blast-Furnaces of Pittsburgh at Night". Great doublepage centerfold: "The Ducing-Stool", being a scene from the Puritan days. Great fullpg. with 5 scenes of: "The North Shore of Lake Superior--Scene of the Wreck of the... Read full description -
Item #175030HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 14, 1885 Nice doublepage centerfold: "Natural Gas In Pennsylvania" shows 7 scenes including a large & dramatic one of "Old No. 1". Fullpg: "Life Under the Dumps In New York City". 3/4pg. Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Does This Mean The Indorsement Of The... Read full description -
Item #175028HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 7, 1885 Nice full front page has two prints of: "The Dearborn Railroad Station in Chicago".
Among other prints within are a nice full page hunting scene: "Wild-Fowl Shooting from a Sculling Float"; a doublepage centerfold: "All Saints Day in New... Read full description -
Item #175026HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 31, 1885 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon: 'The Skeleton in His Closet'. Nearly halfpg: 'St. Louis Exposition & Music Hall'. Nice fullpg: 'Cod Fishing' & a very dramatic fullpg: 'Indian Warfare--Attack on the Village'. Fullpg: 'Sketches from St. Paul,... Read full description -
Item #175024HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 24, 1885 Front full pg. illus. of "The Dead Cardinal-Scene in Front of the Cathedral on Fifth Avenue." Inside are four 1/4 pg. portraits of "Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker, Governor Elect of Ohio," "Josh Billings, (Henry W. Shaw)," "Hon. J. L. M. Curry, Minister to... Read full description -
Item #175022HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 17, 1885 An issue with many nice prints, but perhaps the most sought after would be the nearly half page print of: "The Chicago Base-Ball Club" showing all team members, with their names in the caption, in full baseball uniform. Hall of Famer Cap Anson is among those shown. There is a... Read full description -
Item #175020HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1885 Full front pg. portrait of "Mary Anderson." Inside is a full pg. containing three illus. pertaining to "Hell Gate and Its Surroundings." Full pg. illus. containing four illus. pertaining to "Preparing to Open Hell Gate- Manufacturing Explosives on Mill Rock."... Read full description -
Item #175018HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 3, 1885 The full front page is a print of: "Hon. Ira Davenport, Republican Candidate for Governor of New York" with a related article on him inside.
Among the prints inside are a full page Thomas Nast political cartoon: "Holding Him Up To Ridicule"; a nice doublepage centerfold: "Summer... Read full description -
Item #175016HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 26, 1885 There are a number of fine prints in this issue including a full front page: "Canon Farrar" with a related article inside.
Other prints inside include: "The Dead Jumbo" the elephant; a Thomas Nast print: "We Have Not Given Up Ruling the Waves Yet"; a one-third... Read full description -
Item #175014HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 19, 1885 Full ftpg: 'The International Yacht Races'. Great & displayable fullpg: 'Indian Warfare--Discovery of the Village' shows soldiers & an Indian guide spying on an Indian village. Dramatic doublepage centerfold: 'A Tornado in the Rocky Mountains'.
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Item #175012HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1885 The full front is a print: "On Board the Puritan-Getting Aft the Main Sheet."
Among the prints inside are a full page with many smaller prints pertaining to: "Sketches from the Burlesque Opera "The Mikado."; a half page: "The Bicycle Tournament at Hartford-The Mile Race for... Read full description
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