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Stankford's farm at Palo Alto, California: creating Stanford University...



Item # 175284

April 21, 1888

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 21, 1888  The front page of this issue features a full page illustration entitled 'Hailing the Ferryman'.  An article "General Gillmore" also includes three small illustrations of "The Late General Q. A. Gillmore"; "Major-General Crook" and "Brigadier-General J. R. Brooke".  A half-page illustration "A Fallen Horse in the Streets of New York" also has a small associated article.  
Nice double page centerfold: 'New War Ships in Commission and Building for the United States Navy' shows 16 of them, including the 'Maine'. Nice fullpg: 'Scenes and Incidents of the Great Railroad Strike at Chicago' and also: 'Senator Stanford's Farm at Palo Alto, California and the Proposed University' which is comprised of several scenes.
Complete in sixteen pages and contains additional prints and related text. 

Category: 1880-1889