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California, Charleston, Egypt, and more...
Item # 689443
December 11, 1869
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 11, 1869 The front page shows; "Central Park--Preparing a Model in Clayh of the Great Elephant at the Old Arsenal".
Prints within include: "Bronze Statue Erected to the Memory of Bishop Brownell, Founder of Trinity College, Hartford: "Southern Scenes--Pay-Day on the Plantation--Coming from the Store".
The centerfold has prints of: "On The Plains--A Station Scene on the Union Pacific Railway" and: "California--
Collision of the San Francisco and Alameda Train With That on The Western Pacific Railroad" with a related article.
Additionally: "Egypt--A Bird's-Eye View of the Suez Canal..." "Southern Scenes--Fight for Garbage in the Streets of Charleston Between the Scavengers and the Negroes".
Included is the "Supplement" issue which has prints on the Funeral of
George Peabody, and: "Massachusetts--Institute of Technology, Boston--The Chemical Laboratory--Classes at Their Studies".
Complete in 38 pages, very nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War