Harper's Weekly Illustrations, 1860, 1864-1881


Summary Information
Title: Harper's Weekly Illustrations
Inclusive Dates: 1860, 1864-1881

Creator:
  • Harper's Magazine Foundation
Call Number: PH 3078 (5); PH 6907

Quantity: 0.3 cubic feet (3 oversize folders)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Double-page wood engravings, 1860 and 1864-1881, excerpted from Harper's Weekly including political and social events, including the second inauguration of President Ulysses S. Grant, New York City landmarks, the trial of the Tichborne Claimant, and other scenes and events; the state of the nation; and President James A. Garfield on his death bed. Engravings from drawings by C.S. Reinhart and Jules Tavernier are included.

Language: English

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Contents List
PH 3078 (5)
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6140
"The Death-Bed of President Garfield," 1881 October 1
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6141
"Christmas morning in old New York," 1880 December 25
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6142
"Scenes and incidents of Election Day in New York," 1880 November 13
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6143
"A 'change' in the cabinet-does the country want it?," 1880 October 30
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6144
"Let well enough alone-the whole country is prosperous, and the people do not want a change," 1880 October 23
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6145
"The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence-the members of Congress leaving Independence Hall," 1880 July 10
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6146
"The Republican National Convention at Chicago," 1880 June 19
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6147
"The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church," 1880 May 29
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6148
"A skating party on the Schuylkill," 1880 February 28
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6149
"Reading, by the aid of a Drummond light, the returns of the presidential election, on the night of November 6, 1860, at the Herald Office, New York," 1860 November 10
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6150
"Grand procession of wide-awakes at New York on the evening on October 3, 1860," 1860 October 13
Oversize Folder   1
Item   5-6151
"Broadway-respectfully dedicated to the Prince of Wales," 1860 October 6
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6152
"The drive in the Central Park, New York, September 1860," 1860 September 15
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6153
"Coaching in New York - a drive through Central Park," 1880 June 12
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6154
7 illustrations: "Statue of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, to be inaugurated at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 10, 1860"; "Four survivors of the Battle of Lake Erie"; "Public square at Cleveland, Ohio, with the Perry Statue"; "'We have met the enemy and they are ours. Yours, with respect and esteem, O. H. Perry'"; "Medal presented to Perry by Congress"; "Perry's residence"; "Perry's Monument," 1860 September 8
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6155
"Review of the Seventh Regiment N. Y. State Militia by Brigadier General Hall, at 'Camp Scott,' on the Richmond Club Grounds, Staten Island, on July 11, 1860," 1860 July 21
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6156
"The 'Great Eastern' steamship coming up the narrows into the harbor of New York, June 28, 1860," 1860 July 7
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6157
"Ball given by the city of New York to the Japanese embassy at the Metropolitan Hotel, June 25, 1860," 1860 June 30
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6158
"General view of the Central Park, New York," 1860 June 16
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6159
"The Republicans in nominating convention, in their wigwam at Chicago, May, 1860," 1860 May 19
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6160
"Prominent candidates for the Republican presidential nomination at Chicago," 1860 May 12
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6161
"Bloody, brutal, and blackguard prize-fight in England, between Heenan and Sayers, on April 17, 1860," 1860 May 5
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6162
"The national Democratic nominating convention in session at Charleston, South Carolina, on April 23, 1860," 1860 April 28
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6163
"Prominent candidates for the Democratic nomination at Charleston, South Carolina," 1860 April 21
Oversize Folder   2
Item   5-6164
"View of Broadway, opposite Fulton Street, New York," 1860 February 18
PH 6907
Oversize Folder   1
Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission, 1864
Oversize Folder   1
Central Park in winter, 1864
Oversize Folder   1
Grand Hall of the Fair Building, Fourteenth Street, 1864
Oversize Folder   1
The Press on the Field, 1864
Oversize Folder   1
Scenes at Chautauqua, drawn by C. Graham, 1880
Oversize Folder   1
Second Inauguration of President Grant, March 4, 1873, from sketches drawn by C.S. Reinhart, 1873
Oversize Folder   1
Spring, 1873
Oversize Folder   1
Swimming bath on the Seine, at Paris, 1873
Oversize Folder   1
Title Club at Work, drawn by C.S. Reinhart, 1880
Oversize Folder   1
Trial of the Tichborne Claimant, general view of the court during the examination of Miss Mary Ann Loder, 1873
Oversize Folder   1
United States Sloop of War "Richmond" on blockade duty, off Mobile, 1864
Oversize Folder   1
Washington Market, New York, Thanksgiving time, drawn by Jules Tavernier, 1872