Homer, Libey Prison Escaped Refugees, Brooklyn Fair Harper's Weekly Mar 5, 1864

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You are bidding on a complete original issue of Harper's Weekly published Mar 5, 1864, No. 375. The pages measure 11 x 16 (16 x 22 for center-folios) and this issue includes pages 145-160. All pages may not be shown due to space constraints. Great engravings, humor, science, literature, news of the day and wonderful old ads.
It is 1864. The War Between the States (Civil War) presses on and it consumes the news. It is a presidential election year and Lincoln will run again against ???
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Cover page engraving
:
Escaped Refugees From The Libey Prison
The President
Our Duty to Loyal Southerners
Denmark and Germany
Chapter l "Quite Alone" by
George Augustus Sala
The Escape From
Libey Prison
Brooklyn
Fair-The
Sanitary Commission
, centerfold
"Brooklyn
Fair Post Office " by
Homer Winslow
Reconnoissance at
Morton's Ford
- NIght Scene
Last page ads and cartoon (detached)
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his lot will be packaged in a protective acetate sleeve, packed flat and mailed first class USPS. I will pay half of the just under .00 cost for first class.
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Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
Thomas Nast was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party political machine. Among his notable works were the creation of the modern version of Santa Claus and the political symbol of the elephant for the Republican Party. Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam, Columbia, or the Democratic donkey, though he did popularize these symbols through his artwork. Nast was associated with the magazine Harper's Weekly from 1859 to 1860 and from 1862 until 1886.