Harpers Weekly Collection (page 2)

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Casino (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XI), November 23, 1867

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), July 11, 1868

Winter - A Skating Scene (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), January 25, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Winter - A Skating Scene (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), January 25, 1868

The New Year - 1869 - Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), January 9, 1869

Christmas Belles (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIII), January 2, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Belles (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIII), January 2, 1869

Our Next President (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), October 31, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Our Next President (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), October 31, 1868

On the Bluff at Long Branch, at the Bathing Hour (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), August 6, 1870

On the Beach - Two are Company, Three are None (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVI), August 17, 1872

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVI), September 14, 1878

Spring Farm Work - Grafting (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), April 30, 1870

The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama"(Harpers Weekly, Vol
The Approach of the British Pirate " Alabama" (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VII), April 25, 1863

Any Thing for Me, if you Please? Post-Office of the Brooklyn Fair in Aid of the Sanitary Commission (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), March 5, 1864

Home from the War (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VII), June 13, 1863. Creator: Unknown
Home from the War (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VII), June 13, 1863

Gloucester Harbor (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), September 27, 1873. Creator: Unknown
Gloucester Harbor (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), September 27, 1873

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"
Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing " Foot-Ball" - Sketched by Winslow Homer (Harpers Weekly, Vol. IX), July 1865

Army of the Potomac - Sleeping on Their Arms (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), May 28, 1864. Formerly attributed to Winslow Homer

Dads Coming! (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), November 1, 1873. Creator: Unknown
Dads Coming! (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), November 1, 1873

The Wreck of the "Atlantic"- Cast Up by the Sea (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII)
The Wreck of the " Atlantic" - Cast Up by the Sea (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), August 26, 1873

Camping Out in Adirondacks (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVIII), November 7, 1874. Creator: W. H
Camping Out in Adirondacks (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVIII), November 7, 1874

The Nooning (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), August 16, 1873. Creator: Unknown
The Nooning (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), August 16, 1873

The Last Days of Harvest (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 6, 1873. Creator: Unknown
The Last Days of Harvest (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), December 6, 1873

The Bathers (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), August 2, 1873. Creator: William H. Redding
The Bathers (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XVII), August 2, 1873

A Parisian Ball - Dancing at the Mabille, Paris (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XI), November 23, 1867

St. Valentines Day - The Old Story in All Lands (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), February 22, 1868

The Summit of Mount Washington (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), July 10, 1869

Winter at Sea - Taking in Sail off the Coast (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), January 16, 1869

The Dinner Horn (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), June 11, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Dinner Horn (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), June 11, 1870

Spring Blossoms (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), May 12, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Spring Blossoms (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), May 12, 1870

Tenth Commandment (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), 1870. Creator: Unknown
Tenth Commandment (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XIV), 1870

Crew of U. S. Steamsloop Colorado (Harpers Weekly, Vol. V), July 13, 1861
Crew of U.S. Steamsloop Colorado (Harpers Weekly, Vol. V), July 13, 1861

Winter Quarters in Camp - The Inside of a Hut (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VII), January 24, 1863

Floral Department of the Great Fair (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), April 16, 1864. Formerly attributed to Winslow Homer

Filling Cartridges at the United States Arsenal, at Watertown, Massachusetts (Harpers Weekly, Vol. V), July 20, 1861

Spring in the City (Harpers Weekly, Vol. II), April 17, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Spring in the City (Harpers Weekly, Vol. II), April 17, 1858

May-Day in the Country (Harpers Weekly, Vol. III), April 30, 1859. Creator: Unknown
May-Day in the Country (Harpers Weekly, Vol. III), April 30, 1859

The Bathe at Newport (Harpers Weekly, Vol. II), September 4, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Bathe at Newport (Harpers Weekly, Vol. II), September 4, 1858

The Boston Common (Harpers Weekly, Vol. II), May 22, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Boston Common (Harpers Weekly, Vol. II), May 22, 1858

Around the Council Fire, The Young Braves Speech (Harpers Weekly, May 10, 1873), May 10, 1873

What are You Laughing at? To the Victor Belong the Spoils (from Harpers Weekly), November 25, 1871

Role of Women in the War, 1861, (1938). Most of the women of the country, North and South, turned courageously to the tasks left by the men who had gone to fight

Police Cartoon in the Weekly, c1859, (1938). From Adventures of America 1857-1900, by John A. Kouwenhoven. [Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1938]

Liberty is not Anarchy, 1886, (1929). Artist: Thomas Nast
Liberty is not Anarchy, 1886. This cartoon shows the hands of Columbia holding, in her left hand, a sword labeled U.S. and in her right, a handful of anarchists

The Famous Publishing Company of Harper and Brothers 1863 (1955). Left to right: Fletcher, James, John and Joseph. The firm, which published books and magazines, was founded in 1817

The Drive, Harpers Weekly, December 11th 1897. Artist: AB Frost
The Drive 1897; scene on a golf course on the cover of Harpers Weekly, December 11th 1897

HARPERs WEEKLY, 1867. The First Vote. Front page of Harpers Weekly, 16 November 1867

A street bookstall in New York in the 1870 s. After a work by Edwin Austin Abbey in Harpers Weekly, February 28, 1874

The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VII), November 15, 1862

Andrew Johnsons impeachment delivered, 1868
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms serving the impeachment summons on President Johnson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration in Harpers Weekly

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