{"product_id":"1874-florida-alligators-louisiana-outrages-iceland-millennium-oct-3","title":"1874 Florida Alligators, Louisiana Outrages, Iceland Millennium โ€” Oct 3","description":"๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ HARPER'S WEEKLY ยท October 3, 1874\nComplete Issue + Supplement Pages ยท New York\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nA wide-ranging and visually rich issue covering Florida frontier life, Reconstruction-era racial violence in Louisiana, a dramatic Civil War anniversary front page, a Shakespearean centerfold, and a supplement spectacular โ€” two full pages of illustrated coverage of Iceland's 1,000-year millennium celebration, one of the most unusual and striking features in the entire 1874 run.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ THE FRONT PAGE\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ’ฅ FULL FRONT PAGE โ€” \"THE FIRST GUN โ€” 1861 โ€” 1874\"\nA Civil War anniversary front page marking thirteen years since the first shot of the war โ€” a powerful retrospective image connecting 1861 to the still-raw Reconstruction present of 1874. A significant piece of Civil War memory and American historical consciousness.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐ŸŠ INSIDE THE ISSUE\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐ŸŠ HALF PAGE โ€” \"SHOOTING ALLIGATORS ON THE UPPER ST. JOHNS, FLORIDA\"\nA lively half-page illustration of alligator hunting on the St. Johns River โ€” one of the great Florida adventure scenes of the Gilded Age press. Florida was still a wild frontier in 1874, and images like this fed the national fascination with its exotic wildlife and untamed rivers. A wonderful piece of Florida history and Americana.\n\nโš–๏ธ FULL PAGE + HALF PAGE โ€” \"THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGES\"\nTwo illustrations โ€” a full page and a half page โ€” documenting the brutal racial violence and political suppression of Black citizens in Reconstruction Louisiana. Published at the height of the Reconstruction crisis, as White League terrorism was systematically dismantling Black political participation in the South. These illustrations are primary documents of one of the darkest chapters of American Reconstruction history and are significant for collectors of civil rights and African American history.\n\n๐ŸŽญ THREE-QUARTER DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD โ€” \"SHAKESPEARE BEFORE THE JUSTICES, CHARGED WITH POACHING\"\nA large dramatic centerfold illustrating the famous โ€” if apocryphal โ€” story of the young William Shakespeare arraigned before a magistrate for poaching deer. A wonderful piece of Victorian literary and theatrical culture, handsomely rendered across the broad centerfold format.\n\n๐Ÿค” FULL PAGE โ€” \"INDECISION\"\nA full-page genre scene โ€” a moment of hesitation and uncertainty captured in the rich Victorian narrative illustration tradition.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐ŸงŠ THE SUPPLEMENT โ€” ICELAND'S MILLENNIUM\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐ŸŒ‹ TWO FULL PAGES โ€” \"ICELAND'S MILLENNIAL\"\nThe supplement showpiece โ€” a remarkable two-page spread of illustrated coverage of Iceland's 1874 millennium celebration, marking 1,000 years since the island's first Norse settlement. More than a dozen vignette illustrations depict Icelandic landscapes, geysers, volcanic formations, churches, coastal settlements, and the festivities themselves. Iceland's millennial was a major international event attended by King Christian IX of Denmark โ€” and this Harper's coverage gave American readers their most detailed visual portrait of one of the world's most remote and dramatic landscapes. An extraordinary and unusual piece of Viking\/Nordic history and Victorian travel illustration.\n\n๐Ÿค  FULL PAGE โ€” \"A DESPERADO IN CAIRO, ILLINOIS\"\nA dramatic, dark full-page illustration of a confrontation in Cairo, Illinois โ€” the rough river town at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi, notorious in this era for frontier violence. A striking piece of American frontier and river town history.\n\n๐ŸŒพ MULTI-SCENE SUPPLEMENT PAGE\nA rich supplement page combining several scenes: prairie horseback riders, Louisiana exterior views, frontier confrontations, and harvest\/farm scenes โ€” a vivid cross-section of American life in 1874.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“‹ CONDITION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nI photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions โ€” I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“Œ DETAILS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nPublication ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Harper's Weekly\nDate ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท October 3, 1874\nCity ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท New York\nItem Number ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 173866\nPages ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Complete ยท 16 pages + Supplement\nFormat ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Illustrated folio newspaper\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“ฆ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PRESERVATION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโ€ข Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 151-year-old newsprint\nโ€ข Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the centerfold and supplement\nโ€ข Fully tracked for your peace of mind\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ” SEO TAGS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nFlorida alligator hunting 1874, St Johns River Florida, alligator shooting Victorian, Florida frontier history, Florida wildlife antique print, Gilded Age Florida, Louisiana Outrages Reconstruction, White League Louisiana violence, Reconstruction racial violence, Black civil rights 1874, Louisiana Reconstruction print, Civil War anniversary 1874, First Gun Civil War print, Civil War 1861 1874, Iceland millennial 1874, Iceland millennium celebration, Iceland 1000 years Norse, Viking Iceland history print, Iceland geyser Victorian engraving, Iceland landscape antique print, King Christian Denmark Iceland, Shakespeare poaching print, Shakespeare before justices, Victorian Shakespeare illustration, Shakespeare Stratford poaching, Cairo Illinois desperado, Cairo Illinois frontier violence, Mississippi Ohio confluence, Reconstruction Louisiana history, Harper's Weekly 1874, antique newspaper 1874, Victorian illustrated newspaper, Gilded Age newspaper, antique illustration engraving, Victorian wall art, framing quality print, Florida history collector, Iceland history collector, Civil War memory print, history lover gift, rare newspaper collectible, museum quality ephemera, Gilded Age ephemera, Norse Viking history print, Reconstruction era document","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264027062492,"sku":null,"price":43.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/95da32b5-il_fullxfull.8146772555_d789.jpg?v=1786496777","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1874-florida-alligators-louisiana-outrages-iceland-millennium-oct-3","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}