1874 Wild Boar Hunt Centerfold, Louisiana Outrages, Rifle Match — Oct 10
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🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · October 10, 1874
Complete Issue + Supplement Pages · New York
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A visually dramatic issue combining a sweeping medieval boar hunt centerfold, continued Reconstruction crisis coverage, an international rifle competition, a devastating fire disaster, and a superb atmospheric fishing boat illustration — plus a supplement featuring serialized Wilkie Collins fiction. A strong issue across multiple collecting categories.
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🖼️ THE FRONT PAGE
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⚖️ FULL FRONT PAGE — "THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGES"
The full front page is devoted to the ongoing Reconstruction crisis in Louisiana — portraits of the men involved and scenes of the racial violence and political suppression that was systematically dismantling Black civil and political rights in the South. A primary document of one of the most critical moments of the Reconstruction era, published as the White League's campaign of terror was reaching its peak.
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🐗 THE CENTERFOLD
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🐗 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "A WILD BOAR HUNT IN OLDEN TIME"
The great showpiece of the issue — a sweeping double-page centerfold depicting a medieval wild boar hunt, horsemen and hounds in full pursuit across a forest landscape rendered in dramatic detail. A spectacular piece of Victorian historical illustration spanning the full open breadth of the newspaper. Handsome, dramatic, and eminently frameable.
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🎯 INSIDE THE ISSUE
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🎯 FULL PAGE — "THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH"
A full-page illustration of the celebrated international rifle competition at Creedmoor, New York — one of the great sporting spectacles of 1874, pitting American marksmen against Irish and British teams. The Creedmoor matches drew enormous national attention and helped establish American long-range rifle shooting as a point of national pride.
🔥 FULL PAGE — "THE FALL RIVER DISASTER"
Three scenes documenting the terrible Fall River fire disaster — a major New England industrial catastrophe. Fall River, Massachusetts was the center of American textile manufacturing, and fires in its mills were catastrophic events that resonated nationally. A significant piece of New England industrial and disaster history.
⛵ FULL PAGE — "SUNDAY EVENING AT THE PIER — PLAYERS IN A FISHING BOAT"
A beautiful and atmospheric full-page illustration of fishermen aboard a large wooden vessel at dusk — masts silhouetted dramatically against a pale evening sky, figures huddled together aboard. One of the finest maritime genre scenes in the issue, deeply evocative and very frameable.
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📚 THE SUPPLEMENT — WILKIE COLLINS
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📖 "THE FROZEN DEEP" BY WILKIE COLLINS — Chapter XVII: The Boathouse
A full supplement page of serialized fiction by Wilkie Collins — one of the greatest Victorian novelists, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. "The Frozen Deep" holds a special place in literary history: originally written as a stage play co-authored with Charles Dickens, it was later adapted into prose fiction. A wonderful piece of Victorian literary history for Collins collectors and Dickens enthusiasts alike.
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📋 CONDITION
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I 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 — I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.
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📌 DETAILS
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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· October 10, 1874
City ··············· New York
Item Number ········ 173868
Pages ·············· Complete · 16 pages + Supplement
Format ············· Illustrated folio newspaper
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📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION
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• Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 151-year-old newsprint
• Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the centerfold and supplement
• Fully tracked for your peace of mind
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1874 Wild Boar Hunt Centerfold, Louisiana Outrages, Rifle Match — Oct 10
$56.78