{"product_id":"1877-brigham-young-obituary-cossacks-vs-bashi-bazouks-shumla-sep-15","title":"1877 Brigham Young Obituary, Cossacks vs. Bashi-Bazouks, Shumla โ€” Sep 15","description":"๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ HARPER'S WEEKLY ยท September 15, 1877\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 historically rich issue combining the death of Brigham Young with portrait and obituary, American canal and railroad expansion, and a supplement of exceptional Russo-Turkish War content โ€” a dramatic Cossack vs. Bashi-Bazouk cavalry combat, a magnificent panorama of fortified Shumla, and vivid character portraits from Anatolia and the Balkans. Strong content for collectors of Mormon history, American transportation history, and Victorian military illustration.\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 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\nโ›ช NEARLY HALF PAGE โ€” BRIGHAM YOUNG, WITH OBITUARY\nA portrait of Brigham Young โ€” the second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colonizer of Utah, and one of the most powerful and controversial religious figures in American history โ€” accompanied by his obituary. Young died on August 29, 1877, at age 76, having led the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847 and governed the territory for decades. At the time of his death he had an estimated 55 wives and 56 children. His death marked the end of an era for the Mormon Church and for the American West. A significant piece of Mormon history, Western American history, and religious history.\n\n๐Ÿšข HALF PAGE โ€” \"DES MOINES RAPIDS CANAL โ€” THE LOCK ABOVE THE RAPIDS\"\nA half-page illustration of the Des Moines Rapids Canal on the Mississippi River โ€” an important Gilded Age infrastructure project that opened the upper Mississippi to navigation by bypassing the treacherous Des Moines Rapids. A significant piece of American transportation and engineering history.\n\n๐Ÿš‚ HALF PAGE โ€” \"THROUGH THE VETA PASS โ€” DENVER AND RIO GRANDE RAILROAD\"\nA half-page illustration of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's expansion through the Veta Pass in the Colorado Rockies โ€” one of the most dramatic and audacious railroad-building achievements of the era. The D\u0026amp;RG was pushing its narrow-gauge lines into the high mountains of Colorado in 1877, opening the mining regions of the Rockies to commerce. A significant piece of Colorado and American railroad history.\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”\nโš”๏ธ THE SUPPLEMENT โ€” RUSSO-TURKISH WAR\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 FIVE PORTRAITS โ€” \"SKETCHES FROM LIFE AT RASGRAD OF TURKISH FUGITIVES WOUNDED BY COSSACKS AND BULGARIANS\"\nFive numbered portrait sketches of wounded Turkish civilian refugees at Rasgrad (modern Razgrad, Bulgaria) โ€” a woman of thirty with sabre wounds and lance thrusts, a child of thirteen, an old man of sixty-five, a young girl wounded in the head, a young woman with multiple wounds. These are not combatants but civilian Muslim refugees caught in the violence of the Russian advance into Bulgaria. Published with an accompanying article on \"Turk and Russian,\" this supplement page is a rare and sobering piece of humanitarian documentation from the Russo-Turkish War โ€” a Victorian eyewitness record of civilian suffering rarely shown in the American illustrated press.\n\n๐Ÿฐ FULL PAGE โ€” \"THE FORTIFIED CITY OF SHUMLA, BULGARIA\"\nA magnificent full-page panoramic view of Shumla (modern Shumen), Bulgaria โ€” seen from an elevated vantage with cavalry and cypress trees in the foreground, the minareted city spread across the valley, mountains stretching to the horizon. Shumla was one of the great Ottoman fortresses of the Balkans, a strategic stronghold that had repelled Russian sieges multiple times in the 19th century. A spectacular and very frameable piece of Victorian Ottoman-Bulgarian military geography.\n\n๐Ÿ‘ฅ MULTI-PANEL PAGE โ€” \"TURK AND RUSSIAN โ€” SKETCHES FROM LIFE AT AMASIA\" \u0026amp; \"A STREET SCENE IN ROUMELIA\"\nFive character portraits of Turkish and Russian figures from life at Amasia (modern Amasya, Turkey), a historic Ottoman city on the Black Sea coast โ€” men, women, street vendors in traditional dress โ€” alongside a street scene from Roumelia, the Ottoman Balkan territories at the heart of the war. A vivid ethnographic document of the human face of the conflict.\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 September 15, 1877\nCity ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท New York\nItem Number ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท 174174\nPages ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Complete Issue + 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 148-year-old newsprint\nโ€ข Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival of the supplement pages\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\nBrigham Young obituary 1877, Brigham Young death portrait, Mormon history antique, LDS church history print, Brigham Young Harper's Weekly, Utah pioneer history, Mormon leader obituary, polygamy Mormon Victorian, Des Moines Rapids Canal, Mississippi River canal Victorian, Gilded Age canal infrastructure, Denver Rio Grande Railroad, Veta Pass Colorado railroad, Colorado Rocky Mountain railroad, narrow gauge railroad Victorian, Colorado railroad history, Turkish refugees Rasgrad, wounded Turkish civilians, Rasgrad Bulgaria Ottoman, civilian refugees Russo-Turkish War, Razgrad Bulgaria Victorian, Muslim refugees Bulgaria, Russo-Turkish War civilians, Russo-Turkish War 1877, Shumla Bulgaria fortified, Shumen Bulgaria Ottoman, Bulgarian Ottoman fortress, Balkans Ottoman Victorian, Ottoman Bulgaria panorama, Shumla fortress Russo-Turkish, Amasia Turkey sketches, Roumelia street scene Ottoman, Turkish Russian character portraits, Ottoman Balkan ethnography, Harper's Weekly 1877, antique newspaper 1877, Victorian illustrated newspaper, Gilded Age newspaper, antique illustration engraving, Victorian wall art, framing quality print, Mormon history collector, Colorado railroad antique, history lover gift, rare newspaper collectible, museum quality ephemera, Gilded Age ephemera","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264025456860,"sku":null,"price":65.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/90e9a30e-il_fullxfull.8193532405_nudt.jpg?v=1786496763","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1877-brigham-young-obituary-cossacks-vs-bashi-bazouks-shumla-sep-15","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}