{"product_id":"harper-s-weekly-july-16-1887-coney-island-front-page-art-and-nature-at-the-west-end-of-coney-island-montgomery-alabama-supplement","title":"HARPER’S WEEKLY — July 16, 1887, Coney Island Front Page • “Art and Nature at the West End of Coney Island” • Montgomery, Alabama Supplement","description":"HARPER’S WEEKLY — July 16, 1887\n\nConey Island Front Page • “Art and Nature at the West End of Coney Island” • Montgomery, Alabama Supplement\n\nStep back into the summer of 1887 with this complete, original issue of Harper’s Weekly, an iconic illustrated newspaper known for capturing America’s culture, travel, entertainment, and politics through exceptional engraved artwork.\nThis issue features Coney Island, Montgomery, Alabama, and a strong mix of Gilded Age social and regional art.\n\n\n---\n\n🎡 Front Page: “Art and Nature at the West End of Coney Island”\n\nA lively, humorous, and wonderfully detailed full-page engraving by F. T. Richards, depicting the chaos, color, and entertainment of late-19th-century Coney Island:\n\nMerry-go-round scenes\n\nSideshows and carnival booths\n\n“Wild Woman of the Catskills” exhibit\n\nLightning sketch artists\n\nComedic annotations throughout\n\n\nThis is one of the most display-worthy Coney Island prints Harper’s ever produced — perfect for collectors of New York history, amusement park ephemera, or Victorian popular culture.\n\n\n---\n\n🏛️ Supplement: “Montgomery, Alabama” — Large, Frameable Southern City Views\n\nThis issue includes a fantastic multi-page Southern supplement featuring detailed engravings of Montgomery, Alabama, including:\n\n• The Market (street view, horses, vendors, architecture)\n\n• The Capitol\n\n• Government Building\n\n• Riverfront \u0026amp; steamers\n\n• The Old Mansion\n\n• The Fort Place\n\n• Public Square \u0026amp; fountains\n\n• The Citadel\n\nThese are beautifully rendered, highly frameable cityscapes—ideal for buyers with ties to Alabama, historians of the Reconstruction\/Gilded Age South, or anyone seeking regional Americana.\n\n\n---\n\n🚢 Inside the Issue — Additional Engravings \u0026amp; Features\n\nThroughout the 16 pages you’ll also find:\n\nGilded Age society scenes\n\nHumorous vignettes\n\nPortraits of prominent figures\n\nHarbor \u0026amp; travel views\n\nSteamboats, ships, and coastal art\n\nPeriod advertisements (cosmetics, appliances, medicine, books, clothing)\n\n\nThis is a rich, diverse issue with broad collecting and framing potential.\n\n\n---\n\n🖼 CUSTOM ARCHIVAL FRAMING AVAILABLE\n\nI offer museum-quality framing for any single or double-page engraving in this issue:\n\nAcid-free matting\n\nUV-protective acrylic\n\nMultiple color\/mat options\n\nPerfect for home libraries, offices, coastal décor, amusement collectors, or Southern heritage displays\n\n\nGreat for gifts — especially for New Yorkers or Alabamians who love historical art.\n\n\n---\n\n📏 SIZE\n\nEach page approx. 16 × 11 inches\n\nCenterfolds approx. 22 × 16 inches when opened\n\nThe Montgomery supplement includes full-page and double-page views ideal for framing\n\n\n\n---\n\n✔️ CONDITION\n\nVery Good for age.\n\nClean, supple pages\n\nLight edge wear\n\nTypical binding holes from removal from a bound volume\n\nPerfect for both collecting and display\n\n\n\n---\n\n🎯 APPEAL\n\n• New York \/ Coney Island collectors\n\n• Alabama \/ Southern history collectors\n\n• Architecture \u0026amp; cityscape art buyers\n\n• Gilded Age Americana enthusiasts\n\n• Amusement park, carnival, and circus ephemera collectors\n\n• Interior designers looking for frameable 19th-century art\n\n• Gift buyers (birthplace, hometown, nostalgia)","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264015757532,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/b9741d2d-il_fullxfull.7447404876_5mun.jpg?v=1786496649","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/harper-s-weekly-july-16-1887-coney-island-front-page-art-and-nature-at-the-west-end-of-coney-island-montgomery-alabama-supplement","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}