{"product_id":"harper-s-weekly-october-17-1868-boys-in-blue-parade-life-preserving-apparatus-scenes-in-the-life-of-a-trapper-indian-engagement","title":"Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement","description":"Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement\n\nA compelling post–Civil War issue filled with patriotic imagery, frontier adventure, military action, and technological innovation.\n\n⭐ Highlights Inside This Issue\n\nFront-page Philadelphia scenes:\n\nThe “Boys in Blue” Marching Down Chestnut Street, October 2, 1868 🇺🇸\n\nMass Meeting of the Boys in Blue in Front of Independence Hall, October 1, 1868\n\n\nFull-page: Grand Procession of the Boys in Blue at Philadelphia 🎖️\n\nFull-page frontier vignette set: Scenes in the Life of a Trapper — 13 illustrations including hunting, wilderness travel, and a dramatic bear encounter 🐻🪵\n\nHalf-page: Experiments at Havre with the National Life-Preserving Apparatus of M. J. Stoner of New York — early lifesaving technology at sea 🌊\n\nQuarter-page: Monumental statue of Commodore Perry at Newport, Rhode Island ⚓\n\nHalf-page action scene: Engagement of Colonel Forsyth’s Command with the Indians at Small Island\n\nFull-page pastoral scene: The Country Church — Before Services ⛪\n\nPortraits of key public figures and additional news, literature, and 19th-century advertisements.\n\n\nComplete in 16 pages.\n\n📚 Who Would Love This Issue\n\nA great choice for collectors of:\n\nPost–Civil War patriotic history\n\nVeterans’ organizations \u0026amp; military parades\n\nEarly American frontier and hunting imagery\n\nIndian Wars \u0026amp; Western expansion\n\nMaritime safety history and early technology\n\nReligious Americana \u0026amp; rural life\n\nAntique illustrated newspapers 📰\n\n\nStrong crossover appeal thanks to its mix of Americana, military content, and frontier adventure.\n\n📏 Size\n\nApprox. 11\" × 16\".\n\n🧾 Condition\n\nGood condition with light age toning and typical edge wear for a 155-year-old newspaper.\nI photograph every page, so please review images carefully and feel free to ask questions about any detail.\n\n🖼️ Optional Archival Framing\n\nI offer archival, acid-free matting and UV-protective acrylic for any page you’d like framed — museum-grade presentation. 🖼️✨\n\n📦 Shipping\n\nShips flat, never rolled, and carefully packaged for preservation.\n\n🏷️ SEO Tags\n\nHarper’s Weekly 1868, Boys in Blue Philadelphia, Civil War veterans parade, Life of a Trapper engraving, Indian Wars illustration, Commodore Perry statue, Stoner life-preserving apparatus, antique newspaper, Reconstruction era print, frontier Americana art, historical engravings.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264012480732,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/7d84621d-il_fullxfull.7479841210_f6vh.jpg?v=1786496610","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/harper-s-weekly-october-17-1868-boys-in-blue-parade-life-preserving-apparatus-scenes-in-the-life-of-a-trapper-indian-engagement","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}