Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement

Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement

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Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement

Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement

$35.00
Harper’s Weekly – October 17, 1868 – Boys in Blue Parade • Life-Preserving Apparatus • Scenes in the Life of a Trapper • Indian Engagement A compelling post–Civil War issue filled with patriotic imagery, frontier adventure, military action, and technological innovation. ⭐ Highlights Inside This Issue Front-page Philadelphia scenes: The “Boys in Blue” Marching Down Chestnut Street, October 2, 1868 🇺🇸 Mass Meeting of the Boys in Blue in Front of Independence Hall, October 1, 1868 Full-page: Grand Procession of the Boys in Blue at Philadelphia 🎖️ Full-page frontier vignette set: Scenes in the Life of a Trapper — 13 illustrations including hunting, wilderness travel, and a dramatic bear encounter 🐻🪵 Half-page: Experiments at Havre with the National Life-Preserving Apparatus of M. J. Stoner of New York — early lifesaving technology at sea 🌊 Quarter-page: Monumental statue of Commodore Perry at Newport, Rhode Island ⚓ Half-page action scene: Engagement of Colonel Forsyth’s Command with the Indians at Small Island Full-page pastoral scene: The Country Church — Before Services ⛪ Portraits of key public figures and additional news, literature, and 19th-century advertisements. Complete in 16 pages. 📚 Who Would Love This Issue A great choice for collectors of: Post–Civil War patriotic history Veterans’ organizations & military parades Early American frontier and hunting imagery Indian Wars & Western expansion Maritime safety history and early technology Religious Americana & rural life Antique illustrated newspapers 📰 Strong crossover appeal thanks to its mix of Americana, military content, and frontier adventure. 📏 Size Approx. 11" × 16". 🧾 Condition Good condition with light age toning and typical edge wear for a 155-year-old newspaper. I photograph every page, so please review images carefully and feel free to ask questions about any detail. 🖼️ Optional Archival Framing I offer archival, acid-free matting and UV-protective acrylic for any page you’d like framed — museum-grade presentation. 🖼️✨ 📦 Shipping Ships flat, never rolled, and carefully packaged for preservation. 🏷️ SEO Tags Harper’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.

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