Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches

Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches

$60.00
Skip to product information
Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
  • Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches
Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches

Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches

$60.00
Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1868 – Nast Cartoon • Customs House Scenes • “The Pet Calf” • Velocipedes • Alaska Sketches 🐄🚢🖋️ A richly illustrated original 1868 Harper’s Weekly from the heart of Reconstruction-era America, featuring political satire, social commentary, and vivid engravings of daily life. This issue contains one of Thomas Nast’s powerful political cartoons, alongside customs-house reportage, frontier imagery, and charming genre scenes. ⭐ Highlights & Illustrations Thomas Nast political cartoon: “This Is a White Man’s Government” — a historically significant Reconstruction image. Full-page engraving: “The Pet Calf” — a sweet rural scene perfect for framing. 🐄 Customs House illustrations: Detailed multi-scene engravings of officers inspecting immigrants’ baggage and activity on the docks. 🚢 Velocipede engraving — early bicycling history! 🚲 Alaska sketches — early post-purchase imagery of America’s newest territory. ❄️ Emotional full-page engraving: “Last Relics” (after Charles A. Barry). Additional scenes of city life, literary installments, political commentary, and period advertisements. An excellent issue for collectors of Nast, Reconstruction history, political cartoons, maritime history, immigration studies, and 19th-century Americana. 📏 Size Approx. 16 pages, large folio newspaper (about 16" × 11"). 🧾 Condition Good overall for its age. Text and engravings clear and well-preserved. Some edge wear and small tears typical of 19th-century newsprint. One page has a noticeable tear (see photos). Binding edge from volume removal present. I photograph each page, so please review images carefully and feel free to ask questions about any detail. 📦 Shipping Ships flat, well-protected, and never rolled. 🔍 SEO Tags Harper’s Weekly 1868, Thomas Nast cartoon, Reconstruction newspaper, White Man’s Government Nast, Pet Calf engraving, customs house New York 19th century, velocipede illustration, Alaska 1868 sketches, Civil War Reconstruction era, antique illustrated newspaper, Americana ephemera, framed Nast print, political cartoon history.

You may also like