Harper’s Weekly – January 8, 1887, Dramatic Fire Scene • Sporting Dogs • Lumber Raft • General Logan Fu

Offered here is an authentic, complete original issue of Harper’s Weekly: The Journal of Civilization, dated January 8, 1887. This issue is packed with dramatic illustrations, historic events, and rich late-Victorian advertising. A strong issue for collectors of American history, military history, frontier life, and early sporting prints.


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⭐ Highlights of This Issue

🔥 Full-Page Engraving: “Burning of the Temple Theatre at Philadelphia”

A dramatic firefighting scene, showing engines, ladders, crowds, and the full intensity of a major urban fire. A powerful display print.

🪓 Full-Page: “A Lumber Raft”

A beautifully detailed engraving showing lumbermen at work on a massive timber raft — an iconic image of late-19th-century American industry and frontier culture.

🐕 Full-Page: “Field Trial of Sporting Dogs at High Point, North Carolina”

A superb hunting print depicting sportsmen, pointers, setters, and field-trial action. Highly collectible for hunting, dog, and sporting art enthusiasts.

🇺🇸 Full-Page: “The Funeral of General Logan”

John A. Logan, Civil War general and 1884 Republican vice-presidential candidate, is shown lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda. An important piece of political and military history.

❄️ Half-Page: “A Snow Blockade in the Northwest”

A vivid scene of railroads and towns brought to a standstill by massive snow drifts — perfect for collectors of railroad history and winter Americana.

📰 Additional Content Includes:

Satire, illustrated news, and national commentary

Portrait engravings

Political analysis and social reporting

Extensive Victorian advertising (soaps, pianos, remedies, patented devices, watches, early medical ads, etc.)



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⭐ Condition (VG / Very Good)

Complete in 16 pages

Clean, bright interior pages

Light wear along the binding edge from removal from a bound volume

A strong, displayable example of a desirable HW issue



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🖼 Archival Framing Available

I offer professional archival framing with:
✓ Acid-free matting
✓ UV-protective acrylic
✓ Options for single pages or double-page centerfolds
Perfect for the fire scene, lumber raft, sporting dogs print, or Logan funeral engraving.


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