Harper’s Weekly July 23, 1887 – Lincoln Park, Blackfeet Indians, Manitou Colorado, Tenements, Racehorse Hanover – Complete Issue

Step back into 1887 America with this beautiful, complete issue of Harper’s Weekly, dated July 23, 1887 — packed with rich illustrations, period journalism, and collectible engravings ideal for framing. 📜🖼️

This issue includes several highly desirable full-page and multi-image spreads, including:

🌳 Featured Illustrations

“Lincoln Park, Chicago” — a gorgeous full-page landscape print

“In the Lodges of the Blackfeet Indians” — strong ethnographic imagery capturing daily life

“Manitou, Colorado” — sweeping Rocky Mountain vistas and town views

“Nahant and Swampscott, Massachusetts Bay” — charming coastal New England scenes

“Life Among the Tenements” — an incredibly detailed and historically important New York City street-life illustration

“The Unbeaten Race-Horse Hanover” — fine, frame-worthy half-page print of one of the most famous racehorses of the era


Plus serialized fiction, political commentary, advertisements (Colgate, Westinghouse, Waltham Watches, and more!), and rich period reportage.


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📐 SIZE

Approx. 11" × 16", the standard folio format for Harper’s Weekly.


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⭐ CONDITION

Very Good overall for a 137-year-old newspaper.

Clean pages with strong impressions

Minor edge wear / small binding holes (typical of disbound copies)

No major tears or losses

Bright, sharp engravings perfect for display


This is a complete issue, not a fragment.


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🖼️ FRAMING OPTION AVAILABLE

I offer archival, museum-quality framing for any single-page or double-page illustration:

Acid-free matting

UV-protective acrylic

Multiple mat & frame colors

Shipped ready to hang


Perfect for office décor, libraries, horse enthusiasts, Western art lovers, Chicago historians, and anyone who appreciates late-19th-century Americana.


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🎁 A GREAT GIFT FOR:

Historians & educators

Western Americana collectors

Chicago, Colorado, New England, or NYC enthusiasts

Interior decorators

Anyone who loves antique illustration



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📦 SHIPPING

Packaged with archival backing and rigid protection for safe transit.