Harper’s Weekly October 28, 1876 – Thomas Nast Cartoons, Deadwood, Black Hills, Centennial – Complete with Supplement

Harper’s Weekly October 28, 1876 – Thomas Nast Cartoons, Deadwood, Black Hills, Centennial – Complete with Supplement

HARPER’S WEEKLY, New York
October 28, 1876
Volume XX – Complete: 16 pages + original supplement

A powerful and visually striking 1876 issue of Harper’s Weekly, packed with major Thomas Nast political cartoons, frontier imagery from Deadwood and the Black Hills, and scenes from the Centennial Exhibition—with the original illustrated supplement included.


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🔥 Highlights of the Main Issue

Full front-page Thomas Nast cartoon: “Willie, We Have Missed You!” — a well-known and highly collected political cartoon from the heated 1876 election.

Full-page Thomas Nast: “The Elephant Walks Around – and the Still Hunt Is Nearly Over” 🐘 — featuring the Republican elephant, a defining Nast political symbol.

Striking double-page Thomas Nast centerfold: “He Wants a Change Too” — a powerful and historically significant Black-related political illustration depicting a Black man armed with a rifle.

Frontier & Indian War content:

Half-page: “The Indian War – Deadwood City, Black Hills of Dakota” 🏔️

Half-page: “The Indian War – A Sick Soldier on a Travaux”


Centennial Exhibition scenes:

“Bent-Wood Furniture, Austrian Section, Main Building”

“The New York Aquarium” 🐟



This issue captures politics, race, westward expansion, and the American Centennial all in one highly displayable number.


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📎 Supplement – Included & Highlighted

The original Harper’s Weekly supplement accompanies this issue and is fully intact, featuring:

A dramatic full-page illustration of perilous cliffside labor/mining activity, emphasizing the dangers of frontier and industrial work.

Additional genre and travel scenes, expanding the visual storytelling beyond the main issue.

As with all Harper’s supplements of the period, it adds significant visual and collector value, especially when present with the parent issue.


📌 Supplements are often missing — this one is present and original.


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📄 Condition

Complete: 16 pages + supplement

I photograph every single page, including the supplement

Please review all images carefully and feel free to ask questions or request specific page views



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🚚 Shipping

Ships flat, never rolled

Carefully packed to preserve condition



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🎯 Ideal For

Thomas Nast collectors

Reconstruction & 1876 election historians

Black history & political cartoon collectors

Deadwood / Black Hills / Western Americana enthusiasts

Centennial Exhibition collectors



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