1860 Ohio Holy Stone Newark Mound, Victoria Bridge Fireworks, Ottawa — Sep 1

🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · September 1, 1860
Complete Issue · New York

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A historically varied and visually appealing issue — the Ohio Holy Stone and Great Circular Mound at Newark, a full-page fireworks celebration for the completion of the Victoria Bridge at Montreal, the proposed Ottawa Parliament Buildings, Damascus, and Durham and Devon cattle. Strong content for Native American archaeology collectors, Canadian history enthusiasts, and Victorian natural history lovers.

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🏛️ THE OHIO HOLY STONE — NEWARK EARTHWORKS
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🪨 FRONT PAGE — THREE SMALL PRINTS — "THE OHIO HOLY STONE — GREAT CIRCULAR MOUND NEAR NEWARK, OHIO"
Three front-page illustrations of the Ohio Holy Stone and the Great Circular Mound near Newark, Ohio — one of the most significant and controversial archaeological discoveries of the antebellum era. The Newark Earthworks — built by the Hopewell culture between 100 BCE and 500 CE — are the largest geometric earthworks ever built by any civilization in human history, covering more than four square miles and consisting of enormous circles, octagons, and parallel walls of earth. The "Holy Stone" was a carved stone bearing Hebrew inscriptions found near the mounds in 1860, which generated enormous controversy — some claiming it proved pre-Columbian Hebrew settlement of America, others denouncing it as a fraud. The Smithsonian Institution examined the stone and concluded it was a forgery. The Newark Earthworks are today a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an Ohio Historical Landmark — one of the most significant pre-Columbian sites in North America. This Harper's Weekly documentation — published at the height of the Holy Stone controversy — is a primary document of one of the most significant archaeological debates of the 19th century. A significant piece of Native American history and American archaeological history.

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🎆 THE VICTORIA BRIDGE FIREWORKS — MONTREAL
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🎆 FULL PAGE — "GRAND FINALE OF FIRE-WORKS IN HONOR OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL, CANADA"
A full-page illustration of the spectacular fireworks display celebrating the completion of the Victoria Tubular Bridge at Montreal — the greatest engineering achievement in British North America, a massive iron railway bridge across the St. Lawrence River completed in 1860 and opened by the Prince of Wales on August 25, 1860. The Victoria Bridge — 1.7 miles long and consisting of 24 tubular iron spans — was one of the great engineering wonders of the Victorian era, and its formal opening by the Prince of Wales was one of the most celebrated events in Canadian history. This fireworks celebration illustration is a vivid and very frameable piece of Canadian engineering and royal history.

🌉 FULL PAGE — FIREWORKS UPON COMPLETION OF THE VICTORIA BRIDGE IN MONTREAL
A second full-page illustration of the Victoria Bridge completion fireworks — together the two fireworks pages form a comprehensive visual document of one of the greatest Canadian celebrations of the Victorian era.

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🏛️ THE PROPOSED PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS — OTTAWA
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🍁 ILLUSTRATION — "PROPOSED NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA, CANADA"
An illustration of the proposed Parliament Buildings at Ottawa — the Gothic Revival design for Canada's new national capital, whose cornerstone had been laid in 1860. A significant piece of Canadian architectural and political history.

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🕌 TWO-THIRDS PAGE — "CITY OF DAMASCUS, SYRIA"
A two-thirds page illustration of Damascus — the ancient Syrian capital continuing Harper's Weekly's documentation of the 1860 massacre aftermath. A significant piece of Middle Eastern history.

🐄 FULL PAGE — "DURHAM AND DEVON COWS"
A full-page illustration of Durham and Devon cattle breeds — a vivid piece of Victorian agricultural and livestock history, capturing two of the most prized British beef breeds at the height of the Antebellum agricultural improvement movement.

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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· September 1, 1860
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages

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