1860 Toronto Three Views, Cleveland Perry Statue Centerfold, Lebanon Druze Sep 8

🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · September 8, 1860
Complete Issue · New York

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A varied and historically interesting Antebellum issue — three panoramic views of Toronto, a double-page centerfold of Cleveland's public square and the Oliver Hazard Perry statue, Lebanese Druze figures on the front page, and a celebrated racehorse. Strong content for Canadian history collectors, Ohio history enthusiasts, and naval history buffs.

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🍁 TORONTO — THREE PANORAMIC VIEWS
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🏙️ FULL PAGE — "PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE CITY OF TORONTO, CANADA" — THREE VIEWS
Three panoramic views of Toronto — published at a significant moment in the city's history, as the Prince of Wales was touring British North America and Toronto was preparing for his visit. Toronto in 1860 was the capital of Canada West (present-day Ontario) and a rapidly growing city of about 45,000 people — its broad streets, handsome public buildings, and busy harbor on Lake Ontario making it one of the most prosperous cities in British North America. Seven years before Canadian Confederation would transform it into the capital of the province of Ontario, Toronto appears here as a proud Victorian colonial city at the height of its Antebellum prosperity. A significant piece of Canadian and Toronto history.

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🏛️ CLEVELAND — PUBLIC SQUARE AND PERRY STATUE
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🗿 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "PUBLIC SQUARE AT CLEVELAND, OHIO WITH THE PERRY STATUE" — WITH MORE ON O.H. PERRY
A double-page centerfold of Cleveland's Public Square — the great central plaza of the Lake Erie port city — featuring vignettes of the Oliver Hazard Perry statue and additional content on Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Perry's famous signal before the battle — "We have met the enemy and they are ours" — is one of the most celebrated dispatches in American military history, and his victory at Lake Erie on September 10, 1813 gave the United States control of the Great Lakes and turned the tide of the War of 1812 in the Northwest. The Perry statue in Cleveland's Public Square honored the War of 1812 hero who had been born in South Kingston, Rhode Island and whose greatest victory had been fought on the waters visible from the same city where his monument stood. A vivid and significant piece of Ohio, Great Lakes, and War of 1812 history.

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🖼️ INSIDE THE ISSUE
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👳 FRONT PAGE — "A GROUP OF DRUSES IN LEBANON"
A front-page illustration of Druze figures in Lebanon — continuing Harper's Weekly's documentation of the 1860 Druze-Christian conflict in Mount Lebanon, capturing the distinctive dress and culture of the Druze community. A significant piece of Middle Eastern and Lebanese cultural history.

⚙️ SMALL ILLUSTRATION — "THE VIRGIN, AN INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE"
A small illustration of the Iron Maiden — the legendary "Virgin" torture instrument — a vivid piece of Victorian fascination with medieval torture devices. A curious and unusual piece of Victorian popular history.

🐎 HALF PAGE — "THE RACE-HORSE 'BOURBON'"
A half-page illustration of the racehorse Bourbon — a vivid piece of Antebellum American horse racing culture, capturing one of the celebrated trotting or thoroughbred horses of the era.

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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· September 8, 1860
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages

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