Bound Volume of Harper's Weekly Magazine for the Year 1859

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Artifact Overview

Harper's Weekly began publishing in 1857. Readers could find news, fictional works, essays and illustrations. This 1859 issue, with a serialized story on the front, contains an engraving titled "Fall Games -- the Apple-Bee." This illustration, by Winslow Homer, depicts life and love at an autumn gathering in mid-19th century America.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

1859

Subject Date

1859

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2009.0.3.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Leather
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Engraving (Printing process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Gold (Color)
Brown

Inscriptions

Imprinted on spine of volume: HARPER'S / WEEKLY / 1859
Bound Volume of Harper's Weekly Magazine for the Year 1859