{"product_id":"harpers-weekly-original-1800s-magazine-may-29th-1875-reconstruction-era","title":"Harper's Weekly (Original 1800s Magazine) - May 29th, 1875 - Reconstruction Era","description":"\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e was a political magazine published in New York City from 1857 to 1916, and was the \u003cstrong\u003emost widely read journal in the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e during the American Civil War. It covered a wide variety of topics, ranging from foreign and domestic news to fiction and humorous essays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e had a strong influence on history due to it's high readership, with an example being on the issue of slavery. Though the magazine\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003einitially took a moderate stance on slavery prior to the Civil War so not to offend its large Southern audience, it became staunchly pro-Union and abolition after the war began. Famously, it published an engraving showing the scarred back of \u003cstrong\u003eGordon, an escaped slave\u003c\/strong\u003e who joined up to fight in the Union army (a dubious claim by the magazine that may have conflated two different stories). Regardless, the images served as a first look into the true brutalities of slavery for many Northerners and encouraged free Black men in the North to enlist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"Harper's Weekly artist Alfred Waud sketching the battlefield at Gettysburg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0102\/1096\/7599\/files\/Harper_s_weekly_artist.jpg?v=1658430477\u0026amp;width=700\" data-mce-style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eHarper's Weekly artist Alfred Waud sketching the battlefield at Gettysburg (1863). Many of the issues up for auction feature his work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eEach issue of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e featured around a half dozen full page illustrations, which were often firsthand accounts from artists who were present in the battlefield. \u003cstrong\u003eS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eketch artists\u003c\/strong\u003e played a crucial role in documenting the war before photography was widespread, and produced many important visual primary sources used by historians today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003ePolitical cartoons were also a common feature of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, created by the famous cartoonist \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Nast \u003c\/strong\u003e(often called the father of American political cartooning). These were present on the back cover of most issues, alongside advertisements for various products and services—notably featuring many ads for prosthetic limbs, a gruesome byproduct of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eThese magazines are all in good condition. The paper is still flexible and the publications can be carefully flipped through without damaging them. Some have minor tears and a few have pages that have separated, but they are still very much readable and able to be handled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eIssues of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e are quite large, measuring \u003cstrong\u003e17 inches by 11 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e (43 cm by 28 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"JsGRdQ\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eAll purchases include a Certificate of Authenticity. You will receive the exact newspaper in this photo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Hoard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67660034638076,"sku":"xad1791343962046","price":51.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4415\/5388\/files\/harpers-weekly-original-1800s-magazine---may-29th-1875---reconstruction-era_1.jpg?v=1791343967","url":"https:\/\/www.sunwares.shop\/products\/harpers-weekly-original-1800s-magazine-may-29th-1875-reconstruction-era","provider":"Evorique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}