HARPER'S WEEKLY - ORIGINAL, COMPLETE ISSUE - "PORTRAITS OF THE MANAGERS TO CONDUCT THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON" - MARCH 21, 1868 - VOL. XII - NO. 586 JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION
NEW YORK: HARPER'S WEEKLY, 1868. Softcover. G. Item #85031
SOME FOXING. ; IN B/W. - FRONT PAGE, 7 OVAL PORTRAITS: BOUTWELL. MASS - BINGHAM. OHIO - LOGAN. ILL. - STEVENS. PA. - BUTLER. MASS - WILLIAMS. PA. - WILSON. IOWA. - 4 PAGES ON THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON, INCLUDING FRONT PAGE, STORY & 3 OTHER PRINTS. - PRINTS FROM APPROX: 6 in X 4 1/2 in. TO APPROX: 7 in. 9 in. SHOW: "SCENE IN THE HOUSE--APATHY OF THE MEMBERS" - "A RACE FOR THE WIRES--ENERGY OF THE REPORTERS" & "THE LAST SPEECH ON IMPEACHMENT--THADDEUS STEVENS CLOSING THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE" - + FULL PAGE PRINT: PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S LAST LEVEE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRINT APPROX: 9 in. X 14 in. SHOW: THE WHITE HOUSE INTERIOR, WITH WELL DRESSED MEN AND WOMEN, TWO MEN IN THE MIDDLE SHAKE HANDS. - ALSO FULL PAGE PRINT, APPROX: 9 in. X 14 in. "BURNING OF BARNUM'S MUSEUM--THE ANIMALS DURING THE FIRE" SHOW: ALL TYPES OF WILD ANIMALS, ZEBRA, LEOPARD, GIRAFFE, BEARS, ELEPHANT, LLAMA, MOOSE, ETC...ETC...SOME ARE BEING BURNT ALIVE IN THEIR CAGES. - STORY & 1 OTHER PRINT APPROX: 7 in. X 9 in. "EXTERIOR OF BARNUM'S MUSEUM AFTER THE FIRE.--(SKETCHED BY STANLEY FOX)" SHOW: FIREMEN STILL HOSING THE RUINED BARNUM'S MUSEUM BUILDING, WHILE LARGE PIECES OF ICICLES & SNOW COVER THE RUINS. - + "THE LADLOW STREET JAIL" STORY & 6 PRINTS. - PRINTS OF VARIOUS SIZES, FROM APPROX: 3 in. X 3 in. TO APPROX: 5 in. X 6 in. SHOW: 1. "LUDLOW STREET JAIL--THE OFFICE" - 2. "INTERIOR OF CELL" - 3. "GROCERY STORE" - 4. "BILLIARD-ROOM IN LUDLOW STREET JAIL" - 5. "READING-ROOM IN LUDLOW STREET JAIL" & 6. "EXTERIOR OF LUDLOW STREET JAIL" - ETC...ETC... ; 16 pages.
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