Harper's Weekly

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Harper's Weekly"

Entry/Object ID

2007.348.1.1

Description

"Harper's Weekly," 3 October 1857 (Vol. 1, No. 40). The item contains domestic and international news items, fiction and poetry, and other items of general interest. Of note is an article, with illustrations including one of Chinese miners and others showing the gambling games of faro and monte, called "Mining Life in California." As disbound with some pages separated, stains, edge tears, creases, browning, and other wear, the condition is fair.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)