New York: Harper's Weekly, 1884. Woodcut with hand coloring. Sheet measures 15.75 x 11". This lovely 1884 woodcut from Harper's Weekly depicts the construction of the Statue of Liberty. From a drawing by John Durkin, it shows the sculpture surrounded by scaffolding. The flame from her torch can be seen in one of the two insets along the bottom where a man is working on it. Another inset shows a man near the right foot. Forged by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the... More about The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1899. Lithograph. Measures 15 1/2" x 43". This beautiful large supplement to the Harper's Weekly January 21, 1899 edition features images of Havana. From photographs by S. A. Cohner, the supplement features a large panoramic view of the city and harbor of Havana. Six other images includes views of Central Park, Wagons of the 7th Army Corps, Galliano Street with patriotic decorations, The United States Military Post-Office, Landing Strip of the Havana Custom House, and the... More about Havana - Places of Interest In and Around the Chief City - "The Pearl of the Antilles"

New York: Harper's Weekly, 1864. Woodcut. Sheet measures 14 3/4" x 10 1/4". This lovely 1864 woodcut from Harper's Weekly depicts New York's Metropolitan Sanitary Fair, held for the relief of the sick and wounded of the National Army. It was issued in the April 16, 1864 edition of Harper's Weekly. Harper's Weekly was a New York-based illustrated political magazine published from 1857 until 1916. The magazine featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor. Its... More about Picture-Gallery of the Fair, Fourteenth-Street Building

New York: D.T. Valentine, 1860. View. Lithograph. Image measures 6" x 8 1/2". This charming small view features the Macombs Dam across the Harlem River in New York City. With the High Bridge visible in the background, the view looks northward from the Manhattan banks. Two boats tied to poles are seen in the foreground while a carriage is being driven across the dam. A house can be viewed on the opposite bank. In 1813, the New York State Legislature... More about Macombs Dam, Harlem River 1850

New York: D.T. Valentine, 1859. View. Lithograph. Image measures 6" x 8 1/2". This small view depicts Broadway as it looked in 1834. David Thomas Valentine (1801-1869) served as the Deputy to the Clerk of the Common Council for thirty-seven years and began publishing the "Manual for the Corporation of the City of New York" in 1841. The Manuals were directories of extensive historical and contemporary records of New York that included facts about the City of New York, city... More about View of Broadway, 1834