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001bh: 1872 Print - Ku Klux Klan. "The Ku-Klux Conspiracy," article and engravings from original Harper's Weekly, 1872. Shows "Mississippi Ku-Klux in the Disguises in Which They Were Captured," and "'One Vote Less'," an image of a dead Black man. 128 years old. 11x16 in. $30



004bh: Black Soldiers in this old Civil War print shows U.S Black Infantry bringing in captured confederate guns at Baylor's Farm in Virginia. From The Soldier in Our Civil War from 1864.
photo: 11x9.5 in., whole page: 11x17 in. $40


 

011bh: 1878 Blackville print. Hand colored antique engraving from the humorous Blackville series, Harper's. This popular series of prints was sought by collectors. 16x11 in. Color is $60
Black and White is: $50


012bh: 1889 Black Pride. Hand colored print of a beautiful young black woman showing off her finery to her proud family. Harper's. 11 x 16 in. $50


014bh: 1875 Southern Race contrasts. Two hand colored antique Southern prints on one large page. Shows an interesting contrast: A Gentleman of Color (well-dressed and classy) vs. a poor white (poorly dressed and listless) man. 15-1/2 x 22 in. $80



015bh: 1870 Print: Voting, Flower Selling. Authentic hand watercolored engraving from the June 4, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. The print contains two images, both pertaining to black history: 1) "Flower-Sellers in the Market at Washington, DC (shows African-American women selling flowers); and 2) First Municipal Election in Richmond Since the End of the War--Registration of Colored Voters." This print is in excellent condition. 11" x 16" $50



017bh: 1873 Slave Ship Destruction. Hand colored print showing the destruction of a slave ship on the African coast. Harper's. 6-1/2 x 11 in. $30

 
018bh: Civil War Black Soldiers. Black soldiers as drivers of the mules used to haul supplies for a northern brigade. Hand colored engraving. 15x11 in. $40



020bh: 1877 Black Family Pulls Up Stakes. Wife explains "Got to go dis time. De Landlode 'fuses to put in de Gas-Works." Hand colored antique engraving from Harper's. 16x11 in. Color is $50; Black and White is: $40



021bh: 1875 Cotton Mill. Great Southern scene of the mill and workers celebrating the last of the cotton. Attractive hand colored Harper's engraving. 16x11 in. $60



024bh: 1866 Black Reconstruction Era Cartoon. Biting commentary by Thomas Nast. This important hand colored engraved antique print shows some of the features of Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction era following the Civil War. 22x16 in. $100



025bh: 1866 Civil Rights Bill Passage. Important historical print. Shows scene in the lobby of the House of Representatives in Washington during the passage the Civil Rights Bill. Large hand colored original engraving from Harper's. 22x16 in.
 



026bh: 1865 Dutch Gap Canal Construction. Black Civil War soldiers pictured digging the famous canal, which would bypass the strong Confederate positions. Hand colored original front page of Harper's. 11x16 in. $50



027bh: 1859 Print: Trial of John Brown. This print is from the Nov. 12, 1859 issue of Harper's Weekly. It is titled "The Trial of John Brown, at Charlestown Virginia, for Treason and Murder." The scene shows a crowded courtroom, with Brown - the famous abolitionist - lying on a cot near the center of the room. This print is in excellent condition, with nice modern hand coloring. 11" x 16" $80



029bh: 1889 EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE VIEWS.  Views in the Lake Nyassa Region. Shows British missionaries, Consul, Consular Guard and Servants, The African Lakes Company's Halting Station at Mbame on the route from Katunga's to Mandala and others. Authentic professionally hand-watercolored engravings published in the Graphic (London), January 26, 1889. 11" x 16" $60



030bh: 1876 "No Small Breed Fer Yer Uncle Abe Dis Christmas! Aint He a Cherub." This beautiful black and white engraving is from the January, 1876 edition of Harper's Weekly and shows a family marveling at the Turkey for the nights feast. size: 11" x 16" 
Color is: $30
Black and White is: $20


031bh: 1881 "Done Brown, Sho's Yo' B'on!" This hand colored colored engraving shows an African American woman serving a turkey. This genuine antique print is from the November, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 11" x 16" $50



032bh: circa 1880 Gathering, Picking, and Shipping the Cotton Crop Captured by the Federal Army on the Sea Island. Ten hand colored engravings on a double page print showing whipping cotton, picking cotton, planting cotton, moting cotton hoeing cotton, ginning cotton by steam, foot gins, and packing cotton. This Genuine antique print is from the The Civil War in the United States. size: 22" x 16"  $120
 



033bh: 1881 A Possum Hunt in Old Virginia. Derogatory black history view. This hand colored engraving shows two views of a group of men hunting opossums at night with a small view below of a woman serving the possum meal to her family. This engraving is entitled "Possum Fat and Simmon Beer, Krismus come but Unce a Year." size: 11x16 in. $50
 



034bh: 1889 A Negro Prophet In Florida- "Prepar' Fo De Day of Wrath!" This beautiful hand colored engraving shows a black prophet preaching from the back of a wagon to a group of followers in the field. This unique engraving is from the October, 1889 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. size: 11x16 in. $100



035bh: 1887 A Day's Work Ended. This beautiful hand colored engraving depicts a group of black cotton workers coming in from the fields loaded with their share of cotton harvested that day. This unique engraving is from the December, 1887 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. size: 11x16 in. $100



100bh: 1878 Black History: Racist Blackville Print. Hand colored engraving from Harper's Weekly, titled "New Year's Day in Blackville: The Twins Receive." Shows two young African American women receiving visitors at their home. The characters are drawn in a derogatory fashion, implying that blacks were inferior to whites even when trying to act "civilized." 11x16 in.
  Color is: $80
Black and White is: $60


101bh: Black History: Slaves Happier than Whites. Lithographed page from an 1882 issue of Judge Magazine, contrasting the happy lives of pre-Civil War slaves with the misery of white workers in the 1880s. Advantages for the slave are given as 1) Plenty to Eat; 2) Time for Amusement; 3) Comfortable Quarters, No rent; and 4) Buried by his Master. Disadvantages for the white worker are 1) Compelled to Live in Death Traps; 2) Rent Raised but Not Wages; 3) The Widows Struggle for Existence; and 4) Buried at the Expense of Strangers. 14x21 in. $100



103bh: 1890 Black History: North Carolina Exodus. Engraved scene from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, titled "The Negro Exodus from North Carolina: Scene at a Railway Station." A large group of African Americans is shown waiting for a train to take them north. 11x16 in. $60

 
 

106bh: American Cotton: Its Cultivation and Preparation in Mississippi. Several hand colored views from planting & picking to finally shipping from New Orleans. This scarce hand colored engraving was produced for The Illustrated London News dated September 24, 1881. 16x22 in. $350



201bh: RARE Black History: Moving to Topeka Kansas. Three hand-colored, engraved images from the July 5, 1879 issue of Harper's Weekly, titled "The colored Exodus: Scenes at Topeka, Kansas." Former slaves moving out of the southern states are shown arriving in Topeka, preparing to make new lives for themselves. 11x16 in. $50



202bh: 1898 Black Soldiers in Spanish American War. Dramatic, hand-colored engraving from an 1898 issue of Harper's Weekly, titled "Forgotten Heroes: Troop C, 9th U.S. Cavalry, Captain Taylor, Leading the Charge at San Juan." Shows members of an African American unit charging over a hill through enemy fire. 16x22 in. $150



203bh: 1887 Black Workers in a Cotton Field. Hand-colored engraving from the August 20, 1887 issue of Harper's Weekly, titled "In a Cotton Field." A group of African American farm workers are shown picking cotton, and loading it onto a wagon. 11x16 in. $100



206bh: July 13, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly. Hand colored engraving titled A Slave Auction at the South. From an original sketch by Theodore R. Davis. 16x11 in. $100



207bh: Hand colored Engraving of Harper's Weekly dated April 24, 1875. Picture titled: Cotton Culture - Covering in the Seed. 16x11 in. $60


 

211bh: Exceptional hand colored engraving from a supplement to Harper's Weekly dated August 13, 1887. Seven seperate images showing various views of An Old Louisiana Sugar Plantation. Drawn by John Durkin. 16x22 in. $300



212bh: Gathering Christmas Evergreens. Beautiful hand colored engraving from the November 30, 1889 issue of Harper's Weekly. From a drawing by Alice Barber, showing a family out in the snow covered woods gathering evergreens for their Christmas. 16x11 in. $100
 



213bh: Hand colored wood engraving from 1864. Titled, Presentation of Colors to the Twentieth United States Colored Infantry. Colonel Bartram, at the Union League Clubhouse, New York, March 5th 1864. Small article below the title about the ceremony and the regiment. 16x11 in. $50



214bh: Hand colored halftone from an 1898 issue of Harper's Weekly. Page titled, With the United States Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida - Bits of Camp Life. Five images from photographs by James Burton depicting Buffalo Soldiers at camp. Large picture in center captioned, Artillery Camp During Stable Hour. Four smaller pictures surrounding show various other scenes from the camp. 16x11 in. $60



215bh: 1898 Buffalo Soldiers in Tampa Florida. Hand-colored engraving by Frederick Remington, from the May 28, 1898 issue of Harper's Weekly. Title is "With the Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida. Colored Troopers of the U.S. Cavalry Taking Their Horses for a Dash into the Gulf". Interesting scene from the period of the Spanish American War. 11x16 in. $40



216bh: Anti Racist Cartoon by Thomas Nast. Large, hand-colored engraving by Thomas Nast, from the Aug. 12, 1876 issue of Harper's Weekly. Nast was the most famous American political cartoonist of the 19th century. He drew many cartoons criticizing the treatment of blacks after the Civil War. This item features Justice holding a scale with six blacks on one side and one white on the other. The black men on the scale are heavier than the white man. The cartoon is titled Declaration of Equality. Justice:  'Five More Wanted.' Next to justice there is a sign titled Negroes Shot in Cold Blood at Hamburg, S.C. 16x22 in. $90



217bh: 1875 Scene: Growing Cotton in the South. Hand-colored engraving from Harper's Weekly, titled Cotton Culture: Covering the Seed. Shows a group of black farm workers hoeing in a cotton field, while an overseer watches them from his horse. 11x16 in. $80


 

219bh: 1898 Black Soldiers in Camp. Uncolored engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1898, titled Pease on a Trencher. Officers' Mess, 9th US Cavalry (Colored), Port Tampa. White officers are shown eating, while black soldiers cook and wash dishes. 11x16 in. $50





221bh: Virginia. A Family of Negroes, who do not Favor the Exodus, Returning from a Purchasing trip to New Market. This hand colored wood engraving is from the May 10, 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 11x16 in. $80



223bh: Very nice hand colored engraving from the February 16, 1861 issue of The Illustrated London News. One of the best slave auction prints printed. Title reads, "A slave auction in Virginia." 16x11 in. $100




225bh: Two hand colored engravings from the April 6, 1861 issue of The Illustrated London News. Upper image is captioned, The Dandy Slave: A Scene in Baltimore, Maryland. Lower picture is captioned, Slaves for Sale: A Scene in New Orleans. 16x11 in. $80



226bh: Rare print of slaves picking cotton, titled," Le coton en Amerique." This hand colored engraving was published in French c1860. 15x11 in. $60
 



227bh: New York City. - Colored Refugees from Arkansas Awaiting Trasportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel. Very nice hand colored wood engraving from 1880. 7.5x11 in. $50



228bh: 1879 Frederick Douglas Print. Hand colored engraving published December 13, 1879 captioned, Our Artistic Correspondent Interviewing Frederick Douglass in the District Marshal's Office, Washington, D.C. 7.5x11 in. $60



 
230bh: 1856 Negro expulsion from a railway Car. This page depicts different scenes but important to history is this second scene in the middle left. Showing a white couple making a black man get up and move from the seat. Other images show General Cass in the Senate, Glimpse of Change New York, Close of Business on Wall Street, Young America Boston, Theodore Parking Lecturing in New York. Excellent condition. 11 X 16 in. $50



231bh: 1856 Black slave auction. This page depicts different scenes but important to history are the scenes showing a slave auction at Richmond, Virginia. The lower two images as well show slaves waiting for sale in Virginia and The Negro Reveilee in Charlestown. The center image is a street scene of Baltimore, Maryland. Excellent condition. 11 X 16 in. $90



232bh: Two images from The Illustrated London News published December 5, 1863. Top image titled 'Family Worship in a Plantation in South Carolina.' Showing the white Plantation owner, his wife and daughters with all of the slaves on his plantation worshipping together. The second image titled 'The War in America: The Federals Shelling the City of Charleston - Shell Bursting in the Streets.' Excellent condition 11 X 16 in. $60


 
234bh: Cotton--Hand Culture and Treatment. A Beautiful hand colored photo-lithographs produced c.1880 for Julius Bien, NY. Showing individual scenes of Planting, Hoeing, Gathering, Packing and Shipping of Cotton. Small repaired tears on the right margin.15 1/2 x 19 in. $75.

 


237bh: He Wants a Change Too. This is a hand colored wood engraving illustrated by Thomas Nast, produced Oct. 28, 1876 for Harper's Weekly. Archivally repaired along seam, otherwise in excellent condition. 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. $150.



238bh: American Home Scenes. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced April 13, 1861 for Harper's Weekly. Scenes showing apple cutting, the dance, quilting, husking corn,the breakdown dance and raffling are depicted. Archivally repaired along seam, and some tattered edges on right and left edges, not affecting the image itself. 15x21 1/2 in. $150.





239bh: Long Island celebration scene at the horse races. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced July 9, 1881 for a rare German edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. Archivally repaired along seam, otherwise in excellent condition. 16x22 in. $150.



240bh: American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - Outdoor Work. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced June 17,1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. Colored is: $80
Black and White is: $60


241bh: American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - No. 1 Returning from work. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced Feb. 19, 1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 10 1/2 x 16 in. 
Colored is: $60
Black and White is: $50


242bh: American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York Dinner Time. Two scenes: Leaving the spoons and Taking Bread. These are hand colored wood engravings produced March 18, 1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $60.



243bh: American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining Room. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced March 4,1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. 
Colored is: $60
Black and White is: $50


244bh: Machines and Appliances for Harvesting Cotton, showing 8 scenes of different methods. These are beautiful hand colored wood engravings produced for Scientific American produced in New York Oct. 1, 1881. Excellent condition. 11x15 1/2 in. $70.



245bh: Interior of a Southern Cotton Press by Night. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced March 24, 1884 for Harper's Weekly, illustrated by J.O. Davidson. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $50.



246bh: The Slave Ship - Sighting an English Cruiser. The scene represents a slave ship in the Mediterranean where a large cargo of slaves has been taken on board. The unrelated top half of page is on Wilhelm Von Kaulbach, a great German artist. These are hand colored wood engravings produced April 25, 1874 for Harper's Weekly. Very good condition. Overall 11x16 in. $40.



247bh: June 18, 1898 titled With the Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida. U.S. Cavalry passing an army pack train on the road. Black Soldiers in Spanish American War. Dramatic, hand-colored half tone Harper's Weekly. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Very Good condition. 16x22 in. $200.



248bh: 1889 Picture of a junk shop in Richmond, Virginia. Hand colored engraved image titled, "Virginia.-Interior of a junk shop in the city of Richmond-A Bazaar of war relics and odds and ends of every sort," drawn by W. L. Sheppard from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Scene shows people inside of a junk shop in Richmond, Virginia. 11 x 16in. $80



249bh: 1873 Hand colored engraved image titled, "The South.-The Watermelon Season-A Scene of the Savannah Docks," drawn by W. L. Sheppard from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of people eating watemelon by the docks in Savannah. 11 x 16in. $60



250bh: 1873 Picture of a Negro Revival Meeting in the South. Hand colored engraved image titled, "The Sunny South.-A Negro Revival Meeting-A Seeker Getting Religion," drawn by W. L. Sheppard from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of people in a negro revival meeting. 11 x 16in. $80



251bh: 1861 Picture of first African American man to vote. Hand colored engraved image titled, "The First Vote," drawn by A. R. Waud from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows firs African American man casting his vote. 11 x 16in. $225


 

253bh: 1876 Political cartoon of North vs. South by Thomas Nast. Hand colored engraved image titled, "The Ignorant Vote-Honors are Easy," by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows political cartoon of the North vs. South. 11 x 16in. Color is: $60
Black and White is: $50


254bh: 1863 Picture of a Negro Regiment in Action. Hand colored engraved image titled, "A Negro Regiment in Action," drawn by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows black soldiers in action on a field. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in. $200



255bh: 1867 Pictures of slaves on a cotton plantation. Hand colored engraved images titled, "Scenes on a Cotton Plantation, The Cotton Press, Ration Day, The Cotton Gin, Sowing, Ploughing, The Call to Labor, Hoeing, Picking, The Planter ans his Overseer, Plantation Graveyard, Saturday Evening's Dance and Prayer Meeting," drawn by A. R. Waud from Harper's Weekly. Scenes show slaves working different tasks on the cotton plantation. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in $200



256bh: 1867 Pictures the Operation of the Registration Laws and Negro Suffrage in the South. Hand colored engraved images titled, "The Operations of the Registration Laws and Negro Suffrage in the South, Jury of Whites and Blacks, Freedmen discharged for voting the Radical Ticket, Scene in Registation office, Macon, Georgia, Potential Argumentsto the Freedman for his vote, Freedman voting in New Orleans, Reading the Government order of Rights and Privileges to the Freedmen, Congratulating each other on the successful result of the election and Discussing the merits of the candidates," drawn by James E. Taylor from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scenes of the Negro Suffrage Movement in the South. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in. $300



257bh: 1866 Picture of the Tobacco Manufactory of Geo. A .Burks in Lynchburg, Virginia. Hand colored engraved images titled, "The Great Workshops of America.-The Tobacco Manufactory of Geo. A. Burks, Lynchburg, Virginia, The Steam Vat, The Tobacco Steamer, Assorting the Leaf, The Liquorice Boiler, The Sweat Room, Pots for Pressing and Packing, Packing the Stems, Stemming and Twisting, The Drying Room and Final Packing and Pressing the Twist," drawn by James E. Taylor from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of each step of tobacco production in a tobacco factory. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in. $150



258bh: 1883 Picture of Frederick Douglass. Beautiful hand colored wood engraving titled, "Frederick Douglass," from Harper's Weekly. Shows picture of Frederick Douglass. 11 x 16in. $150
Black and White is: $125


259bh: 1885 Pictures of scenes and incidents of a Southern Tour in Virginia, Peanut Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg. Rare hand colored engraved image titled, "Virginia-Scenes and Incidents of a Southern Tour-Peanut Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. Shows scene of incidents of a Southern Tour in Virginia, Peanut Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg. 11 x 16in. $80


 

261bh: 1877 Pictures of Frederick Douglass. Beautifully hand colored engraved wood engraving titled,"Washington, D.C.-Frederick Douglass, The New Marshal of the District of Columbia and Washington, D.C.-The New Administration-Colored Citizens Paying their Respects to Marhal Frederick Douglass, in his office at the City Hall," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows two different scenes of Frederick Douglass. 11 x 16in. $50



264bh: 1897 Picture of the First Parade of the New Woman's Society in Possumville. Beautifully hand colored wood engraving captioned, "I isn't got no bloomers, but I'se pow'ful close to it," drawn by Kemble from Leslie's Weekly. Shows scene of the First Parade of the New Woman's Society in Possumville. 11 x 16in. $60



266bh: 1865 Picture of the arrival of the freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland. Beautifully hand colored wood engraving titled, "Arrival of the Freedmen and Their Families at Baltimore, Maryland-An Everyday Scene," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of the arrival of the freed men and their families at Baltimore, Maryland. 11 x 16in. $80



267bh: 1883 Picture of the prisoners in line for exercise at the Schuykill County Prison at Pottsville. Elegant hand colored wood engraving titled,"Pennsylvania-Scene in the Schuykill County Prison at Pottsville-The Prisoners' March For Exercise in the Corridor," drawn by Joseph Becker from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of the prisoners in line for exercise at the Schuykill County Prison at Pottsville. 11 x 16in. $60


 

269bh: 1889 Picture of the Regular Army at Target Practice. Elegant hand colored wood engraving titled,"Skirmish Line Target Practice in the Regular Army," drawn by Frederic Remington from Harper's Weekly. Shows scenes of the Regular Army at Target Practice. 11 x 16in. $80



270bh: 1897 Picture of a colored man and woman riding a donkey. Elegant hand colored wood engraving titled,"The Fourth in Possumville," drawn by Kemble from Leslie's Weekly. Shows scene of a colored man and woman riding a donkey. 11 x 16in. $60


 
 
274bh: 1882 Picture of The New York Pension Agency. Elegant hand colored wood engraving titled,"The New York Pension Agency," drawn by Kelly from Harper's weekly. Shows scenes from the New York Pension Agency. 22 x 16in.
Color is: $150
Black and White is: $130


275bh: 1897 Picture of the Blackville Gallery. Elegant hand colored wood engraving titled,"The Blackville gallery," from Leslie's Weekly. Shows scene of a rehearsal of the Blackville Choir. 11 x 16in. $150



276bh: 1897 Picture of colored people walking down the street on Christmas Day in a Virginia Town. Elegant hand colored wood engraving titled,"Christmas Day in a Virginia Town," drawn by Clinedinst from Christmas Number of Leslie's Weekly. 11 x 16in. $150



277bh: 1888 A Mississippi Coast Peddler - Drawn by E.W. Kemble. Hand colored wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly on November 3, 1888. Scene depicts a group of black women trying to sell their wares to a white man. 11x16in. $80


279bh:
1883 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "Cotton Culture in the South," drawn by J.O. Davidson.
16 x 11 in. $80



280bh: 1877 The John Brown Monument, Osawatomie, Kansas - From Sketches by H. Worrall. Four hand colored wood engravings of John Brown's cabin, the Battle Ground of Osawatomie, his monument dedication, and the dedication dinner nearby the monument. Also included is an inset hand colored wood engraving of "Old" John Brown, whose mission in life was to abolish slavery, even if it cost him his life. Also near his picture is part of a song about him, written out in musical notation along with the verses. 11x16in. $100




282bh: 1858 Picking Cotton On A Georgia Plantation. Hand colored wood engraving published in Ballou's Pictorial on January 23, 1858 by M.M. Ballou. Vol. XIV., No. 4 - Whole No. 344. Scene on bottom of page depicts a group of "colored" workers picking cotton and a man carrying a cotton-filled basket on top of his head. 11x15in. $60



283bh: 1887 Negro Baptism In The United States - Drawn by Felix Regamey. Hand colored wood engraving published in The Illustrated London News on May 21, 1887. Scene depicts a large gathering of negroes praying and chanting as they watch the baptismal ceremony taking place by the water's edge. 11x16in. $150



284bh: 1863 The Emancipation Of the Negroes, January, 1863 - The Past And The Future - Drawn by Mr. Thomas Nast. Hand colored wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly in 1863 as a double-page spread. Several scenes on both sides of page, along with a large round inset of a happy negro family and a smaller round inset below of a white angel holding a white baby as a negro man waits nearby on his knees. 16x22in. $250



285bh: 1894 Christmas Eve On A Louisiana Plantation - Drawn by B. West Clinedinst. Hand colored half-tone published in a Christmas Number of Leslie's Weekly in 1894. Double-page scene depicts families with children dancing, singing and conversing on a joyful Christmas Eve on a Louisiana plantation. 16x22in. $150



 
 

286bh: Harper's Weekly "Old Master and Old Man - A New-Year's Talk Over Old Years Gone" January 11, 1890 9x11 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



287bh: Harper's Weekly "A Christmas Gift to Ole Marster and Missus" December 22,1883 13.5x9 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



288bh: Harper's Weekly "What the Colored Race Have to be Thankful For" Thomas Nast November 27, 1886 9x12 in. hand colored $40



289bh: Harper's Weekly "Stampede of Slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe" August 17, 1861 14x9.5 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



290bh: Harper's Weekly "Cotton Culture in the South" June 23, 1883 9x13.5 in. hand colored wood engraving $80


 

292bh: Harper's Weekly "The Centennial - Visit of the Small Breed Family" November 4, 1876. Hand colored wood engraving.
13.5x9 in. Color: $40
Black and White is: $30


293bh: Harper's Weekly "The English Mania for Private Theatricals Invades Blackville" September 1, 1883 hand colored wood engraving. 13.5x9 in. Color is: $40
Black and White is: $30


294bh: Harper's Weekly "Wedding Trip of the Blackville Twins - Off for Europe." September 7, 1878 hand colored wood engraving.
13.5x9 in. Color is: $40
Black and White is: $30


295bh: Harper's Weekly "Dat 'Possum smell Powerful Good" April 30, 1881 13x9 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



296bh: Harper's Weekly "Rebel Negro Pickets As Seen Through A Field-Glass" January 10, 1863 7.25x7.25 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



297bh: Harper's Weekly "Negros Escaping Out of Slavery" May 7, 1864 9x14 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



298bh: Harper's Weekly "Cutting The Canal Opposite Vicksburg" August 2, 1862 9x11 in. hand colored wood engraving $40



299bh: "Morning Mustering Of The Contrabands At Fortress Monroe On Their Way To Their Day's Work" c.1890 9x14 in. wood engraving $30



300bh: Harper's Weekly "The Practical Politican's Love for the Negro" Thomas Nast July 25, 1885 9.5x11 in. wood engraving.
Color is: $40
Black and White is: $30

301bh: Harper's Weekly "Is This a Republican Form of Government? Is This Protecting Life, Liberty, or Property? Is This the Equal Protection of the Laws?" Thomas Nast September 2, 1876 9.5x13.5 in. wood engraving $30



302bh: Harper's Weekly "A Cotton Blockade at Meridian, Mississippi" January 17, 1880 9.5x13.5 in. hand colored wood engraving $60



303bh: Harper's Weekly "The Riots at New York" August 1, 1863 two pages sold together each 9.5x14 in. Wood engraving $50



304bh: Harper's Weekly "Our Colored Troops at Work - The First Louisiana Native Guards Disembarking at Fort Macombe, Louisiana" February 28, 1863 9.5x14 in. hand colored wood engraving $50



305bh: 1881 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engraving titled, "A Lesson in History --Decoration Day, 1881. --Drawn by S.G. McCutcheon." Engraving shows a man explaining to the children gathered around him the meaning of Decoration Day as he shows them one of the wreathed headstones.
16 x 11 in. $40



306bh: 1868 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engraving titled, "The Freedmen's Bureau. -- Drawn by A.R. Waud." Shows General Howard, the namesake of Howard University of Washington, D.C. as he holds off the mobs.
16 x 11 in. $50



307bh: 1868 Harper's Weekly half-page hand colored engraving showing Scene On A Southern Plantation. -- Sketched by A.W. Thompson. Scene shows a man holding a fiddle as a few people look on.
11 x 8 in. $30



308bh: 1872 Harper's Weekly wood engraving titled, "Negro Life in the South -- Drawn by W.L. Sheppard." Engraving on left side shows a seated man listening to a young boy read his paper and scene on right shows a man playing the violin for his family.
16 x 11 in. $50



309bh: 1917 Cream of Wheat Ad. "Cooking Mama's Breakfast." Always popular color litho advertisement.
16 x 11 in. $40



310bh: 1878 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engraving titled, "Drawn on the Jury. --Drawn by S. G. McCutcheon." Engarving shows a darkened room with three people looking over a document.
16 x 11 in. $50



311bh: 1875 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engraving titled, "Going to Market -- A Scene Near Savannah, Georgia." Engraving shows women and children carrying their wares in baskets on their heads as a man rides near in his wagon.
16 x 11 in. $80



312bh: circa 1890 wood engraving titled, "A New Year's Day Contraband Ball at Vicksburg, Miss." Engraving shows a group of African American people dancing and socializing.
16 x 11-1/2 in. $40



313bh: 1859 Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization hand colored wood engraving titled, "Effect of John Brown's Invasion at the South."
16 x 11 in. $40



314bh: 1898 Leslie's Weekly hand colored sepia tone titled, "I Want You, My Honey, For My Christmas!" Scene shows a young man climbing a fence to catch his Christmas bird.
16 x 10-1/2 in. $40



315bh: 1882 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engraving titled, "Never Too Late To Mend." -- Drawn by Thomas Hovenden. Engraving shows a man sewing a garment.
16 x 11 in. $40



316bh: 1865 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper wood engraving titled, "Close of the War -- Babylon Is Fallen, 1865." 16 x 11 in. $40



317bh: 1866 Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization wood engraving titled, "Uncle Tom and His Grandchildren." Engraving shows Uncle Tom reading to his granddaughter.
16 x 11 in. $40


318bh: 1874 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engraving titled, "Running The Rapids of New River, Virginia." Engraving shows a group of men guiding their boat safely through the rapids.
16 x 11 in.$50



319bh: 1867 Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization hand colored wood engravings with text showing the schoolhouse and scholars who attend it. Top left engraving reads, "Colored Scholars Learning Their Lessons On the Street; Top right engraving reads, "Colored Scholars On Their Way To School; and bottom engraving shows St. Philip's Church, Richmond, Virginia -- School For Colored Children.
16 x 11 in. $50



320bh: 1880 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engravings titled, "A Cotton Blockade At Meridian, Mississippi -- From Sketches by J.H. Moser." Nine sketches in all on one page.
16 x 10.5 in. $50



321bh: Hand colored wood engraving, c.1890 from The Civil War in The United States, titled "Arrival At Chickasaw Bayou of the Slaves of President Davis From His Mississippi Plantation -- From A Sketch By F.B. Schell."
16 x 11 in. $40



322bh: 1868 Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung (German version of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Journal) hand colored wood engraving showing men being ordered to add brush and wood to a fire ablaze as two men burn.
16 x 11 in. $60



323bh: 1866 Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization hand colored wood engraving titled, "Colored Orphan Asylum, Memphis, Tennessee -- A Group of Portraits Sketched From Life."
16 x 11 in. $50



324bh: 1863 Harper's Weekly hand colored wood engravings. Top engraving is titled, "Our Colored Troops -- The Line Officers of the First Louisiana Native Guards," and bottom engraving titled, "Our Colored Troops At Work -- The First Louisiana Native Guards Disembarking At Fort Macombe, Louisiana."
16 x 11 in. $50



325bh: 1897 Very Rare Leslie's Weekly hand colored half-tone showing the "Genuine Negro Element in Vaudeville." Most of the half-tones on this page depict members of Isham's Company of Octoroon Singers.
15-1/2 x 11 in. $250



326bh: 1892 Frank Leslie's Weekly hand colored wood engraving showing, "The Negro Exodus To Liberia." Scenes show some of the hardships they faced.
16 x 11 in. $225



327bh:
1859 Wood engraving featured inHarper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization showing, "The Effect of John Brown's Invasion At the South." This describes a pre-civil war white man's view of the possible results of John Brown's attack at Harper's Ferry. Caption on bottom of page reads, "A Southern Planter Arming his Slaves to Resist Invasion."
15-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. $30




328bh:
1861 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "A Slave Auction at the South."
15 x 10-1/2 in. $120



329bh:
1895 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization which is titled, "Turning the Meat -- A Georgia Barbecue at the Atlanta Exposition."
15-1/2 x 11 in. $50



330bh:
1887 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper which is titled, "A Flying Trip South, No. 3 -- The Eve of Election in Georgia -- A Grand Political Barbecue."
16 x 11 in. $60



331bh:
1896 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly titled, "A Joyous Way of Taking Politics -- A Typical Campaign Barbecue in the South and Middle West." Drawn by A. Hencke.
15-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. $60



332bh:
1884 Hand colored wood engraving featured in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper titled, "Roasting An Ox For a Democratic Barbecue -- A Scene at Midnight ."
16 x 11 in. $50


 
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