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Illustration of the Clevelands on a train tour

Illustration of the Clevelands on a train tour

Harper’s Weekly (the “Journal of Civilization”) was published every Tuesday from 1857 to 1916. This illustration from the magazine documents the president’s train trip to the West and through the south. The issue was published October 8, 1887, and sold for ten cents a copy.

Date of Work
October 8, 1887
Credit
Harper's Weekly/ White House Historical Association