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Harper's Weekly illustration

Harper's Weekly illustration

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

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.

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