Boston After the Great Fire
by HARPER'S WEEKLY
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1872. unbound. Woodcut. Image measures 22 3/4 x 33 inches.<br/> <br/> This engraved view of Boston after the Great Fire of 1872 was published nationally in the December 14, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly. The fire, which destroyed about 65 acres of downtown Boston, was the worst in the city history. Steamboats in the foreground hose down the burnt wharfs. Behind the harbor, the burnt downtown spreads out before the viewer as a mass of charred remains. To the right, an empty lot takes the place of Fort Hill, a neighborhood housing tenement that had been removed and leveled just before the fire. Such empty lots may have helped to slow the spread of the fire by forming breaks in its destructive path. The damage done, however, was still significant, as the image clearly illustrates. The print is in good condition, with original folds as issued. Wear to the left edge. All in all, a fascinating image from a memorable event in Boston's history.<br/> <br/>
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 234329
- Title
- Boston After the Great Fire
- Author
- HARPER'S WEEKLY
- Format/Binding
- Unbound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper's Weekly
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Harper's, harpers weekly, great fire, boston
Terms of Sale
Argosy Book Store
All items are offered net, subject to prior sale. Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt--please contact us first. Payment by Visa , Mastercard & American Express. Appropriate sales tax will be added for all N.Y. State residents
About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Unbound
- A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...