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[A collection of "Brother Jonathan mammoth double-sheet" numbers in its series "Pictorial Jubilee"].

1841-1861

Parts - 26 total

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Part of Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,

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Call Number
A-South 05/Drawer 09/GC179/Elephant Folio/Brother Jonathan
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Publisher
[New York : Wilson & Co., 1841-1861]
People
Related Name
Day, Benjamin Henry, 1810-1889
Language
English
Subject
Publishers and publishing—New York (State)—New York
Newspaper publishing—New York (State)—New York
Notes
Many numbers are unfolded sheets with the advertisement, "Great pictorial double Brother Jonathan for 4th of July ... [signed:] B.H. Day, 48 Beekman Street, New York." On the other side is the introductory letter from which the title is taken, followed by "List of books for sale at Brother Jonathan Office ...," a prospectus for Brother Jonathan, "Do you want a good weekly newspaper? If so you cannot do better than subscribe to the Brother Jonathan ...," and a "List of cheap books for sale at the Brother Jonathan Office ..."
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