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Frank Leslie's Boys' & Girls' Weekly [prospectus].
1872
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [New York] : [s.n.], n.d. [1872-1883]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Children's literature, American—19th century—Illustrations
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Advertising—Newspapers—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
- American literature—19th century—Illustrations
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Prospectuses—New York (State)—New York—1872
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Frank Leslie's Boys' & Girls' Weekly [prospectus].
- Call Number
- C South 08/Drawer 06/GC179/Full Folio GA 2012.02777
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcp2677904g
- Publisher
- [New York] : [s.n.], n.d. [1872-1883]
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1872
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 81 x 57.2 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [printer]
- Medium: Wood engravings
- Inscribed in plate, center: "The best paper for the young! Devoted to stories by the best authors. Travels, adventures, natural history, popular science, games, useful employments for the young &c. Five hundred illustrations in a year! Three prizes! Given each number. Portraits and sketches of the most distinguished pupils in the schools. Terms $2.50 a year, single copies 5 cents. Subscriptions received here."
- Depiction: Newspaper illustrations. Four male portraits and six story illustrations, arranged in a rectangle surrounding the advertising text.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Children's literature, American—19th century—Illustrations
- Broadsides—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Advertising—Newspapers—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
- American literature—19th century—Illustrations
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Prospectuses—New York (State)—New York—1872
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/89107a7f-fccf-42a9-8861-b6f49bac4752/manifest