The Steven Lomazow Collection of American Periodicals
One of the largest periodical collection of all time. The Steven Lomazow Collection consists of almost 30 thousand issues dating back to the early 1700's. A finer collection of periodical artwork you can't find any where else.
Local ID: 1584
Estimated Value: $300
| Title: | Forney’s War Press |
| Category: | Military, News, Anti-Semitism |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 25 |
| Date: | May 1863 |
| Published in: | Philadelphia, PA |
| A very scarce weekly illustrated newspaper of war events and literature. The masthead is notably graphic. The front page illustration is entitled “Jews Smuggling Across the Potomac to Supply the Rebels – Gunboats in the Distance Bringing Them To.” Edited by John W. Forney who later edited Forney’s Progress. See: http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=46&subjectID=2 | |