1859 View of New Year's Day in New York from Harper's Weekly

11.5" x 16" newsprint Lithographic sketch in fine condition. Likely some very minor chips at papers edge from age and storage but not effecting image. A newspaper page from an annual bound edition covering events of the day. The primary source of information for most Americans at the time were illustrated Newspapers being published in the major US cities like this example covering : A New Years day event in Manhattan , New York City from Harper's Weekly