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October 12, 1861 | Illustration
Terrible Railway Accident on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
This image from the October 12, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a railway accident on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad.
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October 16, 1869 | Illustration
Ten-Miles Canon, Nevada
This image from the October 16, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a Central Pacific Railroad passenger train traveling through Ten-Mile Canyon in Nevada. Just months after the driving of the "golden spike," the transcontinental railroad was in operation ferrying passengers through some of the sublime, dramatic landscape of the west.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Taking Posession of the West Albany Freight Yards
This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the firmness and order of the Ninth New York State National Guard Regiment as it takes "posession" of the West Albany, New York freight yards on July 24, 1877, in the face of a pressing crowd.
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October 19, 1867 | Illustration
Surveying in Central America for a Railroad Across the Isthmus of Nicaragua
This image from Harper's Weekly depicts railroad surveyors floating down Nicaragua's Rio Rama on a raft doing preliminary work to build a railroad across the isthmus.
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May 30, 1868 | Illustration
Surveying for the Central Pacific Railroad in Humboldt Pass
This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts surveyors examining Humboldt Pass in the Sierra Mountains of Nevada for the Central Pacific Railroad.
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November 5, 1864 | Illustration
Soldiers' Building Roads in Front of Petersburg
This image from the November 5, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a train in the distance as Union soldiers under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant build a road near Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.
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February 10, 1872 | Illustration
Snow Sheds Covered With Snow
This image from the February 10, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad.
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May 30, 1868 | Illustration
Snow Shed on the Central Pacific Railroad
This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a lengthy snow shed on the Central Pacific Railroad.
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December 14, 1867 | Illustration
Shooting Buffalo from the Trains of the Kansas Pacific Railroad
This image from the December 14, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts men shooting buffalo for sport from Kansas Pacific Railroad cars.
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May 29, 1875 | Illustration
Shooting Antelopes From A Railroad Train In Colorado
This scene from the May 29, 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a hunting party shooting pronghorn antelope from a railroad train in Colorado.
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September 11, 1869 | Illustration
Sherman Station, Wyoming Territory
This image from the September 11, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the rail station in Sherman, Wyoming Territory.
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May 11, 1861 | Illustration
Seventh Regiment on Board the "Boston," En Route for Annapolis
This image from the May 11, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts members of the Seventh Regiment aboard the steamship "Boston," en route to Annapolis, Maryland.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
Serving Chowder To The Soldiers.
This image comes from a series of illustrations "Scenes In The Armory Of The Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y." depicting the soldiers' stay in their armory in preparation for violence on the streets of New York.
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July 16, 1859 | Illustration
Scene On The Morning After The Late Terrible Accident On The Michigan Southern Railroad
This image from the July 16, 1859 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a scene on the morning after a terrible train accident on the Michigan Southern Railroad.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Scene in the Armory of the Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y. — The troops awaiting orders.
During the strikes, New York's Seventh Regiment occupied the armory for several days in preparation for violence in the city. Although there were several large meetings held, no mob action took place in New York.
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June 26, 1858 | Illustration
Scene During the Inundation at Cairo, Illinois
This image from the June 26, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the flooding of Cairo, Illinois.
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November 3, 1894 | Illustration
Save Nebraska From Confederated Monopoly
In 1894, Democrat William Jennings Bryan ran against Republican John M. Thurston for Nebraska's open seat in the United States Senate. During the race, the Omaha Bee, a Republican reform paper, campaigned against the Burlington & Missouri Railroad as an especially nefarious force endangering the republic. In this political cartoon, Editor Edward Rosewater broadened the paper's attack to include all monopolies.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Robert M. Ammon Directs the Strikers
This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts Robert M. Ammon, leader of the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne strike, sending information to the strikers via telegraph.
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August 11, 1877 | Illustration
Rioters Tearing Up Rails at the Bridge at Corning
This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts strikers tearing up the track and bridge near Corning, New York in advance of an oncoming engine. These confrontations were both organized and spontaneous, dependent on the deep experience and expertise of the railroad workers with the operation of the roads.
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August 4, 1877 | Illustration
Rioters Distributing Stolen Whisky at Pittsburgh.
Images of rowdy or drunken strikers were common in the wake of the 1877 strikes.
