Vintage Tabloid Newspaper DAYS DOINGS May 22 1875 Engravings Frank Leslie

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THIS ITEM:The Days Doings, Illustrating Extraordinary Events Of The DayNew YorkMay 22 1875See below for general information about the condition and what to look for. STUDY THE PHOTOS CLOSELY. I do not intend to hide anything, please look close.General information : These are extremely rare (and i almost never use that term on ebay). You will not be able to find other copies with these dates for sale most likely because they are few and far between! They were newspapers and meant to be discarded after they were read. Think of the many uses for newspaper now like pet liners, window washing and fire starting fuel. You can look up information online quite easily to find out more information about the paper in general.I believe these were published by Frank Leslie who was a pioneer in the illustrated newspaper industry. You will notice on the larger engravings that they were done in sections so that a number of people work on the same image like a puzzle to get it done faster. It was a very imperfect printing process but this is how all these papers look.General description: I am going to list about 40 of these in the hear future and here is a general description for all of them. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED EVERY PAGE OF THE ACTUAL PAPER FOR EACH LISTING WITH HIGH QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHS. THESE PHOTOS ARE THE LISTING SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION. I would read more