Stella's has several copies of Leslie's Weekly available for purchase. The copy pictured above is dated January 16, 1902, and is titled On the Firing Line: The First Snow Storm of the Season. It is in good condition and priced at $22.00.
Leslie's Weekly was an American illustrated literary and news magazine founded in 1852 and continuing publication until 1922. Published weekly on Tuesdays, they began their first issue in 1852 with only 30 printed copies. By 1897, circulation had risen to an estimated 65,000 copies.
One of several magazines started by Frank Leslie, Leslie's Weekly was continued after his death in 1880 by his widow, the women's suffrage campaigner Miriam Florence Leslie, who, oddly, had her name changed to her husband's name, Frank Leslie, after he died. The weekly provided illustrations and reports, often taking a strong patriotic stance on issues of the time.
Albert Berghaus and Norman Rockwell created covers for the magazine in its latter years, which I don't have, but wish I did.
Surviving copies of the magazine bring handsome prices as collectors' items and are considered to give a vivid picture of American life during the decades of its publication.
