Death of Garfield... Arthur takes oath...

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October 08, 1881

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 8, 1881

* James A. Garfield assassination
* Chester A. Arthur takes oath
* Prints

Full front page: "The Death of President Garfield--Judge Brady Administering The Presidential Oath To Vice-President Arthur." Inside page has 3 illustrations about Garfield's death: "Embalming The Body Of The Deceased" & one of the funeral train near Princeton, N.J., & a report: "Death Of President Garfield", and a full page of: "Post Mortem Examination of the Remains by the Attending Surgeons..." (see).
The tipped-in (desired) doublepage centerfold is of Garfield's body at the Capitol rotunda, being viewed by Arthur & others. Back page has a portrait & textual sketch of Chester A. Arthur.
Front page is black-bordered & has "The Nation's Loss" across the masthead.
Sixteen pages, nice condition.

Category: Post-Civil War