Leslie's Weekly ran from 1855 to 1922, making it one of the longest-lived illustrated newspapers in American history. It built its reputation on engraved news illustration, sending artists into the field during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War to document events that cameras couldn't yet capture quickly enough. By the turn of the century, its covers had shifted toward the polished color work of the emerging commercial illustration era. The period pieces shown here are originals from that run.