New San Francisco Magazine--Volume 1, Number 1, Salamander Number, May 1906

Berkeley and Oakland, California: Peninsular Publishing Company, 1906. New San Francisco Magazine--Volume 1, Number 1, Salamander Number, May 1906, Dedicated to the Development of the State of California and the Rebuilding of a New and Greater San Francisco, Peninsular Publishing Company, Berkeley and Oakland, California, 1906. 12 x 9 1/4 inches, 46pp, plus 7 pages of ads.

Pictorial wrappers with staple-bound magazine. Moderate wear, chipping and soiling. Mild bio-predation to back bottom spine edge. Interior is lightly soiled with the appearance of a thumbed through magazine. One page with manuscript text identifying to people in a photograph. Good condition.

The first volume of a short-lived periodical dedicated to the rebuilding of San Francisco after the April 1906 earthquake. Includes 2 fold-out leaves (one mis-folded along edge) of panoramic photographs. Includes maps, photographs, and illustrations. First full-page photograph is a tinted view titled "Night Scene of Burning City from Mainland".

Best as we can tell, only two issues of "New San Francisco Magazine" were published; this, the Salamander Issue and the July 1906 Resurrection Issue. Unlike the many photo books soon published after the earthquake, this magazine includes a number of longer articles including those from the Governor of California George Pardee, Chief of the U.S. Weather Bureau Alexander McAdie and Dr. David Starr Jordan, President of Stanford University. Item #2594

Price: $40.00