Name/Title
May 1906 edition of the 'Overland Monthly' magazineEntry/Object ID
1998.330.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.330.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: VIEWS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1906
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION:
SOFT-BOUND BOOKLET, WITH COVER DESIGN FEATURING FLAMES AND SMOKE. CAPTION, "OVERLAND MONTHLY," IS IN RED-, BLACK-, AND WHITE-COLORED TYPE. THIS EDITION IS DATED MAY 1906.
SIZE: L 9-1/2" X W 6-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
MAY 1906 ISSUE OF THE "OVERLAND MONTHLY" MAGAZINE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF DESTRUCTION BY FIRE, FOLLOWING THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE IN SF, CA. AN ARTICLE TOWARD THE BACK OF THE PUBLICATION IS ENTITLED, "ALAMEDA, THE MODEL CITY," AND IS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS OF ALAMEDA HOMES, CHURCHES, ETC. THIS BOOKLET WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1960, NUMBERED "802," AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
DONOR:
JUDGE HOMER SPENCE
CATALOGED: OCTOBER 17, 1998
