A Pictorial Booklet, San Francisco in Ruins. The Spirit of '06 [doggerel in smallpoint beneath title:] We crossed the plains in '49 to find the land of Gold. / With our pack Mules we foraged far, and in Frisco took a hold / [illegible, ..vow to rebuild..]
San Francisco: The Advergraph Press, 1906. Single leaf of alkaline coated paper folded to nine double-sided 4x6 inch panels reproducing b&w disaster scenes, eighteen views, the folded packet tipped into a drab cardstock folder titled in gilt. Nicely gotten up and in very good condition. Less fortunately, reproductions are fair-only.
Cat.No: 227188
Price: $25.00
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