California Herald, Official Publication of the Native Daughters of the Golden West; "The Magazine that Preserves the Past for the Future". September 1956 Vol. IV Nos., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 July 1957 [nine issues in a broken run]

Friis, Leo J., editor and co-publisher

Anaheim CA: James J. Friis, Publisher & Business Manager, 1956-57. Magazine. Nine separate unduplicated issues of 24p. each, presswork on staple-fastened clay-coated alkaline paperstock, stories and ads for businesses all over Central to Southern California, with NSGW news present but not a priority. Illustrations a-plenty, b&w with monochrome touches. Each neatly creased vertically in half doubtless for mailing (no mailing addresses, but this cataloguer knows: to the Berwick family at a house on David Avenue in New Monterey). Handled copies with light stains, trivial adhesions, generally sound condition, not perfectly cleanly but not marked in any way; staples in good shape; we saw a minor dog-ear but no tears. Included (as a free tenth item) is a coverless duplicate of v.iv/n.1 which contains the full text of the story described below, which runs about a page & one half of text.

The article that drew our attention is on "Uncle Sam's Camel Driver" by Nina M. Littlefield, her biography of George "Greek George" Caralambo, a young Turkish man who helped spot suitable animals and accompanied these to the US. Caralambo naturalized, built an adobe home on Santa Monica Blvd, retired to El Monte then to Whittier. Acquaintances numbered Tiburcio Vasquez, according to Leo Carrillo. A photograph shows his headstone, two Native Daughters and a Native Son attending the dedication.

Cat.No: 332835

Price: $100.00