Early from the 'Inland Empire' of California...
Item # 707768
December 27, 1880
THE DAILY TIMES, San Bernardino, California, Dec. 27, 1880
* Wild Old West original
An early newspaper from what is now known as the 'Inland Empire' in Southern California. Typical news and ads of the day from when it was still the Wild West.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.
background: This 1880 edition of The Daily Times serves as a pristine topographical snapshot of San Bernardino during its gritty transition from an isolated frontier outpost to a burgeoning rail hub. Because the four-page specimen remains unbound and untrimmed, it preserves the expansive margins and raw texture of 19th-century newsprint that are usually lost to the binder's guillotine. Readers of the day would have opened these pages to a mix of dry legal notices and "Wild West" drama, likely seeing reports on the expansion of the California Southern Railroad alongside advertisements for stagecoach lines and snake-oil tonics. In late December 1880, the air in the Inland Empire was thick with the scent of a citrus boom and the dust of a town still governed as much by the gun as by the gavel, making this specific artifact a rare, tactile bridge to California's formative Victorian era.
* Wild Old West original
An early newspaper from what is now known as the 'Inland Empire' in Southern California. Typical news and ads of the day from when it was still the Wild West.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.
background: This 1880 edition of The Daily Times serves as a pristine topographical snapshot of San Bernardino during its gritty transition from an isolated frontier outpost to a burgeoning rail hub. Because the four-page specimen remains unbound and untrimmed, it preserves the expansive margins and raw texture of 19th-century newsprint that are usually lost to the binder's guillotine. Readers of the day would have opened these pages to a mix of dry legal notices and "Wild West" drama, likely seeing reports on the expansion of the California Southern Railroad alongside advertisements for stagecoach lines and snake-oil tonics. In late December 1880, the air in the Inland Empire was thick with the scent of a citrus boom and the dust of a town still governed as much by the gun as by the gavel, making this specific artifact a rare, tactile bridge to California's formative Victorian era.
Category: The Old West
