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First issue of a German language newspaper from San Francisco...
First issue of a German language newspaper from San Francisco...
Item # 705122
June 17, 1871
HUMORIST, San Francisco, California, June 17, 1871 A smaller size newspaper totally in the German language, obviously for the German immigrants in the Bay area. The masthead features a devil-like engraving. This is the volume 1, number 1 issue--the first published.
Eight pages with very wide margins, 9 3/4 by 12 inches, a lower corner is missing but not affecting any text, various small margin tears.
AI notes: The San Francisco Humorist was a 19th-century German-language weekly newspaper founded around 1871 in San Francisco, known for its satirical and comedic content aimed at the city’s German-speaking immigrant community. Edited by Max Cohnheim, it later became a bilingual publication called the San Francisco Journalist und Humorist, blending humor with local news and cultural commentary. Though its circulation declined by the late 1870s, the paper played a notable role in the vibrant German-language press scene of the time, with surviving issues—such as its illustrated debut edition—offering valuable insight into immigrant life and civic satire in San Francisco.
Category: The Old West
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