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Best San Francisco earthquake issue to be had...
Best San Francisco earthquake issue to be had...
Item # 705521
April 19, 1906
THE CALL-CHRONICLE-EXAMINER, San Francisco, California, April 19, 1906
* Best San Francisco earthquake issue to be had
This newspaper is destined to be--if not already--one of the premiere issues of the early 20th century.
See the photos for the great headlines and reports found not only on the front page but on all four pages.
Due to the destruction of the presses in San Francisco, these three separate & competing newspapers combined under one masthead for this issue, printing the paper of this date across the bay on the presses of the Oakland Tribune.
This issue is noteworthy in containing no advertisements but rather is replete in its four pages with reports on the earthquake and fire. Plus banner headlines on pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 which was almost never done at that time, and which include on the front page: "EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE: SAN FRANCISCO IN RUINS" and on inside pages: "At Least 500 Are Dead" "Entire City of San Francisco In Danger of Being Annihilated" "Panic-Stricken People Flee" "Loss Is $200,000" along with many, many large-type one column headlines.
Also worth noting is the missing dateline at the top of page 3 as this page is actually the same as the Oakland Tribune edition of April 18--they used it over again for this combined San Francisco issue.
I once read that since normal distribution of the newspaper was severely disrupted, stacks of this issue were simply set out on the streets for passers-by to take.
Complete with all four pages, a repair at the right margin of both leaves includes replacement includes replacement of type ion pages 1, 2 and 4 but not 3. Minor margin wear, some toxin at the central fold.
background: The Call-Chronicle-Examiner of April 19, 1906, was a historic joint edition produced in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. With the city’s newspaper offices destroyed, the San Francisco Call, Chronicle, and Examiner combined resources to print a single edition across the bay in Oakland, using the presses of the Oakland Tribune. The front page reported the city’s devastation with dramatic headlines such as “Earthquake and Fire: San Francisco in Ruins,” noting early estimates of at least 500 deaths and widespread panic as residents fled the burning city. Articles described entire neighborhoods engulfed by fire, fears that the city might be annihilated, and initial financial losses estimated at $200,000, figures that would later be revised as the full scale of destruction became clear. This edition remains a highly valued historical document, preserved in digital archives like the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America and occasionally available in rare newspaper collections.
Category: The 20th Century
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