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Earliest San Diego newspaper to be had?
Earliest San Diego newspaper to be had?
Item # 706020
July 27, 1872
THE WEEKLY WORLD, San Diego, California, July 27, 1872
* Very rare from Southern California
* Short-lived publication
Perhaps the earliest San Diego newspaper you will find, as this is the volume one, number one issue.
The front page begins with the "Valedictory" in which the publisher details the purpose of and plans for the new newspaper.
Complete in 4 pages, never bound nor trimmed, various small tears at the margins as is typical of first issues, generally nice condition.
AI notes: The Weekly World was a short-lived San Diego, California weekly newspaper published during the early 1870s, a formative period in the city’s journalistic and civic development. Issued at a time when San Diego was transitioning from a small frontier town into a more organized commercial port, the paper reflected the volatile nature of local journalism, with many titles appearing briefly to serve political, business, or promotional interests. Like other San Diego weeklies of the era, the Weekly World likely carried a mix of local news, editorials, notices, and advertisements aimed at settlers, merchants, and land speculators, contributing to public debate and community identity. Its brief run—generally dated from 1872 to 1873—illustrates the financial and logistical challenges faced by early California newspapers, and surviving copies are now considered scarce, preserved mainly in institutional microfilm and special collections documenting the evolution of San Diego’s press.
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