Item #63-2065 When The Pony Express Came To Petaluma. Duncan H. Olmsted, Ed Mannion, Chris Mannion, Petaluma Public Library, Zamorano Club, Calif Petaluma.

When The Pony Express Came To Petaluma.

Petaluma, CA: Printed by the Petaluma Printing Company, 1960. Folio. [8 pp.], Heavy Green Laid Paper Folder String-Bound. Illustrated. Very Good.
Imprint from colophon: Includes an exact-size facsimile of the Sonoma county journal extra of June 22nd, 1861. Facsimile is mounted on p. [7]. "The facsimile ... of the Sonoma County Journal Extra of June 22nd, 1861, was reproduced by lithograph from the original in the Petaluma Public Library, by courtesy of the library trustees. The illustration of the "Pony Express Saluting the Telegraph" is a copper half-tone made from a print in the Wells Fargo Bank History Room. The Journal Extras were discovered in the newspaper files at the Petaluma Library by Ed and Chris Mannion, who also did some of the original research. The text was set in 12 point Cheltenham on the Linotype at the Petaluma Argus-Courier. 250 copies were printed by the Petaluma Printing Company on Woodbine Enamel. The wrappers are Artemis Text and Artemis Cover. This keepsake is presented by Duncan H. Olmsted to the members of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco on the occasion of their joint meeting in San Francisco, September 17 and 18, 1960. Item #63-2065

Price: $50.00