Souvenir: German-American Day 1892 in San Francisco ~immigrants

Title: Souvenir: German-American Day 1892 / Gedenkblatter zur Erinnerung an die Zweite Feier des Deutsch-amerikanischen Tages in San Francisco, am 9ten und 21ten Oktober 1892

Author: [Das literarische Comite, Dr. Reinhold Schmidt, Samuel W. Pennypacker, Friedrich Rosch, Wilhelm Muller, Andrew D. Mellick, William L. Sheldon, Hermann Glauch, Dr. Richard Schulz, Theodor Kirchhoff, C. J. Brick, John Greenleaf Whittier, George Savage]

Description: Thin papered boards, dark maroon with decorative title on front cover. Worn shows some heavy wear with a bit of loss. Front cover splitting at head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name penciled on front and rear pastedowns. A few minor spots of soiling to pages, else generally clean. German language with some articles in English. 72 pages. 11.5 x 9 inches. Four institutional copies located on OCLC.

A rare commemorative souvenir book for the second annual German-American Day (Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag) that was held in San Francisco, and celebrated at Woodward's Gardens in the Mission District on October 6, 1892. A second day of celebration was arranged for Columbus Day, October 21st.

Includes a series of essays, as well as a few poems, reflecting on German-American history and the achievements of the German-American community in their adoptive country. Some of the essays had previously appeared in the souvenir program published to celebrate Philadelphia's German-American Day in 1891. This souvenir book also features 23-pages of local advertising, including for many German owned and operated businesses in the area (breweries, hotels, restaurants, chemists, milliners, bakeries, furniture dealers, etc.).

Contents:
Die Bedeutung unsere Feier (Dr. E. Reinhold Schmidt);
Some Reasons for Our Celebration (Samuel W. Pennypacker);
Die erste Feier Deutsch-amerikanischen Tages in San Francisco (anon.);
Fest-Gedicht (anon.);
Die englisch-amerikanische Presse uber unsere erste Feier (anon.);
Der Deutsche Tag (Preis-Gedicht von Friedrich Rosch, Chicago);
Das Deutsche Element in der amerikanischen Revolution (Andrew D. Mellick);
Zum Deutschen Tag (Preis-Gedicht von Wilhelm Muller, New York);
Die Deutschen in Amerika (Aus einem Vortrage des Professor William L. Sheldon, St. Louis);
Columbus-Day und Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag 1892 (Preis-Gedicht von Hermann Glauch);
The German as American Citizen (prize essay by Dr. Richard Schulz of Cottonwood, California);
Deutsche Musik und Deutscher Mannergesang in Amerika (Theodor Kirchhoff);
Der Einfluss der Deutchen auf die Amerikanische Kultur (Preis-Aufsatz von C. J. Brick);
Francis Daniel Pastorius (from John Greenleaf Whittier's poem ''The Pennsylvania Pilgrim'');
[Fest officers and committees]; Liste der teilnehmenden Verbande und der dieselben vertretenden Delegaten;
Fest-Programm/Program of the Day;
Fest-Programm Zweiter Tag/Program of the Second Day;
Der 6. Oktober 1683 (Gedicht von G. Reinhold Schmidt);
Germans in America, as Seen Through An American's Spectacles (George Savage).

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

Place: [San Francisco]
Year: 1892

Keywords: Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag, San Francisco, Columbus Day, Woodward's Gardens,