Sunset Magazine February 1907

Sunset Magazine February 1907. The cover features a bold illustration of a vintage orange automobile viewed head-on, with prominent round headlights and whitewall tires against a muted backdrop. "SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. FIFTEEN CENTS" is printed below, capturing the excitement of early California motoring. This issue appeared less than a year after the April 1906 earthquake and fire leveled much of San Francisco, the city where Sunset was published. In the aftermath, the magazine doubled down on promoting the West's beauty and promise — covers like this one sold an image of California as a sunlit paradise even as the city was rebuilding.