Land of Sunshine

Land of Sunshine (1894-1902) was founded in 1894 in Los Angeles as an illustrated monthly magazine, similar to Overland Monthly, with an annual subscription rate of $1. It was originally founded to promote Southern California, but in 1902 its editor, Charles Lummis, broadened the magazine’s scope to include the Southwest (Arizona and New Mexico), and so the name was changed to Out West. Lummis stayed with the publication until 1909, after which several editors worked for the dwindling publication. Out West in turn merged with Overland Monthly in 1923 until it expired in 1935.

• June 1894 V1(1) [p. 1-24] (5,000 copies)
• July 1894 V1(2) [p. 25-48]
• Aug. 1894 V1(3) [p. 49-68]
• Sept. 1894 V1(4) [p. 69-88]
• Oct. 1894 V1(5) [p. 89-108]
• Nov. 1894 V1(6) [p. 109-126] Holder. Famous Fish of Southern California p. 110-111

With this number of LAND OF SUNSHINE concludes its first volume. On the last page of this issue [p. 126] we print an index of the contents of all numbers to date...

• Dec. 1894. V. 2(1) [p. 1-20]
• Jan. 1895 V2(2) [p. 21-40]
• Feb. 1895 V. 2(3) [p. 41-58]
• March 1895 V. 2(4) [p. 59-76] The Palmer Collection p. 68-69
• April 1895 V. 2(5) [p. 77-96]
• May 1895 V. 2(6) [p. 95-120]

• 1895. J. B. B. The Yates Collection Land of Sunshine 2(6):98, May

• 1896. [no author] Echoes of California Fiestas Land of Sunshine 5(1):164-165, June

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1896. S. E. A. Higgins. Santa Barbara Lighthouse Land of Sunshine 5(4):164-165, September 1896

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1896. Earle, Homer P. The Santa Barbara Islands Land of Sunshine 5(6):227-230, November 1896

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1897. Owens, Rob C. Caves of Santa Cruz Island Land of Sunshine 7(2):54-58, July

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1897. Trask, Blanche. The Heart of Santa Catalina Land of Sunshine 7(4):153-160, September 1897

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1897. Britton, J. R. Our Summer Isles (Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands) Land of Sunshine 7(5):192-197, October 1897

[original in SCIF archives; pages removed from issue]

• 1898. Trask, Blanche. Avalon, Santa Catalina Island (A song) Land of Sunshine 9(2):153, 1898

• 1898. Land of Sunshine 10(1), December 1898

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1899. Smith, Ruth Tangier. One of California's Desert Islands (San Clemente Island) Land of Sunshine 10(2):65-72, 1899

[original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

• 1899. Kennedy, S. M. The American Mentone [Santa Barbara] Land of Sunshine 10(4):186-191, March 1899

[original in SCIF archives] [second copy of Volume 10 ex-lib. bound]

• 1900. Trask, Blanche. Dying San Nicolas Land of Sunshine 13(2):95-100, July 1900

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1900. Holder, Charles Frederick. Royal Sport Land of Sunshine 13(7):406-415, December 1900. Lacking front cover.

[original in SCIF archives]

• 1901. [no island articles] Land of Sunshine 15(2-3):1, August-September 1901

[original in SCIF archives]