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Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th
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Fort Vigilant [graphic] : Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th. / Lith. Britton & Rey.
Published
[San Francisco : Britton & Rey, 1856]
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph, b&w ; image and text 27 x 41 cm, on sheet 28 x 43 cm
Medium
paper
ink
lithography
Local Notes
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886."
Notes
"Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner.
Pages [2-3] blank.
"Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].
Summary
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration with caption "Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th" shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco.
Variant and related titles
Constitution and address of the vigilance committee.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2020
References
Baird, J.A. California's pictorial letter sheets, 1849-1869, no. 83
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exterior views.
Pictorial works.
Cityscape prints.
Lithographs.
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