Tremendous excitement! : Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hung by the vigilance committee on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o'clock p.m. in the presence of fifteen thousand people.

Author
Justh, Quirot & Co. [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
English
Published/​Created
San Francisco: Justh, Quirot & Co., [August, 1851]
Description
1 print (pictorial lettersheet) : lithograph, b&w ; 21 x 27 cm.

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Special Collections - Western Americana Collection Broadside 10 D-Alcove 33, drawer 9, Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Pictorial lettersheet view of crowd watching hangings carried out by the first (San Francisco) vigilance committee of 1851.
    Notes
    • Title from text printed below image.
    • Spelling of "Furniture" on sign in this image differentiates it from a variant in the Robert B. Honeyman collection (BANC PIC 1963.002:151) with spelling "Fourniture."
    • WA copy: On blue wove paper with blank conjugate leaf attached.
    Provenance
    Related to Baird, California's Pictorial Lettersheets, No. 274.
    Place name(s)
    United States California San Francisco.
    OCLC
    79432874
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