In a large square overlooked by a row of buildings, a central gallows is surrounded by large numbers of armed men in guard-like rows, behind whom crowds are massed. The hanging has already occurred; the two condemned men's bodies, with hoods over their heads, are suspended below the open trap door of the gallows
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationery Co."--Lower right corner., and Joseph Hetherington and Philander Brace were each accused of murdering two men in two separate incidents, and were executed by the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Hetherington, Joseph, 1820?-1856, Brace, Philander, -1856, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions and executioners, Hanging, and Gallows
A sheet with 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 June 14th" ("Committe" having dropped the final "e"), shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet., The phrase "Daguer'pe. by Vance" appears in lower left corner, suggesting that at least one of the images, and perhaps both, was drawn from a daguerreotype by early California photographer Robert H. Vance., Unnumbered pages 2-3 blank., and "Constitution and address of the Vigilance Committee ... adopted, May 15th, 1856"--Unnumbered page 4.
Publisher:
Britton and Rey
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
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
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886.", "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner., Pages [2-3] blank., and "Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
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
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886.", "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner., Pages [2-3] blank., and "Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
BEIN WA Prints +82: Trimmed. Some chipping at edges and tearing at folds. On sheet: 24 x 38 cm., Relief shown pictorially., Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., Includes index of locations and buildings., and An index for: Bird's eye view of the city & county of San Francisco, 1868 (San Francisco: W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford, 1868).
BEIN WA Prints 411: Some annotations in manuscript. Autograph: Edward Allen. On sheet 21 x 27 cm, Oriented with north to the right., and Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
Image shows a row of commercial buildings, one of 3 stories and the remainder of 4, in three different architectural styles, with signs for the multiple businesses they house. Below the image and caption title are listed the businesses: B. Davidson, banker, agents for Mess'rs Rothschild; Botts, Campbell & Emmett, attorneys at law; F. Argenti & Co., bankers; M. H. & H. McAllister, attorneys at law; Chetwood, Edwards, Rose & Turk, attorneys at law; Hoffman & Monroe, attorneys at law; Dodg & Co.'s express; Howard & Green, commission merch'ts; Burritt, Yale & Musson, attorneys at law; Gay & Mellus, importers of wines & liquors; Cooke & Le Count, stationers; Norton, Satterlee & Norton, attorneys at law; Teschemacher & Co., commmission merch'ts; Wells & Co., bankers; Austin & McIlvaine, attorneys at law; Jones & Noyes, attorneys at law; and F. Coombs, daguerrean
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 389: Manuscript note in large blank space below list of businesses: "A block of Montgomery Street in which the left corner house was burnt in the May fire, but is now rebuilt [undeciphered], as before but with only the lower story. There are twenty one 'attorneys at law' in this single block which is very like San Francisco." and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. of Butler
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Commercial buildings, Business enterprises, and Law firms
Panama-Pacific Exposition. and The most wonderful, the most beautiful, the most important in history, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal to the nations of the world
Description:
Includes index to location of various fair structures and pavilions.
Publisher:
Geo. W. Melville
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Airplanes, Architecture., Buildings., Exhibition buildings., Ships., and World's fairs.
