Image is of the front of Fort Vigilante with gunny sacks piled up outside of it on the street. There are two buildings to the left of it, and several people walking by in the street. On the lower part of the sheet is the blue seal of the 1856 Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco. "T.C. Boyd. Published by the Nosy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co., 87 Battery Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 wood engraving : uncolored ; 25 x 19.5 cm (9 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.) overall.
California--Pictorial works Vigilance Committees--California--San Francisco San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 San Francisco (Calif.)--History Fort Vigilante Wood engravings. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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