Image is of the view from the corner of Dupont & Broadway. Armed civilians line the street with a crowd behind them. Three men on horses are in the center of the street. The text below the image describes the events of May 18th, 1856. "from Cor. Dupont & Broadway. Lithy. of Britton & Rey."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; 20.5 x 27 cm (8 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.) overall
California--Pictorial works San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 Vigilance Committees--California--San Francisco San Francisco (Calif.)--History Casey, James P Cora, Charles Lithographs. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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