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Title
Wreck & Burning of the Independence
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Image is of the vessel with flames and smoke coming from it. There are survivors on the cove below a cliff background and there are people in the water. "Published at the Union Office."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. 77 Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, below image to the left. Paper color: blue.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 wood engraving : uncolored ; 16 x 20.2 cm (6 1/4 x 8 in.) overall.
Identifier
48052:059
48715
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23446
Language
English
Subject
California--Pictorial works
Shipwrecks in art
Shipwrecks
The Independence
Wood engravings. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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