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  • Shipment of the Prisoners

    Shipment of the Prisoners

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    Image is of prisoners, with an armed Vigilante escort, being taken aboard a ship by torchlight. Beneath the image is text listing the names of the prisoners. "T.C. Boyd. Published by the Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co., 87 Battery Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

    48052:115

  • View of Fire in Sacramento City

    View of Fire in Sacramento City

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    Image of a tremendous fire on Front St. and in the background on J, K, and L streets. There are people, barrels, and crates covering the levee foreground. Text under the image describes the events of November 2nd and 3rd, 1852, and the cost of the damage. "Lith. & Pub. by Quirot & Co. corn. Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. Lon[g] Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, lower right corner. Paper color: gray.

    48052:046

  • Map of the Southern Mines by Charles Drayton Gibbes

    Map of the Southern Mines by Charles Drayton Gibbes

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    Image is of a map from Jackson, Mokelumne Hill, and Cosumnes River in the north to Ft. Washington and Lost Mt. in the south, and from the Bay of Monterey in the east to Sierra Nevada in the west. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: blue.

    48052:045

  • Happy New Year, 1856, To All At Home

    Happy New Year, 1856, To All At Home

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    Image of a decorative shield with the seal of California in the center. The shield is also decorated with floreate and grape patterns. The image has a blue ground with red and gold stripes. "T.C. Boyd. San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

    48052:038

  • Shipment of the Prisoners

    Shipment of the Prisoners

    Rare Books

    Image is of prisoners, with an armed Vigilante escort, being taken aboard a ship by torchlight. Beneath the image is text listing the names of the prisoners. "T.C. Boyd."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

    48052:115a

  • Hutching’s Panoramic Scenes - Northern California

    Hutching’s Panoramic Scenes - Northern California

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    Image contains six vignettes, each of a different view of locations in northern California. These include Shasta, Jacksonville, Yreka [sic], Mount Shasta, Scott's Bar, and Weaverville. There is descriptive text under each vignette. "C.C. Kuchel-Dressel Del."--text, lower left corner of upper two vignettes. "W.C. Butler, S.F."--text, lower corner of all vignettes. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Published by Jas. M. Hutchings, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

    48052:031