Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco -- : this is to certify that -- is a member --
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Description
- Title
- Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco -- : this is to certify that -- is a member --
- Creator
- Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878
- Contributor
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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856, contributor.
Britton & Rey, publisher. - Published / Created
- [approximately 1856]
- Publication Place
- San Francisco
- Publisher
- Britton & Rey
- Abstract
-
Certificate proper is bordered with ornamental images such as the Eye of Providence at top of sheet, a blonde shield-maiden with serpentine sword in her right hand and a triangular shield with "numquam" inscribed on it in her left; the image of blind justice reclinning below her with blindfold off, scales and sword dropped; next to her a snake biting an apple; on the left side, Hercules, wearing the pelt of the Nemean lion, carrying a club, and standing on the Learnean Hydra; on the right side, Lady Justice standing on a snake; five ovals with military scenes within them; other images of morality, virture, industry, and arts
- Description
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BEIN WA Prints +451: On sheet 61 x 48 cm. Autograph signatures by Wm. T. Coleman, Isaac Bluxome Jr., Wm. Meyer, and Charles Boune. Handwritten numeral "3461" in space for membership number. Stamped with the 1856 Committee medallion.
Title from caption at head of image.
At foot of form: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by Ch. Nahl and C.E. Lang in the clerk's office of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ca.
Printed area measures 47 x 35 cm. - Extent
- 1 print : 47 x 35 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Prints +451
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Blank forms
Membership certificates
Lithographs - Material
- lithograph ;, paper, ink, lithography, and single sided
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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California
San Francisco. - Subject (Name)
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
- Subject (Topic)
-
Vigilance committees
Crime - Subjects
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San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 > Pictorial works
Vigilance committees > California > San Francisco
Crime > California > San Francisco
Crime
Vigilance committees
California > San Francisco
Coleman, William Tell, 1824-1893 > autograph
Bluxome, Isaac D. > autograph
Doane, Charles > autograph
Meyer, William > autograph
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15609816
- Object ID (OID)
- 2016445
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