In a large square overlooked by a row of buildings, a central gallows is surrounded by large numbers of armed men in guard-like rows, behind whom crowds are massed. The hanging has already occurred; the two condemned men's bodies, with hoods over thei...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Hetherington, Joseph, 1820?-1856, Brace, Philander, -1856, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions and executioners, Hanging, and Gallows
A sheet with two vignettes. The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front," shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with canno...
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Britton and Rey
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886."
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886."
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
Image shows a row of commercial buildings, one of 3 stories and the remainder of 4, in three different architectural styles, with signs for the multiple businesses they house. Below the image and caption title are listed the businesses: B. Davidson, b...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 389: Manuscript note in large blank space below list of businesses: "A block of Montgomery Street in which the left corner house was burnt in the May fire, but is now rebuilt [undeciphered], as before but with only the lower story. Ther...
Publisher:
Lith. of Butler
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Commercial buildings, Business enterprises, and Law firms
Lithograph shows Portsmouth Square in San Francisco; named buildings include Eldorado and Parker House; horse drawn cart and wagon; many people in the square. Masts rising from ships in mid-ground; hills in background
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc72 850taz 01: On sheet 11.8 x 17. 6 cm.
Print shows a map-like view of San Francisco looking toward North Bay on the left and toward Rincon Point on the right; with significant buildings and locations identified numerically: North Bay, Contra Costa, Yerba Buena Island, California Exchange, ...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +87: On sheet 37 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Henry Bill
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
