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2.
- Creator:
- Britton & Rey, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- [1856?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 401
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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 cannons on the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration, with caption "Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe June 14th" ("Committe" having dropped the final "e"), shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of sheet., The phrase "Daguer'pe. by Vance" appears in lower left corner, suggesting that at least one of the images, and perhaps both, was drawn from a daguerreotype by early California photographer Robert H. Vance., Unnumbered pages 2-3 blank., and "Constitution and address of the Vigilance Committee ... adopted, May 15th, 1856"--Unnumbered page 4.
- Publisher:
- Britton and Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Crime and Vigilance committees
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Vigilant : rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe June 14th
3.
- Creator:
- Britton & Rey, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- 1856]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 402 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration with caption "Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th" shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886.", "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner., Pages [2-3] blank., and "Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].
- Publisher:
- Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Crime and Vigilance committees
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th. / [graphic]
4.
- Creator:
- Britton & Rey, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- 1856]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 402 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 the rooftops. Ship masts are in the harbor in the distance. The second illustration with caption "Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th" shows large crowds gathered in the streets of San Francisco
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886.", "Noisy Carier's Book & Stationary Co."--Lower left corner., Pages [2-3] blank., and "Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee ... Adopted May 15th, 1856"--Page [4].
- Publisher:
- Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Crime and Vigilance committees
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th. / [graphic]
5.
- Creator:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Published / Created:
- [1851]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 410
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- First trial and execution in San Francisco
- Description:
- Caption title. and Pictorial letter sheet on white wove paper, showing the execution by hanging of John Jenkins on June 10, 1851.
- Publisher:
- Pub. and Lith. Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- Jenkins, John, 1815 or 1816-1851
- Subject (Topic):
- Hanging and Death and burial
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The first trial & execution in S. Francisco on the night of 10th of June, at 2 o'clock
6.
- Creator:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Published / Created:
- [August, 1851]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 386
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Pictorial lettersheet view of crowd watching hangings carried out by the first (San Francisco) vigilance committee of 1851
- Alternative Title:
- Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities
- Description:
- Title from text printed below image. and Spelling of "Furniture" on sign in this image differentiates it from a variant in the Robert B. Honeyman collection (BANC PIC 1963.002:151) with spelling "Fourniture."
- Publisher:
- Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
- Subject (Topic):
- Hanging, Lynching, Vigilance committees, Hangings (Executions), and Lynchings
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tremendous excitement! : Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hung by the vigilance committee on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o'clock p.m. in the presence of fifteen thousand people
7.
- Creator:
- Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1856]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +451
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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:
- 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., and Printed area measures 47 x 35 cm.
- Publisher:
- Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
- Subject (Topic):
- Vigilance committees and Crime
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Committee of Vigilance of San Francisco -- : this is to certify that -- is a member --
8.
- Creator:
- Riker, Lucille
- Published / Created:
- 1918?]
- Call Number:
- Zc72 +930rk 5
- Image Count:
- 5
- Description:
- BEIN Zc72 +930rk 5: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection. San Francisco address (p. [2]) crossed out and "Holy City" is written following the word "Headquarters." , Signed: Mother Lucille., Also contains poem: The queen. Signed: Lucille Riker, M.L.R.Q., and Printed in red and brown.
- Publisher:
- Perfect Christian Divine Way
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Topic):
- Religion and Cults
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The duties and requirements of a real queen
9.
- Creator:
- Riker, William E.
- Published / Created:
- [191-?]
- Call Number:
- Zc72 +930rk 11
- Image Count:
- 37
- Description:
- BEIN Zc72 +930rk 11: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection., Cover title., and "(Signed) The Founder"--P. 66.
- Publisher:
- P.C.D.W.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- Perfect Christian Divine Way.
- Subject (Topic):
- Religion and Cults
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The diamond key book : in revelation form : carefully study, read and re-read each revelation within this book ...
10.
- Creator:
- Riker, William E., 1873-1969
- Published / Created:
- 191-?]
- Call Number:
- Zc72 +930rk 10
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- BEIN Zc72 +930rk 10: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection. and Signed at end: W.E. Riker.
- Publisher:
- Perfect Christian Divine Way?
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- Perfect Christian Divine Way.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cults
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Certificate of membership in the Perfect Christian Divine Way : founded in San Francisco, Cal., 1908, by W.E. Riker
