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2.
- 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
3.
- 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
4.
- 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
5.
- 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 ...
6.
- Creator:
- Rouargue, Adolphe, 1810-1884, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- BrSide4o Zc72 850roz 01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Panoramic view of San Francisco looking out to Yerba Buena Island (also known as Treasure Island).
- Description:
- BEIN BrSide4o Zc72 850roz 01: On sheet 18.6 x 27.7 cm., Caption title., and Some etching in foreground.
- Publisher:
- Furne
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.), Yerba Buena Island (Calif.), California, San Francisco., and Yerba Buena Island.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > San-Francisco
7.
- Published / Created:
- [1857?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +86
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +86: On sheet 37 x 49 cm. Date in copyright statement altered from 1852 to 1857., Printed area measures 22.6 x 40.4 cm., Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1857 by Henry Bill in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the District of Connecticut., Bird's eye view of San Francisco with 13 points of interest labeled: North Bay; Contra Costa; Yerba Buena Island; California Exchange; Plaza; Leonard's Warehouse; Rincon Point; Market Street Pier; California Street; Central Wharf; Catholic Church; Marine Telegraph; Anjill Island., and Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published for the History of the world by Henry Bill New York
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > San Francisco. 1854
8.
- Published / Created:
- 1852.
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +87
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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, Plaza, Leanard's Warehouse, Rincon Point, Market Street Pier, California Street, Central Wharf, Catholic Church, Marine Telegraph, and Anjill Island. Unindexed, Telegraph Hill on left
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +87: On sheet 37 x 49 cm. and Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Henry Bill
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > San Francisco, 1852 [graphic]
9.
- Published / Created:
- ©1856.
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 379
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Two portraits, one in life, one after death. and "Entered ... in the year 1856, by James M. Hutchings ..."
- Publisher:
- J.M. Hutchings?
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco., and California.
- Subject (Name):
- King, James, 1822-1856 and King, James, 1822-1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Letterheads, Executions and executioners, and Assassination
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James King of William the patriot martyr of California : editor of the San Francisco evening bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856 : portrait of Mr. King after death, showing the entrance and exit of the fatal ball. [print]
10.
- 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]
