Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Sounding the alarm bell over Port Vigilance, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Title:
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Sounding the alarm bell over Port Vigilance, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
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Date:
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[1856]
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Materials:
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print on paper mounted on board: engraving
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Dimensions:
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16.2 x 24.5 cm., on mount 26.2 x 38 cm
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0612--B
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Subject:
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- Buildings
- California, Northern
- Criminals
- Events
- Frontier & pioneer
life
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Engravings
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Embattled "Fort Gunnybags" (located on Sacramento Street); men with guns on horseback and in street; large group in military uniforms on roof of building; man sounding alarm bell over Port Vigilance. Business signs on buildings read "Manahan & Barrow," "Gem Saloon," and "Brown & Crowell."
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC). Stamp (on verso): Frederick Nordstrom, rare prints, Arlington, Mass[achusetts]. Handwritten (LL, mount): original, 1856. Clipping from Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 9, 1856[?].
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf2g5007t5
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