Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Vance, Robert H. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1862), American, photographer
Creator Role:
Photographer
Title:
Great excitement in San Francisco, California [two street scenes]
Date:
[1856]
Materials:
print on paper: engraving
Dimensions:
37.2 x 25.2 cm., sheet
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0609--B
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Criminals
- Events
- Frontier & pioneer life
- San
Francisco (Calif.)
- Engravings
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Images illustrate events following assassination of James King of William, Chief Editor of San Francisco Bulletin, by James Casey. Upper image depicts groups of men crowding Sacramento Street following news of King's assassination; lower image shows crowds witnessing arrival of Casey and Cora at the Vigilance Committee rooms.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (UC). Printed captions (upper image): View down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, showing the excitement on the street. From a daguerreotype by R. H. Vance; (lower image): Arrival of Casey and Cora at the Vigilance Committee Rooms, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. From sketch by our artist. Images accompanied by article "Assassination of James King of William..." Clipping from Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 28, 1856[?].
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf0s2006x k

Great excitement in San Francisco, California [two street scenes]