Box 1
Container
Contains 76 Results:
Escorting Judge Terry, of the Supreme Court, and other prisoners, to the Vigilance rooms., circa 1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Baird 067:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
circa 1856
Execution of Casey Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee May 22d. 1856., circa 1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Baird 068:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
circa 1856
Execution of Hetherington and Brace the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion. July 29th 1856., circa 1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Baird 069:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
circa 1856
Execution of James P. Casey Charles Cora by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco Thursday May 22nd 1856., circa 1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Baird 071:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
circa 1856
Execution of Jose Forner, Dec. 10, 1852. On Russian Hill San-Francisco, for the murder of Jose Rodrigues., circa 1852
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Baird 072:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
circa 1852
Explosion of the American Eagle on the San Joaquin River 25 miles below Stockton Oct 8 1853 [upper]. Explosion of the Steamer Stockton on Suisson Bay Oct. 18 1853 [lower]., circa 1853
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Baird 074:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
circa 1853
A fight with a grizly [sic]., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Baird 076:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
undated
Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000., circa 1851
File — Box: 1, Folders: 16-17
Identifier: Baird 077:
Scope and Contents
View from Nob Hill of conflagration on the waterfront, south of Telegraph Hill.
Dates:
circa 1851
The first trial execution in S. Francisco on the night of 10th. of June at 2 o'clock., before 1851 June 21
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Baird 079:
Scope and Contents
Depicts the hanging of John Jenkins, a "Sydney man," from the rafters of the San Francisco Custom House in the Plaza. A sign on the Custom House reads "Burgoyne."
Dates:
before 1851 June 21
Flume [upper]. Elevating water wheel [lower]., before 1853 May 21
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Baird 081:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
before 1853 May 21