Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
![Fort Vigilant Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. bet. Davis & Front [upper] Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committee [sic] June 14th [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KQMN89%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of a fort with gunnybags in front of it and cannons and guards on the roof. There is a view of the street with ships in the background of the image. Lower image is of a square filled with people. To the left is a building with three-story balconies that are also filled with people. "Noisy Carier's [sic] Book & Stationery Co. Lith. Britton & Rey."--text, below lower image. Paper color: gray.
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![Fort Vigilant Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. bet. Davis & Front [upper] Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Committee [sic] June 14th [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KQ1FMB%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of a fort with gunnybags in front of it and cannons and guards on the roof. There is a view of the street with ships in the background of the image. Lower image is of a square filled with people. To the left is a building with three-story balconies that are also filled with people. "Daguerpe. by Vance. Lith. Britton & Rey."--text, below lower image. The text to the left of the image provides the constitution and address of the Vigilance Committee. Paper color: gray.
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Image of a procession of armed guards in three square formations, carriages in the center of each of the formations, making their way down a street filled with people. Below image is a description of the events on the day of June 21st, 1856. "Published by the Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co., 87 Battery Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. "1856"--handwritten date at bottom.
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!["Vigilantes" destroying "Fort Vigilance," Sacramento St., San Francisco. [upper] General Parade and Review of the Vigilance Committee, previous to their Adjournment, August 18th, 1856. [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4ZF5L8J%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of gunnybags being wheeled away from "Fort Vigilance." Lower image is of men parading in the street. The view is from the corner of California and Montgomery. The text below each image describes the events occurring. "Van Vleck."--text, within the bottom right corner of the upper image. Paper color: blue.
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Image is of a flooded J Street filled with boats, rafts, and other water craft. Animals and people are also in the streets. Front Street, which is in the foreground, is not flooded. "From a Daguerreotype by R.H. Vance. Published at the Union Office."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers Publishing Hall. Long Wharf San Francisco."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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![Honest Voters Trying to Elect Their Officers in front of the house [upper] Ballot Box Stuffers, Electing Their Men behind the house [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KX0F5D%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of a man on a barrel electioneering and voters lined up to pass a ballot box in the doorway of a building. There are many speech bubbles coming from various figures in the image commenting on the election. Lower image is of two men handing bags of gold through a window in back of the house, another man approaching with more bags, and other men standing around. Speech bubbles come from all of the figures in the image, each offering their comments on the election. "Noisy Carriers 64 & 66 Long Wharf."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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