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  • View of Agua Fria Town

    View of Agua Fria Town

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    Image of buildings at the foot of rolling hills. Signs for several of the buildings are marked. There is a fence in the foreground and miners are digging in the dry river bed between the fence and the town. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner of Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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  • Placerville

    Placerville

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    Image of a village nestled in a ravine. There are several oxen-drawn carts and horsemen in the foreground and sparse tall trees on the low hills in the background. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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  • View of Fire in Sacramento City

    View of Fire in Sacramento City

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    Image of a tremendous fire on Front St. and in the background on J, K, and L streets. There are people, barrels, and crates covering the levee foreground. Text under the image describes the events of November 2nd and 3rd, 1852, and the cost of the damage. "Lith. & Pub. by Quirot & Co. corn. Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. Lon[g] Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, lower right corner. Paper color: gray.

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  • James Stuart Hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. Wharf, on the 11th of July 1851

    James Stuart Hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. Wharf, on the 11th of July 1851

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    Image is of a multitude of men crowding the wharf and clambering over the rigging and deck of the Byron to see Stuart hanged from an improvised gibbet near the end of the wharf. There are a few spectators in small boats and some on the buildings in the background. The text below the image describes the events of July 11th, 1851. "Publ. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co. Calif. Corn. Montg. Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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  • Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hanged by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o’clock P. M. in the presence of Fifteen thousand people

    Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities and hanged by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o’clock P. M. in the presence of Fifteen thousand people

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    Image is of a crowd in the foreground gathered outside several buildings and bodies hanging from the rafters of two buildings in the background. Several buildings are labeled. Text below image describes the events of August 24th. "Lith. & Publ. by Justh, Quirot & Co. Calif. corner Montg. Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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  • The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O’Clock

    The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O’Clock

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    Image of a crowd surrounding John Jenkins who is hanging from the rafters of the adobe Custom House in the Plaza. Text below the illustration describes this 1851 event. "del. after the nature by W.C.K. Pub. and Lith. Justh Quirot & Co. Cor. Calif. & Mont. Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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