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  • Shipment of the Prisoners

    Shipment of the Prisoners

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    Image is of prisoners, with an armed Vigilante escort, being taken aboard a ship by torchlight. Beneath the image is text listing the names of the prisoners. "T.C. Boyd."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

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  • Fort Vigilante

    Fort Vigilante

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    Image is of the front of Fort Vigilante with gunny sacks piled up outside of it on the street. There are two buildings to the left of it, and several people walking by in the street. On the lower part of the sheet is the blue seal of the 1856 Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco. "T.C. Boyd. Published by the Nosy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co., 87 Battery Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

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  • Escorting Judge Terry, of the Supreme Court, and Other Prisoners, to the Vigilance Rooms

    Escorting Judge Terry, of the Supreme Court, and Other Prisoners, to the Vigilance Rooms

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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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  • [El Dorado] August 1851

    [El Dorado] August 1851

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    Image is of San Francisco's four-story El Dorado building east of the Plaza and seen from the northwest. "Published by C.P. Kimball. Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. Long Wharf, San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

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  • Infancy

    Infancy

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    Image is of 5 young children and a cat. The children express a variety of emotions. "Lith. of B.F. Butler, San Francisco. J.H. Peirce del. Published at the Noisy Carrier's Hall, Long Wharf, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

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  • The California Water Carrier

    The California Water Carrier

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    Image of a man carrying two buckets of water from a water barrel on a horse-drawn cart. There are houses and dogs in the background. "Boyd S.F. Published by T.C. Boyd, wood engraver, (Iron Building,) corner Washington and Montgomery sts., San Francisco."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, upper right corner of sheet. Paper color: buff.

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