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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. Published by the Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co., 87 Battery Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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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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Happy New Year, 1856, To All At Home
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Image of a decorative shield with the seal of California in the center. The shield is also decorated with floreate and grape patterns. The image has a blue ground with red and gold stripes. "T.C. Boyd. San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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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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![Col. E. D. Baker. We mourn his loss. [Poem by Fitz Green Halleck printed below]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KXMTIQ%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Col. E. D. Baker. We mourn his loss. [Poem by Fitz Green Halleck printed below]
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Image is of the bust of Colonel Baker. The text beneath the image is a poem mourning Baker by Fitz Green Halleck. "[W]illiam Keith."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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Surrender of the Prisoners.James P. Casey & Chas. Cora to the Vigilance Committee Sunday, May 18th, 1856
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Image is of the view from the corner of Dupont & Broadway. Armed civilians line the street with a crowd behind them. Three men on horses are in the center of the street. The text below the image describes the events of May 18th, 1856. "from Cor. Dupont & Broadway. Lithy. of Britton & Rey."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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