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The Late Hon. David C. Broderick, United States Senator From California
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The Late Hon. David C. Broderick, United States Senator From California
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Image is a memorial bust portrait in three-quarter view. Below the portrait is text reporting the circumstances of Broderick's death and how he is being mourned. "From a Photograph by Selleck, being the only one ever taken from life."--text, above image. "Butler."--text, below image. "From the "California Police Gazette," of September 17th, 1859."--text, below title of image. 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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Sunday in the California Diggings
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Image is of miners engaged in various activities: fighting, horse racing, drinking, reading, writing, and washing clothes. "Published at the Wide West Office. Anthony & Baker."--text, below image. "C. Nahl."--text, within image, lower left. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, below image to the right. Paper color: buff.
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Loss of the Golden Gate by Fire on the 27th July 1862 15 Miles from Manzanillo, Sketched by an Eye Witness
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Image is of a burning three-masted side-wheeler, from which people are jumping into the water. The survivors in the water cling to flotsam or are in boats heading for shore. The text on the other page describes the accident and includes details about how many people were lost and missing. "A. N."--text, within lower left corner of image. "Sketched by an Eye Witness, Published by A. Rosenfield."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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![James King of William - The Patriot Martyr of California, Editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856 [upper] Portrait of Mr. King After Death, Showing the Entrance and Exit of the Fatal Ball [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KX0WYI%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
James King of William - The Patriot Martyr of California, Editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856 [upper] Portrait of Mr. King After Death, Showing the Entrance and Exit of the Fatal Ball [lower]
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Upper image is a portrait of James King in life (clothed). Lower image is of James King in death (nude, under a sheet). "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court, for the Northern District of California."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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Scenes In A Miners Life
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Image contains six vignettes depicting different aspects of life as a miner. The top two vignettes show how miners live, and the bottom four show various moments in the mining process. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey. Cor. Montg. & Comml. Sts. S. Fo."--text, below image. The number 23 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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