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Midnight race on the Mississippi
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Midnight race on the Mississippi
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Image of two steamboats, the Danna (possibly a misspelling of "Diana") and the Fulton racing along the Mississippi River; spectators can be seen standing along a small dock at left near a stand of trees.
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Scene on the upper Mississippi
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Image of the steamboats Baltic and Diana sailing up the Mississippi River at night; raft along a small dock being loaded with lumber near trees in the foreground, one additional steamboat on the river in the distance.
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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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Vanderbilt Cup Race car
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Image of a race car, labeled no. 26, driving on a dirt road in Santa Monica, California, with spectators watching during the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Levee scene on the Mississippi
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Image of African American men sitting on a dock along a levee dancing, singing, playing music on a banjo, and playing cards in the foreground with a bustling port in the background showing horse-drawn wagons, cargo in barrels, crates, and bales being unloaded from steamboats lined up along the Mississippi River, including ones presumably named "Jacob Strader" and "Memphis"; some warehouses appear to say "St. Paul."
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Joeriman driving Touraine, Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Image of the race car Touraine, driven by George Joeriman, on a dirt road in Santa Monica, California, with spectators watching during the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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