Title:
Great excitement in San Francisco, California [two street scenes]
Creator/Contributor:
Vance, Robert H. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1862), American, photographer (photographer)
Date:
[1856]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0609--B
Format:
print on paper: engraving
37.2 x 25.2 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
Images illustrate events following assassination of James King of William, Chief Editor of San Francisco Bulletin, by James
Casey. Upper image depicts groups of men crowding Sacramento Street following news of King's assassination; lower image shows
crowds witnessing arrival of Casey and Cora at the Vigilance Committee rooms.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed captions (upper image): View down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, showing the excitement on
the street. From a daguerreotype by R. H. Vance; (lower image): Arrival of Casey and Cora at the Vigilance Committee Rooms,
San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. From sketch by our artist. Images accompanied by article "Assassination of James King of William..."
Clipping from Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 28, 1856[?].
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
Frontier & pioneer life;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Engravings