Title:
Sounding the alarm bell over Port Vigilance, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
Creator/Contributor:
Date:
[1856]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0612--B
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: engraving
16.2 x 24.5 cm., on mount 26.2 x 38 cm
Content/Description:
Embattled "Fort Gunnybags" (located on Sacramento Street); men with guns on horseback and in street; large group in military
uniforms on roof of building; man sounding alarm bell over Port Vigilance. Business signs on buildings read "Manahan & Barrow,"
"Gem Saloon," and "Brown & Crowell."
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Stamp (on verso): Frederick Nordstrom, rare prints, Arlington, Mass[achusetts]. Handwritten (LL, mount):
original, 1856. Clipping from Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 9, 1856[?].
Subjects:
Buildings;
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
Frontier & pioneer life;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Engravings