Title:
Fort Vigilance.
Creator/Contributor:
Fardon, G. R. (George R.), 1806-1886., photographer
Abstract:
Fort Vigilance (or "Fort Gunnybags"), the headquarters of San Francisco's second Vigilance Committee, on Sacramento Street
between Davis and Front Streets. Sandbag fortifications are in front of the building, armed guards are on the sandbags and
on the roof, and the bell of the Monumental Engine Co. is mounted on the roof, as are small cannons. Cora and Casey had been
hanged here some weeks previously. The sign at left is for Mills and Vantine liquor merchants, and the sign at right reads
"Brown & Crowell".
Date:
[June 1856]
Subject:
Buildings
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856--Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Type:
Salted paper prints
Local Call Number:
F869.S3.9 F138x:08--VAULT
Filename:
brk00041338_8a.tif
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