Letter sheet of fire in San Francisco May 1851
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Title: Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Lith. Justh & Co.
Date Published: 1851
Description:
Author:
Title: Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Lith. Justh & Co.
Date Published: 1851
Description:
Lithograph illustration. 16.2x27.5 cm (6½x10¾"), on single sheet measuring 21.9x27.1 cm (9x11¼"), gray wove paper.
Fires being a common and spectacular occurrence in early California, they were a favorite theme for letter sheets. Many of the fires in San Francisco were set as a diversion for robberies; this was one of the reasons for the formation of the first Vigilance Committee. Peters, California on Stone, p. 133. Baird 77; Clifford 70.
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Trimmed a bit in the margins, backed with tissue repairing a few chips and tears in margins, paper a little toned; good to very good.
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Letter sheet of fire in San Francisco May 1851
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