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Rare 1907 Yosemite Stage Robbery Wanted Poster
Rare 1907 Yosemite Stage Robbery Wanted Poster
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Heading: (Reward Poster)
Author:
Title: Reward poster for a stage robbery in Yosemite Valley
Place Published: [Sacramento]
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Date Published: 1907
Description:


Broadside reward poster, 13¾x9¾". State of California, Executive Department file stamp on reverse.



A $500 reward offered for the capture and conviction of those responsible for the March 19, 1907 robbery of tourist and mail stages en route to Yosemite Valley. Though stage robberies were fairly common in the Yosemite region at the turn of the 20th century, reward posters such as the present are very rare with fewer than a dozen known examples combined of 3 different posters. Provenance: John Carpenter.

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Three horizontal creases, splitting at folds; very good.
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Rare 1907 Yosemite Stage Robbery Wanted Poster

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