Title:
Execution of Brace and Hetherington by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
Creator/Contributor:
[Unknown]
Date:
1856
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0614--A
Format:
print on paper: engraving
20.9 x 24.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Crowds and soldiers on plaza and surrounding buildings; gallows platform with two men hanging in center; "Fort Gunnybags"
at right. The men were hung by the Committee of Vigilance for the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West, and Marion on July
29th, 1856
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed date (on verso): September 13, 1856. From periodical Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
Frontier & pioneer life;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Engravings