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Photographs Related to the San Francisco Graft Trial, 1907-1908
BANC PIC 1905.02613-.02623 -- PIC
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Collection Title: Photographs Related to the San Francisco Graft Trial,
Date: 1907-1908
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1905.02613-.02623 -- PIC
Extent:
15 photographic prints, 21 x 36 cm. or smaller.
11 digital objects
Repository:
The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is available for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item],
Photographs related to the San Francisco Graft Trial, BANC PIC 1905.02613-.02623 --PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were
copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and
the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Title: Records of the San Francisco Graft Prosecution,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS C-B 447
The Photographs Related to the San Francisco Graft Trial were possibly transferred from the Carl Hoffman Papers, BANC PIC
C-B 377.
The Photographs Related to the San Francisco Graft Trial collection contains 15 photographic prints taken mostly in 1907-1908.
The collection features many of the important individuals involved in the San Francisco graft trials of 1907 and 1908. The
trials occurred during a period of governmental reform following the earthquake and fire of 1906 and the subsequent rebuilding
of the city. In the trials, Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, political boss Abe Ruef--who helped bring Schmitz to power-and other
individuals were charged with bribery, acceptance of bribes, extortion, and other acts of corruption. Responsible for the
original exposés of the corruption were assistant district attorney Frances J. Heney,
San Francisco Bulletin editor Fremont Older, progressive reformer Rudolph Spreckels, and former San Francisco mayor James D. Phelan. After being
wounded by a gunshot while acting as prosecuting attorney, Heney was replaced by Hiram Johnson. Schmitz and Ruef were both
convicted, though a higher court would overturn the Schmitz decision and Ruef would be pardoned after serving less than five
years at San Quentin
Individuals pictured in the collection include Abe Ruef, Frances J. Heney, Fremont Older, Rudolph Spreckels, detective William
J. Burns, defendant Pat Calhoun, and defense attorneys Stanley Moore and Henry Ach.
The photographers are unidentified. The collection includes 4 duplicate prints.