Title:
Tremendous excitement [execution of Whittaker and McKenzie]
Creator/Contributor:
Justh, Quirot & Co. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0151 (variant)--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: lithograph
21.2 x 25.5 cm., image on sheet 45 x 28.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Large crowd of men and women gathered to witness two men hanging from upper story of building.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Samuel Whittaker and Robert Mc Kenzie rescued from the authorities and hung
by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o'clock P.M. in the presence of fifteen thousand people; (LC, below
title): Lith. & Publ. by Justh, Quirot & Co., Calif[ornia], corner Montg[omery] st[reet]s, S[an] F[rancisco].
Subjects:
Buildings;
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets