Image / Josefa on the Downieville Bridge, 1851

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Title: Josefa on the Downieville Bridge, 1851
Publication Information: Scripps College
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ken Gonzales-Day Collection
Rights Information: All rights are retained by Ken Gonzales-Day. For permission to use this item, contact the artist.
Description: Altered image of the hanging of Josefa at the Downieville bridge in 1851. First woman to be lynched in California. Erasure of the figure intended to raise awareness of the much-overlooked history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: 1851_kgd00027.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kgd/id/107
Subject: Bridges
Hanging
Lynching
California
Hats
Crowds
Source: 4 x 6 inches; LightJet mounted on card stock; 2006
Relation: Erased Lynching
Ken Gonzales-Day - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/kgd

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