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Title: Downieville bridge
Creator: Gonzales-Day, Ken
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: Josefa (a Mexican woman) was hanged from the bridge in Downieville in 1851. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data available.For more information, see Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006). The black boarders produced by the film holder are not included in the final print.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: Bridge_kgd00081.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kgd/id/112
Subject: Hanging
Bridges
Downieville (Calif.)
Source: 8 x 10 inches; Fujichrome Provia; 2005
Relation: Searching for California's Hang Trees; Lynching in the West
Ken Gonzales-Day - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/kgd

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