Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the wooden gate beam where a mob hung Francisco Cueto (or Cueta) for murder in October 1861. The photographer (Charles Prudhomme) recalls seeing the hanging. Three people (a man and two boys) stand near the wooden gate in a brick wall. The beam stood at 608½ Aliso Street, Los Angeles. Utility poles are visible in the background. Legible signs on the wall through the gate or door read: ..."tires standard [...] Bluebird [...] 725"..., ..."Crow[...] vo"....
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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