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A jukebox and a table with chairs stands against a wall. A mural is visible along the wall and plaques hang below it. 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). This image was taken inside the bar at the spot where the "hangman's tree" stood. There is a false tree branch protruding from the wall.
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