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 four hung men in Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, on September 1894, [s.d.]. At center are four men side by side hanging from ropes tied around their necks. Each man is visible wearing long sleeved shirts, pants, and have their hands tied behind their backs. The man on the far left is visible from the side and hangs closest to the ground. The man to his right is visible from the front and has bare feet, while the two men to his right have beards. A white picket fence is visible behind the men, and the background is black. Photoprint reads: "Flashlight view, midnight September 26, 1894, in front of Yreka, Calif. Courthouse after vigilantes hung Johnsoon, Stemler, Moreno, and Null".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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