Image is of two dead bodies hanging from a building with a large armed crowd looking on outside of the building. Below the image is a description of the two executed men and the events leading up to their execution. "Huestis."--text, lower left corner of illustration. "For slae at M. Ullmann's corner of Washington and Sansome street. Town Talk, Print."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 wood engraving : uncolored ; 25.2 x 19.7 cm (10 x 7 5/8 in.) overall.
California--Pictorial works San Francisco (Calif.)--History San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856 Vigilance Committees--California--San Francisco Casey, James P Cora, Charles Wood engravings. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets. Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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