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Title
Execution of James P. Casey & Charles Cora
Date Created and/or Issued
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
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.
Identifier
48052:118
48778
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23516
Language
English
Subject
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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