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Title
[Two men with dueling pistols at the Broderick-Terry duel site]
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1920]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V2p73a
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. II, page 73 top.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Portrait of two men standing at the monument commemorating the duel between Senator David Broderick and Judge David S. Terry on September 13, 1859. The man on the left is kneeling and holding a dueling pistol, another of which is still in the case. The man on the right is leaning against the monument. Text written under photo: "Supposed spot near Lake Merced where the Broderick-Terry duel was fought. The duel resulted in the death of Senator David Broderick."
Negative, no. 28,300 (4 x 5 in.)
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001381564CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4823
Subject
Broderick, David C.. (David Colbreth),, 1820-1859
Terry, David S.. (David Smith),, 1823-1889
Monuments & memorials--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Group portraits
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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