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Title
Hear Geo. Sontag who was sentenced to prison for life and after serving 15 1/2 years was padroned
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1910]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2004-0376.
Poster advertising a lecture by George Sontag. Other text reads: "The battle at Young's cabin"; "Tell his life story on the Folly of Crime Hear Him Now". Illustration shows two men standing next to a man lying on the ground with gun smoke in front of them; cabin and trees in the background.
Negative, no. 5,508 (4 x 5 in.)
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 painting : oil on canvas, col. ; 43 x 30 in.
Identifier
(C)001385575CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-8847
Language
English
Subject
Sontag, John,, 1861--Pictorial works
Sontag, George,, 1864--Pictorial works
Evans, Christopher,, 1847-1917--Pictorial works
Criminals--California--Tulare County
Train robberies--California--Tulare County
Lecturers--California
Brigands and robbers--California
Tulare County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Oil paintings
Posters
Place
California
Tulare County
Tulare County (Calif.)

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