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Title: Execution of Josh the…, 1852
Publication Information: Scripps College
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ken Gonzales-Day Collection
Rights Information: All rights are retained by Ken Gonzales-Day. For permission to use this item, contact the artist.
Description: Erasure of the lynch victim intended to raise awareness of the history of lynching and other forms of summary justice in California. Josh (Joshua Robertson) was of African descent and lynched in Rich Bar, California in 1852. The original drawing appeared in the journal of Adolphus Windeler, the German sailor who tied the knot.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: 1852_kgd00028.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kgd/id/104
Subject: Drawing
Hanging
Lynching
California
Hats
Crowds
Source: 4 x 6 inches; LightJet mounted on card stock; 2006
Relation: Erased Lynching
Ken Gonzales-Day - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/kgd

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