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Execution of Hetherington and Brace The Murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion. July 29th 1856

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Title: Execution of Hetherington and Brace The Murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion. July 29th 1856
Creator: Britton & Rey, printer
Britton & Rey, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued: 1856
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the execution of Hetherington and Brace with the scaffold at left center surrounded by a hollow square of Vigilantes. Both bodies are visible below the platform of the scaffold. Fort Vigilance is in the background with a United States flag flying from the roof. Various signs are on the Fort and other buildings. Below image is a description of the execution that occurred on the day of July 29th, 1856. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey S. F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
Type: image
Format: High resolution
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; 21.2 x 27.3 cm (8 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
Identifier: 48052:109
48768
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23505
Language: English
Subject: California--Pictorial works
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856
Vigilance Committees--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--History
Lithographs. (aat)
Source: California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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