Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a montage of portraits of the bandito Tiburcio Vasquez (1835-1875), the outlaw (who was hanged in March of 1875 for his expoits), his seven captors, and the site of his capture in 1874. The men are identified as (clockwise from bottom): "Tiburcio Vasquez", "Emil Harris", "Albert Johnson", "W.K. Smith" (D.K.), "W.R. Rowland, sheriff", "W.E. Rodgers", "Mr. Beers, Chronicle reporter" (George A. Beers), "Sam Bryant". In the middle of the ring of portraits is a photograph of the small adobe and wood dwelling of Greek George entitled "Scene of the caputre of Vasquez.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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