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Title: Record of Execution of Inmate at Folsom Prison
Creator: Williamson, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued: 1981/03/10
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: Photo of the Execution and Record from the Folsom Prison Death Book for the hanging on June 27, 1915 of David Fountain following a conviction of first degree murder. The remarks section of the record indicate Mr. Fountain had murdered a 10-year-old girl in the basement of a church.
Type: image
Identifier: B8D88103-71D6-43E7-A650-272449351835
1983/001/SBPM06568a
Subject: Folsom Prison
Represa, Ca
Sacramento County
Fountain, David

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