Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Tremendous excitement [execution of Whittaker and McKenzie]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Group Creator Name:
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- Justh, Quirot & Co. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer and
publisher
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Title:
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Tremendous excitement [execution of Whittaker and McKenzie]
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Date:
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[18--]
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Materials:
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print on tinted paper: lithograph
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Dimensions:
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21.2 x 25.5 cm., image on sheet 45 x 28.7 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0151 (variant)--B
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Subject:
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- Buildings
- California, Northern
- Criminals
- Events
- San Francisco
(Calif.)
- Lithographs
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Heading:
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Large crowd of men and women gathered to witness two men hanging from upper story of building.
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Heading:
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Samuel Whittaker and Robert Mc Kenzie rescued from the authorities and hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, August 24th at 3 o'clock P.M. in the presence of fifteen thousand people; (LC, below title): Lith. & Publ. by Justh, Quirot & Co., Calif[ornia], corner Montg[omery] st[reet]s, S[an] F[rancisco].
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf9z09p67p
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