Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Justh, Quirot & Co. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer and
publisher
Title:
Tremendous excitement [execution of Whittaker and McKenzie]
Date:
[18--]
Materials:
print on tinted paper: lithograph
Dimensions:
21.2 x 25.5 cm., image on sheet 45 x 28.7 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0151 (variant)--B
Subject:
- Buildings
- California, Northern
- Criminals
- Events
- San Francisco
(Calif.)
- Lithographs
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Large crowd of men and women gathered to witness two men hanging from upper story of building.
Heading:
Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
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].
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf9z09p67 p

Tremendous excitement [execution of Whittaker and McKenzie]