Four hung men in Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, on September 1894, [s.d.]

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Photograph of four hung men in Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, on September 1894, [s.d.]. At center are four men side by side hanging from ropes tied around their necks. Each man is visible wearing long sleeved shirts, pants, and have their hands tied behind their backs. The man on the far left is visible from the side and hangs closest to the ground. The man to his right is visible from the front and has bare feet, while the two men to his right have beards. A white picket fence is visible behind the men, and the background is black. Photoprint reads: "Flashlight view, midnight September 26, 1894, in front of Yreka, Calif. Courthouse after vigilantes hung Johnsoon, Stemler, Moreno, and Null".

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Title Four hung men in Yreka, Siskiyou County, California, on September 1894, [s.d.]

Subject Criminals (lcsh), Hanging (lcsh), residential sites (adlf), Siskiyou County -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Siskiyou (counties), USA (countries), Yreka (city or populated place)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19565

Identifier 45621 (accession number), CHS-45621 (call number), CHS-45621 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19421 (legacy record id), chs-m19565 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14334 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19421

Unique identifier UC137094

Legacy Identifier CHS-45621.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.8 cm × 41.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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