In a large square overlooked by a row of buildings, a central gallows is surrounded by large numbers of armed men in guard-like rows, behind whom crowds are massed. The hanging has already occurred; the two condemned men's bodies, with hoods over thei...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Hetherington, Joseph, 1820?-1856, Brace, Philander, -1856, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions and executioners, Hanging, and Gallows
Chromolithograph of the public execution of 38 Dakota Indians following the end of the Dakota War of 1862 in Minnesota. Shows a city square in Mankato, Minnesota, with gallows in the center surrounded by soldiers and civilian crowds who are gathered a...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
The Milwaukee Litho & Engr. Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota, Mankato, Mankato (Minn.), and Mankato.
Subject (Topic):
Executions and executioners, Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862, Public executions, Dakota Indians, and Soldiers
