Tremendous excitement! : Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie 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

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Description

Title: Tremendous excitement! : Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie 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
Alternative Title: Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities
Creator: Justh, Quirot & Co.
Published / Created: [August, 1851]
Publication Place: San Francisco and United States California San Francisco
Publisher: Justh, Quirot & Co.
Abstract: Pictorial lettersheet view of crowd watching hangings carried out by the first (San Francisco) vigilance committee of 1851
Description: Title from text printed below image.
Spelling of "Furniture" on sign in this image differentiates it from a variant in the Robert B. Honeyman collection (BANC PIC 1963.002:151) with spelling "Fourniture."
Provenance: Related to Baird, California's Pictorial Lettersheets, No. 274.
Extent: 1 print (pictorial lettersheet) : 21 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Prints 386

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Pictorial works
Lithographs
Pictorial lettersheets
Material: lithograph, b&w ;, paper, ink, and lithography
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): California
San Francisco
San Francisco.
Subject (Name): San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
Subject (Topic): Hanging
Lynching
Vigilance committees
Hangings (Executions)
Lynchings
Subjects: San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 > Pictorial works
Hanging > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
Lynching > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
Vigilance committees > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
Hanging
Lynching
Vigilance committees
California > San Francisco
Hangings (Executions) > 1850-1860
Lynchings > 1850-1860
Vigilance committees > 1850-1860

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 15385311
Object ID (OID): 2015934