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Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Punishments -- Hanging

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Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal

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Title
Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments -- Hanging

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC PUNI-Han
Topics
Punishment & torture
Hangings (Executions)
Gallows -- California -- San Francisco -- 1850-1859
Spectators -- California -- San Francisco -- 1850-1859
Vigilance Committees -- California -- San Francisco -- 1850-1859
Brace, Philander
Hetherington, Joseph
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Written on mount: "Sept. 13, 1856"
Source note: Leslie's Weekly. (New York : Frank Leslie, 1855-1922)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17252193
Barcode: 33333159446059
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 24c80970-c562-012f-ae72-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1856: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d62-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 26, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d62-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1856). Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d62-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1d62-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal, (1856) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 26, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Execution of Brace and Hetherington, by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, Cal