Images from

Lynching in the West:
1850–1935
Ken Gonzales-Day

	Carl (Charley) Friderich Christendorff. “Execution of Josh the Nigger,” 1851–52. Diary of Adolphus Winderler. Courtesy of Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
	“Adios Amigos! Execution of Mexican Murderers, Prescott, Arizona, 1904,” tinted photograph mounted on cardstock, 5. 5 by 3. 5 inches. Collection of the author.
	Edgar Wade Howell, “Lynching of Null, Stemler, Moreno, and Johnson,” 1895, photographic print mounted on mat board, 6.5 by 9.25 inches. Courtesy of the California Historical Society, FN-19688.
	Unidentified photographer, “Hanged at the Water Street Bridge,” 1877. Courtesy of Covello and Covello, Santa Cruz, California.
	Unidentified photographer, “1920 Santa Rosa: S.F. gang came to Santa Rosa,” 1920, gelatin silver print on preformatted postcard paper with Artura stamp, 5 by 3.5 inches. Collection of the author.
	Unidentified photographer, “ . . . der Wild West Show,” n.d., photographic print on preformatted postcard paper, 5 by 3.5 inches. Collection of the author.
	Unidentified photographer, “del Valle family group,” n.d. Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
	F. G. Schumacher, “Rodolfo Silvas,” n.d., photographic print mounted on card stock, 5 by 8.5 inches. Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
	Bradley and Rulofson, “Tiburcio Vasquez,” 1874, photographic print mounted on card stock, 4.25 by 6.5 inches. Courtesy of the California Historical Society, Luke Fay Collection, FN-00947.
	Alexander Gardner, Brady’s National Portrait Gallery, “Abraham Lincoln,” 1861, 4 by 2.25 inches, albumen print mounted on card stock. Collection of the author.
	Charles Christian Nahl, “Joaquin Murrieta,”1868, oil on canvas, 39.75 by 29.75 inches. Courtesy of California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California.
	Unidentified photographer, “La Chola Martina” (Espinoza Martina), n.d. Courtesy of University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections.
	Ken Gonzales-Day, “Santa Rosa Cemetery,” 2005, chromogenic print, 36 by 46 inches. From the series “Searching for California’s Hang Trees.” Courtesy of the artist.
	Ken Gonzales-Day, “Next Morning When Jimmy Awoke, the Cowboys Were Gone” (Livermore), 2003, chromogenic print, 36 by 46 inches. From the series “Searching for California’s Hang Trees.” Courtesy of the artist.
	Ken Gonzales-Day, “Run Up” (Sonoma County), 2002, chromogenic print, 36 by 46 inches. From the series “Searching for California’s Hang Trees.” Courtesy of the artist.
	Ken Gonzales-Day, “With None But the Omnipresent Stars to Witness” (Sonoma), 2002, chromogenic print, 36 by 46 inches. From the series “Searching for California’s Hang Trees.” Courtesy of the artist.
	Ken Gonzales-Day, “Historical Marker #141,” 2002, chromogenic print, 8 by 10 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
	Ken Gonzales-Day, “Aqua Fria Road,” 2005, chromogenic print, 46 by 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
	Stanley Berkeley, “‘Judge Lynch,’ California Vigilantes, 1848,” no date, oil on canvas, dimensions unknown. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, “Stop Lynching: N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund,” circa 1930, metal pin back, 0.75 inches in diameter. Collection of the author.
	Unidentified artist, “A Murderer Lynched by Californian Emigrants—From a Sketch from Our Own Correspondent,” no date. Courtesy of the California Historical Society, FN-28951.
	Franklin Studio, “John and Charles Ruggles, Stage Robbers and Murderers of Buck Montgomery. Taken From the Jail of Shasta County, Redding and Lynched by a Mob, Sunday 2:30 a.m. July 24, 1892.” Courtesy of the California Historical Society, FN-33890.
	Misidentified as “Lynching of Leo Grover, CA 1890,” in the records of the California Historical Society, San Francisco. The image is more widely known as the 1884 lynching of John Heath by the Bisbee Mob in Tombstone, Arizona. Photograph courtesy of the California Historical Society, FN-33891.
	“The Solograph Flash Pistol,” Scovill and Adams Co. of New York, American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times, 1900. Collection of the author.
	Francis Marryatt, “Admission Day Celebration,” 1850. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
	“Seal of The San Francisco Vigilance Committee,” 1856–57, 2.25 by 2.25 inches. Collection of the author.
	Unidentified photographer, “Breaking down the Door,” 1933, gelatin silver print from original negative, 8 by 10 inches. Photograph courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California.
	Unidentified photographer, “The Stripped Body of Jack Holmes,” 1933, gelatin silver print from negative, 8 by 10 inches. Photograph courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California.
	Morse Studio, “Josepha del Valle,” 1880, photographic print mounted on card stock, 4.25 by 6.5 inches. Courtesy of University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections.
	F. G. Schumacher, “Reginaldo Francisco del Valle and Family,” n.d., photographic print mounted on card stock, 5 by 8.5 inches. Courtesy of the California Historical Society, Ms. Henry F. Grady Collection, FN-33893.
	Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway, “Boy with Monkey,” ca. 1789–98, 2.25 by 3.5 inches. Collection of the author.
	Osuna, “Peon de Ladrillera, Mexico,” n.d., gelatin silver print from original negative, 3 by 5.5 inches. Collection of the author.
	Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway, “Girl with Spots,” ca. 1789–98, 13.25 by 10 inches. Collection of the author.
	Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway, “Elephant,” ca. 1789–98, 13.25 by 10 inches. Collection of the author.
	Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway, “Contours of Foreheads” or Physiognomical Lines, ca. 1789–98, 13.25 by 10 inches. Collection of the author.
	“Execution Scene in Los Angeles. Cal. By the Vigillance Committee,” 1863. Courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.