Public Hanging; 3000 People in Crowd Witness Last Public Hanging
Description:
Copy negative of two pictures concerning the last public hanging for rape in Owensboro, Kentucky. The first is of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man has just been hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. The second is a picture of just the crowd with buildings in the background. There is a descriptive typed note under the bottom picture.
Date:
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Hardin-Simmons University Library