1856 Lynch Law in California- handing over of the Prisoners

8 x 11" hand water colored woodblock engraved view of the Jail at 300 Broadway and the crowd gathered in front during the surrender of Casey and Cora to the 1856 Vigilance Committee Militia assembled in formation. An infamous time in San Francisco's history . This image was transmitted around the world and seen in hundreds of domestic and foreign newspapers at the time and was even made into a dynorama by historian & map maker , Monterey favored son, Jo Mora for the 1939 GGIE . as seen attached viewed from a different angle. Fine in-the-moment news documented.