Altered image of the hanging of Josefa at the Downieville bridge in 1851. First woman to be lynched in California. Erasure of the figure intended to raise awareness of the much-overlooked history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West:...
Erasure of the lynch victim intended to raise awareness of the history of lynching and other forms of summary justice in California. Josh (Joshua Robertson) was of African descent and lynched in Rich Bar, California in 1852. The original drawing...
The erased body of the victim in this series was intended to raise awareness of the little-known history. In this case it was Mexicans against an American citizen in 1859.
Josefa (a Mexican woman) was hanged from the bridge in Downieville in 1851. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were...
Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...
The original source image helped to locate the tree in 2007. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in...
Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...
A group of people holding firearms watch a man about to be hanged. "A Murderer Lynched by Californian Emigrants - From a Sketch by Our Own Correspondent" is printed on the bottom of the image.
Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate locations that corresponded to the historical data...
The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
