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Executioners
Executioners
TitleExecutioners
SeriesExecution
Item IDExecutioners.tif
DescriptionPosed photograph of General Hartranft and his staff in the chairs used by the condemned on the scaffold.
SubjectHartranft, John F., 1830-1889
Executioners
Rath, Christian
Geographic LocationWashington (D.C.)
CreatorGardner, Alexander
Date1865-07-07
NotesHartranft, sitting in the middle, had the immediate duty of carrying out the execution. Capt. Christian Rath, sitting on the extreme right, was the chief executioner.
Format of OriginalLarge-format albumen photograph
Digital FormatJPG
Owning InstitutionIndiana Historical Society
Collection NameDaniel R. Weinberg Lincoln Conspirators Collection, 1865-1997
Collection NumberP 0409
TypeImage
Copyright NoticeDigital image © 2004 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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