- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of men on a gallows, Mount Vernon, Montgomery County, Georgia, 1893]
- Date of Original:
- 1893
- Subject:
- Hanging--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)
Architecture--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)
Municipal services--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County)
Special events--Georgia--Mount Vernon (Montgomery County) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Montgomery County, Mount Vernon, 32.17851, -82.59458
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mount Vernon (Montgomery County), 1893. Officials prepare to hang five men. They were Weldon Gordon, Paris Strickland, Hiram Jacobs, Lucien Manuel, and Hiram Brewington. Sheriff Burgen is standing on the ground in the center of the photograph. He is seen in partial profile and is wearing a beard. The scaffolding was erected near the county courthouse.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_emn007
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:emn007
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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