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San Jose Lynching Photo (117151)

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San Jose Lynching Photo  (117151)
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This item SOLD at 2020 Apr 16 @ 11:44UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Vintage and period graphic photo via off-set printing process shows the bodies of John Holmes and Harold Thurmond who were lynched by citizens of San Jose, after they kidnapped and then murdered Hart's Department Store heir Brooke Hart in November, 1933. After they were captured and confessed to the murder, word spread via word of mouth and radio and the citizenry (Some drunk) stormed the city jail with a battering ram and took the two men to nearby Saint James Park where they were quickly dispatched. the card photo measures 6"x 7", and folded in half.

Provenance: John Reynolds Collection
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City/County: San Jose
Date: 1933