Call NumberZ-2990SummaryMen crowd around the dead body of a man identified as Navajo Frank (Native American, Navajo) lynched in Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. He hangs from a utility pole; sheds and houses are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print ; 10 x 17 cm (4 x 7 in.) mounted on mat board.Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--New Mexico--Las VegasNavajo Indians--New Mexico--Las VegasLas Vegas (N.M.)Dead personsLynchings--New Mexico--Las VegasSpectators--New Mexico--Las VegasNavajo Frank.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR711002990Type of MaterialPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F16721. Penciled on verso: "for story behind the hanging, see (Denver) Inter-Ocean, v.5 #27, July 15, 1882, p 496." Stamped: "From E. Schuster's Free Museum, Hot Springs, N.M."; Title inked in margin, with: "Interocean, July 1882."; R7110029900Languageeng
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