The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Caption reads: "Waiting for Fateful Moment -- A crowd of newsmen and official witnesses wait to be admitted through San Quentin's main gate for the execution of Burton Abbott. They are in front of the prison handicraft shop." These witnesses will eventually be led into the "death house" where they will witness the execution of Abbott in the gas chamber.
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