Heuer Staged Lynching

89-1-307_Joe_Heuer_1909.jpg 1.2MB

89-1-307_Joe_Heuer_1909.jpg 1.2MB

Name/Title

Heuer Staged Lynching

Entry/Object ID

2023.10.222

Description

Young men pretending to hang a man while other stand around with shotguns or a hatchet. Two little girls and a man with crutches observe the scene. A note indicates the men include Joe Heuer (with white shirt, hands on hips) and Shell Heuer, being lynched. Joe and Shelby were two of eight children from the John D. Heuer family. Circa after 1909

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital scan

Subject Person or Organization

Heuer, Joseph Deitrich 1890-1937, Heuer, Shelby "Shell" ?-1962

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2023.10

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Notes

These photos were scanned by SDHS volunteers and were posted on the Photo Blog in the hopes that community members would contribute more information. "tu" in the filename indicates the photo was "touched up" by Jack Sheridan

Location

Box

031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

General Notes

Note

These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.

Create Date

October 16, 2023

Update Date

October 16, 2023