1908 Judge Carroll Cook SF Campaign Card Durrant Botkin Murder Trials Labor For Sale

Original 1908 San Francisco campaign card promoting incumbent Carroll Cook for Judge of the Superior Court.

Printed on distinctive pink cardstock, the card features Cook’s portrait and lists his nominations by the Republican Party, Independence League, and Union Labor Party. An Allied Printing Trades Council union label numbered 47 appears in the lower-right corner.

Campaign headquarters are identified as 1712 Fillmore Street, San Francisco.

Carroll Cook was a prominent San Francisco attorney and Superior Court judge who presided over several nationally significant criminal cases, including:

• Theodore Durrant and the notorious San Francisco “Belfry Murders”

• Cordelia Botkin and the interstate poisoned-candy murder case

• The “Gas Pipe Thugs” case

• The 1908 trial of Jang In-hwan for the killing of diplomat Durham White Stevens

DETAILS:

• Candidate: Judge Carroll Cook

• Office: San Francisco Superior Court Judge

• Election year: 1908

• Status: Incumbent

• Nominations: Republican, Independence League and Union Labor

• Location: San Francisco, California

• Campaign headquarters: 1712 Fillmore Street

• Approximate size: 4.25 × 2.5 inches

• Allied Printing Trades Council union label No. 47

• Distinctive pink cardstock

• Faint period pencil writing on reverse

• Original campaign card—not a reproduction

A scarce piece of early San Francisco judicial, true-crime, political, labor, and Fillmore District history.

The card will be placed in an archival-safe protective sleeve, reinforced with rigid material, and securely packaged for shipping.

CONDITION:

Fair antique condition with age toning, surface soiling, fading, creases, rounded corners, edge wear, and small areas of paper loss along the lower edge and lower-left corner. Faint period pencil writing appears on the reverse. Please review all photographs carefully.