Scene from Tulsa Race Riot June 1st 1921

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting a scene from the Tulsa Race Massacre. On the left side of the image, a group of African American men and women stand on a dirt road. On the right, a group of armed white men stand with rifles in front of a car parked along the side of the road. At the far right, a man stands behind a metal washtub in front of the parked car. Along the bottom, written into the negative and appearing as white text is [SCENE DURING TULSA RACE RIOT / JUNE 1st 1921]. The verso is marked [POST CARD] at the top with spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS] and an AZO stamp box in the top right corner.

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