Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
A Victim of Tulsa Race Riot, 6-1-21
1921
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
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 the body of an unidentified victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The image shows the body of a man lying in the street, while another man stands leaning against a fence, looking down at the body. At the bottom right corner, written into the negative and appearing in white text is [A VICTIM OF / TULSA RACE RIOT / 6-1-21]. 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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Catalog reference: 2011.175.2
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