Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic postcard of an unidentified victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre
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 bloodied body lying on the ground amidst weeds and what appears to be a rail line. 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. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2011.175.9
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