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Photograph portrait of W. D. Williams

1927

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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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.

Sepia toned gelatin silver print of W. D. Williams, a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and a teacher at Booker T. Washington High School. He is wearing a suit, white shirt and a dark necktie and gazing at the camera in three-quarters profile. The photograph is signed in the lower right corner with “Sincerely Lovingly / Bill / ‘27.” There are no inscriptions on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2013.79.34

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