Robert Fairchild - 1996

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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 black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Robert Fairchild, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Fairchild is depicted in the bottom center of the image, standing in the interior of a church, amid rows of empty pews. He wears a plaid shirt and light colored pants. His hands are resting on a wooden barrier at the front of the rows of pews. The church balcony and the narthex are visible in the background. An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as [Robert Fairchild - 1996] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.

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