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Rosa Davis Skinner - 1995

1995; printed 2014

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.

A black-and-white gelatin silver print portrait of Rosa Davis Skinner, survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Skinner is depicted from the waist up, seated and looking directly at the camera, her head tilted slightly to her right. She holds her proper right hand up just beneath her chin and her other hand rests on her knee. The background is in shadow behind her. An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as [Rosa Davis Skinner - 1995] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.

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Catalog reference: 2014.206.6

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