Box 5

Container

Staff Only

Contains 2 Results:

Little Africa on fire. Tulsa Race Riot, 1921-06-01

Item — Box: 5, Page: 3

Identifier: 1989.004.5.5

Scope and Contents

This photo on this postcard was taken from on top of the Santa Fe Freight office at 1st St. and Elgin Ave., showing the fires on Archer towards Greenwood. The Goodner-Malone company (1 N. Frankfurt Ave.) building is in the center of the photo.

Title is taken from the writing on the face of the Postcard. Digital image has been modified from the original for clarity.

The photographer is unidentified. The Postcards were first published in 1921.

Dates: 1921-06-01

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 archive / Photographs / Race Riot Post Cards

Negro slain in the Tulsa Race Riot, 1921-06-01

Item — Box: 5, Page: 3

Identifier: 1989.004.5.6

Scope and Contents

A postcard showing a man lying dead in the street, with a sheet, or piece of paper covering his face. This victim appears in a number of photographs in this collection, taken from different angles at different times of the morning.

Title is taken from the writing on the face of the postcard. Digital image has been modified from the original for clarity.

The Postcards were first published in 1921.

Dates: 1921-06-01

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 archive / Photographs / Race Riot Post Cards