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    Photograph of B.C. Franklin, I.H. Spears, and Effie Thompson

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
    Spears, I. H., American
    Thompson, Effie
    Date
    June 6, 1921
    Medium
    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
    Description
    A black and white photograph of B.C. Franklin (right) and I. H. Spears (left), with Secretary Effie Thompson (center), in their temporary tent office after the Tulsa Race Riot, 1921. Franklin and Spears sit on either end of a desk facing the camera. They are both holding books in their hands and looking down towards the books. Thompson stands in the center background of the photograph behind the desk. The date is handwritten just below the image on the front of the photograph. There is also a handwritten inscription on the back that identifies the subject and date of the photograph.
    Place depicted
    Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Type
    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    Topic
    American South
    American West
    Justice
    Law
    Race relations
    U.S. History, 1919-1933
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
    Object number
    2015.176.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
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    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57ec34848-35a4-4b90-a386-cad7acb3f041
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