- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Owned by
- Ross, J. Kavin, American
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 7/16 × 3 7/16 in. (13.8 × 8.7 cm)
- Caption
- On May 31 and June 1, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, mobs of white residents brutally attacked the African American community of Greenwood, colloquially known as "Black Wall Street," in the deadliest racial massacre in U.S. history. This unidentified individual was just one of the many victims. The Oklahoma Bureau of Vital Statistics recorded the official death toll as 36, but it is now believed it may have been as high as 300 dead with many more missing and wounded.
- Photo postcards of the Tulsa Race Massacre were widely distributed following the massacre in 1921. Like postcards depicting lynchings, these souvenir cards were powerful declarations of white racial power and control. Decades later, the cards served as evidence for community members working to recover the forgotten history of the riot and secure justice for its victims and their descendants.
- Description
- A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting the body of an unidentified victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The image shows the body of a man lying in the street, while another man stands leaning against a fence, looking down at the body. At the bottom right corner, written into the negative and appearing in white text is [A VICTIM OF / TULSA RACE RIOT / 6-1-21]. The verso is marked [POST CARD] at the top with spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS] and an AZO stamp box in the top right corner.
- Place depicted
- Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- photographic postcards
- Topic
- Communities
- Photography
- Race relations
- Race riots
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.175.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




