- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Brooks, Allen, American, ca. 1845 - 1910
- Date
- March 3, 1910; printed later
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Description
- Black and white photograph of the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas, Texas on March 3, 1910. The image is taken from an elevated perspective. A large crowd of people are visible in the foreground and the hanged body of Brooks is visible just above the crowd in the background. On the back of the photograph is a stamp from the Dallas Public Library.
- Place depicted
- Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jacquelyn Days Serwer
- Object number
- 2013.41
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.