Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Smitherman, A.J., American, 1863 - 1961
Date
1970-1980
Medium
photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper, and ink on paper, mounted to paper
Dimensions
H x W (full sheet): 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
H x W (photograph of Smitherman): 3 1/8 × 2 3/16 in. (8 × 5.5 cm)
H x W (photograph of book): 6 11/16 × 4 15/16 in. (17 × 12.5 cm)
H x W (photocopy of Greenwood District): 4 5/16 × 4 5/16 in. (11 × 11 cm)
H x W (each quadrant): 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (21.6 × 14 cm)
Description
Black-and-white photographs, and a photomechanical copy of a photograph, adhered to a sheet of paper. The paper has the letterhead of The Petroleum Reporter. The paper has been folded in half to form four (4) sections. Each photograph has been affixed to one of the four sections. The top half of the recto side is printed with the letterhead, and no photographs are adhered to this section. The bottom half of the recto side has a photomechanical copy of a street view of the Greenwood District. On verso, there is a photograph of a man with glasses wearing a suit and bowtie, A.J. Smitherman, the Editor and Publisher of the Daily Tulsa Star at the time of the 1921Tulsa Race Massacre. Next to the Smitherman photograph is handwritten "Smitherman". On the other half of the same quadrant, the word "Franklin" is handwritten, next to an empty space without a photograph. On verso, the bottom half of the paper has a large photograph of the book "The Events of the Tulsa Disaster" by Mrs. Mary E. Jones Parrish.
Place depicted
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Princetta R. Newman Collection of Family Photographs, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
photographs
portraits
Topic
American South
American West
Communities
Race riots
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 1919-1933
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Princetta R. Newman
Object number
2014.75.131
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fed42da6-1ab1-452e-b183-b43344bca037

Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu

Share this page