Photograph of B.C. Franklin, I.H. Spears, and Effie Thompson
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
- I. H. Spears, American
- Effie Thompson
- 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.
- 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
- June 6, 1921
- Object number
- 2015.176.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place depicted
- Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- American West
- Justice
- Law
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1919-1933
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.176.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57ec34848-35a4-4b90-a386-cad7acb3f041
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