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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06265 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1900s |
| Title | Color reproduction of a photograph depicting the lynching of four African Americans |
| Date | 1908 |
| Author | Morton, Jack (fl. 1908) |
| Document Type | Miscellany; Artwork |
| Content Description | Beside the photo on the front of the postcard, printed text indicates that the lynching took place at Russellville, Kentucky, and the photograph was taken 1 August 1908. Depicts several lynching victims hung on a cedar tree. Caption states that "[t]his is a multiple cedar tree and these four make a total of nine men lynched on this tree, some were white men." Photograph includes two witnesses watching the lynching. A warning sign hangs from the neck of one lynched man. On verso, printed text indicates placement of address and stamp. Copyrighted by Morton, a salesman in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Subjects | Progressive Era African American History Lynching Mobs and Riots Death Photography |
| People | Morton, Jack (fl. 1908) |
| Place written | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Theme | African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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