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The lynching of Laura Nelson, May 25, 1911 in Okemah, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Etched in the negative: "copyright-1911-g.h.farnum, okemah. okla 2898." Stamp on reverse, "unmailable."

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Source: Allen, James and Lewis, Jon. Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. Twin Palms Publishers, 2000. See Allen's "Without Sanctuary website, image number 33, accessed August 25, 2010. For a discussion of the lynching, see James West Davidson. 'They say': Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race. Oxford University Press, 2007, p. 6ff.

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Photographer: George H. Farnum

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Licence: PD. The image was published in 1911 as a postcard.


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current22:56, 24 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 22:56, 24 August 2010682 × 971 (208 KB)ChrisO~enwiki (talk | contribs)Lynching of Laura Nelson, May 25, 1911, Okemah, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Etched in the negative: "copyright-1911-g.h.farnum, okemah. okla 2898." Stamp on reverse, "unmailable."

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