A black-and-white photographic group portrait of a high school YMCA group in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group of young men are formally posed in three rows in front of a brick building. The three men seated in the middle of the front row hold a triangular sign with a cross in the center and the letters H I Y across the top. The front row includes the following, as identified by Julius Pegues: L.E. McKeller, 4th from the left; Jesse Lee Greadington, 5th from the left; John Hope Franklin, 6th from the left; and Smith, last name unknown, 2nd from the left. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
| Date | ca. 1930 |
| Created by | Unidentified |
| Subject of | John Hope Franklin, American, 1915 - 2009 |
| Subject of | L. E. McKeller |
| Subject of | Jesse Lee Greadington |
| Subject of | Unidentified Man or Men |
| Subject of | Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), International, founded 1844 |
| Owned by | J. Kavin Ross, American |
| Place depicted | Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper |
| Dimensions | H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| Object number | 2011.175.16 |
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