Ruins of the Tulsa Race Riot 6-1-21

A sepia-toned photographic postcard depicting the destroyed Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma after the Tulsa Race Massacre. Taken from an elevated position, the image shows blocks of what had been homes and businesses reduced to rubble. In the right foreground several charred metal bedsteads are visible. A line of charred trees runs across the middle of the image. In the top left, across a wide avenue, stand a few empty brick building facades. At the bottom left corner, written into the negative and appearing as white text is [RUINS OF THE / TULSA RACE RIOT / 6-1-21]. The verso is marked [POST CARD] at the top with spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS] and an AZO stamp box in the top right corner.

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