Photograph of the bodies of Nease Gillespie, John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham
date: label: Date
content: August 1906
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Published by
content: Kluttz's Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Nease Gillespie, American, 1855 - 1906
label: Subject of
content: John Gillespie, American, 1891 - 1906
label: Subject of
content: Jack Dillingham, American, died 1906
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of the lynched bodies of Nease Gillespie, John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham. The bodies are at the center of the photograph, hanging from ropes by their necks. Their clothes are torn and seve
label: Description
content: ral wounds are visible on their bodies and heads. A large tree is visible on the right side of the photograph and counter-weight bags connected to the hanging ropes are visible in the background. They are surrounded by a large group of men and several children, many of which are looking at the camera. A man on the right side of the photograph has his right hand resting on the left shoulder of one of the hanging men. The photograph is adhered to gray card stock. Printed in black text beneath the photograph is “NRSM / KLUTTZ’S STUDIO, / E. Council ST., near Court House / Salisbury, N. C.” Handwritten in graphite on the back of the photograph is “Remember / Nease Gillespie - / John Gillespie / Jack Dillingham / They murdered -the - / Lyerly Family / But they got / theirs just the / same Aug 6th 1906 / at the Salisbury / courthouse was / shure [sic] a warm / time I will never / forget - that – night.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.43.13.1
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: collodion prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and collodion on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 5/16 × 3 7/8 in. (13.5 × 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (card): 7 13/16 × 5 13/16 × 1/16 in. (19.8 × 14.7 × 0.1 cm)