Photograph of the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas, Texas
date: label: Date
content: March 3, 1910; printed later
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Allen Brooks, American, ca. 1845 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photograph of the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas, Texas on March 3, 1910. The image is taken from an elevated perspective. A large crowd of people are visible in the foreground and the hanged body of Brooks is visible just above the crowd in the background. On the back of the photograph is a stamp from the Dallas Public Library.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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 Jacquelyn Days Serwer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.41
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)