Photograph of B.C. Franklin, I.H. Spears, and Effie Thompson
date: label: Date
content: June 6, 1921
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: B. C. Franklin, American, 1879 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: I. H. Spears, American
label: Subject of
content: Effie Thompson
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of B.C. Franklin (right) and I. H. Spears (left), with Secretary Effie Thompson (center), in their temporary tent office after the Tulsa Race Riot, 1921. Franklin and Spears sit on either end of a desk facing the camera. They are both holding books in their hands and looking down towards the books. Thompson stands in the center background of the photograph behind the desk. The date is handwritten just below the image on the front of the photograph. There is also a handwritten inscription on the back that identifies the subject and date of the photograph.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
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 from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.176.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)