Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2011.011.005 |
Collection |
Deisenroth, Oakley |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1921 |
Description |
Digital scan of an original black & white photograph looking north along North Greenwood Avenue following the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The image's foreground shows the intersection of Archer Street and North Greenwood Avenue and several pedestrians surveying the destruction of the burned area. Some of the burned businesses on the left (west) side of the street include the following: 102 North Greenwood - Williams Building 108 - Economy Drug Company 112 1/2 - Gurley Building (Gurley Hotel) 120 - Dixie Theatre 122 - Smith Building 126 - Tulsa Star newspaper Some of the businesses on the right (east) side of the street include the following: 101 North Greenwood - Earl Real Estate Company 103 1/2 - offices of doctors R. T. Bridgewater, T. R. Gentry, Wesley Jones, and J. M. Key 105 - Wood Building 117 - Aquawka Billiard Parlor 123 - Union Grocery Company 127 - Dreamland Theatre (in background with the fallen sign) |
Search Terms |
Aquawka Billiard Parlor Dixie Theatre Dreamland Theatre Earl Real Estate Company Economy Drug Company fires Greenwood District Gurley Hotel North Greenwood Avenue Smith Building Tulsa Race Massacre Tulsa Star - newspaper Union Grocery Company Williams Building Woods Building |
People |
Bridgewater, R. T. Gentry, T. R. Jones, Wesley Key, J. M. |
Place |
Tulsa, OK |