View of the riot district.
<p>View of the riot district taken from the roof of Booker T. Washington High School. The ruins of Dunbar Elementary School is center, with the smoldering ruins of the brick buildings at Greenwood and Archer on your upper right. Upper left is the ABC Construction buildings and the Midland tracks.</p>
<p>The photo is a very poor quality reproduction from a microfilmed copy of the <em>Chicago Defender</em>.</p>
Unknown photographer
<em>Chicago Defender</em>. 1921 June 11
1921 June [2 or 3]
This item was published in 1921 and therefore is in the Public Domain.
The Williams Building, Greenwood and Archer, before the riot.
This picture shows the northwest corner of the corner of Greenwood and Archer, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Taken some time before the riot, the building is the Williams Building.
<p>The photo is a very poor quality reproduction from a microfilmed copy of the <em>Chicago Defender</em>.</p>
Unknown photographer
<em>Chicago Defender</em>, 1921 June 11
Before 1921 June 1
This item was published in 1921 and therefore is in the Public Domain
East side of Greenwood from Archer, shortly after the burning
This image depicts the east side of Greenwood Ave. Details are sufficient to indicate that this is fairly early after the burning, likely the evening of 1 June. The blurred figures show a lengthy shutter speed was used, suggesting a low ambient light level.
<p>The key to the numbers was in the <em>Chicago Defender</em> article:</p>
<ol><li>The ruins of the Stradford Hotel, owned by J.B. Stradford, valued at $65,000, containing 66 rooms.</li>
<li>Dreamland Theater, owned by Wesley Williams. [Note that the Dreamland sign is still hanging, indicating the early time period of the photograph].</li>
<li>Gist grocery store.</li>
<li>Ed Howard's barber shop.</li>
<li>Woods building, occupied by the Earl real estate co. [The article implies that the safe was from the real estate company. It is also possible, and has been suggested elsewhere, that the safe had been in Dr. Bridgewater's office, also in the Woods Building, where it had been used as a bank. Also in the Woods Building were the new offices of the <em>Oklahoma Sun</em> newspaper, in the space formerly occupied by the <em>Tulsa Star</em>; Gentry's real estate; Mary Parrish's school; and two other physicians.]</li>
</ol>This photo is a very poor quality reproduction from a microfilmed copy of the <em>Chicago Defender</em>.
Unknown photographer
<em>Chicago Defender</em>, 1921 June 11
1921 June [1]
This item was published in 1921 and therefore is in the Public Domain
Greenwood and Archer during reconstruction
Taken from the south side of Archer, the Williams and Woods buildings are still in ruins, but further north up the street, buildings have begun to be rebuilt.
Unknown photographer
Mary E. Jones Parrish. <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em>. Privately published. 1922.
c. 1921
This item was published in the <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em> in 1922, and is therefore in the Public Domain.
Greenwood and Archer during the reconstruction
Taken from the south side of Archer, this photo shows the reconstruction much further along. The Williams Building on the left has been rebuilt on the ruins of the old, while on the right the three-story Byers building has replaced the destroyed two-story Woods building.
Unknown photographer
Mary E. Jones Parrish. <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em>. Privately published. 1922.
c. 1922
This item was published in the <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em> in 1922, and is therefore in the Public Domain.
Panorama of the ruined area.
Taken from the southeast corner of the roof of Booker T. Washington High School, this panorama shows much of the damage within a day or so of the riot and the burning.<br /><br /> The road running laterally through the center of the image is Greenwood Avenue, the road slanting from the center to the left is Easton, and the road slanting off to the right is Frankfort.
Unknown photographer
Mary E. Jones Parrish. <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em>. Privately published. 1922.
1921 June 1-2
This item was published in the <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em> in 1922, and is therefore in the Public Domain.
Greenwood in ruins
This image is shown twice - first, in the reversed image as it was actually published in the <em>Tulsa Tribune</em>, and in the correct aspect.<br /><br /> The remains of the Stradford hotel are on the right, and the tracks heading up Greenwood Avenue.
Unknown photographer
<em>Tulsa Tribune</em>
1921 June 2
This was published in the <em>Tulsa Tribune</em> in 1921 and therefore is in the Public Domain.
View of the riot district
View of the riot district. The ruins of Dunbar Elementary School is center, with the smoldering ruins of the brick buildings at Greenwood and Archer on the upper right. Upper left is the ABC Construction buildings and the Midland tracks. <br /><br /> The photo is a very poor quality reproduction from a microfilmed copy of the <em>Tulsa Tribune</em>.
Unknown photographer
<em>Tulsa Tribune</em>
1921 June 2
This was published in the<em> Tulsa Tribune</em> in 1921 and therefore is in the Public Domain.
East side of Greenwood...
Caption: "East Side of Greenwood avenue, looking north from Arther street. This block formed the principle negro business district."
Unknown photographer
<em>Tulsa Trubune</em>
1921 June 5
West Side of Greenwood
Caption: "West side of Greenwood avenue, looking north from Archer street. Third high building was the plant of the Tulsa Star where the negroes are said to have congregated with arms before their rally at the court house."
Unknown photographer
<em>Tulsa Tribune</em>
1921 June 5
This image was published in the <em>Tulsa Tribune</em> in 1921, therefore it is in the Public Domain.