Facsimile of Mary E. Jones Parrish's identification card
After the riot and burning, African American citizens of Tulsa were required to carry identification cards. For several weeks, they were also required to wear green identity tags on their clothes identifying them as being safe and vetted for by white employers.
Mary E. Jones Parrish
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.
Booker T. Washington High School
Booker T. Washington High School remained untouched during the burning and chaos, and housed refugees during and after.
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.
Operating Room, Maurice Willows hospital.
Maurice Willows operated the Red Cross hospital after the riot at 324 N. Hartford Street.
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.
Ward in the Maurice Willows hospital.
Maurice Willows operated the Red Cross hospital after the riot at 324 N. Hartford Street.
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.
Rev. Whitaker and family distributing relief goods.
Reverend R. A. Whitaker was the pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church, which had only recently been completed and paid for before the riot. The reasons for its burning are debated, but it was believed to have held a large weapons cache, and that there were people shooting from it during the defense of Greenwood.
The ruins of Mount Zion Baptist Church are in the background of this photo.
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.
Funeral Car of Jackson Undertaking Co.
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.
Maurice Willows hospital
Maurice Willows operated the Red Cross hospital after the riot at 324 N. Hartford Street.
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.
Mt. Zion Baptist Church Burning
<p>Mount Zion Baptist Church, which had only recently been completed and paid for before the riot.</p>
<p>The reasons for its burning are debated, but it was believed to have held a large weapons cache, and that there were people shooting from it during the defense of Greenwood.</p>
Unknown photographer
Mary E. Jones Parrish. <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em>. Privately published. 1922.
1921 June 1
This item was published in the <em>Events of the Tulsa Disaster</em> in 1922, and is therefore in the Public Domain.
Mrs. Callie Rogers...
"Mrs Callie Rodgers, who owned one-half block of valuable property. She was forced to leave her home and take an insane daughter to safety, leaving a helpless sick daughter behind. There she was found by the burners. They took her out and placed her in a chair, from which she watched them burn the little home, not leaving her a pillow or bed to rest on. She was later rescued by the Red Cross workers and taken to a place of safety. Before the disaster, this little family was independent. Today they are subjects of charity." <br /><br /> Callie Rogers and her family lived at 608 E. Eastor Street.
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.
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.