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Caption: "East Side of Greenwood avenue, looking north from Arther street. This block formed the principle negro business district."

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Caption: Here is the first picture of the riot. it shows the first appliance of the torch to the negro section. This appeared on page 9 of the 1921 June 1 Tulsa Tribune, although I'm not sure which edition. The City edition, which was the one…

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Image taken from the roof of the Hotel Tulsa looking towards the Greenwood District. The arrow is pointed toward the general area of Detroit and Archer. This photo is reproduced from a very poor quality microfilmed image.

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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. The photo…

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This image is shown twice - first, in the reversed image as it was actually published in the Tulsa Tribune, and in the correct aspect. The remains of the Stradford hotel are on the right, and the tracks heading up Greenwood Avenue.

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Taken during the looting.

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Onlookers examining the burning of 511 N. Detroit Ave. (A.J. Smitherman) and 507 N. Detroit Ave. (R. T. Bridgewater). This photo is reproduced from a very poor quality microfilmed image.
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