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Postcards documenting the lynching of Ted Smith of Greenville, Texas.

1908

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A set of photographic postcards documenting the murder of Ted Smith, an African American, aged 18, who was accused of raping a white woman in Clinton, Texas. Two are captioned in white ink: "Burning of the Negro Smith in Greenville, Tex. 7/28-08- 9:30 a.m." None of them were addressed or mailed. The postcards were enclosed in a plain envelope marked with the caption in pencil: "Greenville, TX, 28 July 1908".
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Part of Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,

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Call Number
N-001453
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Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1908?]
Language
English
Subject
Smith, Ted -1908
Lynching—Texas—Greenville—Pictorial works
African Americans—Crimes against
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