Item Summary

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".

Descriptive Information

Title
Postcards documenting the lynching of Ted Smith of Greenville, Texas.
Call Number
N-001453
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8k71nr22t
Publisher
[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1908?]
Language
English
Date Created
1908
Extent
6 postcards : chiefly illustrations ; 9 x 14 cm
Content Warning
Unspecified
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
The cataloger-supplied title was revised by Faith Charlton in July 2023 to remove racist language per reparative description work. The previous title that was used was based on the caption noted in the postcards' description.

Discovery Information

Subject
Smith, Ted -1908
Lynching—Texas—Greenville—Pictorial works
African Americans—Crimes against
Postcards

Physical Characteristics

File Count
14

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
{@id=https://bibdata.princeton.edu/locations/delivery_locations/13}
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/35e6a697-3bfc-4125-a100-efc3aa0987d2/manifest