The things I tell my pillow

Feb 16
[ TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE, LYNCHING, & RACISM ] The lynching of Laura Nelson and her son, several dozen onlookers. May 25, 1911, Okemah, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2” Etched in the negative: “1911 copy right, g.h. farnum, okemah. okla\ 2897.” For more information on this photo and this project, go to Without Sanctuary.

[ TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE, LYNCHING, & RACISM ]

The lynching of Laura Nelson and her son, several dozen onlookers. May 25, 1911, Okemah, Oklahoma.
Gelatin silver print. Real photo postcard. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2”

Etched in the negative: “1911 copy right, g.h. farnum, okemah. okla\ 2897.”

For more information on this photo and this project, go to Without Sanctuary.
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