[Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith].

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Title: [Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith].
Creator: Beitler, Lawrence, photographer
Published / Created: [1930 August 7]
Publication Place: Marion, Indiana
Abstract: Photographic postcard of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, taken by Lawrence Beitler. Shipp and Smith were murdered by a mob in Marion, Indiana on August 7, 1930
Description: Lawrence Beitler (1885-1960) was an American studio photographer.
Caption in English.
Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Printed caption on verso.
Provenance: Purchased from William Reese Co. (Cowan's sale, 2011 December 2, lot 101) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Extent: 1 photographic postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Photographic postcards
Photographs
Postcards
Material: black and white print ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Indiana
Marion.
Marion
Grant County
Marion (Ind.)
Subject (Name): Beitler, Lawrence.
Shipp, Thomas, 1911-1930
Smith, Abram, -1930
Subject (Topic): Death and burial
African Americans
Violence against
Lynching
Racism
Race relations
Subjects: Beitler, Lawrence
Shipp, Thomas, 1911-1930 > Death and burial > Pictorial works
Smith, Abram, -1930 > Death and burial > Pictorial works
African Americans > Indiana > Marion
African Americans > Violence against > Indiana > Marion > Pictorial works
Lynching > Indiana > Grant County > Pictorial works
Lynching > Indiana > Marion > Pictorial works
Racism > Indiana > Marion > Pictorial works
Racism > Indiana > Pictorial works
Indiana > Race relations > Pictorial works
Indiana > Pictorial works
Marion (Ind.) > Pictorial works

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Citation: Lawrence Beitler, Photographic Postcard of the Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.