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View of the lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana

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Title
View of the lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana
Additional title: Civilization in the United States, 1930
Collection

Lynching

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1930-10
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Lynching
Topics
Lynchings -- United States
African Americans -- Crimes against
Hanging -- United States
Mobs
Genres
Photographs
Clippings
Notes
Content: This record may contain content that is harmful or difficult to view. For more information, please refer to NYPL's Statement on Potentially Harmful Content for Digital Collections: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/about#nypl_harmful_content_statement
Original version: Original item published in The Crisis magazine, October 1930, with the caption: Civilization in the United States, 1930. The lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana, August 7, "by party or parties unknown."
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16191416
Photo Order: 53674
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd3d4a80-4343-0132-b5bc-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1930: Issued
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of the lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930-10. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e614b4d0-434d-0132-798d-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "View of the lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e614b4d0-434d-0132-798d-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1930-10). View of the lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e614b4d0-434d-0132-798d-58d385a7b928

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View of the lynching of Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marion, Indiana