Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma
before 1921
Greenwood, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Depicted are store fronts, telephone wires, and a sign for a dentist's office. People are visible on the sidewalk. There is paper pasted to the back of the photograph with black type that reads [Greenwood--We called it the "Stem". Nostalgic memories remain.
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Catalog reference: 2011.60.4
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