"Deep Greenwood" - 1978

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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 gelatin silver print of North Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The photograph is taken from the east side of the road near the intersection with East Archer Street and depicts a line of one to three story brick buildings, most of which are vacant and in disrepair, with broken and boarded up windows. A sign on the building at the center of the photograph reads “The Oklahoma Eagle.” An adhesive label on the verso has the photographer's printed name and contact information as well as ["Deep Greenwood" - 1978] in bold italicized text and the photographer's signature [Don Thompson 2014] in graphite.

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