Louisiana lynching photograph

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Manuscript Collections Louisiana lynching photograph

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Louisiana lynching photograph, 1939. 1 gelatin silver print. Location: 65:5. This photograph by Chandler's Studio in Lafayette, La., dated August 19, 1939, shows a lynched African-American man still hanging from the tree on which he was killed. Mss. 3909.

Manuscript Topic

African Americans

Record Type

Manuscript Collections

Year

1939

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