Photograph of Dreamland Theater being rebuilt following the Tulsa Race Massacre: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white photograph of the Dreamland Theater as reconstruction is being completed following the destruction of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The image depicts a two story brick building with a center arch. The first floor is still uncompleted, without windows or doors and there are construction materials in front. A headstone at the center of the arch reads "19 DREAMLAND 21".

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1921
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Williams Dreamland Theater, American, founded 1906
• Type: photographic prints
• Medium: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper, cardstock
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (29.5 x 34.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Race riots
• Topic: Tulsa Race Massacre
• Topic: Violence
• Object number: 2013.79.33
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Families of Anita Williams Christopher and David Owen Williams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public Domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.