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DescriptionLynching of Bennie Simmons.jpg
English: "The Lynching of Bennie Simmons, soaked in coal oil before being set on fire. June 13, 1913, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Gelatin silver paint. Real photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" Etched into negative: 'Edies Photo Anadarko Oklo.' Purchased in Oklahoma." (Info quoted from p. 166.)
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Without Scantuary: Lynching Photography in America, plate 4
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