Authentic Black Americana 1906 Lynching Newspaper Not For The Faint Of Heart

>>LISTING FOR ONE FRONT PAGE OF NEWSPAPER (FOLDED) AND POSTCARD (CARD IS EARLY 1900'S) OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICACE. THIS IS A SINGLE PAGE, THE FRONT PAGE, OF THE INDIANAPOLIS SUNDAY STAR, AND TO BE SPECIFIC THE EASTER SUNDAY EDITION OF APRIL 15TH 1906, THAT REPORTS EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. Note: NEWSPAPER HAS BEEN FOLDED BELOW MAIN STORY. THIS FOLD CANNOT BE OPENED OR IT WILL BREAK IN HALF. IN FACT THIS PAPER IS SO BRITTLE IT MAY ALREADY BE IN TWO PIECES AT THAT FOLD. THERE ARE TEARS, SMALL LOSSES A TAP REPAIR LOWER RIGHT MARGIN.

TEAR AT ORIGINAL FOLD TOO. ITS VERY, VERY FRAGILE AND BRITTLE. YOU CAN READ MORE IN ONE OF THE IMAGES WHERE I HAVE A RECAP OF EVENTS. BUT, THESE MEN WERE LYNCHED AND HUNG FROM "GOTTFRIED TOWER" IN THE TOWN SQUARE OF SPRINGFIELD MO. GOTTFRIED TOWER HAS A REPRODUCTION OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AT THE TOP, A CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE FOR THE TOWN.

THERE IS MUCH WRITTEN ABOUT THIS EVENT ONLINE AND THE LAST IMAGE IS ONE I PULLED OFF THE WEB SHOWING A PLAQUE WHERE THE EVENT TOOK PLACE. THE STORY RELATED IS AN ATROCITY AND YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT IN ONE OF THE IMAGES OF THE LISTING WHERE I GIVE AN OUTLINE OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE THE EVENING BEFORE AND INTO THE NIGHT AND MORNING OF EASTER DAY. I TS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. THE STORY IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS IS AN UGLY PART OF OUR HISTORY AND SOMETHING RARE LIKE THIS SHOULD BE PRESERVED AS A REMINDER OF THIS SEGMENT OF OUR HISTORY. YOU CAN RESEARCH THIS EVENT ONLINE FOR MORE DETAILS. THIS NEWSPAPER BELONGS IN A MUSEUM OF SOME SORT, OR OTHER TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. PERHAPS A COLLEGE, OR THE LIKE. THE POSTCARD PROVIDES IMAGERY OF THE PLACE, WHICH INTERACTS WELL WITH THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT. The item "AUTHENTIC BLACK AMERICANA 1906 LYNCHING NEWSPAPER NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART" is in sale since Sunday, December 20, 2020.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Postcards\Cultures & Ethnicities\Black Americana". The seller is "warandpeacecollections" and is located in San Diego, California.

This item can be shipped to United States.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Theme: Cultures & Ethnicities
• BLACK AMERICANA ATROCITY: LYNCHING 1906
• Era: Divided Back (c. 1907-1915)
• Type: NEWSPAPER & POSTCARD