Ruins of a burned African American home - Rosewood, Florida.

Title

• Ruins of a burned African American home - Rosewood, Florida.

Image Number

• RC12408

Year

• 1923

Date Note

• Photographed on January 4, 1923.

Series Title

• General: Reference collection

General Note

• Accompanying note: "The ruins of the house near Rosewood in which 20 armed negroes fought off a band of white men searching for a negro who, it is said, had attacked a white woman. -The Literary Digest Magazine (Jan. 20, 1923)"

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Fires--Florida--Rosewood
• Vandalism
• Arson

Geographic Term

• Rosewood (Fla)
• Levy County (Fla)

Shelf Number

• Shelf number: 14615.

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