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Title
Klansman unmasked
Creator
Estey, C. V
Contributor
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1924
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Oakland, California K. K. K. members posing unmasked next to the bed portion of a truck, decorated as a float for the July 4, 1924 parade through Richmond, California. One man costumed as Uncle Sam wearing a Klan cloak stands on the truck bed. Another member is holding sign with "OAK. 9" printed on it. On verso is stamped "C. V. Estey / Commercial Photographer / 462 20th St., Oakland, CAL. / Phone Oakland 2022"
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Title from banner attached to truck
Date from a description of the float and banner depicted in this photograph found in the July 5, 1924 edition of the Richmond Independent
Oakland, California :, C. V. Estey
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : black and white ; 18 x 28 cm
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb44112972
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Portraits, Group
Secret societies
Twentieth century
Parade floats
Photographs
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Oakland (Calif.)
Place
Oakland (Calif.)

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