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Description A man lynched from a tree. Face partially concealed by angle and headgear.
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Source Library of Congress[1]
Author National Photo Company
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Public domain This work is from the National Photo Company collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
Other versions Partially restored version of File:Lynching.jpg. Dirt and stains removed. Decomposition to segments of emulsion corrected. Histogram adjusted See also File:Lynching.jpg (unrestored version), File:Lynching1.tif (full restoration, compressed), and File:Lynching2.tif (full restoration, uncompressed).

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