Without Sanctuary

Lynching Photography in America

22 Postcard Back in Jesse Washington, Waco, Texas

Back of Robinson TX Jesse Washington

This card bears the advertising stamp, “katy electric studio temple texas. h. lippe prop.” inscribed in brown ink: “This is the Barbecue we had last night my picture is to the left with a cross over it your son Joe.”

Repeated references to eating are found in lynching-related correspondence, such as “coon cooking,” “barbecue,” and “main fare.”