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Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States

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Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States
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Military

World War I

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1917
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Military
Topics
African Americans
African-American soldiers
Armed Forces -- United States
World War, 1914-1918
Trials
Conduct of court proceedings
Murder
Texas
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: Scene during Court Martial of 64 members of 24th Infantry, United States Army, on trial for mutiny and murder of 17 people at Houston Tex. Aug. 23, 1917. Trial held in Gift Chapel, [Fort] Sam Houston. Trial started - Nov. 1, 1917- [Brigadier General] George L. Hunter, presiding. [Colonel] T.A. Hull, Judge Advocate....
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7b4f0170-c645-012f-c2bd-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1917: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e0a426c-cdc8-9814-e040-e00a180629e3

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e0a426c-cdc8-9814-e040-e00a180629e3

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1917). Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e0a426c-cdc8-9814-e040-e00a180629e3

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Largest Murder Trial in the History of the United States