Warner & Gunn Lynching Photo Negatives from St. Joseph News-Press, November, 1933
Entry/Object ID
P2014.8.1
Description
Warner & Gunn Lynching Photo Negatives from St. Joseph News-Press, November, 1933. 7 negatives taken by a St. Joseph News-Press photographer the night a mob formed outside the Buchanan County Jail, forcibly removed a black man accused of raping a white woman, Lloyd Warner, and lynched him. Also a photo of Raymond Gunn, who was lynched in Maryville in 1931.
A-D: Mob Scenes
E: Portrait Photo of Rape Victim: Velma Colter of the Raymond Gunn case
F: Photo of Raymond Gunn, perhaps taken in the jail.
G: Group photo of 11 white men (?)
Collection
Black Archives
Made/Created
Artist
unknown
Studio
St. Joseph News-Press
Date made
1933
Place
City
St. Joseph
State/Province
Missouri
Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Lynchings
Search Terms
Black History, Lynchings in St. Joseph, Warner, Lloyd, Gunn, Raymond, St. Joseph News-Press
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Negative, Film
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
4" wide x 5" tall, in glassine envelope
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
Maintenance
Maintenance History
Date
Jun 10, 2014
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Warner, Lloyd
Person or Organization
Raymond Gunn
Provenance
Notes
Negatives have been in possession of Frederick W. Slater, anewsman and later editor for the St. Joseph News-Press and then his son, Stephen R. Slater, who donated them to the museum. Fred Slater wrote the text for a summary news story that appeared in 1979. At the time of the lynching he was a reporter for the local college newspaper. His relative Harold Slater was at the scene and reported the event for the News-Press.