Lawrence Beitler
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Lawrence Beitler ( - 1961[1]) was a studio photographer who on August 7, 1930, took a photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. The photograph later sold thousands of copies[2] and inspired the political poem "Strange Fruit" by the Jewish poet Abel Meeropol. The poem was later transformed into a song and was most famously performed by Billie Holiday.
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- ^ H. P. Dexheimer / Lawrence H. Beitler Collection, CA. 1897-CA. 1930.
- ^ "Lawrence Beitler, a studio photographer, took this photo. For ten days and nights he printed thousands of copies, which sold for fifty cents apiece." From A Time of Terror.[vague]
