Southest Arkansas and Columbia, South Carolina: early 20th century. Four photographs, three 6 x 7.5 inches and one 7.5 x 9 inches. Exceptional contrast, some creasing and wear, a few chips to margins and one tear, editorial marks of Brown Brothers firm verso, near fine. Photographs annotated verso noting locations.....
Chicago, Illinois: International News Photos, January 1939. Single photograph measuring 5 x 8 inches with typed caption affixed verso. A portrait of activist preacher Owen Whitfield (1891–1965), taken during the 1939 Missouri sharecropper protest. The caption reads in part: “Preacher Owen H. Whitfield, of La Forge, MO., negro preacher.....
New York City: Oscar Muller Mercantile Photograph company, likely late 1800s. Photograph measuring 4 ¾ x 7 inches mounted on 5 x 8 inch cardstock. A photograph of ten workers, at least two of whom are African-American, posing outside their place of business. The men’s location is unknown, as is.....