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Atlanta: [The Student Voice, Inc.], 1964. Single page measuring 12 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, folded. An exceptional copy, very fine with no noted flaws. Offered here is a pristine copy of a fundraising pamphlet for the Mississippi Summer Project, likely printed in in February of 1964 at the beginning.....
New York [Taken in Mississippi]: Associated Press, 1966. First. Silver gelatin wire photographs, most 8x10 inches. Editorial marks to versos, else about fine, near fine condition overall. An uncommon collection of photographs documenting the March Against Fear in several cities in Mississippi in June, 1966, including several photographs of the.....
Nyack: Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1957. Barry, Sy. First Edition. Small 4to, 10 ¼ x 6 ¾ and, each 16 pp. A fine copy, unread, with slightest normal tanning, but exceptionally preserved overall. A year after moving its headquarters from New York City to Nyack, New York, the Fellowship of Reconciliation.....
Montevideo: Fellowship of Reconciliation / Secretaria sudamericana, Movimiento de Reconciliación, 1858. First Edition. Small 4to comic book, 9 ¼ x 6 ½ inches, 16pp. A fine copy with the slightest crease to center of front page due to a printing irregularity, unread and exceptionally bright. After producing the English version.....
Jefferson City: S. Winans, Photographer, 1860s-1870s. Carte-de-visite photographs measuring 3 ¾ x 2 ¼ on slightly larger mounts, versos with the decorative stamp of S. Winans, photographer, 126 High St. Jefferson City. Some fading to images else about fine, quite well preserved, near fine overall. The Lincoln Institute of Jefferson.....
Tuskegee: 1915. Silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 7 inches. With mount remnants on verso, tear with loss to corner, good to very good condition overall. A portrait of the educator and activist Margaret Murray Washington, taken in 1915, the same year her husband Booker T. Washington died. Washington, who began.....
New Haven: Black Panther Party, 1970. Double sided broadside on newsprint measuring 17 ½ x 11 inches, with horizontal fold. Small closed tears and foxing to margin, light tanning, very good overall. An uncommon Black Panther imprint printed during the 1970 New Haven trials surrounding the death of Alex Rackley.....
Atlanta: The Student Voice, Inc., 1964. First Edition. 4to, each a single sheet folded, folded sheet measuring 8 1/2 x 11. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Student Voice was the weekly publication of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, during the height of the Civil Rights era. Because of.....
Chicago: National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee, 1915. Felt pennant measuring 38 x 15 inches. Lettering slightly faded, very good condition overall. In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln’s death, the city of Chicago hosted the National Half Century Anniversary Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee, to celebrate emancipation.....
Massachusetts: 1880s-1890s. Albumen and Silver Gelatin Prints, 9 ¾ x 8 ¾ - 8 x 6 inches on larger mounts, three with credits to Conant, photographer, one credited to Benjamin Freeman and one uncredited. Varying wear, very good condition overall. The Isaac Royall house in Medford, which still exists as.....
Richmond: N.A.A.C.P., 1957. 8vo, wraps, 30 pp. Some light wear, staple holes to edge, original owner’s address and postage mark on back cover, overall very good plus. An uncommon NAACP publication, published right after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, with a range of articles on racism and segregation.....
France: None Stated, 1900. Postcard measuring 5 ½ x 3 ⅝ inches. Fine condition. Woody Headspeth - known also as Woody Hadspath or Hedspath, as is written here - was an African-American cyclist who raced mostly in France due to racial prejudice in the United States. Headspeth raced until he.....
Philadelphia: 1799. 4 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (121 x 212 mm). Scattered spotting, light to moderate horizontal center crease. In frame with modern bust portrait of Allen. An incidental but highly suggestive document from the life of Richard Allen, whom historian Richard Newman has argued should be recognized as.....
Little Rock: 1912. Photographic postcard, 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches. Inscribed by Gibbs to John Wesley Cromwell. On verso beneath portrait reads, in Gibbs’ writing: “Though poor in thanks, / yet, I thank you.” Verso inscriptions reads: 906 Broadway / Little Rock Ark / April 17th 1912 / -.....
Massachusetts: 1926. Ink on paper, 18 ½ x 23 ½ inches. Alexander Johnson, an African-American musician from New Bedford, enlisted in the army at age 16 and was believed for some time to be the first African-American musician in the Union Army. He mustered into mustered into Company "C" of.....
Newburgh: Abel A. Peck, 1860s. 3 ½ x 2 ¼ albumen print on larger mount. A carte-de-visite copy of a folk art painting probably painted c. 1820s-1830s. William Seymore (1786-1846) was a Methodist minister in Bellvale, New York. Edward Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, in their 1881 History of Orange County.....
Fort Ethan Allen: 1910. Gelatin silver print mounted to board, 16 ¼ x 14 ½ inches. The 10th Cavalry was one of the original “Buffalo Soldier” regiments of the post-Civil War segregated U.S. Army, first seeing action in the Indian Wars. Their band is shown here most likely during their.....
[New York City]: 1960-1986. 920 sketches on 12 x 9 paper, in conté crayon, graphite or felt tip pen, with appx. 30 on larger paper including a watercolor from 1989, with over fifty letters and seventy photographs relating to Masood’s artistic career. Sketches generally excellent, some showing wear at edges.....
Columbus: 1950s. Three items including: "Look. It's your chance to see the Mammoth Sacred Art Demonstration." Printed handbill, 11 x 6 inches. "Pierce's Wood Carving Exhibit: Over 1000 Carvings, Educational, Fascinating, Carved with a Pocket Knife." [2] pages, 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches on one folding sheet; Admission ticket.....
New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21, 1970. First Edition. The Panther 21, who were eventually acquitted of plots to carry out rifle attacks on police stations and an education center, had widespread support from varied groups including various church groups, Abbie Hoffman and Leonard Bernstein. Communist Party members.....
Massachusetts: 1969. Silver gelatin photographs, some mounted, various sizes, most around 6x8 inches. Some wear and creases to mounts, photographs range from good to fine with fine contrast, some photos with noticeable flaws. Very good overall. An evocative collection of photographs of several important musicians taken in Boston in 1969.....
Philadelphia: 1865. Albumen carte-de-visite photograph, measuring 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches, with “D.B. Bowser / Artist / No. 481 North 4th St. / Philadelphia” on verso, suggesting the photograph was used by Bowser as a business card or advertisement. Fading and slight toning to verso, photograph nearly fine with.....
V.P. 1960s-1970s. Fifty-one photographs, most measuring 3.5 x 5 inches, in hard plastic sleeves, as found. From the estate of Drew Bundini Brown. Generally fine condition with some normal fading to images, with subject identification stickers on sleeves. Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown worked as Muhammad Ali’s cornerman from 1963 onward, after.....
Washington: Murray Brothers, 1909. 8vo, wraps, 25 pp. Disbound with wraps present, good condition overall. In 1909, after then-Senator Joseph Foraker had advocated on behalf of the soldiers involved in the Brownsville Affair, a ceremony was held in his honor at the A.M.E. Church in Washington D.C. in Foraker’s honor.....
New York: 1940s-1950s. Three photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches, menu measuring 10 x 3 3/4. Cab Calloway and his band began performing at the Cotton Club in 1931, enjoying an initial three year stint with many sporadic returns in the subsequent decades. Calloway’s manager, Irving Mills, played a large.....