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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.....
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New York: African Civilization Society, 1858. Single leaf folded, 4 pp. 8 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches. The African Civilization Society was formed in 1858 by several prominent members of Brooklyn’s Weeksville community. The second article of this document, the organization’s constitution, states its goals as follows: “The objects of.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Boston: c. 1874. Albumen carte-de-visite photograph, 3 ¾ x 2 ¼ inches, on original mount with photographer’s mark to verso. Joshua Bowen Smith was a Boston-based abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad, who also owned his own catering company. Born in Philadelphia to a British father and mother of.....
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: 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.....
Black Panther Legal Defense Fund: San Francisco, 1970. Poster, 22-1/2 x 45 inches. Some toning and folds, very good condition overall. Bobby Seale was one of the orignal Chicago 8 or Conspiracy 8, who were charged in connection to the unrest at the 1968 Democratic Convention (see our items 10.....
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.....
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.....
Chicago: 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was.....
Chicago: 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth.....
Washington, D.C. 1970. [3] pp. stapled mimeograph program for a service commemorating King’s birthday at The Washington Cathedral, January 15, 1970. Stapled together with a [1] pp. letter from Bishop Henry C. Bunton to the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations (ICRR) notifying members of the event, and including a [1].....
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Texas: 1969-1970. Nineteen photographs, each measuring 8 x10 inches, in a leather album with title tooled among acanthus leaves, rear cover with the image of a Native American in headdress. Fine condition. Scarce photographic documentation of Texas Quarter Horse racing in the late 1960s, with nineteen photographs showing horses owned.....
New York: 1963. When construction began on Brooklyn’s Downstate Medical Center in 1963, the construction contracts were mostly awarded to unions that did not include African-American workers. In response, C.O.R.E., the Black Ministers’ Association and others coordinated a series of demonstrations in protest. Over a period of several weeks, many.....