Boston: Anti-Slavery Bazaar, 1849. Small broadside measuring 7 ¾ x 4 ½ inches printed on green wove paper. Some creases and a small tear at margin, near fine. The American Anti-Slavery Society hosted annual bazaars, which served as fundraisers, with money going to supporting the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper. Many.....
Chicago: International Labor Defense, 1936. Flier measuring 8 ½ x 11 ½ inches, with ticket measuring 4 x 2 inches. Some light wear and toning, near fine. A pair of items relating to Angelo Herndon and the International Labor Defense’s efforts on behalf of the Scottsboro Boys in 1936 in.....
Pennsylvania and France: 1890s-1910s. Five Cabinet Card Photographs and one Mounted Photograph taken at the L. Vasseur Studio in Paris. Generally fine condition, one cabinet card with chips to mount. A small but very compelling group of images recovered from a family collection, documenting an African-American family from Pennsylvania. Five.....
American: 1860s. Tintype measuring 2 ½ x 1 ½ in larger mount. Fine contrast and condition. An exceptionally exposed and preserved portrait of a young African-American man in a studio setting, taken in the 1860s or early 1870s when the arched mount seen here was in use.
Mostly Atlanta: 1940s-1950s. Leatherette album measuring 12 x 9 inches. With over 225 images, most 4 ½ x 2 ¾ inches. Very well preserved and nearly complete with three empty slots, about fine overall. A compelling visual record of the childhood of Mable Williams of Atlanta, Georgia, a high school.....
Lebanon: 1861. Broadside measuring 17 ½ x 12 inches. Creases from original folds else fine, near fine overall. Newspaper about fine. A dramatic and unrecorded broadside from the first weeks of the Civil War, calling the citizens of Lebanon to a meeting at the courthouse on Saturday, April 27, 1861.....
Mostly Indiana: 1857-1921. Fifty-Nine letters, appx. 100 pages total. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Milhous family were midwestern merchants who were active in Indiana and Ohio in the middle part of the nineteenth century. William Milhous was a Midwestern general store manager who was born in Ohio and operated stores.....
Guatemala City: 1872. Broadside measuring 17 ¼ x 13 ½ inches. Vertical fold to center, some loss and foxing to left upper portion, very good plus overall. An unrecorded broadside announcing the first celebration of the Día del Ejército de Guatemala, a holiday celebrating the defeat of the dictator Vicente.....
Chiselhurst: 1968-1977. 8vo, stapled sheets, various paginations. Near fine to fine with very light normal tanning to some pages. Comprising issues 37, 43, 45, 47, 52-53, 55-58, 59-65, 68-79, 81-99, 101-112. An extensive collection of issues of the Shout fanzine, previously known as ‘Soul Music,’ covering American Soul and R&B.....
Newport: 1880s. Single page with writing on both sides, signed by Howe. Fine condition. A short but interesting note from Julia Ward Howe to Albert Bagby, the Illinois-born musician who trained with Liszt in Germany and would eventually be a longtime host of “Mr. Bagby’s Musical Mornings” at the Waldorf-Astoria.....
V.P. 1920s-1940s. With fifty-eight letters from Newton Baker, 1924-1937. Generally fine condition. Ellen Gowen Hood was active in the Democratic party at both the local and national levels. An obituary from the Philadelphia Daily News in 1970 described her as “one of the earliest local advocates of women in politics.”.....
Maryland: 1907-1919. Cloth banner measuring 32 x 50 inches, with 4 ½ inch lettering. The text reads “Eleventh Ward - J.G.L. of MD.” Back is blank. Fading to lettering, stitched at top to facilitate hanging. Very good condition overall. The Just Government League was one of several major Suffrage groups.....