Last Frontier Village 1961 Original 35mm Film Slide
Nevada, 1961. Fine. This listing is for an original 35mm slide in a Kodachrome mount which shows the Last Frontier Village in Southern Nevada and is stamped July 1961. It's in fine condition.
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![The Postal Alliance [Broken run of 5 issues]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/655/406/1532406655.0.l.jpg)
The Postal Alliance [Broken run of 5 issues]
Detroit, Michigan: National Alliance of Postal Employees, 1947. Good +. 12" x 9". Stapled self-wrappers. Four issues pp. 24, one pp. 32. Publication sequence: Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 8 (Aug 1946), 10 (Oct 1946), 12 (Dec 1946); Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 4 (Apr 1947), 5 (May 1947). Generally good plus with light corner and edge wear and a bit of toning; one issue with a few inked notations to rear wrapper, another with a few dogears. This is a... Read More
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![[Scrapbook of the New York Branch of the National League of American Pen Women]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/429/586/1693586429.0.l.jpg)
[Scrapbook of the New York Branch of the National League of American Pen Women]
New York, NY, 1940. Very good. 13¼” x 10”. Commercial album, brad-bound and string-tied boards, filled about halfway with 68 clippings, 9 items of ephemera, 2 photographs and 4 pieces of original art adhered. Pp. [40, 51 blank, 2, 5 blank]. One photo 3¼” x 2½”, the other 9¾” x 7½” and captioned. Very good: album a bit scuffed and stained with dates handwritten on label to front and inside top board. This is a great... Read More
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![A History of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority 1929-1958 [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/780/152/1569152780.0.l.jpg)
A History of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority 1929-1958 [Cover title]
Washington, D.C.: N.P., 1959. Very good. 10¾” x 8 3/8”. Thin card stapled wrappers. Pp. ii, 67. Very good: wrappers lightly toned with a few small stains. This is a history of Iota Phi Lambda (IPL), the first African American business sorority. Replete with photographic images, the book is a thorough source of reference data and information about the group and some of its most important women leaders. IPL was founded by Lola Mercedes... Read More
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Booker T. Washington Business College Catalogue 1949-1952
Birmingham, Alabama: [The College], 1948. Very good. 11” x 8½”. Stapled illustrated thin card wrappers. Pp. [28]. Very good: wrappers lightly scuffed and worn; a touch of light creasing; evenly toned. This is an unrecorded, illustrated catalog for a Black business college founded by an immensely successful African American businessman and his wife (and run by a majority of women), the Booker T. Washington Business College of Birmingham, Alabama (BTWBC). Arthur George Gaston completed... Read More
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Official Drag Show of the 1984 Olympics Promotional Flyer LGBTQ
1984. Very good. This is a promotional flyer for the Official Drag Show of the 1984 Olympics called Naked Brunch. The flyer features the names of the performers and crew along with reviews from California Voice, California Magazine, and B.A.R. The show took place in July with multiple dates at Club 181. The flyer also has a small photo at the top left corner showing the cast. The flyer measures 8½” x 11
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![[Collection of Clipped Katy Keene Comic Book Art]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/506/118/1716118506.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Clipped Katy Keene Comic Book Art]
N.P., 1960. Very good. One commercial scrapbook, brown cloth over boards, measuring 12½” x 11¼”, and over 100 loose leaves with a total of 274 pages and 434 pieces of comic book clippings pasted down and 15 pieces of original art laid in. Generally very good or better. This is a monumental collection of clipped strips, scenes and characters from the popular Katy Keene comic, complete with several pieces of original fan art. The... Read More
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![Violet Beatrice Wenner [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/447/586/1693586447.0.l.jpg)
Violet Beatrice Wenner [Cover title]
N.P.: N.P., 1954. Very good. 6½” x 5”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. [24]. Very good: wrappers gently split above and below staples but holding; a touch of light creasing and spotting. Inscribed by the author on front cover. This is an apparently unrecorded exhibition catalog of works by a lesser-known artist, Baroness Violet Beatrice Wenner. It holds fine examples of the artist's work, effusive commentary from national newspapers and a heartfelt inscription to a friend with new... Read More
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![[Record Book and Laid-In Items on the Establishment of a Baptist Conference]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/066/966/1656966066.0.l.jpg)
[Record Book and Laid-In Items on the Establishment of a Baptist Conference]
Pennsylvania, 1862. Very good. 7¾” x 6¼”. Blue paper-covered boards. 57 handwritten pages (about 8,500 words) + 12 items laid in and 87 blank pp. at rear. Very good: boards and pastedowns moderately soiled. Laid-in items creased at old folds, lightly dust-soiled and worn. This is a handwritten record book, rich with membership lists, meeting notes and laid-in materials that reveal the efforts of Baptist churches in rural Pennsylvania uniting to form a “Confrens” [sic]. ... Read More
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![Echo [Vol. 25, No. 38 (Fall 1980)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/065/642/1630642065.0.l.jpg)
Echo [Vol. 25, No. 38 (Fall 1980)]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Virginia W. Williams, 1980. Very good +. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 36. Very good plus: the slightest toning and foxing to edges of wrappers; internally fresh. This “Patriotic Issue” of Echo mainly concerned the Black vote and ran key information on local, state and national politicians up for election in 1980. It also held lyrics and sheet music of patriotic songs, a feature on “When Blacks Were Republicans” and one on the... Read More
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![US Magazine. Volume I Number I. [February 1954]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/939/496/1592496939.0.l.jpg)
US Magazine. Volume I Number I. [February 1954]
Memphis, Tennessee: US, Incorporated, 1954. 12" x 9". Stapled wrappers. Pp. 32. Very good plus with minimal wear and light toning. This is the first, and only, issue of US Magazine, published by a group of noteworthy African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. It's filled with well-written articles, features and over 80 images covering important African American individuals and accomplishments in the 1950s. As this was its inaugural issue, the editors dedicated an entire page to sharing the... Read More
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![All Americans Move Forward [Drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/042/966/1656966042.0.l.jpg)
All Americans Move Forward [Drop title]
Washington, D.C.: Democratic National Committee/United Publishing Co, 1964. Very good. 8½” x 4” (folded). Single sheet measuring 8½” x 20”, printed both sides and folded to create a 10-panel pamphlet. Very good: faint offsetting to front panel; else internally bright with minimal wear. This is a rare promotional brochure for Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign, focusing on “total war on prejudice and poverty.” It features great photographic images of notable Black leaders and a list... Read More
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San Francisco Forum. Volume 1, Number 5
San Francisco: Carl E. Jordan, 1972. 11½" x 8". Newsprint. pp. 15. Very good plus with a hint of toning at extremities. This is an issue of the short-lived San Francisco Forum which touted itself as "The Independent Community Newspaper" for San Francisco. Its premier issue contained a short history of how the paper came about, as well as its purpose: [i]"the idea of the FORUM was born amid reports of long continuing strife rampant within... Read More
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![[Western Trip Album Compiled by Female Travelers.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/521/226/1657226521.0.l.jpg)
[Western Trip Album Compiled by Female Travelers.]
Various Places With an Emphasis on California and Missouri, 1912. Very good +. Many photos measure around 5” x 3” with around one third are captioned. Album good due to detached covers, photos generally very good plus or better. This is an album documenting trips by three unknown women with around half the photos being posed shots of unknown family and friends while the rest are compelling photos of California, Kansas and several other areas as... Read More
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![Don't Forget The Hi-Jinks Frolic . . . [Drop title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/709/170/1734170709.0.l.jpg)
Don't Forget The Hi-Jinks Frolic . . . [Drop title]
[Los Angeles]: N.P., 1927. Very good +. 8¾” x 5 ”. Single sheet broadside. Very good plus: one tiny pinhole, else fresh, with contemporary amendment to admission price in pencil. This is an unrecorded handbill for a “frolic” that took place in Los Angeles' historic Central Avenue district, once considered the “Harlem of the West.” We found references to this event in the African American California Eagle newspaper which mentioned that “A number of... Read More
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![The Tragic Case of George Farley [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/749/170/1734170749.0.l.jpg)
The Tragic Case of George Farley [Cover title]
Los Angeles, California: George Farley Defense Committee, 1938. Good +. 9” x 6”. Bifolium, printed all four sides. Pp. [4]. Good plus: moderately creased and edgeworn; a few lead and colored pencil scrawls and notations. This is an unrecorded plea to raise funds for the defense of an African American man on trial for murder. It is focused on his eviction and the “ruthless system of foreclosure which has already laid waste the happiness of thousands... Read More
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Barker, Ralph. Map of the Waterfront of San Francisco From Sonoma St. to Van Ness Ave
N.p.: N.p., 1908. Very good. 15 3/8" x 41¾". Printed on a coated, waxlike paper. Very good : a couple of tiny separations at intersections, small closed tear at another, 2" vertical separation at far upper left, a couple of small edge chips, some scattered pinpoints of soiling. A scarce map of San Francisco's waterfront, its southernmost edge shows a portion of Yuba Street and the far Northwest is a portion of Lewis Street. It also... Read More
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![[Two Bound Issues of] Journal of The American Association of China [Vol. I, Nos. 13 (Jul 1904) and 14 (Jan 1905)].; China](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/063/966/1656966063.0.l.jpg)
[Two Bound Issues of] Journal of The American Association of China [Vol. I, Nos. 13 (Jul 1904) and 14 (Jan 1905)].; China
Shanghai: The American Association of China, 1905. Good. 9¾” x 7¼”. Cloth-covered boards. Pp. 34; 53. Good due to front board, endpaper and first leaf detached (but attached to each other); internally very good or better with penciled notes on issues' contents to ffep. This is a slim bound volume of two rare issues of the Journal of The American Association of China, concerning the United States' economic and scientific involvement in China and Manchuria. Released... Read More
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![[Album of Exquisite Hand-Colored Photographs Depicting Trip to Japan]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/735/170/1734170735.0.l.jpg)
[Album of Exquisite Hand-Colored Photographs Depicting Trip to Japan]
Japan, 1928. Very good. 13” x 9¼”. Silk over thick boards; accordion style binding. 16 leaves with 55 photographs and 12 postcards glued down. Most photos measure either 6” x 3¾” or 3” x 4”, all are hand-colored and nearly all are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear, some staining and small patches of loss of cloth; lightly toned leaves which occasionally show foxing; photos generally very good plus or better. This is a lovely... Read More
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![[Scrapbook of Theater Programs and Handbills]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/763/170/1734170763.0.l.jpg)
[Scrapbook of Theater Programs and Handbills]
Syracuse and New York, NY; Chicago; Boston, 1917. Very good. 9¼” x 7¼”. Marbled paper over boards, cloth-taped spine. 140 blank lined pages with 80 programs, broadsides and clippings, a few pasted down, most laid in. Very good: book a bit overstuffed; frequent offsetting, light edgewear and creasing (in a few cases moderate); a few penciled dates to items and inked notations to pages. This is a collection of opera and theater ephemera from the 1860s... Read More
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Dependents' Education Multicultural Curriculum Guide Volume 5: Jewish Americans - Background Information
N.P.: Department of the Army Directorate, United States Dependents Schools, European Area, 1974. 10¼" x 7¾". Stapled printed thin card wrappers. Pp. [2], 34. Very good: all leaves three-hole punched, possibly as issued, corner crease and light stains to front wrapper. This is a book focused on Jewish American history and culture. It was designed to help educators who taught the children of members of the United States military who were living overseas. Please see item 3, above,... Read More
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![[Jazz][California] Photo Album and Scrapbook of the Kern County Hot Jazz Society](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/390/766/1042766390.0.l.jpg)
[Jazz][California] Photo Album and Scrapbook of the Kern County Hot Jazz Society
Bakersfield, California, 1961. 12¾" x 12¼". Embossed imitation leather over boards, disbound scrapbook. 36 pages with 70 mostly black and white photographs and around 40 items of ephemera either pasted or laid in. Photos measure from to 3½" x 3½" to 3¼" x 4¼" and about half are captioned; some of the ephemera captioned with context as well. Album good: disbound with toned leaves; photographs generally near fine or better, ephemera very good or better; lacking two photos. The... Read More
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![Top Flight [Vol. I, No. 17 (Oct 29 1949)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/331/921/1690921331.0.l.jpg)
Top Flight [Vol. I, No. 17 (Oct 29 1949)]
New York City: N.P., 1949. Very good -. 10 7/8” x 8½”. Bifolium, printed all four sides. Pp. 4. Very good minus: moderately creased at old folds; a bit toned. This is an issue of a seemingly forgotten periodical that was created by and for high school- and college-aged African Americans in New York City, Top Flight. The issue covers two young men who went on to notable careers, one in business and one in music,... Read More
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![Mungin, Horace (editor-in-chief). Black Forum [Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1977)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/773/814/1671814773.0.l.jpg)
Mungin, Horace (editor-in-chief). Black Forum [Vol. 1, No. 2 (Winter 1977)]
Bronx, NY: Black Forum, 1977. Very good. 10” x 7”. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Pp. 48. Very good: front wrap lightly spotted with moderate coffee stain to side, corner dogear and small bite to bottom edge, all extending to first few leaves; several leaves with faint stains at edges. This is a heavily illustrated issue of an uncommon African American poetry and literary journal, Black Forum (BF). BF was founded in the mid-1970s by Horace... Read More
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![New York Pride Guide: The Official Guide to Lesbian & Gay Pride and History Month. [1993 edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/195/156/1299156195.0.l.jpg)
New York Pride Guide: The Official Guide to Lesbian & Gay Pride and History Month. [1993 edition]
New York: Susan Horowitz, 1993. Very good. 10¾" x 8¼". Wrappers. pp. 176. Very good minus with moderate wear and some creasing to wrappers. The theme this year was a call to action addressed to anyone, not just members of the LGBTQ community, who were supportive of the movement: "Outlaw Outrage Outright Outspoken Outrageous Outstanding." These words were meant to remind others that, "coming out...is a continual process that will engage us our entire lives...we have never... Read More
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