Portrait of a Mixed-Race Kansan Family, c. 1885–1890
by [Kansas – Race Relations] Dunham & Stidham
Jewell City, Kansas: Dunham & Stidham, 1890. Cabinet card measuring 6 ½ x 4 ¼ inches. Pencil verso reads “Dora”. Some foxing to mount; photo with excellent contrast. Excellent to Near Fine.. A family portrait appearing to show a mixed-race couple and their children, taken by Dunham & Stidham in Jewell City, Kansas. Newspaper records indicate that Dunham & Stidham were active in Jewell City (now Jewell) between 1885 and 1890. Interestingly, despite Kansas’ fraught racial history, it... Read More
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Panoramic Photograph of the 317th Engineer’s Band at Camp Sherman, Ohio, May 15, 1918
by [African-Americana - Military History - World War I] [92nd Infantry Division] Patton Studios
Ohio, 1918. Silver gelatin photograph in glass-fronted frame, image measures 24 ¼ x 6 ⅞ inches. Matted and framed, not examined out of frame. The 317th Engineer’s Band was a part of the 317th Engineer Regiment, an element of the 92nd Division, which was composed of over 15,000 African-American soldiers from across the country. The 92nd was one of two African-American regiments to fight in the war, the other being the 93rd, and was unique in that it was... Read More
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Signed Portrait of the Boxer Cecil Phillips
by [African-American Photographers - Athletics] Scurlock Studios
Washington or Environs, 1938. Silver gelatin print measuring 9 ⅛ x 6 ⅛ inches. Some creasing, very good. A signed photograph of the boxer Cecil Phillips - of whom we find no record besides a negative in the Smithsonian’s Scurlock collection of this image. The photograph is signed twice by Phillips, and dated april 1, 1938. The Scurlock Studio played a significant role in photographically documenting the African-American communities of Washington D.C. and its environs during this period. ... Read More
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Cabinet Card Photograph of the Staff of the Surveyor General’s Office in South Dakota
by [Surveying Teams - Dakota - 1890s] Newcombe, C.H.
Huron, 1891. Albumen photograph measuring 5 ½ x 4 inches on larger mount. Some fading, very good overall. A scarce and possibly image from the post-statehood Surveyor-General’s office. Surveying in the Dakota Territory and in the early statehood period was quite difficult due to the terrain and the abundance of privately held mining claims. This photograph shows an early South Dakota office led by General B.H. Sullivan. Included in the picture is Miss Eva Jackson, the Assistant Transcribing Clerk.... Read More
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“Rev up your modem and pick your destination”: PC Computing’s 1995 Road Map to the World Wide Web
by [Technology – Early Internet] Downs, Timothy Edward
New York: Ziff-Davis, 1995. 24 ¾ x 37 inch two-sided poster. Some slight creasing; near fine.. A 1995 “road map” of the Web, designed by technical artist and graphic designer Timothy Edward Downs for PC Computing. In 1995, the World Wide Web had only been available to the public for a handful of years – but it was growing massively, with over ten times as many websites in 1995 as in 1994. This guide to the Web, inspired... Read More
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Reminiscences of Early Days in Fort Worth
by [Texas] Terrell, Captain J.C.
Fort Worth: Texas Printing Company, 1906. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, 101 pp. Very Good. A scarce memoir chronicling the early days of Fort Worth. Terrell made two trips out west, the first to California. On his second trip he decided to settle and practice law in Fort Worth in the early 1850s. According to Terrell, the free land in the town attracted “a superior class of settlers… it was not unusual to meet higher culture in... Read More
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1858 Austin County Assessor and Collector’s Ledger
by [Texas – Austin County – Enslavement] Brewer, Sackfield
Austin County, Texas, 1858. Ledger measuring 7 ½ x 12 inches. Approximately forty-five pages filled out with remainder blank. Spine broken and some pages detached; pages with wear but legible; cover quite worn. Very good plus.. Austin County, Texas, was the first Anglo-American colony in Mexican Texas, founded in about 1821 by Stephen F. Austin and his “Old Three Hundred”: 297 land grantees, mainly from the Trans-Appalachian South, and many of significant wealth. The grantees received either a... Read More
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Oaths of Office and Surety Bond Documents for Five Texan Public Officials, 1864–1866
by [Texas – Reconstruction] Ellis, W.B.; Smith, R.H.; Chisholm, William; et al.
Orange County, Texas, 1866. Three double-sided sheets measuring approximately 12 x 7 ½ inches. Very delicate with some damage intersecting with text. Very good to excellent.. 1864 oaths of office for Coroner Augustus M. Rodgers and Deputy Sheriff W. D. Bryan; an 1865 oath of office and surety bond for County Clerk W.B. Ellis; and an 1866 bond for County Clerk R.H. Smith with an oath of office for Assessor and Collector William Chisholm. The oaths of office... Read More
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Composite Cyanotype Collage of the Cripple Creek Gold District, Depicting the Morning Glory, Victor, and Portland Mines, Printed on Cloth
by [Colorado – Mining – Cripple Creek District – Cyanotype Textile]
Teller County, Colorado, 1910. Large cyanotype photographic collage printed on cloth, approximately 20 x 20 inches. Some creasing and evidence of prior mounting at edges; very good.. A composite cyanotype printed directly onto fabric, presenting a series of mining views from the Cripple Creek district arranged within rounded rectangular and circular panels. The individual images are captioned in the negative and include identifiable views of the “Morning Glory Mine,” “Victor Mine,” and “Portland Mine,” along with a central... Read More
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Portrait of a Young African-American Man With a Hat and Cane, 1860s - 1870s
by [African-Americana - Vernacular Photography - Tintypes]
American, 1860. Tintype measuring 2 ½ x 1 ½ in larger mount. Fine contrast and condition. Fine. 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.
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The Theory of Relativity in Motion [Inscribed to William Duncan Macmillan]
by Tolman, Richard [William Duncan MacMillan]
Berkeley: University of California, 1917. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, 225 pp. Some bumpting to boards and fading to title on cloth, very good plus overall. Very Good. A unique association copy of Richard Tolman’s work on relativity, published early in his career before his involvement in the technocracy movement and his later more influential Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Cosmology. This copy is inscribed to the mathematician William Duncan MacMillan on the front free endpaper, likely after its... Read More
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An Archive of Material and Correspondence from the Toscanini Estate Including a Draft of “To the People of America,” with Notes in Toscanini’s Hand
by Toscanini, Arturo; Various Composers of Note
Various Places. Most 1940s-1950s, various formats. Very Good. A wide-ranging collection of Toscanini material, found amongst his scores in the estate of his grandson Walfredo. The highlight is a late draft of his speech “To The People of America,” an important document in Italian-American history that was printed in Life Magazine during the Second World War. Full descriptions as follows: Typed Draft of Arturo Toscanini’s “To The People of America” with Corrections in Toscanini’s Hand.... Read More
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Two Clipped Magazine Advertisements for M. Sissieretta Jones’ “Black Patti’s Troubadours”
by [African-Americana – Vaudeville – Minstrelsy] Black Patti’s Troubadours
Portland, Oregon, 1899. Two double-sided clippings measuring approximately 7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches, both put together with tape. Slightly wrinkled and toned; excellent.. Matilda Sissieretta Jones (1869–1933) was an African-American opera singer from Portsmouth, Virginia. She studied at the Providence Academy of Music and the New England Conservatory in Boston. At the start of her career, Jones sang solo or in small groups, touring North and South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Jones’ talent was renowned; she... Read More
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Four Press Photographs Showing the Funeral of Robert Holmes, the First African American Policeman Killed in the Line of Duty in New York, 1917
by [African-Americana – New York] Underwood and Underwood
New York, 1917. Four photographs measuring appx. 8 x 10 inches. Near fine, editorial marks verso, fine contrast.. A collection of photographs showing the funeral procession of Robert Holmes, who died exchanging fire with a burglar in New York City in 1917. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Holmes was the first African American to die in the line of duty in the city, and was one of two officers who died in 1917.[1] The funeral was attended by... Read More
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HELP US TO HELP YOU! [Handbill Advertising the United Afro-American Union]
by [African-Americana – Great Depression – Progressive Politics – New York City] United Afro-American Union
New York City, 1938. Handbill measuring 5 ¾ x 9 inches. Folded with some wear; excellent.. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was established in 1933 (replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration) to provide paid employment and other aid to unemployed people during the Great Depression. In 1937, the WPA laid off half a million of its workers, prompting the Workers’ Alliance of America—an organization founded by the Socialist Party of America in 1935—to hold a Jobs... Read More
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1845 Advertisement for John Herdman’s Emigrant Passage Office, with Letter Offering Commission for Finding Clients
by [United Kingdom – Immigration – Great Famine] Herdman, John
New York City, 1845. Two printed pages measuring 9 ¾ x 11 ½ inches, one signed. Folded and slightly wrinkled, near fine.. A circular advertising passage between Great Britain and Ireland and numerous locations in the United States, from Boston to New Orleans, by a regular packet ship service managed by John Herdman and Company. The company also offered remittances, whereby an individual in the US could send money to a friend or relative back across the Atlantic,... Read More
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Seven Photographs of Crow including White Swan, Little Bear and One Star, c. 1900-1905
by [American Indians] [Crow] Photographer Unknown
Montana or Wyoming, 1910. Silver gelatin photographs on thick paper mounts, photographs measuring appx. 4 x 5 inches, mounts 8 x 10. Very Good. A series of photographs of Crow, taken circa 1900-1905 by an unknown photographer, possibly acquired at a Wyoming street festival. The images bear some resemblance to the work of Heyn and Rinehart, though we find no record of these images in their respective catalogues. We can guess by the age of the subjects and... Read More
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Eighth Illinois Regiment Now In France
by [African-Americana – World War I – National Guard] Unknown
United States: N.p., 1917. Lithographic poster measuring 15 ½ x 11 ¼ inches. Some damage to edges including small section torn off upper right side, good condition.. A poster celebrating the Eighth Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, during World War I. Text on the poster reads: “Eighth Illinois Regiment Now In France / The Regiment was mustered in the U.S. Volunteer Service as the Eighth Infantry, 370th U. S. National Guard, Illinois U. S. Volunteers. / On... Read More
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Portrait of Alfred Jackson, c. 1890s
by [African-Americana - Tennessee] Photographer Unknown
Nashville, 1890. Albumen photograph measuring 4 ½ x 6 ½ on larger mount. Some wear to mount, excellent condition overall with excellent contrast. Very Good. Alfred Jackson lived from 1812 to 1901 at the Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee, first as an enslaved person, and later as a tenant farmer and guide to the Hermitage after its conversion to a museum. He spent the bulk of his life there taking care of equipment and horses, and may have raced... Read More
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Three Views of Euro-American Settlement in Durango and Silverton, Colorado, with a Photograph of a Mining Camp, c. 1883-1884
by [American West - Colorado] Photographer Unknown
Colorado, 1884. Albumen photographs measuring 7 ½ x 4 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some chips to mounts, occasional foxing and spotting, good to very good overall with very good contrast. Good. Three early photographs of Colorado taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1880s, taken shortly after the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad made Durango and Silverton more accessible to Euro-American settlement. D&RG had chosen Durango as the site for a settlement to reach Silverton and... Read More
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Realphoto Postcard of Four Identified African-American Officers in France During World War One
by [African-Americana - Military History - Photography] Photographer Unknown
France, 1918. Gelatin silver print measuring 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches. Printed on French carte postale paper. Fine condition. A photograph taken in France of four sergeants in the Co. B 340th Service Battalion. Three of the subjects are identified: Sgt. Eugene Brown of Youngstown, Ohio; Sgt. George Guthrie of Wichita, Kansas; and Bruce V. Brown of Springfield, Ohio. The photograph is printed on French postcard stock. The group is wearing overcoats and appear in front of an... Read More
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“LOOK! This is What You’ve Been Waitin’ For”, Dance Night Featuring The Original Eleven Clouds of Joy
by [African-Americana – Jazz – Entertainment] Unknown
Sedalia, Missouri, 1929. 11 x 18 inches, heavy cardstock. Manuscript note verso reads “Flor Alpino Vals / Vanderbeck”. Some staining and tears, mainly marginal. Overall very good to excellent.. An advertisement for a performance by the Original Eleven Clouds of Joy, likely an iteration—of which there were many—of the popular Kansas City-based swing jazz band Clouds of Joy. The group was formed in 1921 by trumpeter Terrence Holder (1897–1983), and in 1929 was led by saxophonist Andy Kirk... Read More
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Quarter-Plate Tintype of Two Union Soldiers
by [Civil War - Photography] Photographer Unknown
American, 1860. Tintype measuring 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches in oval case, lacking front panel. A fine example. Fine. A particularly striking portrait of two Union soldiers seated together. Their resemblance suggests that they might be brothers.
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Poster for the Fat Boys’ 1987 Wipeout Tour, Austin Texas
by [Concert Posters – Hip-Hop – Texas] Unknown
Austin, Texas, 1987. 14 x 22 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Some adhesive residue, some slight marginal folding, excellent contrast, very good plus.. In 1987, Brooklyn-based hip-hop group The Fat Boys released their fourth studio album, Crushin’, which featured a hit version of the Surfaris’ “Wipeout”, recorded with the Beach Boys. This poster is from their 1987 tour, where they were supported by 4 by Four, Salt N Pepa, and Heavy D and the Boyz, and Dana Dane,... Read More
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Pair of Ninth-Plate Tintype Portraits of Men Including a Union Soldier in a Union Case
by [Civil War - Photography] Photographer Unknown
American, 1860. Images measuring 1 ¾ x 1 ½ inches in union case. A fine example. Fine. A particularly striking portrait of a young Union soldier, in a union case with another young man, possibly a relative.
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