![[Collection of Photographs of Air Force Fighter Jets and Ephemera]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/722/170/1734170722.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Photographs of Air Force Fighter Jets and Ephemera]
[Biên Hòa, Vietnam]: [3d Tactical Fighter Wing, United States Air Force], 1968. Very good. 35 loose 8” x 10” B&W photographs, all captioned versos + 8 sheets or packets of military ephemera, [24] pp. total. Generally very good or better: photos a touch wavy; light edge wear to some ephemera. This is a fascinating collection of photographs and military propaganda issued by the 3d Tactical Fighter Wing of the United States Air Force Pacific Forces (PACAF)... Read More
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![Echo [Vol. 3, No. 10 (Nov 1969)]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/069/642/1630642069.0.l.jpg)
Echo [Vol. 3, No. 10 (Nov 1969)]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Virginia W. Williams, 1969. Very good +. 11” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 52. Very good plus: light foxing to edges of rear wrap; tiny corner dogear throughout; else internally fresh. This is another issue of Echo which mainly centered on the question, “Should Sex Education be Taught in the Schools?” with input from local educator Phyllis M. Banks as well as a physician and a minister. There was also a focus on “Central... 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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![[Collection of Photographs and Ephemera Showing Exquisite, Award-Winning Cakes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/268/489/1689489268.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Photographs and Ephemera Showing Exquisite, Award-Winning Cakes]
New York, NewYork, 1960. Very good. 115 photographs, 25 clippings and 6 letters, most of which were removed from scrapbooks. Most photographs measure around 8” x 10” or larger and 11 are captioned. Generally very good: tiny hole to corner of one loose photo; several pages and images lightly to moderately chipped or soiled; one clipping with heavy insect predation; a few bits of loss. This is an incredible collection of photographs, clippings from newspapers and... Read More
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![[Photo Album of Trip from Wisconsin to Washington]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/992/624/1576624992.0.l.jpg)
[Photo Album of Trip from Wisconsin to Washington]
Various places, 1949. Near fine. 11" x 14". Full leather post binder. 130 pages with 351 black and white photos adhesive mounted. 60 photos measure 4½" x 6½" or larger, the rest measure from 2¼" x 3½" to 3" x 5" and all are captioned. Album and contents near fine or better. This is an album of well composed images documenting a trip from the northern Midwest to the Pacific Northwest in June 1949. It's organized... Read More
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![Frontier Bulletin-Gazette. Vol. 3, No. 11 [November 1967]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/128/473/1174473128.0.l.jpg)
Frontier Bulletin-Gazette. Vol. 3, No. 11 [November 1967]
Glitter Gulch [studio City], California: [Frontier Club], 1967. 17" x 11". Single sheet printed both sides. Near fine: light curl from being shipped to us rolled. A promotional news sheet for a cowboy themed members-only gay bar, The Frontier Club, owned by Dick Saunders and located in Studio City, California. Heavily illustrated with Tom of Finland-esque imagery, the recto details upcoming events such as its Harvest Moon Fiesta Party which took place at a "secure haven for carefree swingers.... Read More
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![[Photographs of the Heard Museum Indian Fair]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/929/496/1592496929.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of the Heard Museum Indian Fair]
Phoenix, Arizona, 1969. Near fine. 24 contact sheets each measuring 8" x 10", with a total of 196 images; three 8" x 10" photographs are also included. Most images measure 3" x 2½". Generally near fine or better; five of the contact sheets are trimmed and missing a few images each. This is a collection of photographs related to an art fair and other events at the Heard Museum in April 1969. The museum was initially... Read More
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Disneyland 1961 Original 35mm Slide Images Photos Photographs (Lot 6)
1961. Fine. This listing is for a group of original 35mm slides which are in red letter Kodachrome Transparency mounts date stamped July 1961 and in fine condition. This group includes an image of The Magic Kingdom, a village we can't identify, monorail, the Tomorrowland World Clock and bumper cards.
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NGTF: National Gay Task Force Wants You to Join America's Largest Gay Civil Rights Organization
New York: [National Gay Task Force], 1980. Near fine. 8½" x 3¾". Single leaf, tri-fold brochure, unfolding to 11" x 8½". Near fine. The National Gay Task Force ("NGTF") was formed in 1973 by several gay rights activists including Barbara Gittings and Bruce Voeller. The NGTF sought to enact change at the national level and had several early successes including: removal of homosexuality from the Index of Mental Disorders, introduction of a gay civil rights bill banning... Read More
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![[Book of Photographs and Identifications of Knots].; Textiles](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/026/966/1656966026.0.l.jpg)
[Book of Photographs and Identifications of Knots].; Textiles
N,P, 1940. Very good. 9 7/8” x 6 7/8”. String-tied portfolio, thin card wrappers with 7 linen-backed B&W photographs measuring 9 3/8” x 6” and 7 thin leaves of typescript captions, rectos only. Pp. [14] + two duplicate photos laid in. Very good: wrappers chipped in a few spots with two small tears; edgewear to blank endpaper leaves; first photo a bit scuffed; light spotting to versos. This is an unusual survival, a handmade identification book... Read More
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![Bond, U[lysses] S[impson]. [Ashtray for U.S. Bond's Motel]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/070/642/1630642070.0.l.jpg)
Bond, U[lysses] S[impson]. [Ashtray for U.S. Bond's Motel]
Madison, Arkansas, 1964. Very good. Metal ashtray with a diameter of 5½” at its widest. Very good with moderate wear and light staining. This is a marketing ashtray for U.S. Bond's Motel which was located in Madison, Arkansas. The owner of the motel, Ulysses Simpson Bond attended what became Morehouse College and then Oberlin Business College, and then returned home to Madison. In addition to the hotel, he managed the family gravel business, and manufactured funeral... Read More
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![[Photo Album of Hand-Colored Landscape Photos with Many in National Parks and Forests.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/966/1656966053.0.l.jpg)
[Photo Album of Hand-Colored Landscape Photos with Many in National Parks and Forests.]
Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, 1927. Very good. 10” x 12¾”. String tied, full leather over flexible card. 70 pages with 126 hand-colored photos mostly glued down. Most photos measure from 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” to 5 ¼” x 3 ¼” with 14 measuring 5” x 7” or larger; most are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear; contents generally near fine or better. This is an album of lovely handcolored photos which document National Parks... Read More
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![[Robb, Frederic H. Hammurabi]. The Chicago History Roundup](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/075/121/1582121075.0.l.jpg)
[Robb, Frederic H. Hammurabi]. The Chicago History Roundup
Chicago: The House of Knowledge, 1974. Very good. 11” x 14”. Stapled self-wrappers. pp. [32]. Very good due to staining of wrappers at edges and and old price in ballpoint on front cover; internally near fine. This is a Black history calendar published by The House of Knowledge which was created by F.H.Hammurabi Robb, an African American attorney who toured the country (and ultimately the world) speaking on Black history. He also wrote and published on the... Read More
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Autographed Photos of Sheila Scott and her planes Mythre and Myth Too
Very good. These two black and white photographs are focused on Sheila Scott, known for her “world and a half” flight, where she was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft. She was also the first European woman to fly solo around the world. One photo features the smiling pilot sitting in her plane Myth Too. It is signed “For Pat / Smoothly Landings! / Sheila Scott & 'Myth Too'.” The second... Read More
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Craig, Maxie Harris; Harris, Eula Wallace. Colored Methodist Episcopal Church Through The Years
Jackson, Tennessee: Publishing House C.M.E. Church, 1949. Very good. 7½” x 5¼”. Brown cloth over boards, title gilt. Pp. 176 + correction slip tipped in. Very good: cloth frayed at spine tips and lightly spotted; inked owner name to front pastedown and a handful of other numerical and brief notations; a few pages with a tiny tear at edge, faint crease or spot of adhesion, not affecting any content. This is a scarce history of an... Read More
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![[Japanese School Children's Scrapbook Gifted to an Indiana School]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/760/814/1671814760.0.l.jpg)
[Japanese School Children's Scrapbook Gifted to an Indiana School]
Takino, Japan, 1950. Very good. 10 7/8” x 8¼”. 17 leaves, with 11 pieces of original artwork, 7 clippings, 8 photographs and 73 pieces of ephemera adhesive mounted both sides. Photos range from 2” x 2” to 4” x 6” and all but one are captioned. Very good: seemingly lacking covers and most of paper spine; light edgewear; mild scattered soiling and spotting; two items nearly detached and a handful seem to be lacking. This is... Read More
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![[Scrapbook of News Clippings and Four Rare Issues of The American War Mother Magazine]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/443/586/1693586443.0.l.jpg)
[Scrapbook of News Clippings and Four Rare Issues of The American War Mother Magazine]
Santa Clara, California: The Santa Clara War Mothers, 1948. Very good. 11½” x 8¼” commercial scrapbook, embossed leather over boards with 45 newspaper clippings adhered to 14 pp. + 8 clippings and 4 magazine issues laid in and the last 10 pages are blank. Issues measure 11¾” x 8½” with stapled illustrated self-wrappers and 20 pp. each. Publication sequence: Vol. 25, Nos. 7 (Oct 1947), 8 (Nov 1947); Vol. 26, Nos. 8 (Nov 1948), 9 (Dec 1948). Album... Read More
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![[Photographs of Internal Views of an Air Force Base Commissary at Kelly Field Texas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/443/594/1562594443.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of Internal Views of an Air Force Base Commissary at Kelly Field Texas]
Kelly Air Force Base, Texas: Base Photographic Laboratory, 1955. Very good +. Six black and white 8" x 10" photographs. Generally very good plus: a bit curled with light edge wear and scattered spotting. This is a group of fantastic photographs showing internal views of the general store at the Kelly Air Force Base (KAFB) near San Antonio, Texas. The site for KAFB was chosen in 1916 and the base opened one year later, its... Read More
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![[Photographs of Factory Workers and Processes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/945/496/1592496945.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of Factory Workers and Processes]
[Taiwan], 1970. Near fine. 120 loose photographs measuring 4" x 5"; 94 are captioned verso. Photos generally near fine with a moderate curl. This is a collection of photographs depicting Chinese factory workers. Their origin is unknown and the captions are in English and read as though someone in the position of inspector or similar took and described them. One of the photos shows a medallion or pin with Chinese letters as well as "C.S.Q.C." which... Read More
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![[Cabinet Card and Business Card of P.G. Lowery]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/335/921/1690921335.0.l.jpg)
[Cabinet Card and Business Card of P.G. Lowery]
Chicago: J.B. Wilson, 1890. Good +. Cabinet card measures 6¼” x 4¼”; business card is 1¾” x 3¼”. Cabinet card good plus due to moderate edge wear and some surface loss; business card good with uneven horizontal crease. This is an exceptionally rare cabinet photograph along with a photographically illustrated business card of P.G. Lowery, the important musician and band leader. Betsy Golden Kellem's 2020 profile of Lowery (https://drinkswithdeadpeople.com/2020/01/p-g-lowery/) tells us that he was born in... Read More
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![Excerpt from the Journal of Charles Pickney [sic] of South Carolina, of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1789 [sic], regarding the statement of Benjamin Franklin at the Convention, concerning Jewish immigration. [Caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/350/859/1560859350.0.l.jpg)
Excerpt from the Journal of Charles Pickney [sic] of South Carolina, of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1789 [sic], regarding the statement of Benjamin Franklin at the Convention, concerning Jewish immigration. [Caption title]
N.P.: N.P., 1950. Very good. 8½" x 5¼". Single sheet, text recto only. Very good with old folds. This is a rare copy of an antisemitic rant that never happened and was attributed to Benjamin Franklin, decrying the emigration of Jewish people to the United States. Allegedly transcribed by South Carolina politician Charles Pinckney during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the speech first appeared in a 1934 issue of the Silver Legion Nazi sympathizer... Read More
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![[Collection of Advertisements for Photos of Male Models]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/445/586/1693586445.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Advertisements for Photos of Male Models]
Los Alamitos, Calif: Bruce of Los Angeles, 1960. Very good. 11” x 8½”. 18 single sheet flyers (including one duplicate), each printed both sides. Generally very good or better: creased at old folds; a bit of light corner wear or toning to edges; two with a modest colored pencil scrawl and two with hand-amended prices. This is a rare group of promotional flyers for photographs of male models, issued by the noted pioneer of beefcake photography,... Read More
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![Dry Drops from a Pen [Cover Title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/789/727/1362727789.0.l.jpg)
Dry Drops from a Pen [Cover Title]
[N.p.]: self published, 1937. 10¾" x 7½". Stapled wrappers. pp. [36]. Good: wrappers with moderate wear, some light staining to front wrap, light scattered foxing, center bifolium detached, one poem with five small inked checkmarks and a few inked numbers, two line dedication crossed out in pencil, inscription in crayon on one page, though possibly by the author (see below). A collection of 52 poems by the son of Frank Albert Young, Sr., an important African American... Read More
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![1974 Mexico~Americano Calendario Historico: Mexican American Historical Calendar... [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/664/406/1532406664.0.l.jpg)
1974 Mexico~Americano Calendario Historico: Mexican American Historical Calendar... [Cover title]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co, 1973. Very good. 19¼" x 14". Loose leaves printed rectos only held with steel bar at top. Very good: a few light stains and stray ink to cover page; a few minor creases. This is a wall calendar dedicated to Mexican American history. The full title of its cover page includes the Spanish text and its translation reads, "Great Men of Spanish, Mexican and Indian Heritage and their Significant Contributions to... Read More
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Folk Art Rag Doll Created by African American Family
Ohio. Very good. This listing is for a rag doll with exceptional provenance. We acquired it in 2018 from a storage unit buyer in Baltic, Ohio who had recently purchased a unit that contained the papers of several generations of an African American family, many of whom went to Wilberforce University. The most well-known member of that family was the jazz trombonist, Vic Dickenson. Items in the unit spanned from the 1890s to the 1980s and we think... Read More
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