![Souvenir. A Rabid Rookie's Rhymes. The Experiences, Opinions and Imaginations of a Nebraska Rookie on the Mexican Border [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/212/959/1721959212.0.l.jpg)
Souvenir. A Rabid Rookie's Rhymes. The Experiences, Opinions and Imaginations of a Nebraska Rookie on the Mexican Border [wrapper title]
by [Border War]: Fuson, Merritt H.
[N.p., possibly Brownsville, Tx, 1916. Very good.. [1],11pp. Original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Wrappers soiled, partially split along spine, penciled ownership signature on front cover. Light creasing, occasional minor foxing to text. An unrecorded collection of poetry by First Sergeant Merritt H. Fuson of the 5th Nebraska Infantry, capturing military life during the U.S.-Mexico Border War in 1916-1917. Sergeant Fuson's poems begin with "A Rookie's Prayer" and generally describe the incessant drilling and preparations for battle in southern... Read More
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![6th Conference on the Negro in Business [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/068/959/1721959068.0.l.jpg)
6th Conference on the Negro in Business [wrapper title]
by [African Americana]: [Business]
Washington DC: Department of Commerce, 1951. Very good.. Eight-panel brochure, 9.5 x 6.5 inches when folded. Minor toning and general wear. A rare program for the sixth annual Conference on the Negro in Business held by the United States Department of Commerce in the nation's capital over three days in late-March, 1951. The text prints the daily schedule for the three-day conference, which included four sessions, as well as a series of "Special Notices." During the conference, the... Read More
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Nichi-bei shuko hyakunensai kinen Beikoku Nikkeijin hyakunenshi: zai-Bei Nikkeijin hatten jinshiroku
by [Japanese Americana]: [Business]
Los Angeles [i.e., Japan]: Shin Nichi-Bei Shinbunsha, 1961. Very good.. 23,1431,19pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, including several full-page plates after the text. Publisher's limp blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Original cardboard slipcase with black titles. Minor rubbing to spine. A gargantuan Japanese American directory and almanac published by the New Japanese American News in Los Angeles, but noted as printed in Japan on the colophon page. The work is in great part a Who's Who of notable Japanese... Read More
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![Coleccion de Aranceles y Reglamentos Vigentes Conteniendo: I. Arancel de los Honorarios Judiciales... II. Arancel y Reglamento del Colegio de Corredores... III. Arancel y Reglamento del Colegio de Agentes de Negocios [collective title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/139/959/1721959139.0.l.jpg)
Coleccion de Aranceles y Reglamentos Vigentes Conteniendo: I. Arancel de los Honorarios Judiciales... II. Arancel y Reglamento del Colegio de Corredores... III. Arancel y Reglamento del Colegio de Agentes de Negocios [collective title]
by [Mexico]: [Business]
Mexico City, 1881. About very good.. [1],30;33;28,[2]pp. Collective half title, with three individual title pages, as issued. Original stiff printed wrappers. Light dust soiling and foxing to wraps. Even tanning, minor dampstaining at top edge, occasional foxing internally. An interesting and seemingly quite useful manual that prints the regulations and tariffs on services rendered and fees charged by three groups of Mexican professionals. The first tract covers several types in the business of law, including lawyers, scribes, and... Read More
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![[Substantial Collection of Family and Personally-Produced Photographs by Noted California Artist and Amateur Photographer Isabel Porter Collins]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/118/959/1721959118.0.l.jpg)
[Substantial Collection of Family and Personally-Produced Photographs by Noted California Artist and Amateur Photographer Isabel Porter Collins]
by [California Photographica]: Collins, Isabel Porter
[Various locations in California, mostly Sausalito and other locations in Marin and Sonoma Counties, 1930. Very good.. Nine photograph albums in a variety of bindings, containing approximately 810 photographs, the great majority paper prints but with a fair share of tintypes and CDVs in the earliest two albums, plus 102 loose negatives, three negative rolls, and a metal container housing 135 later color slides. A phenomenal collection of photographs from noted but still somewhat obscure California artist, teacher,... Read More
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![Vue de Sacramento [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/925/958/1721958925.0.l.jpg)
Vue de Sacramento [caption title]
by [California]: Breton, Louis le
[N.d., but Paris]: Le Breton, 1910. Very good.. Hand-colored lithograph. Image area: 9.75 x 14.25 inches, overall sheet size: 14 x 19.5 inches. Mounted to later board. Small bump to lower left edge, some chipping to bottom edge, paper remnants along top edge and some marginal discoloration from previous matting. A striking waterfront view of Gold Rush-era Sacramento, depicting an energetic and developing township recently flooded with emigrants from around the United States and the world. The image... Read More
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![United Community Crusade Revival Meeting Sponsored by the Golden Gate Baptist Church... [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/847/958/1721958847.0.l.jpg)
United Community Crusade Revival Meeting Sponsored by the Golden Gate Baptist Church... [caption title]
by [African Americana]: [California]
Oakland: Marquette Press, 1971. Very good.. Photographically-illustrated handbill, printed in blue ink, 11 x 8.5 inches. Minor creasing. A seemingly-unrecorded handbill or flyer advertising a revival meeting at the Golden Gate Baptist Church in Oakland. The revival was presided over by Reverend James Coffee, pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Santa Rosa. The flyer is illustrated with two different photographic portraits of Reverend Coffee. The text of the flyer states that "The Public is invited to worship... Read More
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![San Francisco Chinese Directory [wrapper title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/499/691/1739691499.0.l.jpg)
San Francisco Chinese Directory [wrapper title]
by [Chinese Americana]: [California]
San Francisco: Jimmy Lum Advertising Service, 1950. 108pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled, with a length of string tied through a small punch hole at top left. Moderate toning, edges, corners, and spine ends a bit scuffed. Internally clean. Good plus. A rare and highly informative Chinese American directory for San Francisco, Oakland, and the East Bay published in the summer of 1950 (the Index is dated July 1950). The work presents commercial advertisements organized alphabetically from "Appliance" to "Venetian... Read More
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![Souvenir Program Dedicatorial Service. Refuge Church of God of the Apostolic Faith [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/721/958/1721958721.0.l.jpg)
Souvenir Program Dedicatorial Service. Refuge Church of God of the Apostolic Faith [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [California]
San Diego, 1966. Good.. 16pp. Oblong quarto. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Printed entirely in blue ink. Some staining and wrinkling to covers, waterstain and minor chipping at bottom of gutter throughout, occasionally affecting a few words. A seemingly unrecorded and ephemeral souvenir program published to coincide with the dedication ceremonies for the Refuge Church of God of the Apostolic Faith in San Diego, California. The work contains a biography of the pastor, Bishop John Harry Cannon, along... Read More
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![Souvenir Program The United Supreme Council of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction...[cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/075/959/1721959075.0.l.jpg)
Souvenir Program The United Supreme Council of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern and Western Masonic Jurisdiction...[cover title]
by [African Americana]: [California]
[Oakland, Ca, 1958. Very good.. 20pp. Quarto. Original blue wrappers printed in black, stapled. Minor soiling and rubbing to wrappers. Top corner of one leaf torn away, just touching one letter. A seemingly unrecorded program for the biennial meeting of an African American Masonic group at the Most Worshipful Golden West Lodge in California. The program includes the schedule of events, a message from the Grand Matron Mrs. A.L. Washington, and is profusely illustrated with photographs of the... Read More
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Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the National Negro Insurance Association
by [African Americana]: [California]
Los Angeles, 1950. Good plus.. 198pp., plus a folding panoramic photographic plate. Original green printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, worn, and detached, with about a fourth of the spine perished. Minor thumb-soiling to first several leaves, but otherwise clean. A rare edition of the annual meeting minutes and other proceedings of the National Negro Insurance Association for the year 1950, when the annual meeting was held July 18-21 in Los Angeles, California. The work contains portraits of the... Read More
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California Voice Volume 39, Number 3
by [African Americana]: [California]
Oakland: Voice Publishing Company, November 11, 1960. About very good.. 8pp. Large folio. Gathered signatures. Uniformly tanned, moderate edge wear, old folds, with minor wear at fold ends. A representative issue of a scarce Bay Area African-American weekly newspaper. Established in 1919, the California Voice later touted itself as "The oldest Black paper West of the Rockies." The present issue includes a mixture of race-related stories and straightforward news articles. The former are represented by pieces on the... Read More
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![Black Business Directory 1970 Summer Edition Los Angeles and Vicinity [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/100/041/1737041100.0.l.jpg)
Black Business Directory 1970 Summer Edition Los Angeles and Vicinity [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [California]
Los Angeles: Black Business Directory, Inc, 1970. ii,66pp. Square quarto. Original illustrated peach wrappers printed in black, stapled. Minor edge wear and rubbing, uneven toning to wrappers. Text toned but clean. Very good. A rare business directory intended for use by the African-American community of Los Angeles at the outset of the 1970s. The cover touts the directory's series motto: "Most Complete & First of Its Kind." The directory itself contains listings for a wide variety of businesses, presented... Read More
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![[West Coast African-American Vernacular Family Photograph Album with Manuscript Index of Photos]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/059/959/1721959059.0.l.jpg)
[West Coast African-American Vernacular Family Photograph Album with Manuscript Index of Photos]
by [African Americana]: [California]
[Various locations, 1955. Very good.. [9] leaves, illustrated with twenty-nine photographs, various sizes between 3 x 2 inches and 9.5 x 7.5 inches, with a manuscript index at front identifying the subjects. Later blue-green limp vinyl album with self adhesive pages. Minor wear and soiling. Photographs in generally nice condition. An interesting family photograph album assembled by a later-20th-century descendant of an African-American family with ties to Howard University, Alcorn College, and the West Coast. The photographs are... Read More
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![[Archive of Original Photographs from the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Oakland and Additional Photographs and Documents From Its Later Merger with Lake Park Methodist Church]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/915/958/1721958915.0.l.jpg)
[Archive of Original Photographs from the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Oakland and Additional Photographs and Documents From Its Later Merger with Lake Park Methodist Church]
by [Japanese Americana]: [California]
[Oakland, 1986. Good.. Seven substantial photographs, measuring between 6 x 9 inches and 7.5 x 36.75 inches, plus approximately four linear inches of programs, newspapers, additional photographs, holograph notes, financial records, and more. Varying levels of wear, soiling, chipping, and repairs to the photographs. A rare collection of substantial images picturing members of the Oakland Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in the early-to-mid 20th century, first at what appears to be a converted home in the city, and later... Read More
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![Funeral of the Late Shigeki Yokota [caption title in Japanese, translated to English]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/921/958/1721958921.0.l.jpg)
Funeral of the Late Shigeki Yokota [caption title in Japanese, translated to English]
by [Japanese American Photographica]: [California]
Fresno: Kamiyama, 1954. Very good.. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 38 inches. Minor wear and occasional soft creasing. A substantial panoramic photograph depicting the somber scene of the funeral of Fresno resident Shigeki Yokota on September 8, 1954. A couple of hundred mourners pose for the camera at the corner of 9th and P streets in Fresno, with several wreaths of flowers flanking each side of Yokota's casket. Shigeki Yokota (1902-1954) was a Japanese-American doctor who moved his family... Read More
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![[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Mostly Documenting the Life of a California Woman Living in North Texas, Before She Eventually Returns to California in the Early-20th Century]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/181/959/1721959181.0.l.jpg)
[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Mostly Documenting the Life of a California Woman Living in North Texas, Before She Eventually Returns to California in the Early-20th Century]
by [Texas]: [California]
[Various locations, including Texas and California, 1925. Very good.. [35] leaves, illustrated with 272 original vernacular photographs of various sizes, plus a handful of ephemeral items, all mounted. Oblong folio. Contemporary black cloth photograph album, gilt titles on front cover, string tied. Minor soiling, staining, and rubbing to boards, minor edge wear. An artfully-composed annotated vernacular photograph album documenting the life of a female compiler and her family in Texas and California over about a decade after World... Read More
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The Mt. Pleasant Home for Destitute Children at Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Incorporated June, 1883
by [African Americana]: [South Carolina]
[South Carolina, 1884. Very good.. 8pp., single sheet folded into eight panels. 24mo. Moderate soiling and foxing, even toning. A scarce promotional pamphlet for the Mt. Pleasant Home for Destitute Children. The home was founded in 1881 by Abby Munro, a Philadelphia Quaker, and served as the first orphanage for African American children in South Carolina. The text relates the need for such a home in the state, as well as a bit of its history: "More than... Read More
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![[Postcard Announcing a Stockholders Meeting for a Proposed African-American Bank in Winston-Salem]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/841/958/1721958841.0.l.jpg)
[Postcard Announcing a Stockholders Meeting for a Proposed African-American Bank in Winston-Salem]
by [African Americana]: [North Carolina]
Winston-Salem, N.C.: August 11, 1906. Very good.. Typed one-cent postcard, completed in manuscript. Some creasing and dust-soiling. Possibly a unique survival, this postcard is addressed "To the Stockholders of the Negro Bank" in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the late-summer of 1906. This "Important Notice" calls for all stockholders to meet on September 4 at the town's Knights of Pythias Hall. The officers of the bank encourage stockholders to "Come and hear the report of the Steering Committee. We... Read More
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![[Three Manuscript Sharecropping Agreements Between South Carolina Cotton Farmer M.T. Fleming and His Tenants]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/778/958/1721958778.0.l.jpg)
[Three Manuscript Sharecropping Agreements Between South Carolina Cotton Farmer M.T. Fleming and His Tenants]
by [Sharecropping]: [South Carolina]
Anderson County, S.C.: February 10, 1898. Very good.. Three manuscript documents, totaling [6]pp., on matching folio lined paper, with manuscript docketing. Old folds, minor fold separations to one document, overall minor wear. A trio of separate sharecropping agreements between South Carolina landowner M.J. Fleming and tenant farmers named Emery Wilson, C.C. Brown, and M. Capps, with all three contracts signed on the same day, February 10, 1898. Each tenant contracts to farm separate plots of land in Anderson... Read More
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![[Small Vernacular Photograph Album Featuring African American Men and Women in High Point, North Carolina, Along with an Interesting Handbill for an Event Featuring Professor Will Lindsay]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/698/958/1721958698.0.l.jpg)
[Small Vernacular Photograph Album Featuring African American Men and Women in High Point, North Carolina, Along with an Interesting Handbill for an Event Featuring Professor Will Lindsay]
by [African Americana]: [North Carolina]
[High Point, N.C., 1910. Good.. Six leaves, illustrated with two small tintypes and eleven photographs on paper, plus two ephemeral items pasted in. Contemporary brown padded cloth over boards, metal fore-edge clasp. Spine perished, corners worn. One photograph chipped, moderate wear to remainder, a few faded. A mysterious but absorbing surviving record of a handful of African American men and women who all presumably lived in or near High Point, North Carolina in the late-19th and early-20th century.... Read More
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![Interim Report of South Carolina School Committee, January 11, 1955 [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/730/958/1721958730.0.l.jpg)
Interim Report of South Carolina School Committee, January 11, 1955 [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [Desegregation]: [South Carolina]
[Columbia, S.C., 1955. Near fine.. 12pp. Original gray wrappers printed in black, stapled. Light wear overall. The second interim report from the South Carolina School Committee, comprised of five Senators, five Representatives, and five laymen, sent to the governor and the General Assembly, apprising them of "our findings and recommendations pending final action of the United States Supreme Court and the development of the situation its decrees will create in the field of public education." The committee is... Read More
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The Vets 1961 Published by The Senior Class 1961 Veterans High School Center
by [African Americana]: Veterans High School Center
Washington DC, 1961. Very good.. 88pp. Quarto. Original textured padded cloth printed in gilt and black with calendar designs on front cover. Minor edge wear, rubbing, and abrading to covers. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, but otherwise internally clean. A rare yearbook from Veterans High School Center - an segregated academic and vocational training high school for American servicemen and other non-traditional male African-American students in the District of Columbia. Veterans High School... Read More
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The Doctrines and Discipline of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
by [African Americana]: Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Jackson, Tn, 1946. Very good.. xv,380pp. 16mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt. Corners lightly bumped, binding rubbed. Contents clean with a few ink notations. Governing text of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, outlining criteria for organization, ministry, membership, church property, rituals and rites.
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Proceedings of the First Convocation of the Colored Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Held at the Church of the Holy Communion, 6th Avenue and 20th Street, New York City, Sept. 12th, 13th, and 14th 1883
by [African Americana]: [Colored Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church]
Newark: Starbuck & Dunham, Book and Job Printers, 1883. 24pp. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. Moderate wear and soiling, some tape residue along spine of upper wrapper, spine chipped. Ex-General Theological Library, with small ink stamp in upper margin on verso of title page. Overall, still very good. Following swiftly on the heels of the Suwanee Convention of Southern Bishops in late July 1883, a large gathering of clergy and laymen met in New York City to organize the work... Read More
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