![[Photograph Album of Internal Shots of Movie Theater Screens]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/113/893/1560893113.0.l.jpg)
[Photograph Album of Internal Shots of Movie Theater Screens]
N.P., 1943. Near fine. 7" x 11¾". Flexible faux leather post-bound album. 98 pages, the first 38 with 109 adhesive mounted photographs and rest of the pages are blank. Photos measure 3" x 4" and approximately three quarters are captioned. Album and contents near fine or better, a few photos a bit loose from adhesive. This is a photo album containing 109 images from 31 well-known movies of the 1930s and early 1940s. Each photo was... Read More
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![[Large Poster Promoting Phil Moore and Others]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/501/118/1716118501.0.l.jpg)
[Large Poster Promoting Phil Moore and Others]
N.P., 1946. Good. 27½” x 41”. Good: splits at old folds repaired with tape on verso; large chip to upper left corner; light dust soiling and a couple of small stains. This is a poster promoting several important Black entertainers that almost certainly relates to a 1946 short film, Stars on Parade, as each person named appeared in the film. Phil Moore was a jazz pianist and bandleader who supported stars such as Frank Sinatra and... Read More
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Last Frontier Village Casino Dance Hall 1961 Original 35mm Film Slide
Nevada, 1961. Fine. This listing is for an original 35mm slide in a Kodachrome mount which shows the casino and dance hall at Frontier Village in Southern Nevada and is stamped July 1961. It's in fine condition.
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New York City Pride Guide: The Official Guide to Gay & Lesbian Pride & History Month
New York: Susan Horowitz, 1991. 10¾" x 8¼". Stapled wrappers. pp. 112. Very good plus with minimal wear and lightly toned leaves. 1991's theme was, "Out Loud & Proud." Feature articles discussed topics like violence against gays, as well as a discussion on the impact of more aggressive LGBTQ activism. A separate "Lesbian & Gay People of Color Calendar of Events" was included and the resource directory expanded to 44 pages in 14 different categories. OCLC... Read More
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![Mercy From The Skies. Betsy Ross Corps of licensed women pilots and students. Join to learn. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/177/1386177724.0.l.jpg)
Mercy From The Skies. Betsy Ross Corps of licensed women pilots and students. Join to learn. [caption title]
[Philadelphia]: N.P., 1940. 20 3/8” x 13”. Broadside/small poster. Very good: several small chips and a few tiny tears at edges, lightly toned at extremities. This is a striking poster for the Betsy Ross Air Corps, the first of several paramilitary women's aviation organizations that hoped to support the Army Air Corps and assist during times of national emergency. The Corps was founded in 1931 by Opal Kunz, a charter member of the Ninety-Nines organization of women pilots... Read More
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![[Broadside for a Church Musical Performance]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/697/992/1448992697.0.l.jpg)
[Broadside for a Church Musical Performance]
Xenia, Ohio: N. P., 1927. Good. 11" x 13¾". Broadside on thick card, printed recto only. Good: three heavy creases from vertical folds; two inch tear at center crease; moderate staining and discoloration at extremities. This is a broadside for a "Musicale" performance held in 1927 at the St. John's A. M. E. church in Xenia, Ohio. Professor William A. Sykes, pianist/organist, chorus director and head of the Conservatory of Music at Wilberforce University, served as accompanist... Read More
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![[Photograph Album Documenting Refugees Constructing the Ledo Road]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/446/586/1693586446.0.l.jpg)
[Photograph Album Documenting Refugees Constructing the Ledo Road]
[Waziristan; Burma; India], 1942. Very good +. 5 ” x 8¼”. String-tied, bradbound album, leather over boards, thin card leaves. Pp. 48, interleaved with tissue, with 66 B&W photos adhesive mounted. Photos range from 1¾” x 2¼” to 3½” x 5½” and nearly all are captioned. Very good plus: album lightly scuffed and frayed at one corner; handwritten title note to front; edges of several leaves slightly wavy; the occasional spot or light crease to interleaf or photo.... Read More
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Eddie Heywood Signed Photograph Jazz
Very good. This is a signed photograph of Eddie Heywood who was an American jazz pianist and composer. Heywood signed the smiling photo to a “Nancy” and wrote “a wonderful person to know.” It was previously owned by the jazz trombonist Vic Dickenson. The photograph measures 7” x 5”.
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Nostrand's Map New York City
New York. Very good. This is a listing for Nostrand's Map of New York City, likely from the 1930s. The cover has a photo of New York and on the bottom are details that will be found on the map like house numbers, subways and parks. There is a map on each side of a sheet measuring approximately 31¾” x 16½”, folded into the booklet which measures 4¼” x 8½”.
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![Chicana Participation and Involvement [Caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/749/681/1740681749.0.l.jpg)
Chicana Participation and Involvement [Caption title]
Los Angeles, CA: Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional, Inc, 1974. Very good +. Corner-stapled packet of six 11" x 8½" leaves. Very good plus: minimal edge wear; a few faint creases. This is a rare proposal for a project aimed at uplifting and supporting Chicana high school students in Los Angeles. It was implemented by the Chicana Service Action Center (CSAC), a venture of the Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional (CFMN), the first national Chicana feminist organization in... Read More
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United States Department of the Interior Annual Report, Division of Extension and Industry: Rosebud Jurisdiction, Rosebud Reservation and Yankton Sub Agency
Rosebud, South Dakota: United States Department of the Interior, 1936. Very good. Large three-ring binder with mylar sleeves holding 307 leaves with text and photos on versos only. Pages hold 320 black and white photographs inserted into corner mounts, all of which have typescript captions and measure from 2½" x 3½" to 2¾" x 4½". Generally very good or better with toned leaves and near fine photographs. This is an enormous and comprehensive report on the... Read More
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![[Archive on Japan Film Week]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/866/1759866741.0.l.jpg)
[Archive on Japan Film Week]
Japan and New York, 1957. Very good. 13¼" x 10¾". Two-ring scrapbook of 78 black construction paper pages with 104 photographic film promotionals, 121 clippings and 14 photographs (most around 4" x 6") adhered + approx. 65 items (about 225 pp.) of film ephemera, typed and manuscript research and lists, most organized in two- or three-ring binding, a few loose. Very good or better: several scrapbook pages partially detached; chipped at edges and susceptible to more; a few... Read More
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![[Archive Related to the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/723/866/1759866723.0.l.jpg)
[Archive Related to the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.]
Various places, 1985. Very good. 17¾" x 15½". Three large steel spiral binders, full leather over flexible card + 70 loose oversized contact sheets of photographs. Binders contain a total of 98 mylar sleeved leaves which hold hundreds of news and magazine clippings; images on contact sheets measure 2" x 3" and there are a total of 2,100. Binders very good with light wear; contents and photos generally very good plus or better. This is a... Read More
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Manual del Baratero, ó Arte de Manejar la Navaja . .
Madrid: Imprenta de D. Alberto Goya, 1849. Very good. 6½" x 4½". Stitched wrappers in contemporary full leather, gilt banded spine. Pp. 54. Very good: minor wear to edges and spine tips; stamp of former ownership to one page, worn to illegibility, and tiny tear to top of one leaf, neither approaching text; lightly foxed. This is the uncommon first edition of a book considered to be the oldest manual ever published on the art of... Read More
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![Katherine Dunham and Her Dance Company [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/731/866/1759866731.0.l.jpg)
Katherine Dunham and Her Dance Company [Cover title]
Hollywood: Amusement Program Publications, 1941. Very good +. 11¾" x 8 7/8". Stapled self wrappers. Pp. [16] + original performance handbill tipped in to penultimate page. Very good plus with minimal wear and a few patches of light toning. This is a rare program documenting a revue by the exceptionally important dancer and choreographer, Katherine Dunham; it also includes a single leaf documenting a specific series of performances in Los Angeles in the fall of 1941.... Read More
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![[Photo Album of Exceptional Images of World War I Featuring the First Use of Tanks in Warfare]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/737/866/1759866737.0.l.jpg)
[Photo Album of Exceptional Images of World War I Featuring the First Use of Tanks in Warfare]
France, 1918. Very good. 9" x 12". Rivet bound, quarter leather over buckram with stiff card leaves. 104 pages with 108 photographs adhesive mounted. All but four measure 6" x 8" and all are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear and a few leaves which are partially detached; photos near fine or better. This is an extraordinary album documenting the British Expeditionary Force in France in World War I. It focuses on operations in the... Read More
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![[Collection of NAACP Membership Materials in Arizona and California]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/727/866/1759866727.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of NAACP Membership Materials in Arizona and California]
Mostly Flagstaff, Arizona; also San Francisco, 1967. Very good. 81 items ranging from 2¼" x 3¼" to 6" x 10½": see description for details. Generally very good or better: a few items gently worn and a few like new. This is a collection of letters, forms, reports and printed ephemera showing the drive of African American residents of Flagstaff, Arizona to increase membership in their local NAACP chapter. A few items also represent the San Francisco... Read More
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![Freedom Fighters [Calendar title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/732/681/1740681732.0.l.jpg)
Freedom Fighters [Calendar title]
Ruston, Louisiana: Modern Disciples of Love and King's Funeral Home, 1968. Very good. 11" x 7¾". Two color double-sided leaves, adhered at top edge with hole for hanging. Pp. [4]. Very good: faint stains to background of one image and a few light creases and scuffs, else fresh and bright. This is a rare and beautiful wall calendar celebrating four civil rights leaders, all of whom had been murdered. It was issued by a long-standing African... Read More
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![[Photo Album Compiled for a Noted Leader of Asian and Asian American Student Associations]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/746/681/1740681746.0.l.jpg)
[Photo Album Compiled for a Noted Leader of Asian and Asian American Student Associations]
Several locations in Japan. Near fine. 13" x 11". Commercial photo album, decorated cloth over boards, post-bound with tassels. 38 stiff card pages with 130 B&W photographs adhered and the last 10 pages are blank. Photos range from 2" x 3" to 5 " x 7¾" and nearly all are captioned. Near fine: album corners bumped; dedication page lightly toned; the rare faint spot, typically avoiding images. This is a lovingly crafted album of photographic memories... Read More
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![[Collection of Cigar Product Photographs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/744/866/1759866744.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Cigar Product Photographs]
N.P., 1960. Very good +. 55 photographs measuring 8" x 10", most black and white. Generally very good plus or better. This is a collection of cigar product photos possibly compiled by distributors who can be seen in one of the photos. All but a few show numerous offerings from the following brands: Roi-tan, Bock y Ca, Antonio y Cleopatra and La Corona. Two photos show products arranged in stores and one shows a distributor at a... Read More
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Gay Pride Week 79 Calendar of Events
Dallas, Texas: Dignity/Outreach Dallas and Concerned Americans for the Preservation of Human Rights, 1979. Very good. 11" x 8½". Single sheet flyer, printed both sides. Very good: creased at old center fold; a few other faint creases; lightly toned with a bit of spotting. This is a double-sided flyer announcing the many and varied events scheduled for Gay Pride Week 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Though not explicitly stated, the calendar came from the collection of longtime... Read More
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![By-Laws. Storm King Lodge No. 441. I.B.P.O.E.W. [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/437/586/1693586437.0.l.jpg)
By-Laws. Storm King Lodge No. 441. I.B.P.O.E.W. [Cover title]
Highland Falls, N.Y.: [Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World], 1924. Very good. 5¼” x 3½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 12. Very good: wrappers with small tears to corners and top edge, lightly soiled with one small spot to front; slight faint crease throughout. This is a rare early book of bylaws from a New York Lodge of the world's largest African American fraternal organization, the Improved, Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of... Read More
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Clark University Courier Catalogue Edition 1899-1900
South Atlanta, Georgia: The Faculty and Students of Clark University/Clark University Printing Department, 1900. Good. 8 ” x 5 ”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. 58 including 4 plates + publishing slip laid in. Good due to wrappers detached; internally very good with light foxing to a few leaves and two plates, some small chips at edges, offsetting to last page and light scattered spotting. This is a rare issue of an early publication out of Clark University,... Read More
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![[Fantastic Photos of New Mexico]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/765/170/1734170765.0.l.jpg)
[Fantastic Photos of New Mexico]
New Mexico, 1930. Very good +. 12” x 9”. Gathering of 14 construction paper pages side-stapled with 30 B&W photographs corner-mounted. Most photos 2½” x 4¼”, two slightly smaller, typed captions adhered to every page. Gathering good: seemingly removed from a larger book; one leaf detached, remainder partially so. Photos very good plus or better. This is a brief but wonderful collection of photographs showing what appears to be a tour through the southwest on a... Read More
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![[Three Pieces of Ephemera Related to Iota Phi Lamda]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/836/1544836724.0.l.jpg)
[Three Pieces of Ephemera Related to Iota Phi Lamda]
[Houston, Texas], 1975. Very good. Two stapled pamphlets, measuring 8½" x 5½" and 11" x 8½"; one single-sheet form measuring 11" x 8½". Very good: slight oxidization to staples; very minor edgewear to form. This is a group of three items relating to the Houston, Texas, chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. (IPL). IPL is the first African American sorority for business and professional women. It was founded by Lola Mercedes Parker in 1929 in... Read More
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