![[Flyer and T-Shirt For Lavender World's Fair]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/162/194/1445194162.0.l.jpg)
[Flyer and T-Shirt For Lavender World's Fair]
[Los Angeles]: [Lavender World Productions], 1976. Very good. 11" x 8 ½". Broadside printed one side + Fruit of the Loom T-shirt printed both sides. Flyer very good with waviness at bottom; T-shirt very good plus or better. This is a flyer and t-shirt for a reasonably early LGBTQ+ festival that failed spectacularly. The 1st Annual Lavender World's Fair was held April 17th and 18th, 1976 at the L.A. County Fairgrounds at Pomona. It was promoted by... Read More
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![Hotel Ancira. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/481/905/1445905481.0.l.jpg)
Hotel Ancira. Monterrey, N.L. Mexico [Cover title]
Mexico, D.F.: Propaganda y Anuncios S.A., 1939. Very good. 4 1/8" x 12", folded; opens to 23 7/8" x 18 3/8" (map area is 18 5/8" x 17 1/8"). Single sheet printed in multiple colors both sides. Very good: folded twice vertically, possibly as issued; some penciled notations in the margins by the large image of the hotel; a couple of tiny closed tears and one small separation at an intersection. This is a brochure for Monterrey's... Read More
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Claude Hopkins Beverly White Signed Photograph Jazz
Very good. This is a real photo postcard showing Claude Hopkins and Joe Louis. It was signed by Hopkins, an American jazz pianist and bandleader, as well as by the singer for his band at the time, Beverly White. The photo came from the estate of another of Hopkins' band members, the noted trombonist Vic Dickenson. The back of the photo has a list of names, with “sax” written next to some names – perhaps other bandmates of... Read More
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The Bluebonnet 1947
Austin, Texas: Tillotson College, 1947. Very good. 10¾” x 8”. Embossed blue cloth over boards. Pp. [72]. Very good: cloth frayed and worn at corners and spine tips; first few leaves with moderate spotting; 2” tear just affecting the edge of one image; a bit of light foxing. This is a rare and photographically illustrated yearbook for Tillotson College, the first HBCU and first institution of higher learning in Austin, Texas. Tillotson was chartered... Read More
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Village Voice Building New York City Original 1969 35mm Film Slide
New York, 1969. Fine. This listing is for an original 35mm slide in a Kodachrome mount which shows the Village Voice building in New York City and is stamped July 1969. It's in fine condition.
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![[Photographs of an Indigenous Maya Market Town]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/449/586/1693586449.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of an Indigenous Maya Market Town]
[Chichicastenango, Guatemala], 1940. Very good. 25 loose sepiatoned photographs; 20 measure 5” x 7”, 5 a bit smaller. Generally very good or better: one with a moderate stain, one with a horizontal crease across the top and a few with some light corner wear. This is an uncredited group of beautiful photographs taken in a town in Guatemala known for its Indigenous Maya culture, both past and present. Though uncaptioned, these fantastic shots show... Read More
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Two Photographs Related to the International Order of Odd Fellows Building Dedication in Marshfield, Oregon
Two Photographs Related to the International Order of Odd Fellows Building Dedication in Marshfield, Oregon. Marshfield, Oregon: McMillan, 1889. Two black and white photographs, each measuring 9¼" x 7 5/8" on larger card mounts. Photos very good with light foxing; mounts good and very good. Two images related to the dedication of the Odd Fellows building in Marshfield, Oregon in 1889. The building had an opera house on its second floor and burned to the ground in 1920. One... Read More
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![Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association Presents a 1967 Calendar of 12 Great Days in the Growth of Carver Federal Savings. [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/077/121/1582121077.0.l.jpg)
Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association Presents a 1967 Calendar of 12 Great Days in the Growth of Carver Federal Savings. [Cover title]
New York: Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1966. As new. 5½" x 8 3/8". Stapled wrappers. pp. [32]. As new in original illustrated, unused mailing envelope which is good due to the lack of a flap and some loss to the front panel. The 1967 edition of the CFSLA calendar is quite different from the others: it's essentially a short illustrated history of the bank itself, beginning with the initial meeting of Harlem residents who sought... Read More
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![Boston Times [Dec 31 1960]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/051/642/1630642051.0.l.jpg)
Boston Times [Dec 31 1960]
Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Times Publishing Company, 1960. Good. 11” x 8½”. Self-wrappers. Pp. [16; numbered to 20]. Good: possibly lacking leaf comprising pp. 9-12, or misnumbered as issued; final leaf torn nearly wholly in half vertically but extant; a touch toned, creased and worn. This is a rare issue of a little-known African American newspaper, the Boston Times (BT). It is filled to the brim with photographic images, illustrated advertisements, news and gossip, providing a unique... Read More
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Golden Jubilee of the Baptist Women's State Missionary Convention of Kentucky . .
Louisville: Baptist Women's State Missionary Convention of Kentucky/[American Baptist Printing Plant], 1953. Very good. 8¾" x 6". Blue cloth, gilt title to front board. pp. [4], 99. Very good: light wear; toned and lightly soiled endpapers. This is an outstanding resource on Black Baptist women's activity in Kentucky. Its full title sums up the book's contents: "the story of fifty years of women's missionary activities including histories of the young people and district conventions, societies and... Read More
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Colorado Springs Street Scene Original 1976 35mm Film Slide
Colorado, 1976. Fine. This listing is for an original 35mm slide in a Kodachrome mount which shows a great street scene in Colorado Springs and is stamped June 1976. It's in fine condition.
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Mudge Family. Family Archive Descending from the First Settlers of Castleton, Michigan
Generally Michigan, 1910. Very good. Includes 210 card-mounted photos and 14 tin types; most are loose; 71 are CDV or smaller, 139 are cabinet cards or larger-approximately three quarters of the subjects are identified with names. Also included are four manuscript books and some ephemera. Generally very good: light to moderate wear; albums and manuscripts with faint odor. This is a collection of photographs, with some manuscripts and ephemera, documenting descendants of Lorenzo Mudge, who, along... Read More
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![Teachers College. Howard University. 1915-1916 [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/734/836/1544836734.0.l.jpg)
Teachers College. Howard University. 1915-1916 [Cover title]
Washington, D.C.: [Howard University], 1915. Near fine. 6 5/8" x 3 7/8". Stapled self-wrappers. Pp. 23. Near fine with minimal wear and a hint of dust soiling. This is a brochure for the Teachers College (TC) at Howard University for the 1915- 1916 school year. TC was established in 1899 by the Rev. Dr. Lewis Baxter Moore to "train leaders of educational thought and practice." By 1915, it had a student population of nearly 200 and... Read More
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A Simple Matter of Justice. 1993 March On Washington For Lesbian, Gay, And Bi Equal Rights And Liberation
Washington DC: Program Guide Project of the Comittee for the March on Washington, Inc, 1993. Very good +. 10 ¾" x 8". Stapled wrappers. pp. 96. Very good plus with light wear and light toning at extremities. This is the program guide for the 1993 March. Its first page is a strongly worded reflection of the LGBTQ community as well as its demands, and stating that "every out lesbian, gay, and bi is a hero." It contains... Read More
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Disneyland 1961 Original 35mm Slide Images Photos Photographs (Lot 5)
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 Monstro the Whale, Frontierland, train ride, a blurred shot of a parade, and a boat in a lagoon.
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Gay Pulp Sexual Motivation
Collectors Publications, 1969. Very good. This listing is for an adult gay pulp paperback book titled Sexual Motivation. The copyright is by Collectors Publications and states that the first printing was February 1969. The book has a total of 183 pages and 41 pages in the back of the book are dedicated to ads for other books by the publisher. The book measures 6¼” x 4¼
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![[Photographs of Women Serving in the Civil Air Patrol]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/612/1621612046.0.l.jpg)
[Photographs of Women Serving in the Civil Air Patrol]
St. Charles and Mexico, Missouri, 1945. Very good. 35 loose B&W photographs, about half measuring 3¼" x 4½", half 3½" x 5", 5 are captioned on versos and 1 on recto. Very good or better: photos a touch wavy, some with a bit of corner wear and the occasional small spot. This is a great group of vernacular photographs showing women in the service of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the official civilian auxiliary of the... Read More
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Disneyland 1961 Original 35mm Slide Images Photos Photographs (Lot 1)
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 a riverboat, grounds near the general ticket booth, the Tomorrowland Rocket, bandmembers in a parade, and Skull Rock in Fantasyland.
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![[Brown, Catharine?]. Catharine Brown, the Converted Cherokee: A Missionary Drama, Founded on Fact. Written by a Lady [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/432/586/1693586432.0.l.jpg)
[Brown, Catharine?]. Catharine Brown, the Converted Cherokee: A Missionary Drama, Founded on Fact. Written by a Lady [Cover title]
New Haven: S. Converse Printer, 1819. Good. 6¾” x 3¾”. Stitched wrappers. Pp. 27. Good: stitching nearly perished; one bifolium detached; back wrapper fragile; library stamp and number to front, number also to title; one leaf cropped close with no loss of meaning; creased at margins. This is an uncommon copy of a short, possibly autobiographical play about a young Cherokee woman and her early years training to become a Christian missionary to the Cherokee people.... Read More
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Minutes of the Forty-Sixth Annual Session of the North Ohio Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church . .
Lima / Cleveland, Ohio: [The Conference] / Printed by Wilfred-Gardner Pub. Co, 1927. Very good. 8 ” x 5¾”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 99. Very good: wrappers faintly soiled and toned at edges; a bit creased throughout with scattered small spots. This is another book of minutes from an annual meeting of the North Ohio Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black denomination in the United States. This... Read More
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![[Photograph Album Depicting Threshing Bees in the Midwest]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/710/836/1544836710.0.l.jpg)
[Photograph Album Depicting Threshing Bees in the Midwest]
Various places, 1964. Very good. 14¼" x 12¼". Embossed brown faux leather over boards, screwbound album. Pp. 44 with 349 photographs, all adhesive mounted. Photos of varying size with most around 2½" x 4¼" and nearly all are captioned on the page or on the photo. Very good: album lightly scuffed and a bit threadbare at corners; photos generally very good plus with a bit of scattered spotting. This heavily captioned album depicts threshing bees and... Read More
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![[Manuscript Book of Recipes and Household Remedies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/927/089/1735089927.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Book of Recipes and Household Remedies]
[New England], 1863. Good. 7½” x 6”. Paper over boards. Pp. 70 with 113 handwritten entries, 28 clippings pasted down + 3 laid in. Good: boards and most leaves detached; moderately soiled. This is a plentiful collection of recipes and remedies seemingly compiled by a New Englander in the mid-19th century. With 113 handwritten entries plus a total of 52 sets of instructions from Philadelphia, Albany and Boston newspapers, the book provides rich insight... Read More
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Teton Village Wyoming Original 1957 35mm Film Slide
Wyoming, 1957. Fine. This listing is for an original 35mm slide in a Kodachrome mount which shows a great street/store scene in Teton Village Wyoming and is stamped June 1957. It's in fine condition.
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The National March On Washington For Lesbian and Gay Rights
Sacramento, California: Magnus Records in association with Alternate Publishing, 1980. Near fine. 33rpm vinyl record in printed paper sleeve measuring 11¾" x 12", both enclosed in slightly larger cardboard sleeve, itself enclosed in shrinkwrap. Outer sleeve near fine with some corner wear; inner sleeve near fine with hints of toning at extremities; record fine. This is a vinyl record documenting the first-ever National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights which occurred October 14, 1979... Read More
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![[Program for] 17th Anniversary Celebration. Hering House Welfare League... [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/070/121/1582121070.0.l.jpg)
[Program for] 17th Anniversary Celebration. Hering House Welfare League... [Cover title]
South Bend, Indiana: Hering House Welfare League, 1942. Very good. 11" x 8½". Stapled wrappers. Pp. 3. Very good: long vertical crease to wrappers extending throughout; wrappers lightly chipped and soiled, lightly toned. This is a rare program which honors the anniversary of an important educational and cultural center for the African American community of South Bend, Indiana, the Hering House. We learned how and why Hering House was founded from a 2016 article... Read More
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