Original 1969 PROTEST March on Washington PINBACK BUTTON Counterculture ANTI WAR EPHEMERA
Buttons were essential tools of persuasion in the antiwar movement. They symbolized the visual language of the counterculture in compelling, graphically innovative ways. Coalitions of American antiwar activists formed between 1966 and 1970 to organize large demonstrations in opposition to the Vietnam War. In the earliest major demonstration nearly 100,000 protesters gathered in Washington, DC. By 1970, two-thirds of Americans believed military engagement in Vietnam was a mistake. ORIGINAL PINBACK BUTTON created for the November 15, 1969 Anti Vietnam War March... Read More
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Antique HALLOWEEN 1895 Cabinet Card Photograph VICTORIAN WITCH COSTUMES Pagan Women
by American Photographer Joseph M. Appleton
Original Cabinet Card Photograph featuring two Victorian women dressed up as witches on Halloween. The Photographer is Joseph M. Appleton (born 1848) with the imprint of his atelier at 20 & 22 Third St. E. in Dayton, Ohio, and the logo Appleton's Portraits printed on the verso. The card measures 6.5" x 4.25". Dated October 31, 1895 in blue pen on the verso along with the witches names. VERY GOOD CONDITION: a touch of light wear, otherwise a bright and... Read More
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AFRICAN AMERICAN NURSE or NANNY HOLDING a WHITE BABY Original 1884 CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH
by [African American] [Cabinet Card Photograph] Photographer Hugh J. Brady
Original 1884 or 1885 Cabinet Card Photograph featuring an unnamed African American nurse or nanny dressed in a natural form bustle dress pinstripe uniform with matching pinafore apron and headscarf holding a white baby in a long gown and lace top. The back of the card does not identify the Black domestic employee but a penned notation states D.B.M. 3.5 months. The child's name is Dorothy B. Mann. Original Cabinet Card Photograph in VERY GOOD CONDITION. Albumen Print, 6.5" x... Read More
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THE VIEUX CARRE COMMISSION CITY OF NEW ORLEANS French Quarter Revitalization Projects 1970 - 1974
by [Architecture] [City Planning] Vieux Carre Commission
The Vieux Carre Commission City Of New New Orleans Report 1970 - 1974 Published by Vieux Carre Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1975. Moon Landrieu, Mayor. First edition. Photo illustrated softcover, side staple bound, 11" x 8.5", 24 pages, illustrated with a color map on the verso of the rear cover, historic black & white photographs, architectural plans, drawings and portraits of the Commission members. VERY GOOD CONDITION: tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Scarce, just 5 copies in OCLC collections worldwide. In 1925... Read More
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Radical EMORY DOUGLAS ART 1967 Before He Was A BLACK PANTHER * THE JOURNAL OF BLACK POETRY *
by Emory Douglas, Sonia Sanchez, Marvin X, Gwendolyn Brooks, et al
THE JOURNAL OF BLACK POETRY, Fall 1967, Volume 1, Number 6 Published and edited by Joe Goncalves for all Black people everywhere, San Francisco, 1967, first printing. Illustrated wrappers, side staple bound, 10" x 7", 38 pages, illustrated with 3 b&w photographs, graphics and a powerful centerfold image by Black Panther artist Emory Douglas before he joined the Black Panther Party. Also includes work by Sonia Sanchez, Marvin X, Gwendolyn Brooks and others. GOOD CONDITION: covers are lightly toned and have... Read More
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NEGRO SPIRITUALS SIGNED by African American Composer W C HANDY Rare 1944 First Printing
by [African American] [Black Culture] [Black Music] W. C. HANDY
UNSUNG AMERICANS SUNG First Edition 1st Printing SIGNED BY W. C. HANDY Rare first edition of W.C. Handy's paramount collection of African American Music and Culture, HAND SIGNED and dated by noted Black Composer and Blues Musician W. C. HANDY in ink on the ffep, " William C. Handy / 4-12-1951 " UNSUNG AMERICANS SUNG Edited by W. C. HANDY. Published by Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc. New York City [rubber stamped], 1944. First edition, First printing, with ASCAP imprint on title... Read More
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1698 INCENDIARY TAKE DOWN of PARADISE LOST as PRO SATAN PANEGYRIC
by Charles Leslie
The History of Sin and Heresie Attempted, From the First War That They Rais'd In Heaven : Through Their Various Successes and Progress Upon Earth : To The Final Victory Over Them, and Their Eternal Condemnation in Hell : In Some Meditations Upon The Feast Of St. Michael and All Angels This is the earliest known commentary on Milton's rejection of the Holy Trinity (Anti-Trinitarianism) in Paradise Lost. Anonymous, [Charles Leslie]. Printed for H. Hindmarsh, at the Golden-Ball over against the... Read More
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Textile Manufacturing 1924 PACIFIC MILLS Antique TRADE CATALOGUE Women’s Work FACTORY TOWNS
by [Textiles] [Distaff Work] Pacific Mills
PACIFIC MILLS ARE THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE WOLRD OF COTTON GOODS, PRINTED — DYED —BLEACHED & WORSTED DRESS GOODS, COTTON — WARP and ALL — WOOL. With Manufacturing Plants Located in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Dover, New Hampshire, Columbia and Lyman, South Carolina. Published by Pacific Mills, Boston, Massachusetts, 1924. First Edition. Hardbound, original Publishers navy blue cloth with gilt embossed Pacific Mills logo and verticle line on the front and rear covers, 11" x 8.75", navy blue endpapers, 123 pages, handsomely... Read More
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DISCORDIAN New Religious Movement TWO ISSUES of a RARE 1969 Esoteric ILLUMINATI Psychedelic COUNTERCULTURE ZINE Church of the SubGenius Progenitor ST. JOHN’S BREAD WEDNESDAY MESSENGER + PARANOID FLASH ILLUMINATOR
by Paul Encimer, Dr. Confusion, Kerry Wendell Thornley, Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst, et al
ST. JOHN'S BREAD WEDNESDAY MESSENGER: Volume I, Number I. November 19, 1969. & ST. JOHN'S BREAD WEDNESDAY MESSENGER AND PARANOID FLASH ILLUMINATOR Quarterly Journal: X-tree serious No. FOR [ca. 1970]. TWO ISSUES, published by St. John's Bread Church, Topanga / Venice, California, 1969, [1970], first and only printings. Edited by Paul Encimer. Zine, mimeograph, various paper colors, side staple bound, 8.5" x 11", 22 and 38 un-numbered pages. VERY GOOD CONDITION: with a fitting association to City Lights - both issues... Read More
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Iconic AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL Performance Retrospective 300 Years of Black Dance in America ORIGINAL 1983 Souvenir Program ASADATA DAFORA Alvin Ailey KATHERINE DUNHAM Blondell Cummings ++ Ephemera
by [African American] [Dance] [Black Power]
1983 Retrospective of Black Dance in America. A landmark dance festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrating Black Dance, Blackness and the African Diaspora featuring performances reflecting the richly diverse traditions of African American dance. DANCE BLACK AMERICA Souvenir Program April 21 - 24, 1983 Published by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, 1983. First edition, first printing. Softcover, illustrated wraps, side staple bound, 8.5" x 10", 47 pages, includes the festival program, articles by festival panelists,... Read More
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KSFO RADIO IN VICTORY 560 AM San Francisco 1946 Illustrated BROADCASTING PROMO EPHEMERA Universal Broadcasting Company
by [WWII] [Radio] KSFO Radio Station
KSFO Radio In Victory As Presented by: The Universal Broadcasting Company's Key Station For Northern California Post World War II KSFO Radio Station Promotional Booklet filled with photographs and text covering all aspects of KSFO radio station from it's studio facilities in the Mark Hopkins Hotel to the engineers and technical staff, the local programs, reporters, announcers, and executives. KSFO provided live coverage of major news events and regular news commentator reports, live and recorded music programming, and San Francisco focused... Read More
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