AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK WOMAN VINTAGE CELLULOID BUTTON PHOTO
5.75" x 8" celluloid photo of a black woman. Circa 1910s photo has a hook on the verso for hanging on a wall. In good overall condition.
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WHO'S WHO in GREATER PHILADELPHIA in the NEGRO COMMUNITY
6" x 9" Who's Who in Greater Philadelphia in the Negro Community. Edited by Napoleon N. Vaughn. Published by Urban Market Developers, Philadelphia. 1968, first printing. Black wrappers with gilt titles. 191 pages. Last few pages have small damp staining to upper left. In very good condition...
AFRICAN AMERICAN JEHOVAH’S WITNESS CHICAGO - DECADES LONG JAIL SENTENCE LETTERS FAMILY PHOTOS 1955-2011
There are photo albums and letters in this collection of an African American mother and son, Betty and Joseph, who were Jehovah Witnesses. The son was also in prison for several years, I believe for armed robbery, and the letters were mostly written to him while he was incarcerated. I......
1960s 1970s USAF AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTO ALBUM
This is the album and scrapbook of one Lester C. Williams, a black recruit to the United States Air Force. The album opens with a certificate of graduation from Ballistic Missile Orientation from the Norton AFB in California. The bulk of the album consists of Williams’ personal photographs -.....
RACIAL TOURISM TRIP SOUTH SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPHS 1940
Nine 4 7/16” x 2 7/8” snapshot photographs display the racist convictions of a white family embarking on shameless tour of the South. From Tennessee to Alabama, this white family was sure to pose for photographs beside African American children and adults as though they were there for their own.....
SOUVENIR RESTAURANT PHOTO COLLECTION LOT 1940s-1950s - OVER 100!
108 Souvenir Restaurant Photo Folders made between 1942-1959. Folders range in size from 4 5/8” x 7” to 11” x 9 1/2”. Images are contained by slits for corners, glue, staples, or simply held in between the folder’s sheath. Images from Sloppy Joe’s Bar, formerly of Havana, Cuba, are glued.....
US MILITARY in SOUTH KOREA AFRICAN AMERICAN 1978-1988 PHOTO ALBUM LOT
These two photo albums comprise about 240 photographs formerly the property of African American military officer Edward Jackson. One (11 3/4” x 13 1/4”) album possesses 218 photographs across 40 leaves/80 pages. This spiral-bound album is in good shape, and all pages are in use. The second album contains 22.....
"African American Baptist Nurses Guild & First Aid Ephemera Album, St. John District, Bay Area CA, 1976–1985"
This compelling scrapbook documents a vibrant chapter of Bay Area African-American Baptist life between 1976 and 1985, focusing on the First Aid Department and Nurses Guilds affiliated with the St. John District Missionary Baptist Association. Compiled with care—possibly by Sister Daisy Cleveland of Berkeley or Alma L. Matthews—the album captures.....
Archive of Olie V. Gregory, African American Writer, Historian, and Civic Leader, Springfield, Ohio, 1850s–1969
A substantial and multi-generational archive documenting the life, community, and civic engagement of Olie V. Gregory (1885–1970), an African American leader in Springfield, Ohio. Gregory was a central figure in the city’s Union Gospel Choir and the Colored Men’s Council, where he served as president and later as a charter.....
BLACK ELKS CLUB CLEVELAND OHIO WOMEN LEADERSHIP 1970s
Group of twenty-three 1970s photographs documenting African American members of the Ohio Elks / Daughter Elks community in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, pictured at banquets, presentations, and formal ceremonies—complete with sashes, regalia, podium speeches, and award moments. Several images revolve around Cleo Banks (identified by name in clippings and handwritten.....
African American Social Venue, Virginian Theatre, Musicians, Pool Hall & Possible Lawman, Believed Pocahontas VA Photo Archive
A compelling early 20th-century photographic group consisting of thirteen large-format black-and-white photographs, each measuring approximately 6" x 8", together with one real photo postcard. The group is believed to have originated in Pocahontas, Virginia, a coalfield town in Tazewell County, though the location is not otherwise identified beyond the visible.....
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ARMY CADET PHOTO ALBUM FORT DIX FORT GORDON 1977-1983
African American Army cadet LaKeisha Jones is prominently featured in this collection of approximately 290 photographs made between 1977 and 1983, housed in a red 10 1/4” x 11 7/8” three-ring binder. The photographs are mounted on adhesive “magnetic” album pages beneath plastic sheaths. The album follows Jones from.....
LARGE 1940S AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN FORMAL PORTRAIT CELLULOID METAL PLAQUE PHOTO
Large mid-century celluloid-over-metal portrait plaque featuring a formal studio portrait of an African American man in suit, tie, and wire-rim glasses. The sepia-toned image is set within a rounded rectangular black plaque with a gold inner border. The reverse is black embossed metal with a raised oval impression and decorative.....
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