Lot of 4. Ephemera relating to Allensworth, California. In the Showsheds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Odgen Route, S.P.R.R. printed postcard after Edwin H. Mitchell, San Francisco. 138 x 88 mm. With ANS on verso, Allensworth, California, postmarked July 9, 1912. With Allensworth postmark and stamp. An Allensworth resident named Gene writes to a Mr. Ricks in Oakland describing a wonderful Fourth of July picnic, presumably held in Allensworth. Gene joyfully relates, “Had a swell time on the 4th. Private Picnic of 25 including the Chaperone. Plenty to eat!” Real photo postcard showing the town of Allensworth with snowcovered peaks visible in the distance. 139 x 86 mm. With ANS on verso, Allensworth, California, postmarked Jan. 19, 1912. With Allensworth postmark and stamp. The Sixth Tulare County Citrus Fair Dec. 4th to 13th Inclusive, 1913 Visalia, California printed postcard. 143 x 90 mm. With ANS on verso, postmarked December 3, 1913, from Three Rivers, California. Lists Allensworth as one of the districts that will exhibit at the Fair. Midge Williams. Photograph headshot. 220 x 257 mm. Williams (1915-1952) was an influential jazz vocalist of the 1930s and 1940s who was raised in Allensworth. Her grandfather and parents moved to Allensworth when it was founded in 1909 and became prominent citizens. Her mother ran the grocery store and helped found a chapter of the Girl Scouts. Allen Allensworth (1842-1914) was a remarkable Union soldier, Baptist minister, politician, and California pioneer. Born into slavery in Louisville, Kentucky, he endured a difficult childhood, separated from his family and sold downriver to the Deep South. Despite this, he was motivated to educate himself and managed to do so. During the Civil War, he escaped and served as a civilian nurse with the 44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and later enlisted with the US Navy. After the war, he dabbled in politics serving as the first and only black representative to the Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1884. He also became a Baptist minister and was appointed as a military chaplain to the Buffalo Soldiers with the 24th Infantry Regiment, only the second black chaplain in the military. He served for 20 years and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel, the first African American to do so. In 1908, after his retirement two years earlier, he founded Allensworth, California, for which he is best remembered. The race colony is the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed entirely by African Americans. Although drought and tainted water eventually caused residents to relocate, the town is maintained as the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. Condition: Real photo postcard has loss to lower right corner. Else, minor edge wear.
Lot of 4. Ephemera relating to Allensworth, California. In the Showsheds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Odgen Route, S.P.R.R. printed postcard after Edwin H. Mitchell, San Francisco. 138 x 88 mm. With ANS on verso, Allensworth, California, postmarked July 9, 1912. With Allensworth postmark and stamp. An Allensworth resident named Gene writes to a Mr. Ricks in Oakland describing a wonderful Fourth of July picnic, presumably held in Allensworth. Gene joyfully relates, “Had a swell time on the 4th. Private Picnic of 25 including the Chaperone. Plenty to eat!” Real photo postcard showing the town of Allensworth with snowcovered peaks visible in the distance. 139 x 86 mm. With ANS on verso, Allensworth, California, postmarked Jan. 19, 1912. With Allensworth postmark and stamp. The Sixth Tulare County Citrus Fair Dec. 4th to 13th Inclusive, 1913 Visalia, California printed postcard. 143 x 90 mm. With ANS on verso, postmarked December 3, 1913, from Three Rivers, California. Lists Allensworth as one of the districts that will exhibit at the Fair. Midge Williams. Photograph headshot. 220 x 257 mm. Williams (1915-1952) was an influential jazz vocalist of the 1930s and 1940s who was raised in Allensworth. Her grandfather and parents moved to Allensworth when it was founded in 1909 and became prominent citizens. Her mother ran the grocery store and helped found a chapter of the Girl Scouts. Allen Allensworth (1842-1914) was a remarkable Union soldier, Baptist minister, politician, and California pioneer. Born into slavery in Louisville, Kentucky, he endured a difficult childhood, separated from his family and sold downriver to the Deep South. Despite this, he was motivated to educate himself and managed to do so. During the Civil War, he escaped and served as a civilian nurse with the 44th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and later enlisted with the US Navy. After the war, he dabbled in politics serving as the first and only black representative to the Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1884. He also became a Baptist minister and was appointed as a military chaplain to the Buffalo Soldiers with the 24th Infantry Regiment, only the second black chaplain in the military. He served for 20 years and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel, the first African American to do so. In 1908, after his retirement two years earlier, he founded Allensworth, California, for which he is best remembered. The race colony is the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed entirely by African Americans. Although drought and tainted water eventually caused residents to relocate, the town is maintained as the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. Condition: Real photo postcard has loss to lower right corner. Else, minor edge wear.
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