Lot of 50+, including: Image 1 (clockwise from top left): Union View Co. cabinet card of an illustration titled The Wooing of the Twins; 5.25 x 6.25 in. mounted photograph of three black children, captioned in the negative Who Said Water Melon?!; 4.125 x 6.5 in. mounted photograph two women and a man, possibly mixed race Native American and African American; 4.25 x 5.125 in. mounted photograph of a black man, identified in the margin as "Sheep" / Playmate of the City of Sheffield, and signed on verso J.F. Hickman / St.Louis / July 1897; 5.875 x 7 in. mounted photograph (trimmed) of a Native American woman and child, possibly mixed race African American; 3.5 x 7 in. mounted photograph of an African American woman in a military-inspired dress, identified on verso as Mrs. Emma Wright / Fulton, Ark.; whole plate tintype of a family in a carriage driven by a black driver wearing a top hat; cabinet card by J. Cunningham of two black men and a white man posed in front of garage painted Empire; and a fine cabinet card by W.J. Cady of Springfield, VT, of a group of eight men and women, one of the women in the front row appearing to have some African blood. Image 2: Various photographs of African Americans; top left an albumen photograph of an African American man in a bibbed shirt, mounted to 8 x 10 in., and nurses are real photo postcards. Image 3: Various printed items, most postcard size. Pamphlet (bottom row, second from left) The Afro-American Review and Spectator, published by H.S. Ford, New Braunfels, Texas, January 1, 1908. Image 4: Three 8 x 10 in. movie stills, Newsboy cabinet card of the African American actress Corinne, and a 2pp folder with the autographs of African American performers Vi Burnside and her All Stars, Phedonia Harper, and Nancy Harris, Image 5: 1956 wall calendar, 8.5 x 13.25, plus other images of black cowboys. Image 6: A 14 x 20 in. photograph of a young black woman and an older white couple, plus the Tuesday, August 2, 1865 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, with news of A Negro Insurrection in the South, and two modern enlargements of logging operations. Provenance: Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography Condition: Refer to zoom photographs.
Lot of 50+, including: Image 1 (clockwise from top left): Union View Co. cabinet card of an illustration titled The Wooing of the Twins; 5.25 x 6.25 in. mounted photograph of three black children, captioned in the negative Who Said Water Melon?!; 4.125 x 6.5 in. mounted photograph two women and a man, possibly mixed race Native American and African American; 4.25 x 5.125 in. mounted photograph of a black man, identified in the margin as "Sheep" / Playmate of the City of Sheffield, and signed on verso J.F. Hickman / St.Louis / July 1897; 5.875 x 7 in. mounted photograph (trimmed) of a Native American woman and child, possibly mixed race African American; 3.5 x 7 in. mounted photograph of an African American woman in a military-inspired dress, identified on verso as Mrs. Emma Wright / Fulton, Ark.; whole plate tintype of a family in a carriage driven by a black driver wearing a top hat; cabinet card by J. Cunningham of two black men and a white man posed in front of garage painted Empire; and a fine cabinet card by W.J. Cady of Springfield, VT, of a group of eight men and women, one of the women in the front row appearing to have some African blood. Image 2: Various photographs of African Americans; top left an albumen photograph of an African American man in a bibbed shirt, mounted to 8 x 10 in., and nurses are real photo postcards. Image 3: Various printed items, most postcard size. Pamphlet (bottom row, second from left) The Afro-American Review and Spectator, published by H.S. Ford, New Braunfels, Texas, January 1, 1908. Image 4: Three 8 x 10 in. movie stills, Newsboy cabinet card of the African American actress Corinne, and a 2pp folder with the autographs of African American performers Vi Burnside and her All Stars, Phedonia Harper, and Nancy Harris, Image 5: 1956 wall calendar, 8.5 x 13.25, plus other images of black cowboys. Image 6: A 14 x 20 in. photograph of a young black woman and an older white couple, plus the Tuesday, August 2, 1865 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, with news of A Negro Insurrection in the South, and two modern enlargements of logging operations. Provenance: Dr. John W. Ravage Collection of African American Photography Condition: Refer to zoom photographs.
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