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Cincinnati, OH, United States
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African Americana
Pioneering figures and key moments that shaped the African American experience over the last 200 years are represented in Hindman's February 28 African Americana Live Auction. From enslavement, abolition, and war, to politics, civil rights, literature, music, and the visual arts, the sale addresses many important themes.
Highlights include Phyllis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. London: A. Bell, 1773, first edition of the first book of poetry published by an African American; photographs and an autograph letter signed by Frederick Douglass; photographs, imprints, and ephemera involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., most notably a first printing of Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story signed and inscribed by Dr. King; and a "Free Huey" flag that was flown at a protest demonstration to free Huey Newton near the Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, CA, 1968.
This sale brings together property from several important collections and estates, including the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents, the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the "Historical Shop."
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0262: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. WILSON & HAVENS, photographers. Stereoview of African American man repairing aEst. $400-$600Lot Passed
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0263: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A Happy Father. [Jacksonville, FL]: [Charles Seaver], 1875.Est. $200-$400
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0264: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [RECONSTRUCTION]. Stereoview of an African American subject paying aEst. $500-$700Lot Passed
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0265: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. The White Slave. N.p., n.d.Est. $300-$500
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0266: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. COOK, George S. and BAULCH, William, photographers. A group of 2 photographsEst. $300-$400
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0267: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [JAMAICA & UNITED STATES]. A group of 26 albumen photographs, some featuringEst. $300-$500
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0268: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [JAMAICA]. Album containing several photographs of Black subjects in Jamaica.Est. $300-$500
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0269: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Advertising card for Henry Moore, Kirksville, MO, featuring two young AfricanEst. $200-$300
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0270: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Cabinet card of a young African American man taken at the studio of AfricanEst. $200-$300
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0271: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 6 photographs with African American subjects, incl. examples byEst. $250-$350Lot Passed
0272: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 6 photographs of African American subjects, incl. husband and wifeEst. $150-$300Lot Passed
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0273: [CRIME & PUNISHMENT]. Mugshot of African American William Quinn, who was imprisoned for close to 30Est. $200-$300
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0274: [CRIME & PUNISHMENT]. A group of 8 mugshots of African American men, some identified. Philadelphia,Est. $200-$300
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0275: [RELIGION]. A group of 7 items involving African American churches and pastors, incl. AME ChurchEst. $400-$600Lot Passed
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0276: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 photographs of African American subjects, incl. occupational andEst. $700-$900
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0277: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [OCCUPATIONAL]. Photograph of African American men working in a rock quarryEst. $300-$400
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0279: [OCCUPATIONAL]. Platform step stool used by Pullman Palace Car Company and other objects associatedEst. $300-$500
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0280: [LABOR]. Wanted! Colored Woman for Rag Sorting. [Dayton, OH]: The Aetna Paper Company, n.d.Est. $300-$500
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0281: [VOTING RIGHTS]. SANBORN, A.N., photographer. Outdoor scene featuring African Americans gathered atEst. $300-$400
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0282: [VOTING]. A group of 14 poll tax receipts. Jackson County, Mississippi, 1941-1963.Est. $200-$300
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0283: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photograph of African American workers baling hay. Credited to African AmericanEst. $500-$700
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0284: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. BEDOU, Arthur P. (1882-1966). Autograph letter twice signed ("A.P. Bedou"),Est. $300-$400
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0285: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photograph of the Harlem Hellfighters, African American troops following theirEst. $900-$1,200
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