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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Happy New Year 1878. N.p.: Pratt, 1878.
CDV on cardstock mount (very good, light toning). A curious view of a Caucasian man standing, closely reading a newspaper, while a young African American male subject with a playful expression kneels behind him, holding a sign inscribed, "Happy New Year, 1878."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
CDV on cardstock mount (very good, light toning). A curious view of a Caucasian man standing, closely reading a newspaper, while a young African American male subject with a playful expression kneels behind him, holding a sign inscribed, "Happy New Year, 1878."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Happy New Year 1878. N.p.: Pratt, 1878.
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Cincinnati, OH, USA
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