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"107 'HUNTING' IN DIXIELAND / 104819" showing 3 black girls, one looking at another's hair outside, white-border era from Asheville Post Card Company, mailed 1931, curling paper, extensive soil along one short edge, lightly toned back, as is. $1.00 b
"Aerial View / PINEY WOODS SCHOOL / PINEY WOODS, MISS." with each of its buildings labeled--e.g., each workshop, boy's & girls dorms, and library; unused chrome postcard with good edges. A Curteich reproduction by Curteich circa 1962. This is a historically black boarding school which successfully dealt with many at-risk middle- & high-school students, sending most on to college. $2.50 mbs
"Collection 'PORTRAITS DE CINEMA' (2e série) / 6. Gérard Pillon, Ella Fitzgerald, Festival du Jazz, Antibes (1978)" singing into microphone, unused black & white continental, trivial corner wear. $1.50 wb
"D515:-OLD BLACK JOE / 46737" showing a seated old black man wearing overalls, excellent condition. (2 available) $2.75 each. b%
"ENTRANCE, MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME / STATE SHRINE, BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY" showing a seated black banjo player entertaining 4 whites standing outside a door, unused chrome, image credited to the Kentucky Department of Public Relations, much pertinent information on back. $1.50 bk "Evan Nabrit / Opening Receptions: Nov 1st 6 PM to9Pm" continental publicity card for an exhibition & reception at a Columbus Ohio art gallery, near mint. Full color, each side includes a tasteful nude by the young black artist. $2.00 nbo(c) "FLORIDA OSTRICH FARM. / 'Hurricane' the Fastest Trotting Ostrich in the World, Record 1 / 2 mile 1:07 Minutes" In color, with a black man in the sulky, white-border era, fresh color. $35.00 (obf)
"Greetings From De Witt, Ark. / Cotton Picking Time" showing the blacks starting to pick, unused chrome from Curteich circa 1958, slight yellowing of the paper with age on back. $1.00 ba(d)a
"HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF BLACK DOLLS. An / annual event at the NATIONAL AFRO- / AMERICAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL / CENTER" showing numerous examples of such dolls, unused continental postcard, copyrighted, near mint. $1.50 db "'Honey, We're Waitin' Fo' You-all in Beautiful Florida" showing 2 black babies riding the back of a pelican, E. C. Kroff Co. 1919 copyright, pencil writing on back, small corner crease, one corner badly creased, internal crease, light toning both sides, as is. $1.50 b
Image File, Volume 15 Number 3/4, containing "Hidden in the Picture: Visualizing African American Material Life and Culture" & "Making Sense of Mucha" illustrated in color. $2.50 the complete issue. pba NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY
"In the Caribbeans(sic)" showing a seated black woman sewing in a garden near her house, home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1966 at Brookport Illinois. $1.50 b
"JAMES 'KWAME' CLAY" with an example of his framed art in color, postage paid continental postcard publicizing an exhibition at the Art Consortium's African American Museum in Cincinnati Ohio, near mint. $1.50 bo(c)
"'King Cotton' in Georgia" close-up of a black worker with a wide-brimmed hat picking, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 from Clinton Indiana. $1.75 bg
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"MY OLD LOG CABIN" including prominently an old black man chopping wood; on back of another image "Cutting, Shocking and Stacking Sugar Can" showing 5 black workers; no postcard back. $1.25 b "Old Natchez, Miss." showing a black maid preparing food by a fireplace, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 at Boyers Georgia. $2.00 bm*% "NEGRESSE AVEC ENFANT / COPYRIGHT L. & H. CAIRO" showing a black woman standing with her baby in her arms, color carte postale, very late usage at Felch Michigan, minor corner & edge wear. $4.50 nb
"Olympian / Stephanie Hightower / Columbus Ohio appearance" as she addresses a gymnastics crowd there 2 / 15 / 92, 3.5"x5" black & white photo showing her in profile, close-up as she holds the microphone. $3.00 oo(c)b
"Race Distinctions in American Law" hardbound book by Gilbert Thomas Stephenson, 1910 copyright. , part of The Basic Afro-American Reprint Library, 388 pages well indexed, gently used. $7.50 bls
See also our postcard listing of the ships of Streckfus Steamers, Incorporated who operated on the Mississippi River. They hired many important black jazz musicians to entertain their passengers, & were among the first to hire integrated bands on riverboats there. The acceptance of those bands played a part in facilitating the northward migration of blacks in the US. "Sitting Soft in Dixieland" showing a smiling black youngster seated on a pile of cotton out in a field; on back of another image "Live Oak Trees Draped with Spanish Moss / SOUTHERN REGION--U.-S. FOREST SERVICE PHOTO"; no postcard back. $1.00 bt
"South Carolina" showing 2 black women walking away from a large house, one holding a large basket; well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 from Trenton Michigan. $1.75 bs
"Sportsman in Dixieland / PHOTO COURTESY CLINT DAVIS" showing a black youngster with a catch of very small fish, on back of "Springtime in Dixieland" post card taken from a folder. $1.00 bf%
"THE NIG*ERS HAPPY VALLEY / LLANDUDNO" color showing 12 black musicians performing on an open-air stage in Wales to entertain several hundred people, some standing; in color, unused, edge wear. The most unusual Wales postcard we have ever seen. We refuse to scan this card because of the racial epithet that is in the caption. $20.00 wb%
Uncaptioned painting reproduction showing a black man playing trumpet near some riverboats while a white boy with trumpet & a black man recline to listen; image itself has vertical crease; it was then made into a home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Billerica Massachusetts. $1.50 bm
Wanted to buy--postcards showing one or more black women either captaining or prominent on private boats. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars. *c
"WORKING HARD FOR THE FAMILY DINNER" showing 3 black children fishing at a dock, with a stringer of small fish already caught (a scene that would inspire an engaging painting); on back of another scene "GETTING READY FOR 'HOT-CAKES', OLD FASHIONED METHOD OF SYRUP MAKING IN THE SOUTH" with no blacks; tiny corner crease not into either image, no postcard back. $1.00 bf% BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE 35 different post cards with identified blacks on them. All these cards are unused continental size--that is about 4"x6"--in nice condition. Most are famous black musicians (Bessie Smith, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Lionel Hampton, Eartha Kitt, Bo Diddley, etc.) & there are a few very interesting ones from South Africa. Most are photos done with great sensitivity and skill by famous photographers, and most are dated. Would make a wonderful gift for the right child. Price: $45.00 for all To order from the pricelist above, please
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JET MAGAZINES November 3 1960. How Nixon campaigned for the Negro vote, Ebony show model Terri Springer, Ahmad Jamal opens in Chicago, Rep. Diggs returns from Nigeria, white WAC beaten on suspicion of dating Negroes, Britain to end trusteeship of Tanganyika & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b November 16 1960. French film festival winner is Ebony fashion model, Erroll Garner signs recording pact, Oscar Robertsons rewrites collegiate scoring record, Sammy Davis Jr. opens one-man show, Ghanaian diplomat's children asked to withdraw from New Rochelle New York school & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b March 2 1961. PBX operator Geneva Patch, jailed York South Carolina sit-inners on bread & water, Timmie Rogers on Ed Sullivan show, Reverend Abernathy's land sold in libel judgment, Duke Ellington band members arrested, Paul B. Zuber profile & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b February 1 1962. Ray Charles earnings, opera star Annabelle Bernard in Germany, Treasury agents padlock Philadelphia Independent, sit-in at Chicago's Burnside Elementary School, Willie Mays divorced in Mexico & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b February 14 1962. Dr. King sues record firm, heartbreak of the Campanella family, Leontyne Price signing autographs, prisoner Clyde Kennard, first all-Negro entry to American Bowling Classic, and much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b April 12 1962. Reverend Boddie Day proclaimed in Chicago, NAACP charges PCCEO is ineffective, bias ends at Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, South Africa redefines meaning of 'white' person, Robert Kennedy seeks stronger police brutality laws & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b July 12 1962. Inside a Black Muslim school, Wall Street stockbroker trainee Audrey Smaltz, Jamaica cuts colonial ties, gospel songwriter Lucy E. Campbell honored, Stetson University in Florida integrated, vocalist Barbara McNair on Garry Moore Show & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b November 8 1962. Negro reactions to the Cuban crisis, Northwest Airline stewardess Marlene White, Milwaukee voter registration campaign, New York City will not buy books that slight minorities, Dodger Maury Wills honored, Rubin Carter fights at Madison Square Garden & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b January 17 1963. Negro mothers sterilized in Virginia town, Rutgers University coed Geneva Streeter, mixed adoptions in Canada, JFK's views on racial divisions, Satchmo at Guantanamo & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b February 7 1963. Southern University beauty queen Barbara Vidrine becomes math teacher, Cassius Clay fights Charley Powell, Los Angeles to get Negro postmaster, James Meredith gets ready to drive back to Jackson Mississippi, Robert Kennedy sues to integrate schools near military bases, Connie Hawkins signs with Harlem Globetrotters, Dr. Whitney Young criticizes Cleveland's residential segregation patterns & much much more. (2 available) $6.00 the complete issue. b February 21 1963. Drive to aid hungry Mississippi Negroes, medical laboratory technician Jo Foster, Sidney Poitier--Diahann Carroll romance rumors, Frank Robinson signs record pact with Cincinnati, Miles Davis at press conference & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b April 4 1963. Little Rock 5 years after US troops left, Adam Clayton Powell speech, blues singer Lizzie Miles dies, Henry Carr sets 220-yard dash record, Delta Zeta sorority integrated at Defiance College in Ohio, Kirsten Spencer, Chicago barber & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b April 11 1963. Dr. & Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr.'s fourth child is born, discrimination banned in sale of VA-repossessed homes, Chubby Checker interview, NAACP charges racial bias in life insurance, 2 Negro officers to attend Navy War College & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b April 25 1963. Archie Moore on deaths in boxing, Florida A&M psychology instructor Marilyn Arterbery, Dr. King jailed, paraplegics to join Dixie Freedom Army, Al Hibbler protesting in Birmingham & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. bs(b) June 6 1963. CORE sit-in in Philadelphia, Virginia Negro sentenced to die twice, NAACP pickets Twin Oaks Pennsylvania school, documentary on Paul Crump winnes Cannes film prize, Unitarians debate their church's race stand, African summit attacks US racism & much much more. $6.00 the complete issue. b POST CARD REFERENCES ON BLACKS September 1991 (Volume 9 Number 9). Features on women in medicine, kitchen stoves, education of blacks & more. $2.50 p,b |
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