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"10551 SAVING SINNERS, SCENE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI" showing many black people witnessing a baptism by immersion, Phostint postcard from Detroit Photographic, mailed from Slidell Louisiana, corner crease, mild corner wear. Unusual subject matter. $12.00 bdr%

"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

"6330. A HORSELESS CARRIAGE. COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC CO." showing 2 small black children in an ox cart, color postcard with undivided back, paper yellowing evenly with age, faint album impressions at the corners, number written neatly in the stamp box may not erase well. $5.50 bdu

"9541 THE WATER CARRIER" showing a black woman with a water jug balanced on her head, unused postcard with undivided back from the Detroit Publishing Company, tiny corner crease not into image, otherwise fairly fresh for its age. $10.00 bpd

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"Aerial View / PINEY WOODS SCHOOL / PINEY WOODS, MISS." with each of its buildings labeled--e.g., each workshop, boy's & girl's dorms, and library; unused Curteich linen postcard with good edges. Circa 1956. As back points out it does not, however, show their new post office. This is a historically black boarding school which successfully dealt with many at-risk middle- & high-school students, sending most on to college. $6.00 mbs

"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. No text on back about post office & post office not shown; Curteich reprinted the postcard when they had one but did not change the image. This is a historically black boarding school which successfully dealt with many at-risk middle- & high school students, sending most on to college. $2.75 mbs

"Asheville, N.C./ I'SE GOING HOME" black gentleman on horseback rides home with sacks & papers, black & white postcard, album marks at the corners, gouge out of lower edge not into the image. $3.75 bnh%

"Barber Memorial Seminary, Anniston, Ala." in an exterior corner view, white-border era post card, corner & edge wear, 3 corners creased in border. This school for black girls was dedicated in February 1898 from a fund left by Mrs. Elizabeth Barber. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 abg(b)e

"BEDFORD INN--Colored Tourist Home / 203-9 Moore Street…" in Fayetteville North Carolina. Mailed 1938. unusual subject matter. $15.00

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"Booker T. Washington / GREAT EDUCATOR / BORN 1858 DIED 1915 / W.M. HAMMOND" founder of Tuskegee Institute, sepia-tone on browning paper, issued circa 1917, much corner wear & rounding, tiny spot on right front edge. Postcard sold. Still available as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (bfc)!

"Broadway at Night / Los Angeles, Cal." by moonlight, with many pedestrians, several streetcars & a black street sweeper; color post card from Newman, unused, circa 1915, minor corner & edge wear, lightly toned back. $5.00 c(l)msb

"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

"Compliments of the / Domestic Sewing Machine Co." advertising card with goat eating a black man's finery while black women & children listen to him, brief ad of Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back. $18.00 (abms)

"Copyright 1908 By Geo. S. Graves. / HARTFORD, CONN. The Harriet Beecher Stowe Residence A 192" sepia-tone postcard mailed there 1909, stamp removed, mild corner rounding, cancel ink at the upper left front. When living in the Cincinnati area, she authored her best known book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. $3.75 c(h)ba

"D-106 A BUSY DAY IN A COTTON FIELD IN DIXIELAND / 17253-C" showing several blacks, young & old, at work; unused white-border era postcard, soft corners, light toning shows in the front borders & on back. $5.00 ba*%

"D515:-OLD BLACK JOE / 46737" showing a seated old black man wearing overalls, excellent condition. (2 available) $2.75 each. b%

"D-538 'SITTIN' SOFT' IN DIXIELAND / E-5453" showing a smiling black girl sitting atop a pile of cotton, unused linen postcard with good edges. $3.75 bg

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"DIANA / ROSS / SWEPT AWAY" record promotion from Ed Travelling, unused chrome, trivial corner & edge wear. $1.75 mb+

"Driving the Ostrich at the Ostrich Farm, Florida" showing a black man in the sulky, postcard in color, minor corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back, unused. $10.00 (obu)

"Dr. R. R. Moton, Principal, Tuskegee Institute, Ala." black & white with sky tint, made in USA, unused, minor edge wear. More formally, Dr. Robert Russa Moton, its second president, after whom Moton Field was named. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ab

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"DULANY HALL... / GOODWILL HALL / LAKE McKAY COMMUNITY CLUB" showing their exteriors at the historically black Piney Woods School in Mississippi, circa 1948, unused linen postcard with an unusual design in which the 3 color illustrations are on the address side, excellent condition. This is the historically black boarding school which successfully dealt with many at-risk middle- & high-school students, sending most on to college. $7.00 m(p)bsm

"DUSKY SMILES" showing a black smoker, unused Tuck Oilette (Postcard 9270), processed in Bavaria, light toning both sides, a little corner & edge wear. $8.50 bts NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"Ebony Sea / The Story of Igbo's Landing / by Jon Onye Lockard" unused continental postcard publicizing the gallery appearance of the noted black author & painter at a 2004 Columbus Ohio event. Full color both sides--art on front, Lockard on back. Ebony Sea is the title of his children's book, illustrated by his paintings, about early slavery in islands off South Carolina & Georgia. Near mint. $2.00 bsoa

"ECHOES of our / ANCESTORS " unused continental postage-paid publicity postcard for a 2007 Columbus Ohio gallery exhibition of black artists--Robert Stull, Pheoris West, Paul Goodnight, Tom Feelings, Gordon Parks, etc. Full color both sides, near mint. $2.00 bo(c)

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"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. nbo(c)

"Famous Recipes from Famous Eating Places: No. 13 in a series of 16 / Waldorf-Astoria / ... ICE CREAM PRALINE / ... / SET OF 16 FAMOUS PLACE RECIPES AVAILABLE! / See Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix packages for details" recipe card with quoted text & Aunt Jemima pictured on the back, 2 tiny fingernail indents at the top edge. The painting shown is a depiction of the Starlight Dining Room by Harvey Kidder. $8.00 ri(h)n(n)bf NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"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)

"Freedom Works / October 23, 2004 - February 13, 2005" showing the interior of the Cincinnati Art Museum where artwork created for the opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center was displayed, unused post card, fairly fresh. $1.25 o(c)mb

"From LACEY LUMBER CO., / CARRIERE, MISS." unused sepia-tone Velox real photo postcard with the violet hand-stamp of the company providing the caption, good focus & interesting composition, minor corner rounding & small corner crease nowhere near the image. Shows a high stack of their freshly-milled ('green' is the trade term) and as-yet-unsaleable yellow pine lumber, cleverly positioned in a cross-hatched arrangement so as to air it dry & still preserve the straightness of the cuts. The arrangement was a very labor-intensive process involving Negro workers, 2 of whom are shown--one at the top, the other on the stairs besides where he would hand up (or down) the boards. [The spacing between layers would be less in later times, and a modern mill would use a kiln to cut this several-month airing process into a matter of weeks.] By photographing the pile (and a bit of another pile to the right of it) and placing their name beneath the image, the company was trying to show the onlooker how they took pains to insure the dryness, straightness, strength & regularity of their milled stock. Lacey Lumber was one of the smallest mills to open in the county after the building of the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad in the 1880's. Undoubtedly unique and, because the photo tells us so much, it is quite simply the best Mississippi post card we have ever seen in anyone's stock. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 mlb

"Full Dress / In Dahomey" showing a black youngster smoking, unused Tuck Oilette post card (Series 6950), toned both sides, noticeable wear at one upper corner, other edge wear is minor, tiny scrape on the cheek. $5.00 dtsb NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"Greenville, Miss., / Levy Scene Loading Boat" including several black workers loading white sacks 3-at-a-time, color post card from the PCK Series from a photo credited to W. A. Bradley, printed in Germany, unused, faint small bottom corner crease, mild corner wear. Offered elsewhere as high as $15.00, our price is a much more reasonable $12.00. m(g)bp NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"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

“HELMUT NEWTON / SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE, 1985.” showing a black lady in a strapless red dress, unused continental postcard, copyrighted, tiny corner bump. The designer wa the first to use black models in catwalk fashion shows. $1.50 bfp

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"HENRY 'HANK' AARON" autographed Hall of Fame postcard, showing the plaque that honors him at Cooperstown National Baseball Hall of Fame. Unconditionally guaranteed, we will accompany it with a photo certificate explaining how the autograph was obtained. $35.00 bs(b)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

"Horticulture Building, I. S. C., Ames, Iowa" showing its exterior, black-and-white postcard with sky tints, mailed there 1914, considerable corner & edge wear. Iowa State's first African-American faculty member worked here at that time; his name was George Washington Carver. $5.00 icb

"I GUESS SOMEBODY'S WELCOME!" with signed F. G. Lewin art on postcard, Series 40 [name of series contains a racial epithet which we refuse to print] No. 59, printed in the USA, sent circa 1920 - 1922, light toning in the upper left front corner. $10.00 ba(l)

"I'll Think Of You / This Christmas" with Janet Jackson in a dress showing some cleavage, unused continental, fresh appearance. $2.00 mb

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

"Im Ziel der 400 m: Archie Williams (USA.) (Zweiter von links) siegt vor Brown (Gross-britannien (und Lu Valla (USA.)" Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 35 Gruppe 61, real photo Olympic souvenir card (no postcard back, slightly smaller than a regular postcard) with much pertinent information on back. Rough translation: "At the finish of the 400 meters: Archie Williams (USA) (second from the left), leads Brown of Great Britain & Lu Valla of the US". African-American winner Williams claimed that Hitler refused to shake his hand, just like he had refused Jesse Owens. $6.00 os(t)bg%

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"IN A SOUTHERN HEMP FIELD" showing 3 black men harvesting many tall plants, Carolina Card Company number10724, mailed 1930, small corner crease, mild corner wear, Unusual subject matter! $18.00 bsa

"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

"'I Sure Got Him', / Asheville, N. C." drawing shows black man climbing a tree in an attempt to grab a possum by the tail; No. 953 published by International Post Card Company, made in Germany, mailed 1909, date written on front sky, light toning both sides, minor corner wear. $7.50 bna

"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)

"Jim Mudcat Grant" showing Dodger 22 in the infield, specimen of his signature printed. Postcard no longer available but its enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format is offered here to help dealers & collectors authenticate his autographs. $2.00 s(b)ab

"Just a Line From Hot Springs, Arkansaw" art depicting a black lady hanging clothes on a wash line, postcard mailed there 1908, toning at one front corner from album, partial cancel on front, minor corner & edge wear. $6.50 ba

"Key West, Florida" showing black divers at the Municipal Dock, unused chrome, fresh appearance. $4.00 bf

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"'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

Lithographed ad card, 1884 Lancaster Ohio County Fair, shows a wagonload of stereotypical blacks, touts $7,219.50 worth of premiums on the front, and gives the times for three trotting races on back. Both sides shown. Expertly repaired corner (about 3 / 4" lower right of image), it has its share of toning, rounded corners & edge nicks. $35.00

"LOADING OIL, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS" work scene with black men shipside, color postcard from Nueces News Agency, unused linen, light toning along both sides of one short edge, small corner crease..$3.50 tb

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"Loading Rice for Export, New Orleans, La." showing many blacks laboring under white supervision, color postcard, circa 1910-1915, edge wear, minor toning at top of back. The ship was registered in 1899 to the Allison Company. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 s(a)bl*#

"Log Cabin of John H. Bryant, 1833, Princeton, Ills." unused color litho-chrome postcard published by C. J. Dunbar & Company, tiny spot on back near stamp box, faint album marks at corners, good edges, light yellowing of back paper due to age. In 1854 this man invited Abraham Lincoln & Owen Lovejoy to speak at an anti-slave rally in what is now known as Bryant Woods to commemorate the event. Seldom seen. $20.00 iblg**%

"LOPERS PLACE AFTER RIOT AUG 08 / AUTO BURNED SPRINGFIELD" with 'WHITE DENTAL PARLORS' above it & a Bell Telephone sign in front of it; sepia-tone real photo, insignificant corner wear. This scene is after the race riot in Springfield Illinois protesting the removal of 2 black prisoners from the local jail (to a place of relative safety in Bloomington) with the aid of restaurant owner Harry Loper. Numerous black-owned businesses suffered similar fates in the aftermath. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.50 bsgid

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"Lots ob good things / Christmas time, / Christmas turkey / an' Christmas wine, / Punkin, mine an' / apple pie--" showing a black butler bearing a tray full of food & more poetry, Tuck Leatherette Post Card Series No. 8, printed in Saxony, mailed 1911 in Michigan, minor corner & edge wear, couple inconsequential tiny ink smears in address. The light-color curve from the turkey & down towards the left edge is either an artistic representation of the food dripping as he is moving forward or a very light scrape that leaves color on the card. $10.00 bctfp

"Mah Face Am Mah Fortune, / But Ah've Got Other / Assets, Too. // C9" linen postcard with very late usage at Sadlersville Tennessee, small corner crease not into the art. $5.00 b

"'MAN-O-WAR,' THE WONDER HORSE, BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY--K-15" being held by a black, mailed 1950 or 1956, light amount of cancel ink on front. $3.25 (rnb)

"'MAN-O-WAR' THE WONDER HORSE, BRED IN 'OLD KENTUCKY' -- K15" side view with a black handler, unused linen postcard, numbered 6023 near the stamp box, hint of corner wear. $3.50 rnb

"Masai" black line drawing on brownish paper, post card with art signed Savary, printed in England, unused. $4.00 kbia

"Mit unwahrscheinlich langen Schritten lief der Neger Woodruff dem Ziele der 800 m entgegen" showing the 800 meter race with the eventual winner John Woodruff nearing the finish line, Sammelwerk Nr. 14 / OLYMPIA 1936 -- Band II / Bild Nr. 38 Gruppe 61, real photo Olympic souvenir card (no postcard back, slightly smaller than a regular postcard) with much pertinent information on back. Rough translation: "With improbably long steps the negro Woodruff ran toward the goal of the 800 m." $6.00 os(t)bg

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"MONTFORD (MONTE ) IRVIN / NEGRO LEAGUES 1937-1948 / NEW YORK N.L., CHICAGO N.L., / 1949 - 1956" autographed Hall of Fame postcard, excellent condition. Unconditionally guaranteed in writing with photo certificate & explanation of how obtained. $13.50 bas(b) INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

"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

"No. 691 A Composite Photo--Typical Southern Wayside--The Army Passes by--Maneuvers of 1942" including prominently 3 black children eating watermelon, post card mailed free from APO #26 (an Engineering Battalion then at Fredericksburg Virginia) SEP 21 1942 by Private Hopf to his grandfather Mr. Julius Hopf of Jersey City New Jersey. Cancel ink in front sky, separated neatly from other postcards at its sides, small bottom corner crease not into the image. Back address area has logo urging citizens to buy war bonds and stamps 'for victory'. $10.00 bgm(a)-a

"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

"New Year a la Francaise, / La Guiaunneé celebrants in / Prairie du Rocher" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed there 1956 (clear duplex hand cancel with violet 2-line auxiliary marking of the postmaster there well struck on the back). Celebrants' costumes include Aunt Jemima & cowboy, accompanied by traditional leader dressed in corn husks & his fiddler. This custom dates to Druid times in Europe (when poor singers begged for food), and has been celebrated locally since 1699. Nice! $7.50 inb-i

"OLD-FASHIONED SOUTHERN RAPID TRANSIT" showing a black driving an ox-cart, white-border era from Carolina Card Co., writing on back dates to 1928, vertical crease, small corner crease. $2.75 bu NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"OLD SLAVE MART / MUSEUM AND GIFT SHOP / … / 6 Chalmers St. / Charleston 8, South Carolina" black & white in vertical format, lightly toned back from printing process, good edges. $3.00 s(c)sb

"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

"Picking Cotton, LOUISIANA." unused color postcard with undivided back, back paper browned evenly with age, good edges. $11.00 bl(u)

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"PRINCESS WEE WEE" a Black lady midget seated upon what appears to be a large lamp, black & white, undivided back, unused, faint corner crease, small spot of toning at lower front edge, paper starting to brown with age, corner crease. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cb!

"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

"RAYMOND EMMETT DANDRIDGE. / NEGRO AND MEXICAN LEAGUES / 1933 - 1948" autographed Hall of Fame postcard. Played for the Detroit Stars, Newark Dodgers, Newark Eagles & New York Cubans & Minneapolis Millers. American Association MVP in 1950. Unconditionally guaranteed in writing with photo certificate & explanation of how obtained. $15.00 bas(b)%

"Rear View of Slave Quarters / Chief Justice Taney House / Frederick, Maryland" unused real photo postcard with minor oxidation, publisher not given, some album paste adheres in the back address section, slight curl to the paper. Roger Brooke Taney was the fifth Chief Justice of the US, who delivered the majority opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott case that African-Americans could not be considered citizens. Apparently no one objected at the time to his obvious conflict of interest, illustrated by this postcard: a slave owner ruling on whether his slaves were citizens! Amazing stuff! $10.00 bm(f)l

"RICKSHA BOYS" showing 3 side-by-side ready for fares, unused color post card, numbered 1638 on back, light toning at the back edges, minor corner wear. $7.00 spb

"Rising Sun / Stove Polish / 'I SAY SNOW FLAKE, DAT STOVE WAS BLACKED WITH RISING SUN. DID YOU EBER SEE DE LIKE?'" circa 1888 ad card showing a black couple admiring their image reflected on a stove, attached to album remnant. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (ab)!

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"S. & D. T. New York - 110'St.' L.' Station & Curve, highest Point of 'L' Railway. 119447" with horse drawn traffic below, legible advertising for Harlem-based Cowperthwait & Sons. Housekeeping Supplies (one of the earliest businesses to actively cater to & serve the black population of New York City); unused black & white postcard with multicolor printing on the back, tiny upper corner crease, back lightly toned. Do not ask us to explain their punctuation! Rare. $35.00 n(n)bg NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"S-1056 / Greetings from Charleston, Missouri / 7B-H266" showing blacks unloading cotton bales from railcars, copyrighted postcard dating to 1947 - 1950 (from annotation on back & publisher's code). $4.00 m(c)b

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 United States.

"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 IMAGE ADDED

"Sorting Peanuts, Peanut Factory, Norfolk, Va. / 1220." showing several black workers, color from I. Stern, made in Germany, mailed at Ocean View Virginia in 1911 (clear partial cancel), small corner crease, minor wear at one corner. $14.00 bvp

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"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%

"STAND STILL!" M.D.S. signed art on a postcard mailed 1910 from Dayton Ohio; a lot of scrapes, surface wear & thinning on both sides. From a series -- cay you believe it? -- that showed a preoccupation with the underwear of black children. Surprising that an 'artist' would sign such stuff! As is. $1.00 bc NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"Strawberry Pickers and Crates, NORFOLK, Va." showing many blacks, many crates & a horse-drawn wagon; color postcard with undivided back from A. C. Bosselman, mailed there 1907 (clear Jamestown Celebration cancel), yellowish paper, 2 corners with small creases, lightly toned front, a little extraneous writing on back. $11.00 bva

"STREET STORE IN GHETTO" with 3 vendors in the street facing the sidewalk--a black lady selling shoes & boots, flanked by a black lady selling vegetables & a bearded white man vending something (wares mostly hidden by boxes), horse-drawn wagons parked on the other side of the street in front of a fish market & Abrams storefront. Color postcard mailed at a Chicago railroad station (by a writer who states that she wanted to show a more natural & less conventional type of Chicago scene). The front edges show a lot of wear, but do not really detract from a myriad of fascinating details. $6.00 i(c)bhsg(a)

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"Sweets to the Sweet" signed HDS art depicting a black girl giving a black boy a taste of her cookie, Tuck Oilette Postcard 9049 (from a series that used a racial epithet in its name) mailed 1906, a few tiny speckles of cancel ink show in the sky, a little raindrop smearing of ink on the back, minor corner rounding. $13.00 btca(s)

"Tell the Porter to / Put You Off at / So. St. Paul / Now Don't Forget" with Minnesota town name on yellow felt pennant, cartoon art illustration showing interaction with a black porter on a train, mailed there 1914, ink smear on back, corner wear, partial cancel on front. $5.00 mb%

"THE MINSTREL SHOW / A high point of Paul Green's The Stephen Foster Story in / historic Bardstown, Ky." unused chrome postcard in excellent condition. $2.00 mkb

"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%

"THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEMORIAL / TO DAVID LIVINGSTONE AT BLANTYRE, / LANARKSHIRE" 4 different unused postcards with pertinent annotations, showing colored sculpture tableaux depicting his character & lifework in Africa. Specifically: faith conflicting with superstition as he meets a medicine man; confrontation with an Arab slave-trader; showing endurance as he refused to turn back in a forested morass; & kneeling in prayer as he died at Ilala Northwester Rhodesia. Both sides toned lightly, minor edge wear on all. The 4 for $l0.00 total. ab&& NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

"Tobacco Field." showing 4 black workers (including a child) in the distance, color, circa 1915, unused, considerable edge wear. $3.75 (tba+)

"Turkana Chief" black line drawing on brownish paper, signed Savary, postcard printed in England, unused. $4.00 kbia

"Typical southern negro home" color on undivided back from Hugh C. Leighton, printed in Germany, mailed 1907 from Charlottesville Virginia, corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

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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

"V467:-- / My old Kentucky Home / The sun shines bright / In the old Kentucky home. / Tis summer, the darkies are gay; / ..." with the old lyrics of the state song (now changed), showing a group of blacks on a log cabin porch. $7.50 mb%

"Valentine Greetings / Git a move on - - git a move on. / Dark clouds am passin' by." showing 5 black men in overcoats & slouch hats, each carrying a bag; Tuck postcard from their Series 103, mailed 1907 in Washington State, 2 corner creases--one small, one tiny; small numeral written in upper left front corner may erase. One of the strangest Valentine postcards we have ever seen. $30.00 bvt

"XZIBIT RESTLESS / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dr. DRE / IN STORES NOW" emphasizing his tattooed forearms, continental card publicizing his hip-hop album, no postcard back, near mint. $1.75 bmt

"WALTER FENNER LEONARD / 'BUCK'" Negro League (Homestead Grays) player from 1933 - 1950, autographed Hall of Fame postcard. Unconditionally guaranteed in writing with photo certificate & explanation of how obtained. $32.50 bas(b)& NEW / NOVA / NEU / NY

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 or Euros! *c

"'WELCOME TO GREENVILLE TEXAS" LEE STREET LOOKING EAST" where the Trailways Bus Terminal was opposite a Texaco gas station, linen, mild corner wear, a little cancel ink in the sky. Remarkable banner hung prominently over the street reads 'THE BLACKEST LAND / GREENVILLE WELCOME / THE WHITEST PEOPLE'. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 tbbg##*%

"Willie Davis" showing the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder running the bases, specimen of his signature printed. Postcard no longer available but its enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format is offered here to help dealers & collectors authenticate his autographs. Had 13 seasons with 20 or more stolen bases, so the image is quite appropriate. $2.00 s(b)ab

"WILLIE HOWARD MAYS, Jr. / 'THE SAY HEY KID'" who played in a record 24 All-Star Games, National League MVP in 1954 & 1965; autographed Hall of Fame post card. Unconditionally guaranteed in writing with photo certificate & explanation of how obtained. $32.50 bas(b) INFORMATION ADDED RECENTLY

"WISE'S / AXLE / GREASE / IS YER GWINE TO DE BALL DIS EBEN NIN / NOT DIS EBE NIN S'M OUDER EBE NIN" circa 1888 ad card showing showing well dressed black suitor & lady friend with flower he gave her, attached to album remnant. Advertising card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"WORKING HARD FOR THE FAMILY DINNER S-430" 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* Same scene but on the linen postcard shown here, with a tiny corner crease that is hard to notice. $3.50 bf

BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE
ON 35 UNUSED CONTINENTAL POSTCARDS

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

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