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Richard Nixon 1969 Inauguration...
210049
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. January 20, 1969. This 24 page newspaper
has a two line, four column headline on the front page: "Nixon to
Assume Presidency Today" plus relatred photos that tell of Richard
Nixon's Inauguration day. Other interesating headlines on the fron page
include: "His Burden Lifted, LBJ Heads for History" & "Binoculars,
Rifle Aid Police In Search for Slayer of Dr. King... See More
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Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King...
203963
THE EVENING TELEGRAM, April 6, 1968, from Herkimer-Ilion, New York.
This issue contains the headline "Race Violence Spreads Over U.S.
Cities" and "Hunt Pressed For Assassin Of Dr. King" along with the
article of the "King Funeral Set Monday In Atlanta Baptist Church".
This is the outer leaves only. See photo more details.
$50.00
1st Negro in Cabinet, 1966...
219354
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, January 14, 1966.
* Robert C. Weaver
* 1st Negro Cabinet Member
This 38 page newspaper has a two line, four column headline on the front page: "First Negro Named For Cabinet Post" with subheads that include: "Weaver Chosen To Head New Housing Dept." Also a two column photo of Robert Weaver with President Lyndon Johnson. Other news of the day
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* Robert C. Weaver
* 1st Negro Cabinet Member
This 38 page newspaper has a two line, four column headline on the front page: "First Negro Named For Cabinet Post" with subheads that include: "Weaver Chosen To Head New Housing Dept." Also a two column photo of Robert Weaver with President Lyndon Johnson. Other news of the day
Atlanta Church Bombing...
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THE DETROIT NEWS, from Detroit, Michigan, dated September 16, 1963.* Atlanta church bombing
* Chat with 'Ike'
* Robert Kennedy sends aides
The bold headline states "FBI SIFTS ALA. CHURCH BOMBING" with article headlines of "Blast Kills 4 Negro Girls, Sparks Riot" "Dead Girl's Place Will Never Be Filled for Stunned Father" "Rights Fight Will Go on, Says Le... See More $36.00
Medgar Evers' ...
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THE DETROIT NEWS, June 16, 1963, from Detroit, MI. Frontpage
three-column headline "Emotional Rites for (Medgar) Evers Spark New
Jackson Clash" and features a photo with caption "Police Confront Negro
Demonstrators on March After medgar Evers' Funeral" with the story and
other picture being continued on page 6. Other news reports of the day
is contained in this full issue. This is in good con... See More
$30.00
Dorothy Maynor Sing In Constitution Hall In 1952...
202137
NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 18, 1952 Pg. 15 two line, 1 col. head:
"Constitutional Hall Ends Color Rule" & subhead: "Dorothy Maynor,
Negro Singer, Appears There Commercially, Breaking D. A. R. Ban". Rag
edition, nice.
$47.00
Ralph Bunche Nobel Peace Prize in 1950...
217525
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 11, 1950.
* Ralph Johnson Bunche wins the Nobel Peace Prize
This 48 page newspaper has a two line, one column headline on page 10: "4 AMERICANS GET THEIR NOBEL PRIZES" with subhead: "Faulkner, Hench and Kendall in Stockholm, Bunche in Oslo Among Nine Recipients" with related photos. Other news of the day throughout with interesting advertisements
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Bill Bojangles Robinson Death 1949...
214752
SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Mass., November 26, 1951.
* Death of Tap Dancer Bill "Bojangles'
* 1951
This 34 page newspaper has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "BILL ROBINSON, NEGRO DANCER, HEART VICTIM" with subhead: "Stage and Screen Entertainer Was Beloved Figure in Show Business". Other news of the day and several interesting advertisements. Go
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* Death of Tap Dancer Bill "Bojangles'
* 1951
This 34 page newspaper has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "BILL ROBINSON, NEGRO DANCER, HEART VICTIM" with subhead: "Stage and Screen Entertainer Was Beloved Figure in Show Business". Other news of the day and several interesting advertisements. Go
Jackie Robinson...
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THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, May 21, 1947 * Jackie Robinson
* Major League Baseball
Pg. 3 contains a full page article headed: "Robinson Stir Recalls Earlier 'Strikes' ". with other heads including: "Tigers' Flareup Over Cobb's Suspension in '12 Only Incident of Kind in Majors" "Walkout by Ty's Mates at A's Park" "Movement Against Jackie Started on Dod... See More $50.00
Jackie Robinson...
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THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, April 16, 1947 * Jackie Robinson
* Joins Major League Baseball
The front page has an article headed: "Jackie Robinson Gets Chance With Flatbush Troupe" and subhead: "Likely to See Service Mostly as Pinch Runner". The article begins with: "Brooklyn, for the first time in its 72 years in the National League, will have a Negro player wit... See More $67.00
Death of Jazz Pianist Thomas Fats Waller 1943...
214478
NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 16, 1943.
* Death of Jazz Pianist Thomas 'Fats' Waller
* 1943
* Photo
Page 27 has a 2 line, 1 column headline: "T. W. (Fats) Waller Pianist, Composer" & subhead: "Noted Negro Artist of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies on Train at Age 39". Includes a one column photo of Waller. Some noticable creasing in the first two leafs with minor margin wear. The reat of
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* Death of Jazz Pianist Thomas 'Fats' Waller
* 1943
* Photo
Page 27 has a 2 line, 1 column headline: "T. W. (Fats) Waller Pianist, Composer" & subhead: "Noted Negro Artist of Stage, Screen and Radio Dies on Train at Age 39". Includes a one column photo of Waller. Some noticable creasing in the first two leafs with minor margin wear. The reat of
Headlines on the frontpage read "War's Hottest Spot - British Stand At Singapore" " Red Army Beats Off nazis" "Japs Attack Amboina Base" "Survivors Tell of Sub Attack" "Army 'Changes Plans,' Fires Negro" . The paper features other war news and stories of the day.
This is a complete issue in... See More $36.00
The front page of this issue is an illustration of "Zovave of the 1st Regiment"
This issue includes "A Great Army of Allied War Workers"; "Blasting a Way to Berlin"; "The Piave Front Where the Yanks Are Entering the Battle"; "The Negro American in the War" and much more.
Other a... See More $36.00
Baseball in 1908....
223250
HARPER'S WEEKLY, May 2, 1908, from
New York.
There is a front pg. illustration, "A Hard Proposition" by W. A.. Rogers - Negro Vote - Labor Vote. In this issue, there is an article with photos of "The Scourge of the Yaquis" by Marc M. Reynolds; photos of "As N
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Emancipation Remembered...
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HARPER'S WEEKLY, January 4, 1902, from New York. Frontpage
photo "A Memory of Emancipation Day"; Ice Hocky and Its Players; a
colored print "Jan Kubelik - The Bohemian Violinist Now Touring The
United States"; a page of photos of Marconi's Latest Experiments in
Wireless Telegraphy; a page of photos Winners at the First annual Sow
of the Ladies' Kennel Association of America; fullpage "An
Eig... See More
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Grand Central Station...
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HARPER'S WEEKLY, November 17, 1900, from New York. Frontpage
"The New Waiting-Room In The Grand Central Station"; The
President-Elect (President McKinley); Foreign Troops at Shaghai;
Automobile Show at the Madison Square Garden; doublepage centerfold
"The Quarter-Back's Dream" by Levering; Progress of the Work on the Underground Railroad; The Torpedo-Boat "Arrow"; The
Meadowbrook Hunt C... See More
$64.00
176078
Harper's WEEKLY, Nov. 30, 1895 Full ftpg: 'Loading a 10 inch Rifle Mounted on a Barbette Carriage at the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds'. Nice fullpg: 'More Than his Share for Thanksgiving Dinner'' shows a Black man bringing home a turkey & aN opossum. Dblpgctrfld. with 25 photos of: 'The U.S. Army Proving Ground at Sandy Hook, N.J.'. Fullpg: 'Scenes at the Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.'
$29.00
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176070
Harper's WEEKLY, Nov. 2, 1895 Full ftpg. W.A. Rogers cartoon: 'Father Knickerbocker's Peril'. Fullpg. with 2 scenes of: 'Reform in New York's Police Courts'. Nice fullpg: 'The President in the Negro Building at the Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.' Three small golf photos.
$29.00
The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
176056
HARPER'S WEEKLY September 14, 1895. Front full pg. illus. of "Wasting Spite on Waring." Inside is a full pg. with six illus. of "With the World's Transportation Commission in India - The Great Military Railway." Four illus. of Libraries in the West. 2/3 of a dblpgctrfld. of "General View of the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia." Small portrait of "Booker T. Washin... See More
$42.00
The above item in second rate condition. $22.00
The above item in second rate condition. $22.00
Frederick Douglass' death...
176000
Harper's WEEKLY, March 2, 1895 Inside contains a nice illustration of 'Frederick Douglass--Died Feb. 20, 1895' taking over one-quarter of a page, and with an article on him on the following page. Nice fullpg. with 4 'Homes of Calif. Millionaires, San Francisco' including the Mark Hopkins residence.
$99.00
The above item in second rate condition. $51.00
Displayable Civil War prints...
212814
Here is a collection of ten full page prints taken from
"Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War" which carries several subtitles, including:
"View
of the Town of Paducah, KY., at the Confluence of the Rivers Ohio and
Tennessee, the Northern Terminus of the Mobile and Oho Railroad",
""Landing of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia",
"Rebuildi... See More
$27.00
175876
Harper's WEEKLY, Dec. 23, 1893 Full ftpg. by A.B. Frost showing a Black man & his dog. Great fullpg: 'In the Colorado Gold Fields--Sketches at Cripple Creek' includes 6 scenes. Fullpg: 'The Trained Animals at Tattersalls'
$38.00
The above item in second rate condition. $20.00
The above item in second rate condition. $20.00
175266
Harper's WEEKLY, Feb. 18, 1888 Full ftpg: 'Negro Sportsmen in Louisiana' shows two of them duck hunting. Nice centerfold: 'Sleighing in Central Park, N.Y.C.'. Fullpg: 'Miners' Riots: Shenandoah, Pa.'
$33.00
The above item in second rate condition. $18.00
The above item in second rate condition. $18.00
175212
Harper's WEEKLY, Aug. 13, 1887 Great full ftpg: 'Packing Peaches for
the New York Market' includes a Black man. Halfpg: 'In Search of Bait
on the Newfoundland Coast' Fullpg: 'A Bit of New Hampshire Coast' shows
10 scenes & is very displayable. Fullpg: '22nd Reg. on the March to
Peekskill' Very nice fullpg: 'Salt Water Day on the Coast of New Jersey'
$33.00
The above item in second rate condition. $18.00
The above item in second rate condition. $18.00
Negro Boy Print, 1887....
215717
HARPERS YOUNG PEOPLE, N.Y., May 3, 1887.
* Negro Boy Print
Described as An Illustrated Weekly in the masthead. Mostly literary-related content. Full front page illustration of a young black boy seated on a chair whistling while playing the banjo. More prints and text throughout. Quarto-size, 16 pages, archival mend to a tear inside, otherwise in good condition.
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$27.00
* Negro Boy Print
Described as An Illustrated Weekly in the masthead. Mostly literary-related content. Full front page illustration of a young black boy seated on a chair whistling while playing the banjo. More prints and text throughout. Quarto-size, 16 pages, archival mend to a tear inside, otherwise in good condition.
Nice steeplechase print...
174998
Harper's WEEKLY, July 25, 1885 Halfpg: 'The New Bridge Over the Alabama at Selma'. Nearly fullpg. by Nast: 'The 'Practical' Politician's Love for the Negro'. Fullpg: 'Fireworks at Manhattan Beach' is nice. Great fullpg: 'A steeplechase at Monmouth Park'. Fullpg. with 5 scenes of: 'Greenwood Lake', N.Y.
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174948
HARPER'S WEEKLY January 31, 1885. Front full pg. portrait of "The Hon. William M. Evarts." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Japan at New Orleans." Full pg. illus. of "Long Island Produce by Rail." Dblpgctrfld. of "John Brown on His Way to Execution." Full pg. illus. of "A New Wall Street Bank Building." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Whaling Off Long Island." Two 1/4 pg. portraits of "Colonel Fred Burn... See More
$48.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $25.00
174946
Harper's WEEKLY, Jan. 24, 1885 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon shows a white & black man knocking on the Liberty Bell. Dramatic fullpg: 'Snowed Under--Digging Out a Railroad in Colorado'. Fullpg: 'Forest Destruction in the Adirondacks' & 'Jackson Square, New Orleans' & 'Trade Schools in New York'.
$38.00
The above item in second rate condition. $20.00
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Frederick Douglass article...
174828
Harper's WEEKLY Dec. 8, 1883 Front full pg. illus. of "Evacuation Day-Unveiling Ward Statue of Washington in Wall Street." Inside are four 1/4 pg. portraits of "The Four Prima Donnas" which are "Madame Christine Nilsson," "Madame Adelina Patti," "Madame Etelka Gerster," and "Madame Marcella Sembrich." 1/4 pg. portrait of "Hon. John G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House of Representatives." Dblpgct... See More
$41.00
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174824
Harper's WEEKLY, Nov. 24, 1883 Entire ftpg. is a great portrait of
'Frederick Douglass' with an article on him inside. Dblpgctrfld:
'Evacuation Day 100 Yrs. Ago--The Continental Army Marching Down the
Old Bowery, N.Y., 1783'. Fullpg: 'Pen Sketches in the Far Northwest'.
$219.00
The above item in second rate condition. $111.00
The above item in second rate condition. $111.00
Uncommon title from 1883...
219526
AMERICAN AGRICULTURALIST, N.Y., Oct., 1883.
* Uncommon title
* Southern negroes
Front page has: Four Scenes In Western Life. Inside has a two page article and five illus: The Negro Share Farmer. Much more throughout. Still has the original wrapper. Back wrapper has some margin tears and a few pieces missing at the spine. 38 pages.
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$19.00
* Uncommon title
* Southern negroes
Front page has: Four Scenes In Western Life. Inside has a two page article and five illus: The Negro Share Farmer. Much more throughout. Still has the original wrapper. Back wrapper has some margin tears and a few pieces missing at the spine. 38 pages.
174792
Harper's WEEKLY, Aug. 4, 1883 Full ftpg: 'Perils of Steamer Excursions--A Hint for the Protection of Peaceable Passengers'. Halfpg: 'The Watch on the Rind' shows a sleeping Black man 'guarding' a watermelon patch, with two Black kids stealing a few. Nice fullpg. shows: 'Seabright & Long Branch'. Also: 'The Louisville Exposition--The Opening Ceremonies' with a fullpg. on the grounds at Louisville... See More
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The above item in second rate condition. $19.00
174778
Harper's WEEKLY, June 16, 1883 Fullpg: 'A Blackville Serenade' shows a Black man playing a banjo. Fullpg: 'The Railroad Exhibition At Chicago. Halfpg: 'Opening Of The Free Baths In New York'.
$29.00
The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
174588
HARPER'S WEEKLY August 20, 1881. Front full pg. illus. by Nast of "Let Us Have a Clean Sweep All Around New York." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "A Horse Trot." Full pg. full pg. illus. of "The Victums of Hunter's Point - How the Foul Odors Aggravate the Miseries of the Sick Room." Dblpgctrfld. of "The Girdonists." Full pg. illus. of "Negro Laborers at Work Under the Storm King, Hudson Rive... See More
$32.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $17.00
Thomas Nast prints..
174502
HARPER'S WEEKLY, October 30, 1880.
*Front full page Thomas Nast illustration of "The Height of English's Ambition."
*Full page illustration of "Republican Enthusiasm in New York - The Grand Procession of October 11 Passing the Review Stand."
*Two 1/2 page illustration of "Mrs. Partington Hancock Struggling with the Republic Tide" and "Only Waiting for the Signal." ... See More $29.00
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174450
Harper's WEEKLY, May 1, 1880 Fullpg. text with 5 illus. on: 'The Hudson River Tunnel'. Fullpg: 'The Negro Exodus--the Old Style & the New' fullpg: 'The West Point Outrage--The Court of Inquiry in Session'
$31.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $17.00
174430
Harper's WEEKLY, Feb. 21, 1880 Halfpg: 'Sketches on the Ice' shows ice skating. Halfpg: 'Gen. Grant In Florida--Reception at Key West' plus another of him: 'The Visit to Orange Park'. Fullpg. Valentine theme: 'A Romance of Other Days'. Very somber fullpg: 'A Negro Funeral in Virginia' is by A.B. Frost. Nearly fullpg: 'Canoeing In Nova Scotia' with text as well.
$30.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
174424
Harper's WEEKLY, Jan. 31, 1880 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'Another Investigation Committee' shows a Black man in Kansas holding a bag reading: 'Exodus from the South'. Nearly halfpg: 'Whale Captured in the Harbor of Charleston, S.C.'. Illus. of 'The Late Frank Leslie'. Several illustrations of: 'Paris Under the Snow'. Another fullpg. Nast cartoon, showing a Chinese man.
$30.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
174350
Harper's WEEKLY, May 17, 1879 Great fullpg: 'The Negro Exodus--Scenes on the Wharves at Vicksburg' shows them loading onto a paddlewheeler. Nast dblpgctrfld. Halfpg: 'In The Adirondacks'
$32.00
The above item in second rate condition. $17.00
The above item in second rate condition. $17.00
174336
Harper's WEEKLY, Mar. 29, 1879 Nice fullpg: 'The Great International Walking Match at Gilmore's Garden' 'Dismal fullpg: 'Tenement Life in New York--Sketches in the 4th Ward'. Fullpg. Nast cartoon shows a Black man 'Waiting' at the Freedmen's Savings Bank.
$29.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
174306
Harper's WEEKLY, Dec. 21, 1878 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'The New Indian War' shows the 'Noble Rem Man' caught between the Interior Dept. & the War Dept. Another fullpg. Nast cartoon inside showing a Black man.
$29.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
174176
Harper's WEEKLY, Sept. 22, 1877 Full ftpg: 'The Last Rose of Summer' is a great illus. show many birds. Fullpg: 'Creedmoor-Bird's-Eye-View of the Ground' dblpgctrfld: 'Creedmoor--The British & American Teams in the International Rifle Match' fullpg: 'The John Brown Monument, Osawatomie, Kansas' & nice fullpg: 'Street Vendors of Fruits & Vegetables'
$30.00
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The above item in second rate condition. $16.00
Frederick Douglass...
174132
Harper's WEEKLY, Apr. 21, 1877 Inside contains a nearly one-quarter pg. illus. of: 'Frederick Douglass' with text on him as well, mentioning him being the new Marshall of D.C., & of his paper The North Star.
$66.00
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Thomas Nast prints... A.B. Frost print... "The Centennial" prints...
174080
Harper's WEEKLY, Octobert 21, 1876
*Full frontpage Thomas Nast: 'The Solid South--Gaunt & Hungry'.
*Fullpage illustration A.B. Frost: 'Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket' shows a black man with 2 guns to his head.
*Three fullpage prints on The Centennial.
*Fullpage Thomas Nast illustration: 'Struck - At Sea'
*Halfpage illustration:... See More $44.00
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The Hamburg negro riots...Death of Sitting Bull...
210289
AMERICAN STANDARD, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, July 27,
1876 The front page has an article headed: "
The Hamburg Riots--The
Butchery of Six Negroes--A Strong Letter from Governor Chamberlain--The
Causes of these Continual Risings" with this text taking over a full
column (small portion seen in the photo below). Plus, page 2 has even
more with an article headed: "
The Hamburg, S... See More
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