Photographs and Postcards of African American Figures

Item Details

Unknown artist
Untitled photographs; 19th and 20th Century
Antique and vintage stereographs, photographs and postcards
Unsigned
Many are presented mounted onto paper cards marked with printed inscriptions

A grouping of antique and vintage photographs of African American figures circa the 19th and 20th Centuries. Included are stereographs, postcards and gelatin silver photographs depicting working scenes, military scenes, families, portraits and scenes of everyday life. Featured is a postcard of minister and Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) marching for striking workers in Memphis, Tennessee on March 18, 1968. The photographs are all presented unframed.

Condition

- good to fair; discoloration to photographs; losses and warping to edges; scratches and surface wear.

Dimensions

- measurement of large photograph of teacher and students in graduation robes

Item #

18DCC366-048