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Lot 429

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 12 Black and White Photos, 2 ...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 12 Black and White Photos, 2 Cabinet Cards, 3 CDVs, and 12 Real Photo Postcards. [V.p., ca. 1890s-1940s]. Including: 12 black and white photo portraits of African Americans. Sizes range from 9 x 6? (including mounts) to 1 ? x 1 ??. Four are albumen prints. Some general wear, soiling, creasing. And 2 cabinet card portraits of African Americans. Sizes 5 ? x 4? (including mounts). Some toning, rubbing. And 3 cartes de visite portraits of African Americans. Sizes range from 4 x 2 ? to 3 x 2?. Some toning, soiling, wear. And 12 real photo postcards of African Americans. Sizes generally 5 ? x 3 ??. General toning, soiling, creasing, several with manuscript text, some chipped. Offered with a small oval pocket mirror with a portrait of an African American man. Approximately 3 x 2?. Some wear, soiling. And small pinback with portrait of an African American woman with decorative enamel border. Diameter approximately 1 ??. Some minor rubbing. Generally very good.