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Lot 430

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of Nearly 55 Lithographed Trade ...

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of Nearly 55 Lithographed Trade Cards with Racist Imagery and 4 Stereoscopic Cards. [V.p., ca. 1880s-1960s]. Most trade cards are chromolithographs. Sizes range from 7 ? x 5 ? to 2 x 3?. Some general wear, soiling, creasing, some with scuffing, or some with paper residue on versos. Generally very good. Some companies include: Dixon?s Stove Polish, Garland Stoves, White Swan Soap, N. K. Fairbank & Co. Soap-Makers, Old Kentucky Tobacco, Coon-ard Lines Boat Ticket to Africa (racist card created by American Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell), and more. And with 4 stereoscopic cards depicting African Americans. Three in color. Approximately 3 ? x 7?. Some general wear, soiling, creasing. Good. Cards include: ?Us?n our New Pups.? ?Dem Brats Done Gone and Stole dat Melon.? ?I Bet dis am a Good One.? ?Mrs. Newlywed?s New Wench Cook.?