[CIVIL RIGHTS] -- [EDUCATION]. Onward. Chicago: W.L. Haskell, 1903. Poster featuring Booker T. Washington, Frederic Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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[CIVIL RIGHTS] -- [EDUCATION]. Onward. Chicago: W.L. Haskell, 1903. Poster featuring Booker T. Washington, Frederic Douglass, and Abraham Lincoln.
Visible 14 x 18 in. printed poster (mounted on Japon, few small imperfections, otherwise very good, not examined out of the frame); housed in original 21 x 25 in. frame (some scratches and nicks). Portraits of Booker T. Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederic Douglass are surrounded by small vignettes representing significant landmarks or moments from each of their lives, including the house where Washington was born, a general view of Tuskegee Institute, Douglass learning to read, the house where Lincoln was born, and views of the Tuskegee machine shop, laboratory, and drawing room. Four text panels are included in the lower margin, containing biographical notes on each of the men as well as the Tuskegee Institute. An early printing of this scarce "uplift" poster.
[With:] 3 x 3 x 1 1/8 in. glass paperweight containing portrait of Abraham Lincoln (chip to top edge and some fading to print).
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