[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 photographs of African American subjects posed with white children.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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Live / Cincinnati
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 photographs of African American subjects posed with white children.
Portrait of an aged African American gentleman seated in a wicker chair, affectionately posed with a young white girl. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. silver gelatin photograph on 4 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. cardstock mount (very fine condition). Uncredited, n.d., ca early 20th century. -- Outdoor portrait of an African American woman who looks lovingly at a white child sitting upon her knee. 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. silver gelatin photograph on 8 x 10 3/8 in. cardstock mount (toning and some chipping to mount edges). Uncredited, ca 1926. With manuscript notation to mount verso, "Georgia and Aunt Ella Edmonds - about 1926. Aunt Ella was born in Slavery."
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