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Lot 260

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [RECONSTRUCTION]. A group of 3 southern outdoor views of African American subjects including examples by BLESSING and PALMER.

Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 - 500
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [RECONSTRUCTION]. A group of 3 southern outdoor views of African American subjects including examples by BLESSING and PALMER.


Hoeing Young Cotton. New Orleans, LA: S.T. Blessing, n.d. 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (spotting, wear to mount edges and corners). Series title "Louisiana Scenery," caption, and Blessing's imprint on mount recto. African American male and female subjects stand in a cotton field with hoes. -- A Street Scene. Aiken, SC: J.A. Palmer, n.d. 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (light toning to extremities, wear to mount edges and corners). Verso bears applied paper label with printed photographer's credit and series title, "Characteristic Southern Scenes," along with image number and title accomplished in manuscript. An  African American man and woman are posed with a table topped with various refreshments just outside of a building.  -- 15th Amendment bringing his Crop to Town. Savannah, GA: J.N. Wilson, n.d. 6 1/8 x 3 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (light spotting/soiling to image, soiling and wear to mount edges and corners). Image number, title, and photographer's imprint to verso. An African American man drives an oxcart overfilled with hay. -- Together, 3 stereoviews featuring African American subjects in the south.
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