[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Advertising card for Henry Moore, Kirksville, MO, featuring two young African American subjects posed affectionately. La Plata, MO: Burns, ca 1900.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Advertising card for Henry Moore, Kirksville, MO, featuring two young African American subjects posed affectionately. La Plata, MO: Burns, ca 1900.
2 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. cardstock mount (some loss and chipping to scalloped edges of mount, light surface soil). Burns' imprint on mount recto, along with text promoting Henry Moore's Gallery in Kirksville, Missouri, in part: "Moore's Photos carry the Blue Ribbon."
The photograph features two young African American subjects posed affectionately, sitting together on a wicker chair.
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