[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Advertising card for Henry Moore, Kirksville, MO, featuring two young African American subjects posed affectionately. La Plata, MO: Burns, ca 1900. Lot 269

Lot 269

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Advertising card for Henry Moore, Kirksville, MO, featuring two young African American subjects posed affectionately. La Plata, MO: Burns, ca 1900.

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[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.