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Historical 491 496X 492 493 Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 492 495X 1890 ST LOUIS BEEF CANNING CO TRADE CARD ............................................................................... PH $125-175 Estimate 496 Multicolor litho advertising card for the St Louis Beef Canning Co., featuring illustration of a stereotyped Black American character sitting on a can of corned beef, accompanied by phonetically rendered, stereotypical dialect-style text reading ‘No Sah! dont jine no Exodus so as dis Beef lasts.’ Great piece of local Americana of times past. Very fine with sharp corners. 493 1900s-50s BLACK AMERICANA PAPER EPHEMERA COLLECTION ....................................................... PH $250-350 More than 30 items of racially themed items of Black Americana, mostly from the first decades of the 20th century. Most of these are used postcards, with some other odd items, including stereoscopic cards, a vintage KKK pamphlet, a vintage piece of picked cotton, a Viewmaster slide for ‘Little Black Sambo,’ some random photos and a vintage 1957 ‘Time Magazine’ featuring Martin Luther King Jr. These are almost entirely derogatory and stereotypical images of AfricanAmericans. Besides the racially charged nature of the postcards, in general they are in Fine condition. Interesting group for the collector of Black Americana. 1890 ST LOUIS BEEF CANNING CO TRADE CARD ............................................................................... PH $125-175 Multicolor litho advertising card for the St Louis Beef Canning Co., featuring illustration of a stereotyped Black American character with a can of corned beef rendered as a sledgehammer, accompanied by phonetically stereotypical dialectstyle text reading ‘Go way Honey!! dis hammer jus smashes ‘em all.’ Great piece of local Americana of times past. Very fine with sharp corners. 494 498X Estimate 1892 OSBORNE NO. 4 HARVESTER TRADE CARD ..................................................... View photo online $125-175 Multicolor litho advertising card for the ‘Osborne No. 4’ Harvester, showing scene of a dozen black children attempting to catch two rats that are posed with the harvester. Caption reads ‘You can’t catch me.’ Very fine, with only very minor rounding of corners. 495 D 1900-40s UNUSUAL SELECTION OF BLACK AMERICANA ITEMS ............................................ PH $400-600 Scarce archive of Black-themed greeting cards (with 3 envelopes) and photograph. Includes: (1) Cabinet Card photo of black-faced white child, evidently a minstrel act (4¼”x6½”). Printed along bottom: ‘Tappan & Connel Wheeling W.Va.’ Fine. (2) ‘Pick the Pickaninnies’ postcard puzzle (5½”x3½”) when closed, Copyright 1907, Ullman Mfg. Co., New York. On front at left, is Aunt Jermima-type illu stration. Surface creases, light toning, fine. (3) Black child in a garden with a fold up note (6¼”x3½”) Fine. (4) Three black children running on the grass, with one holding attached green feathers in one hand, 4½”x5½” when closed. (5) Black child holding piece of chalk on 9"x4" card (when opend). Fine. (6) ‘Minstrel’ child on small, 4"x3¼” Birthday card. Child is black-faced with red lips, wearing white hat and white gloves and seated on horse. Fine. Scarce and rapidly disappearing segment of history. Saint Louis, Missouri Autographs 03.pmd 497 / 1963 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, AUTOGRAPHED POSTAGE STAMPS ........................................... PH $750-1000 Possibly Unique MINT never hinged plate block of 1963 Emancipation Proclamation stamps with ‘Best Wishes, Martin Luther King Jr.’ signed diagonally across block. King (1929-68) was youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Plate block represents fantastic tie-in with centennial of Emancipation, during same year as his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Very fine. 498 1990s ROSA PARKS SIGNED PHOTOS (x2) ...... PH $200-300 Two 8"x10" B&W glossy photos signed by Rosa Parks. Excellent condition. Autographs & Documents 93 Page 93 11/27/2013, 3:15 PM