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Category: African, African American, African Roots

Summer in the City

Vintage photo, white border. June 1961 Price: $4.00            Size:  5 x 3 and 1/2″ It’s been a long, cold winter here in rural Nevada. This unassuming city scene transports me back to the city, and…Read More…

Bicharin

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1910s – 1920s. Publisher:  The Cairo Postcard Trust. Price:  $15.00 Here’s a striking portrait of a handsome young man, a member of the Bichari tribe. As per usual, we wish we knew his name and…Read More…

E. W. Jackson, Photographer, Florida

Edward W. Jackson, African-American, born in Georgia circa 1857, was the son of Alfred Jackson and wife Louisa. He died September 10, 1913 in Athens, Georgia.  Photo from James T. Haley’s compilation, Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading, published…Read More…

Photo Op By The Lake

Vintage photo, circa 1950s. Price:  $4.00       Size:  About 3 and 3/8 x 2″ Maybe Michigan, probably 1950s An African-American family possibly taken in Michigan, where the photo was found. Were they on their way out to breakfast or church? Was…Read More…

Up On The Roof

Vintage photo, white border, deckled edge. Circa 1940s – 1950s. Price:  $3.00        Size:  About 4 and 1/4 x 3 and 1/8″ A beautiful vintage snapshot, albeit in rough shape, of an African-American family posing together on a rooftop. It was…Read More…

Me In 1915

Undivided back, used, artist-signed postcard. Postmarked April 6, 1906 from Waltham, Massachusetts. Price:  $12.00 This 1906 postcard shows off the 1891 popular watercolor and gouache work, The Music of the Dance, by Philadelphia-born artist Arthur Burdett Frost (1851 – 1928)….Read More…

A U. S. Army WWII Veteran

Photo, circa 1943. Possible surname on back:  Wright. Price:  $3.00        Size:  About 2 and 1/2 x 3″ We’re a day late this year for Veterans Day, which was yesterday, but still the sentiment was there, so to honor all veterans…..here’s…Read More…

Roberta In Cap And Gown

Cropped old photo, circa 1920s – 1930s. Price:  $3.00              Size:  About 2 x 3″ Still in school dayz for one more post….This is a cropped portrait of a beautiful African American woman in her graduation cap and gown, holding her…Read More…

Tourists In Tijuana, 1955

Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1955. Kodak Paper stamp box. Price:  $7.00 An African-American couple (presuming couple and presuming they’re from the U.S.) posing for a photo wearing tourist sombreros, seated on a platform behind a “Tijuana Zebra.”…Read More…

Charlotte Amalie Waterfront, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Divided back, deckled edge, unused postcard. Photographer:  Larry Witt. Publisher:  Marion J. Head, 4 Norre Gade, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00801. Copyright 1964 Dexter Press, West Nyack, New York. Printed in the United States. Availability status:  SOLD           Size:  About 5 and…Read More…