Cancelled counter check for the Citizens National Bank in Waco, Texas payable to Jules Bledsoe for $3.00. Endorsed on the back ("Jules Bledsoe").
Counter check. Approximately 20 x 8 cm. Check drawn in pencil on front by M. C. Carlisle. Endorsed in ink on back. Jules Bledsoe, a baritone, is regarded as the first major African American opera singer. We have no idea why Bledsoe was getting a $3.00 check in Wacon in..... More