25 x 31cm. Undated (but probably 1944 or a bit earlier). An appealing black and white photo. Pinholes at corners. Modest spotting and wear. Adam Hats, a manufacturer and retailer of low-priced hats, had dozens of stores around the United States. Adam Hats was also a sponsor of boxing matches..... More
![Item #65779 Cairo. [so titled]. Photograph](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/65779.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1497134240)
Undated (late 19th century?). 19. Small cabinet photo (7.5 x 11.5cm.) mounted on slightly larger card stock (8.5 x 13cm.). Printed on back: O. Schoefft Photographe de la Cour au Caire. Egyptian man in traditional garb seated in front of a wall with elaborately carved panels or shutters. The man..... More
1919. Paperback. 8 x 13cm. Narrow margin around edges; margins evidently trimmed as caption on back missing a letter or two at end of lines. This photo was taken from behind the end of the parade -- we see the backs of three bicyclists behind a float of some kind..... More
New York: International News Photos, Sept. '31. Black and White photo. 21 x 26 cm. Some creasing. Small chip on left border of photo. Right corners of photo also chipped. From text label on back: Held for Rosenthal Kidnapping-- Atlantic City, N.J. .... Clarence Green and His "Housekeeper" Bettina Green..... More
[Guatemala City]: Partido Comunista de Guatemala, 1929. Black-and-white photo. Approximately 17cm. x 12cm. Shows a mostly seated group of 12 men, one woman, and one child, in front of a rural telegraph and post office. A handwritten numeral appears over each adult image; these are keyed to a typed list..... More
n.d. Soft-focused sepia toned image. 12 x 9 cm. glued down on a larger card mount (17 x 14 cm.). Photo taken up or down stream from the baptism. Most of the onlookers are on the right side of the water although a smaller group is visible on the left..... More
Glossy photo. 26 x 21 cm. Photographer and location unidentified. Looks like a photo taken for some publication. Inked caption in bottom margin "Blacks vs Koreans." Demonstration. African-American Man and Woman in front holding signs saying, "Don't Buy Where You Are Denied Respect," "Boycott These Establishments until they Stop Abusing..... More
n.p. n.d. [19th century]. Small photo (slight smaller than 9 x c cm.) mounted on a slightly larger stiff, but thin, card mount. Printed text on back (verso) with our title plus the names of the nine clerymen in the photo with numbers corresponding to the numbers above or below..... More
[New York]: Associated Press, 1/19/1935. front and side view head shots of Coyner in a single photo. 20" x 16"cm. Typed text mounted on back. Heading of text: Negro Held in "Butcher" Slayings. Coyner was arrested for the murder of a husband and wife in Cleveland, Mississippi, with police claiming..... More
Sepia-toned 24 x 19 cm. photo mounted on stiff, 31 x 26 cm. photo board. Board reglued in lower corner to partially repair a split. Names of all people in the picture identified in type beneath the photograph. Wm. H. Gardiner, Photographer. Student body and teachers appear to be almost..... More
30 x 19 cm. Browntoned version of this widely circulated AP photo. Vertical printed caption along left side. Inked notes on back: 1969 [and] Segregation Schools La. More
High quality black and white photo. Approximately 23 x 28 cm. Mounted (pasted down) on somewhat larger card stock. Photographer and date undetermined. An iconic image of two rivals for power in Kenya. Mboya was assassinated in 1969. Kenyatta served as President of Kenya for its independence in 1963 until..... More
Image size 12.5 x 17.7 cm. Image not sharp but clear enough to see. Some spots here and there. Portions of the image scraped off at bottom. This came to us in a photo mount from Bryant Studios Inc. located at 705 1/2 Main St. in Fort Worth, Texas but..... More
Black & white photo. Approximately 13 x 19.5 cm. with rounded corners. Modest wrinkling, soil and wear. Written (probably by Eslanda Robeson) in partially faded green ink on back: "Paul Robeson Jr aged 3 years 1930." Rectangular boxed stamp also on back: Reproduction by Mme. S. Georges, 51, St. Johns..... More
26cm x 21cm glossy. 1980 written in ink on back of photo. The signs seem to have been provided by James R. Lawson (1918-1985) who was President of the Harlem-based United African Nationalist Movement. We had trouble finding anything online about this boycott effort and suspect that it was unsuccessful..... More
Washington, D.C: Hessler Studio, n.d. [possibly 1948 or 1949]. Black and White Photo, 25 x 21 cm. Studio stamp on back. by Hessler Studio Washington D.C. Pencil note on back identifies Orr as F.A.O Director General, a post he held 1945-1948, and Ras Imru as Ethiopan Ambassador to the USA..... More
Image approximately 10 x 14 cm. High quality black and white photo mounted on larger stiff card which is creased near right edge of photo. Photographer, children and location all unidentified. An appealing image. More
n.p. Children's Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church, n.d. (19th century). Carte de Visite photo (5.7 x 8.7 cm. image, as trimmed along top with some loss of photographic image) and mounted on larger thin, stiff card (also trimmed at top) with rounded corners. Information about the Children's Missionary Society..... More
![Item #75617 Three African American Boys Pretending to Eat Corn on the Cob. [our title]. Photograph](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75617.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698874867)
n.p., n.d. [probably 1920s or earlier]. Oval image approximately 22 x 17cm. As matted 34 x 26cm. Light chipping on edges of mat. Stereotype photo. The three boys are pretending to eat what appears to be mature, hard-as-a-rock field corn. All three are wearing caps. "H.F.C" lettered on shirt of..... More
Oxford, NC: Sadie Elizabeth Bragg Photographer, n.d. [1930s or earlier]. 10 x 15cm. inserted in corner slots of photographers mounting card. More
25 x 19 cm. Small chip at lower left corner. Some black paper adhesion on back of photo probably where it was mounted in an album. President-elect Wilson and Captain McKenzie are photographed standing on the desk of the S. S. Bermudian. Woodrow Wilson spent about a month in Bermuda..... More
Photo approximately 21 cm x 26 cm. "Photos by Caldwell" printed on back of photo. Lee was a professional boxer (as a welterweight) before becoming an actor. He starred on Broadway in Orson Welles, adaptation of Richard Wright's "Native Son" in 1941. He was also a Progressive and a Civil..... More
![Item #88003 Alpha Phil Alpha Banquet April 31, 1932. [Caption along bottom of image]. Photograph,...](https://mcblainbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/88003.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1733957282)
[Washington]: Scurlock, [1932?]. Black & white photograph. Approximately 51 x 32 cm. The photos has been mounted (firmly glued down on what appear to be white foam board lined around sides and around edges on back with black cloth. An appealing image even though a multitude of crease and wrinkle..... More
