Search Results: Black Memorabilia from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1866 LYNCHING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN JOHN TAYLOR IN MICHIGAN; CLEVELAND DAILY PLAIN DEALER NEWSPAPER] "Full Particulars of the Hanging of John Taylor, the Murderer of the Buck Family — A Horrible Transaction", reprint of article from the Jackson, Michigan, Citizen newspaper on front page of The Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer, Volume XXII, Cleveland, Tuesday Evening, September 4, 1866, Number 217, 2-1/2" x 9", first article at top of third column (first two columns are ads), large-format newspaper / 20-1/2" x 26" as folded to 4 pages, 1 vertical and 3 horizontal folds, main article 3 columns on page 2 about president Andrew Johnson's stop in Cleveland during his tour of Northern states to promote his Reconstruction plans, headlines include "Grand Gala Night…Great Reception…Enormous Crowds", but he was greeted at times with heckling for his plans, about three-quarters of the issue is ads, some illustrated, for hoop skirts, Fall Fashions, hardware, home remedies, steam engines, and other consumer… Read More

[BLACKFACE MAN AND WOMAN VAUDEVILLE TEAM, ca. 1900 ORIGINAL HANDBILL] LEE MACK AND SISKIE RELGIER, with photos of each in blackface, the woman Siskie wearing a large hat, ca. 1900, original vaudeville performers handbill, with Lee Mack and Siskie Relgier on one side with side-by-side photos of each in regular dress for performances and beside this in blackface with comical attire, 3" high x 8" across on disbound scrapbook page also with a small handbill for Elmer Walters, clipped notice for play "Born in the Blood", and faded photo of a woman performer looking like Siskie Relgier, on reverse side is a second handbill "Mack and Relgeir presenting their Comedy sketch, entitled 'Little Willie and the Girl with the Dreamy Eyes' ", 4-3/4" high x 10-3/4" across with a photo of each (no blackface) ///// CONDITION: well-preserved, general light normal wear including light brown age-spotting at right side of page with performers in blackface.

[1900ca OTTO SARONY STUDIO AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH RARE] OTTO SARONY PHOTOGRAPH OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN nicely dressed standing at the bottom of steps with windows of apartment building behind her, with cardboard frame which has come apart with losses at edges of the front part, full-length photograph of African American woman, underneath photo with name in fancy italics, "Otto Sarony, 707 Broad St., Newark, N.J." (see Notes below), at lower left of front part of cardboard frame note in pen "From Dorothy to dear Clifton", lightly sepia photograph on relatively heavy photographic paper 8" high x 5" across, cardboard holder overall roughly 10-3/4" x 7" with 6" x 3-3/4" frame for photo, undated/date estimated from clothing of the woman, photo well-preserved/near fine detached from backing of the holder with dried remains of adhesive in the corners; RARE Sarony Studio photographs of African American individuals are rare for sale, some are found in online searches in archives, most… Read More