Swann Galleries - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, Sale 2342, March 27, 2014 - page 187

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(UNIONS.) RANDOLPH, A PHILIP.
Collection of material relative to
the Pullman Porters.
A large collection of rare Pullman Porter material, including virtu-
ally all the equipment needed by a porter, plus personal identification etc.
MUST BE SEEN
.
Vp, 1920’s through 1960’s
[15,000/25,000]
Includes: First Aid Kit, ticket puncher, step stool, pencils, ashtray, hat bag, cap two Pullman
clothes hangers, one metal the other folding, a Pullman flashlight, a large Pullman Yard
Employee button, and a smaller one, a Pullman car sign, early Instruction book for “Porters
and Busboys,” another for “Porters Busboys and Maids,” identification for a Pullman maid, an
insurance policy for a Pullman Porter; a Pullman Porter’s blue dress jacket and a white dress
jacket, black carafe and stainless steel carafes, playing cards, three packages of soap, Pullman
towels dated 1921, 1926, and 1930, one of the latter marked “dish;” blanket, brushes for
clothes, photo identification for Percy Davis, with his certificate of 44 years of service, a
Milwaukee Railroad pass for him and his wife; plus a number of Pullman Porter related
ephemera, including Pullman Porter photos, toy figures and a 1930 novel about a Pullman
Porter.
THIS IS THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
P
ULLMAN
P
ORTER COLLECTION
THAT WE HAVE EVER HANDLED
.
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(LAW SUPREME COURT.)
Engraved Supreme Court sheet, printed on
cardstock, signed by all nine members of the Court.
Single leaf, 6 x 8 inches.
Washington, D.C., circa 1970’s
[700/1,000]
Signatures of the Rehnquist Court: including Thurgood Marshall, William Rhenquist,
Anthony M Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, Harry Blackman, Byron White,
William J. Brennan, and Sandra Day O’Connor.
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