549
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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) EXODUS.
Group photograph at Negro Camp, Girard
Point, Pennsylvania.
Silver print photograph 8 x 10, on the original photographer’s
cardstock mount, with decorative border * three contemporary postcards of the camp.
Girard Point, Philadelphia, circa late 1920’s
[400/600]
Black men, migrating to the North East stopped and found work at what was called “Negro
Camp” at Girard Point. This group of men, including a number of whites were employed in
railroad construction and factory work.
550
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(PHOTOGRAPHY.)
Pals
(supplied title.) Gelatin silver print photograph, 8 x 10
inches; some wear along the left edge, not into the print.
Np, 1930’s
[400/600]
551
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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) VERNACULAR-REAL PHOTO POST CARDS.
Group of ten Prohibition era silver print photo post cards of various family
members in humorous studio poses.
Average 3
3
⁄
8
x 5
1
⁄
4
inches; some signs of removal
from albums on reverse; a few with pinholes in the corners.
Vp, 1920’s—1930’s
[300/400]
A fine, sentimental collection recording a family’s trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas
551