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NAACP.
The Crisis for Dec. 1926.
Point of purchase poster, 13
1
⁄
2
x 9
1
⁄
2
inches;
crease where folded.
New York, 1926
[300/400]
An interesting Crisis ephemeron, this was no doubt posted in a stationer’s store or newsstand.
Features for the month of December included articles on Education, the Bontemps Prize, and editori-
als by W.E.B. Du Bois.
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KLAN, KU KLUX.
The scene of the crime
(supplied title). Press photograph,
6
1
⁄
2
x 8
1
⁄
2
inches; stamp and printed large caption on reverse. Cleveland, 1934
[300/400]
“The tree to which a mob of 300 men hanged Rexwell Scott, the 20 year old Negro, shown here.
Deputy sheriff Eli Couch preparing to cut down the noose. The scene is thirteen miles south of
Hazard, Perry County, KY.”
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SIMMONS, ROSCOE CONKLIN.
Political Digest. Roscoe Conklin
Simmons Blasts Democratic Hypocracy.
Broadside, 17 x 10 inches with a large
woodblock showing an Up North Democrat vs. Down South Democrat with a lynching
scene.
Philadelphia: Samuel H. Reading, 1937
[800/1,200]
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(EMPLOYMENT.)
Wanted! Colored Women for Rag Sorting. High
Wages—Short Hours. Steady Employment.
Letterpress sign, 11
7
⁄
8
x 8 inches; some
discoloration around the edges; small tea or coffee stain at bottom right corner.
Dayton, OH, circa 1940’s.
[300/400]
An unusually detailed advertisement for women rag sorters for the Aetna Paper Company in Dayton,
Ohio. The sign continues: “We can arrange for quite a few of those who have household duties to per-
form and only care to work three to four days a week.” Not as nice an offer as it sounds. Rag sorters
often became ill due to soiled linen from hospitals and other less than hygienic sources. This was not a
job that many wanted.
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