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(MUSIC.) TAYLOR,MARSHALL
W.
A Collection of Revival Hymns and
Plantation Melodies, Musical Compo-
sition by Miss Josephine Robinson.
Copied by Miss Amelia C, and Hettie G.
Taylor.
Printed musical score, 272 pages,
plus publisher’s advertisements. Small 8vo,
original gilt-pictorial flexible cloth boards.
A VERY NICE COPY
.
Cincinnati: Marshall W. Taylor and
W.C. Ecols & Co, 1883
[600/900]
THE FIRST EDITION
,
SECOND PRINTING OF
THE FIRST SUCH COLLECTION BY AN
AFRICAN AMERICAN
.
This lovely little volume
was a family effort, down to the front cover which
shows, in two contrasting panels “Slavery Days”
versus “Freedom Days.” The entire arrangement
and supervision of the book was carried through
by Katy Taylor, the compiler’s wife. Dr. F. S.
Hoyt, editor of the Western Christian Advocate
who provided the Introduction, says in his very
first sentence: “If you would know the Colored
people, learn their songs.” Taylor was the father
of the champion cyclist.
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(LABOR UNIONS.) PULLMAN
PORTERS.
Three gelatin silver print
photographs of a Pullman porter, at
work and at rest.
8 x 10 inches, sepia
tone. Photographer’s studio, Culver
Pictures stamps on reverse.
New York: Culver Pictures, 1950’s
[350/500]
Part of a series done by Culver on the life and
work of a Pullman Car Porter with captions on the
reverse: “Most passengers on the Washington
train have a snifter or two before embarking.
That’s why it’s known to be the ‘Drunk train.’
Mr. Milteer is a New Jersey convention dele-
gate.” “Mr. Milteer, 59, a Virginian will take
a leave from his job (at his own expense) to
attend the opening of the fifteenth convention of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, AFL
today. Pullman porters see and do all sorts of
things.Some have assisted at births,as well as deaths.”
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