Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

RACISM LOTS 328 - 332 328 328 c   (RACISM.) Group of stereotypical Currier and Ives prints of African- Americans. 7 chromolithographs, each around 10 x 14 inches, more or less; light toning, heavy crease in Darktown Elopement. Not examined outside of frames. NewYork: Currier and Ives, 1877-85 [500/750] Included are: “De Fust Knock-Down” * “The Darktown Elopement” * “A Skin Game” * “A Skinner Skinned” * “Bulldozed!!” * “Spoiling a Sensation” * “ Darktown Sports—A Grand Spurt.” 329 329 c   (RACISM.) Lecture by Dr. O’Leary on Physiognomy, or the Sign Boards of Character! Illustrated broadside, 8 1 / 2 x 7 1 / 2 inches; tightly trimmed, minor wear. [Cincinnati, OH], circa 1872? [500/750] An advertisement for a lecture on how to judge character by head shape. Presumably, the Ca u c a s i a n ma n o n t h e l e f t w it h t h e h igh fo r e head is intended to look intelligent, while the Conehead man on the right is not. It might be more effective to just judge them by their neckwear or zodiac signs. The Opera House opened in 1872, and March 26 fell on a Tuesday in 1872, 1878, and 1889. Arthur O’Leary was on the lecture circuit in the early 1870s.