American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

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Lot 317

[MILITARIA - VERNACULAR]. Photograph album identified to the Carter family. Ca mid-to-late 20th century.

Lot 317

[MILITARIA - VERNACULAR]. Photograph album identified to the Carter family. Ca mid-to-late 20th century.

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $400 - $600

Estimate$400 – $600

Status

Closed

[MILITARIA - VERNACULAR]. Photograph album identified to the Carter family. Ca mid-to-late 20th century.

15 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. modern scrapbook identified to the Carter Family, including Mary Frances and Clenton Elgan Carter, originally from Illinois, containing over 250 silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from 2 x 2 1/2 in. to 8 x 10 in., as well as programs, pamphlets, memorial cards, and other ephemera saved by a family member. The photographs and related ephemera are mounted recto/verso to thin cardstock inserts. The scrapbook documents multiple generations of the Carter family, and contains a combination of personal family photographs, both formal portraits and informal snapshots, including wedding photographs, images taken for school or sporting events, and photographs with military subject matter, with some subjects identified on the album insert or an accompanying note. Several photographs are identified to Clenton Elgan Carter, including approx. 15 images that document his time in the military, ca 1940s-1950s. A Brize-Norton Air Force Base certificate enclosed with the album indicates that Clenton E. Carter served as a sergeant and completed the course of instruction for Non-Commissioned Officers in December 1954, and at least 4 photographs document a formal event at the Brize-Norton Air Force Base showing Sergeant Carter and fellow officers. Several photographs show Carter and his family in England, including an image taken at the Royal Air Force Station in Staffordshire. Carter's ID card as "Captain of Port, Chicago, 9th Naval Dist." is also enclosed.

Additional images of note include: Photograph of an African American man and two teen-aged girls standing in a shoe store accompanied by caption, "I think this is a shoe store our family ran in Texas." -- Several family snapshots, including a group of images of Clenton Carter's son Duane getting ready to go camping with his Boy Scout troop in Idlewild, CA. -- Photograph of jazz and pop singer Billy Eckstine, which may be signed.

Together, a scrapbook containing more than 250 photographs and ephemera. Condition generally good.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.

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Please email historicalephemera@hindmanauctions.com for any additional information or questions you may have regarding this lot.

Katie Horstman

VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

katiehorstman@freemansauction.com 513.666.4958

Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

[MILITARIA - VERNACULAR]. Photograph album identified to the Carter family. Ca mid-to-late 20th century.

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