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Lot 186
Sale 1344 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
May 31, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$699
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[AFRICAN AMERICANA - WORLD WAR I]. Colored Man is No Slacker. Chicago, IL: E.G. Renesch, 1918.
16 x 19 3/4 in. (some corner and edge wear incl. loss to top right corner, colors vivid and bright).
Recruitment poster encouraging the enlistment of African American men in the US Army during World War I. Background features an African American infantry unit marching with a 42-star flag. A new recruit bids his wife farewell.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.