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Lot 105
Sale 2070 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana
Lots Open
Feb 14, 2025
Lots Close
Feb 27, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$180
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] Real photo postcard of 3 African American female tourists "Seeing Saint Louis."
3 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. real photo postcard by an unknown photographer showing three young, Black female subjects dressed in fancy attire, posing in an automobile with a sign that reads "Seeing Saint Louis," with a rendering of "Union Station, St. Louis, MO" serving as the backdrop. While there are several known examples capturing white tourists in the same car, this is only the second known example featuring Black tourists that we have encountered. (See Swann Auction Galleries, Printed & Manuscript African Americana, 30 March 2023, Lot 273.)
Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
