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Lot 281
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 -
500
Price Realized
$180
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[SPORTS]4 items related to African Americans engaging in athletic and leisure activities, comprising
"Montclair High School Field Day" ribbon for the "100 yard dash." Montclair, NJ, 13 April 1919. Produced by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, NJ (partial tag affixed to verso). 6 x 2 in. silk ribbon (full separation near center of ribbon repaired with adhesive on verso, partial loss to manufacturer's tag, frayed edges). The recipient of the ribbon is unknown. -- 4 x 3 in. photograph of an African American male runner on the verge of running a race, mounted on clipped album page with caption below, "Ready to go!!" (soiling, some surface wear). -- Lincoln Versus Tuskegee. Franklin Field, 29 October 1926. 2 x 3 3/4 in. printed ticket for a football game between two HBCUs. Philadelphia: Globe Ticket Company, 1926 (slight surface loss on verso where the ticket was likely mounted in a scrapbook, crease to lower right corner). -- Cabinet photograph of two African men standing with bicycles in a studio setting. Troy, PA: Wood, ca 1890. The name "Jim Hackett" is penciled on verso (light edge and corner wear to mount).
Together, 4 items related to track and field, football, and bicycling.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
