Measuring 9 inches high, these delightful examples of Folk Art styling represent three of a series of Black cloth character dolls made in Alabama in the 1930’s by unknown craftsmen/women employed under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) Depression era program, the Work Projects Administration (WPA), in existence from 1935-1943.

The Work Projects Administration was designed to provide jobs across the country during the Great Depression when hundreds of thousands were out of work...

This extremely rare, circa 1900, COMPLETE set of 4 Magic Lantern glass slides with Black Americana theme is in mint condition! True to the era in which they were produced, these 4 slides typify the black derogatory stereotypes prolific during this period.

Measuring 4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches high, the black color-toned set was manufactured by A.D. Handy, Stereopticon & Supplies, Boston...

One of kind large Art Deco Portuguese Tin from the 20's, it has on each corner a pillar with an Art Deco Black Americana Head. Tin For Cacau (chocolate) Soluvel Favorita from Lisboa (Lisbon) Tin measures approx 12.5" Tall, 9" Wide and 6" Deep

Measuring 3.25 inches high, this delightful English child or baby transfer porcelain mug is a quite rare find!

In excellent condition with the exception of some minor wear to the gilt rim and scripted banner, the cup or mug features two gentleman sharing a tub bath- one Caucasian and one African-American. The African-American gent is surrounded by musical notes indicating that he is doing quite a bit of whistling, while the Caucasian gent covers his ears in annoyance...

All Complete and in working order, I suspect this was made in Japan and the instructions booklet was Printed in this case, in France. Plastic Figures are mounted on the metal mechanical windup bases and then it moves around and they fight!!!

This is one of the scarcer cast iron banks, small then the usual mechanical ones as this is the Boy version and entitle the The You Ni**er Bank. Measures approx - 4.5" Tall and 3.5" Wide

Manufactured circa 1920's by the Wurts Creation Company, this scarcely-found, Black Chef, kitchen collectible doubles as both a string holder and a grocery list memo board!

Constructed of painted wood that is nailed and glued together, this vintage collectible retains quite a few of its original but yellowed-with-age grocery shopping list pages. The holder/board retains a ball of string and a stub of an older, red pencil...

Offered is an extraordinarily rare, 1930's, Googly Eyed Tea Pot made in Japan. A Google search on this item yields NO other vintage, 1930s Japan, Mammy, Googly-eyed Teapots available, further attesting to this piece's rarity!

This particular piece is in very fine condition, with cold-paint flaking noted on the spout and on the lid edge decoration as this piece's only readily-visualized flaws. (Cold paint refers to paint applied AFTER a piece has been painted, glazed, and fired in a kiln...

I have not seen another myself in 20 years. Candy Box for Hot Springs National Park - Arkansas Hard to take decent pictures as the box is sealed with a plastic covering to protect it, which I have left on. It all appears to be in very good order. Measures approx - 10.5" Long, 2" High and 5.25" Wide

Great Box here for Clark's Black Jack 1c Caramels Box Measures approx - 8.5" x 8"

A very early (1990) poster, featuring the April/May 1990 Interparliamentary Conference On The Global Environment, Washington, DC, HAND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Al Gore, who would shortly go on to become the Vice-President of the United States under Bill Clinton, and who in 2000 came close to becoming the President of the United States. Today of course he is best known for his efforts to bring awareness to climate change, and the environment, in general...

Very nice tin Bank in great condition with original key. You put the coin on the Minstrel's tongue, press the lever and it retracts and puts the coin in the bank

Super rare book that comes in a box with 4 puzzles, unfortunately the Box is lid is no longer there but everything else present and pretty good condition

What a great piece and survivor, condition is superb also. Thick Card adverting that would have been on a shop counter etc.. for Churchman's Darkie Shag. Measures circa 12" by 8"

Very funny Black Americana toy from Spain - Pancho Borracho (Translates as Drunk Pancho (or literal translation is "Drunk Hotdog"). Original Box with great graphics on it, top flap is present but has come away from the box. I believe you have to put the legs through the body, they go different directions and then the weight goes over the table and figure wobbles like drunk person!!! I have certainly not come across another of these. Box measures approx - 6" Long, 4.5" Wide and 2" Dee...

Very rare to still find in tact as these would have been broken to retrieve the money. Circa 1890 Measures approx 4" Tall and 3" Wide

Superb little piece here, two Gollies riding a crocodile, cold painted bronze Measures approx 3.5" Long and 1.5" Tall

J. Chein Company – Circa 1935, This is pretty scarce and colorful bank. Measures 3" Tall, Condition Good, has no key.

Tis is a great little piece, made in Japan from celluloid, it is a novelty tape measure, pull the cigarette out and you have your tape measure. Works perfectly

Small Chocolate Candy Box " Black Boy" 0.5 Pound. Box measures approx - 5.5 x 3" x 1.5"

Really nice Tobacco Tin with Graphics of the Ladies face on both ends of the tin. Tin measures approx 8.5" Long 6" Wide and 5.5" High

This is an authentic antique Abyssinian Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox brass Blessing Cross from the 19th century. The cross is intricately cast in two pieces and attached together. It features an oval central panel that is pierced and engraved in openwork, displaying a complex pattern with two crosses surrounded by an aureole. The long handle, which is square in section, is adorned with an elaborate finial composed of two small crosses...

Maple Pecan Pralines Box from Walt Jones Candies - St. Petersburg, Florida Box measures approx - 10.5" x 7 x 1.5"

Measuring 6 inches high, this darling, mint condition, Black Memorabilia, pudgy and naked, Girl Child Nodder was made in 1950’s Japan by the Ardalt China Company. She modestly attempts to conceal herself by holding a pair of pink and red polka dotted panties in front of her! Such a sweet piece!

The child’s head nods up and down in a "yes" motion by pivoting on a tiny metal bar inserted through her neck (see photos)...

Measuring 4.25 inches in diameter, this fabulous, circa 1920’s, metal tip or change tray advertising COTTOLENE shortening is in very fine condition!

The front side graphic showing an African American woman picking cotton with her little girl at her side retains its vivid coloring and is in near mint condition with very minor wear specs here and there visible along the black tray rim...

Measuring 6 inches high, this darling, mint condition, Black Memorabilia, pudgy, Boy Child Nodder was made in 1950’s Japan by the Ardalt China Company. Dressed up as a little clown, his arms are bent upright at his sides as if he were in the middle of a trick! Such a darling piece!

The child’s head nods up and down in a "yes" motion by pivoting on a tiny metal bar inserted through his neck (see photos)...

Tobacco tin lunch box, Dixie Kid Cut Plug, by Nall & Williams Tobacco Co.-Louisville, great Black Baby graphics & says "He was bred in Old Kentucky", has usual age related wear, please see photos 5"H x 8"W.

Offered is a colorful, 1883, lithographed, Lime Kiln Club, Black Americana, Cigar Label by Mensing & Stecher of Rochester, New York (company noted in the lower left corner). The lithographed 8" x 6" label would have been placed on the inside cover of the traditional wooden cigar box of that era. This highly detailed label features a caricature image of a very boisterous group of African Americans at a lodge meeting...

Measuring 13 inches high, this delightful, hand-made, brother and sister pair of Black cloth dolls were made circa 1940's, by "Roxie" of Asheville, North Carolina, as attested to by the dollmaker's tag sewn on the brother's backside.

Both dolls are in near perfect condition with the exception of a tiny teardrop mark under brother's left eye and a tiny hole next to sister's left side of face on her hairline...

This is rare paper label Mammy Black Enamel Paint Can, Graphics on Both Sides. There is a lot of rusting to the can itself, paper label has staining but is all there... Can Measures approx - 3.5" in Diameter and 4" Tall

In the mid-1800's, an unknown artist painted the face of a young Black boy in warm, soft colors, and unbeknown to the artist, forever immortalized the young boy's image! Since that time a variety of items were been produced in the image of the "Young Black boy with the Torn Hat" or "Johnny Griffin".

This circa 1900-1910 Johnny Griffin item is a double image still bank that features 2 images of Johnny's head placed back-to-back. It was manufactured by the A.C...

Offered are two, circa 1930's, Japan, colorfully decorated, Black Americana Tea Pots in pristine condition! A darling and diminutive, novelty elephant piece with riding black native completes the trio! All three elephants proudly point their trunks upward, awarding "Good Luck" (according to superstition) to anyone who displays them (or drinks their tea)!

Cleverly designed, the elephants themselves, serve as the body of each tea pot, while the turbaned Black Natives lift off the elephants' ba...

Nice Large and Heavy cast Iron Jolly Ni**er Bank with Top Hat.

Lovely 1930's Black Americana Golly Tin Pull Alon Cart Tray. Measures Approx 11" x 7"

Rare very large Black Americana Tin with superb Art Deco graphics on the lid. Tin Measures approx 10" in Diameter and 5.5" Deep

Measuring 11.75 inches high x 8 inches wide, this striking 1950's, ceramic, Black African in a Sea Shell, hanging wall planter is marked on back "House of Venice California".

In lovely condition with age crackling to the backside of the seashell, this stunning piece appears to have never been used for its original purpose as a hanging wall planter...

MAZAWATTEE TEA TIN/CADDY.SHOWING THREE YOUNG BLACK BOYS WITH TEA CUPS SAYING "WE SE GONE HAD OUR MAZAWATTEE". GRAPHICS ON ALL SIDES WITH ORIGINAL METAL CLOSURE INTACT . MEASURES 5 3/4" TALL BY 8 1/2" WIDE AND 5 1/2" DEEP . There is fair bit of wear to the tin, in that there is some pitting and scrapes on the tin, please see photos.

This delightful grouping of 3 black Aunt Jemima composition dolls from the 1930s enjoyed an interesting, more recent life as advertising display pieces in an old Vermont Country store!

The 3 dolls were grouped together in a creative display that supported the sale of Aunt Jemima Pancake products! Their costumes are all identical and were hand-stitched and made especially for the planned Aunt Jemima display.

Each of the dolls remain intact inside an encasement of glue and paper wrapping and ...

Rare Dutch Horma Black and White, 10 cigar tin. Dates from the 1930s and is in very good condition, Measures: 6 5/8 x 3 7/8 x 5/8" high (16.7 x 9.8 x 1.6 cm)

Tin Measures circa 3.5" in diameter and 1" in depth

Tin has some wear to it but really nice Green Version that is pretty rare for this tin that originated from Australia Measures approx 6.5" Wide and 5.5" High

Measuring 11 inches tall, this wonderfully detailed, circa 1930's, gentleman, African-American doll is phenomenally well detailed!

ENTIRELY hand-stitched, this gent is dressed in fancy striped pants, straw shoes and hat, green belt, and in a navy blue and white polka dot shirt with a tiny breast pocket that holds a teeny pack of CAMEL cigarettes, labeled with a "C"! His outfit is topped off with a red tie that is held in place by a bean tie tack!

His face is hand-stitched with careful atten...

What a find, how they have survived is incredible!!! From the 1930's Belgium. There is cracking on one of the soaps on the right hand side (corner) of it. Displays very well and colors are graphics are amazing.

Measuring approximately 7 inches high, this most rarely found, circa 1900’s, cloth, Black Mammy doll boasts a body form that is constructed of a dried cob of corn!

Mammy sports hand-stitched facial features, and all original, machine-stitched clothing. Mammy’s hands and arms are made of fabric-coated pipe cleaners allowing for flexibility and movement...

An unusual piece, this delightful, cloth Mammy Broom Doll from the 1940's measures 12.5 inches high with a total height of 31 inches including the broom.

Mammy's wonderful, smiling face is all hand-stitched while her clothes are machine sewn. Her blouse is striped cotton, as are Mammy's head, arms, skirt, apron, and cap. Her head, arms, and upper torso have been stuffed with cotton batting. The natural bristle broom fills out both Mammy's torso and skirt & the wooden broom handle extends upwa...

Measuring just 10 inches in height, this diminutive, vintage 1940's, Mammy Bottle Doll is in near mint condition, with nicely detailed, machine-stitched clothing and a very darling face! Mammy bottle dolls were constructed to be quite functional; they were used as doorstops back in the day. Their sand-filled bottles added enough weight to readily keep that door in place.

Her cute face is composed of pearl button eyes with red fabric mouth. She wears a flowered bandanna and a pale blue apron o...

Measuring 13 inches in height, this vintage 1930's, Mammy Bottle Doll is in lovely condition, with nicely detailed clothing and a very darling face! Mammy bottle dolls were constructed to be quite functional; they were used as doorstops back in the day. Their sand-filled bottles added enough weight to readily keep that door in place.

This mammy's cute face is completely hand-stitched and is accented by original celluloid hoop earrings. She wears a flowered bandanna, a cream colored flowered sh...

Very rare empty dates box for the Ni**er Brand Box measures approx - 9" x 2.6" Price includes shipping on this item

Old Aunt Jemima recipe box in original condition. The inside bottom is marked "Fosta Product/Made In U.S.A." Very nice condition, the back of the lid has some scratching. 5.25" x 3.75" x 3.75".

Small Candy Box here, I believe this and similar boxes were made as part of a Black Americana Store with various boxes of advertising... Graphics on both sides of the box Box Measures approx 4.4" x 2.5"

Really nice Australian Piccaninny Floor Polish Tin. Tin is still full with its contents. Measures approx - 4" in Diameter and 3" Tall

Very Nice and complete with Box and instructions Tap-Dancing Toy Box Has two splits on the lid corners. Box Measures approx 23.5" Long

Very nice metal cigarette rolling machine with Black Man smoking Wearing a Fez hat, engraved on it.

Original pastel on heavy paper, unsigned, 20" by 14 1/2", presently unframed, depicting the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy. This is the classic image that is burned into many minds---Kennedy in his prime, with the distinctively parted hair and suit and tie. An interesting acquisition for the student of presidential history or anyone who admired JFK. There is some color change compared to the portion that was under the mat (see photos), and a touch of mold spots in one...

Scarce double side Golly Children's seaside pail. very nice graphics. Pail Measures approx - 4.5" tall and 4.52 in diameter

Really nice piece, would have been full of candy originally - Black Boy Glass head. Measures approx 6" Tall and 4" Wide

A clean, problem-free copy of "Ronald Reagan An American Hero", published 2001, measuring 11 1/2" by 10 1/2" by 1", hand signed in black marker by Nancy Reagan. The copy includes dust jacket which shows just small wear. The book is filled with photos and text illustrating Ronald Reagan's early life, the couple's life together before, during and (a few) after the White House years. It was published in 2001, several years before the president's death from Alzheimers complications.

really rare little box of The Lachawama Milk Chocolate Suckers Box Measures approx: 5.5" Long and 3" Wide

Measuring just under 2 inches high, this cast iron, Black, Uncle Sam pencil sharpener was made in Occupied Japan in 1948. In wonderful condition with very minor paint loss due to light use, this piece is stamped on the backside of Uncle Sam's head: "Made in Occupied Japan".

A wonderful and rarely found piece of Black Americana!

Measuring 15.5 inches long, this delightful, folk-art styled, cloth and stocking-constructed rag doll was made circa 1920's.

Detailing in construction sets this sweet black doll apart! Her creation was very carefully executed through a combination of hand and machine stitching. She was lovingly dressed in machine-stitched clothing made from old red, pink, cream and rose-patterned scraps of cloth, while her body was hand-sewn and constructed of old, black stockings stuffed with cotton batting...