We have a really rare Trixy Molasses paper label can here.
You will see from the photo's that the can is rusted and the paper label on one side is very warn and on the other, displays this very striking advertising, very well.
The can measures approx - 3.5" in Diameter and 4" tall
Great colours on this paper labelled tin, for Smoking Sambo, some wear and some rusting to the tin, please see photos.
Tin Measures approx: 4.2" in Diameter and 5" Tall
A very RARE and highly appealing Black Memorabilia Advertising Die cut!
Marked "Copyright 1924", in the lower left hand corner, this extremely hard-to-find advertising piece measures 10.5 inches wide x 13.5 inches high...
This is a real favorite of mine. A signed photograph of Rhode Island Reds Hockey team general manager, Lou Pieri(1897-1967). The inscription in ball point pen is a bit indistinct but reads " The Best RI Reds Team Ever Lou Pieri". I'm assuming these are the wives of the players. Pieri was an American basketball and ice hockey executive and coach( see Wikipedia for further information). The 8X10 B&W photo has some creasing and minor wear at the bottom and top edge; the frame shows some wear.
Very uncommon pair of transfer-printed pottery plates depicting King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Their royal majesties are surrounded by an ornate border of roses. The edges of the plates are scalloped and molded. The plates are glazed in a brilliant gold color that contrasts beautifully with the grays and blacks of the transfer print. The backs are marked "J.W...
Football great Jim Taylor (1935-2018), star player for the legendary 1960s Green Bay Packers, signed this 8 x 10 inch photograph Good Luck, Jim Taylor, HOF 1976. His extensive Wikipedia page gives a full account of his career and achievements. Framed in gold
Condition is excellent and bears a certificate of authenticity on the back.
Dimensions (framed)
Height: 14 1/2 inch
Width: 11 1/2 inch
Measuring 17 inches long, this delightful, folk-art styled, cloth, black Mammy doll was made circa 1920's.
Detailing in construction sets this mammy doll apart! Her creation was very carefully executed through a combination of hand and machine stitching. Mammy was lovingly dressed in clothing made from old, red, black, and white-patterned handkerchiefs, while both her body and her interesting pair of black pantaloons were constructed of old, black stockings...
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...
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...
Measuring 33 inches long x 15 inches high, this vintage 1869, black ink, original lithograph was published as an art supplement to Appleton's Journal.
The litho was executed by John Karst with his signature appearing in the lower left hand corner. Highly detailed, the litho reproduces a bustling New Orleans' dock scene featuring numerous slaves at work.
This litho was professionally re-framed using museum-quality, acid-free materials in 2004...
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
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!!!
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...
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...
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
