Page 178 - Sale 2271 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana - March 1, 2012

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(FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.) PRINCE HALL MASONS.
Lone Star
Chapter No. 2 * O.E.S.
White poster, printed in blue, 14 x 22 inches.
[San Antonio, circa 1940]
[300/400]
Poster, probably meant to be framed and hung at the meeting place of this lodge.
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(GAMES ANDAMUSEMENTS.) TROWBRIDGE, JOHNTOWNSEND.
The
Game of Cudjo’s Cave.
Deck of 52 playing cards with the original box and instructions.
Boston: Locke andWilder, 1860s
[350/500]
Card game based on Trowbridge’s anti-slavery novel.
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(GAMES ANDAMUSEMENTS.)
In Dixie Land.
Illustrated deck of 52 playing
cards with photographs on the faces; some very light wear. With the original box in
excellent condition.
Cincinnati: Fireside Game Co., 1897
[350/500]
A set of playing cards bearing photographic images of African-Americans.While a few are
somewhat offensive in their stereotypical format, these cards are for the most part quite
sympathetic and generally mild in terms of the genre.
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