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187 ● (BLACK MEMORABILIA.)
Who’s a Democrat? Photogravure of a
young black “ragamuffin,” with his eyes
cast upward and his fist clenched, 18 x
121⁄
2 inches, matted and framed.
Cincinnati, 1891 [800/1,200]
A popular piece of “black memorabilia,” the
image of this little boy is generally seen in a
much smaller format like post cards, etc from the
turn of the 20th century.
186 ● (BLACK MEMORABILIA.) “COMICS.” FOUCAULT, R. Pore L’il Mose at
Coney Island * Pore L’il Mose Gets Mixed up with a Painter * Pore L’il Mose
He treats his Friends to Soda Water. Three framed chromolithographs taken from
newspapers, 10 x 141⁄2 inches each, framed.
New York: The New York Herald, 1901 [600/800]
A group of three large panels from the old New York Herald, depicting “L’il Mose” in three
very New York scenes and situations. L’il Mose, unlike the majority of the “cartooning” of
blacks at the turn of the century, was painted as simply a little black boy. He is mischievous, but
not because he is black, but rather as a little boy.
185 ● (BIOGRAPHY.) DABNEY, W[ENDELL] .P[HILLIPS]. Cincinnati’s Colored
Citizens. Illustrated. Tall 8vo, original blue cloth, stamped in gilt on the upper cover and
spine; lettering on the spine slightly faded but quite legible
Cincinnati: Dabney, (1926) [350/500]
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THEW AUTHOR: “Nicholas Longworth Esq.,
the worthy son of worthy sires, Comp. of W. P. Dabney, April 2, 1926.” A collection of biogra-
phies, as the title implies, of Cincinnati’s colored Citizens, but greatly enhanced by a virtually
definitive history of the presence of people of African descent in Ohio and specifically
Cincinnati.