432A
432
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(MILITARY—WORLD WAR I.)
Uniform belonging to an African
American “doughboy,” Foster Leroy Watson.
Consists of his jacket, leggings and
leather “gaiters.”
Np, circa 1917
[800/1,200]
Uniform belonging to Foster Leroy Watson, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, October 25, 1892.
He enlisted on June 5, 1917. The only record we could find was Watson’s enlistment date.
432A
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(MILITARY—WORLD WAR I.)
Our Colored Heroes * The Colored
Man is Nop Slacker * True Sons of Freedom. Three classic chromolithographic
World War One “Uplift” posters.
Uniform 20 x 15
1
⁄
2
inches; uniformly framed; lacking
the glass in the last item.
Chicago: Renesch Co., circa 1918
[1,500/2,500]
Three popular “Uplift” posters commemorating the bravery of the colored troops in WWI. One
of the posters, Our Colored Heroes, celebrated the outstanding action of two soldiers, Henry
Johnson and Needham Roberts, who fought and overcame a German patrol single handed..
433
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(MILITARY.)
The Dawn of Hope.
Chromolithographic poster, 17
1
⁄
4
x 13
1
⁄
4
inches; light stain to top left corner; repairs to reverse at the bottom center and top and
bottom right margins, not infringing on the image.
SHOULD BE SEEN
Np: B.W. Britain, 1918
[1,500/2,500]
A RARE AND CONTROVERSIAL PIECE
.
This WWI lithograph carries a much more militant
message than the usual “uplift” poster of this period. In the center is a circular engraving of an
older man, with his arm over the shoulder of (presumably) his grandson. The sun rises before
them over a vast field of cotton. “My boy, I waited 50 years for the realization of Father
Abraham’s Wish. But in vain. Your brethren are now fighting maintain Uncle Sam’s Liberty
in hopes for Equality and Justice for the Black Man.” To their righ, standing on a pedestal, is
Abraham Lincoln, who holds a piece of paper that says “Equality for the white and black
man” To their left, a black soldier points a pistol up in his right hand, his left hand clenched in
a fist.. Under Lincoln “The Book of Justice and the Hand of Freedom,” Beneath the soldier
“Uncle Sam, We are still fighting for that freedom promised us making all men of equal stand-
ing. BUT NEVER in the history of the black man has he been justly judged by all.”
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