Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

147 c   (BUSINESS.) Curtis, Constance, et al; editors. Harlem’s Top People, 1953. Illustrated advertisements. 48 pages. 12mo, original printed wrappers, split and detached; minimal wear to contents. NewYork, 1953 [200/300] first and only edition of a guide with the names and addresses of 3500 of the “top people” in Harlem, with advertising for virtually all of its restaurants and night spots. 148 149 148 c   (BUSINESS.) Black and Brown Stamp Album. [48] printed pages, partially filled with 87 James Brown stamps on the first 4 pages. Original color pictorial wrappers, oblong 12mo (5 x 6 1 / 4 inches); minimal wear. San Francisco, CA: Black & Brown Trading Stamp Association, [1969] [400/600] This project was the brainchild of star football player Art Powell, whose career had been curtailed by injuries. Retailers in San Francisco’s black community were issued stamps featuring the image of singer James Brown, which they could give to their customers with each purchase. The loyal customers were then able to redeem a full album of 1200 stamps for a $3.00 discount. The blank pages are filled with promotional slogans for the project, and a gold seal over the rear wrapper hides a number of bonus stamps to be given out upon redemption. See “Retailing: Soul Stamps” in Time Magazine, 11 July 1969. 149 c   (BUSINESS.) Berg, Harold; pho- tographer. The iconic Staten Island blacksmith Joseph Bishop. Silver print, 10 x 8 inches; inked photographer’s stamp on verso. [Staten Island, NY, circa 1970s] [200/300] Joseph W. Bishop (1904-1986) was a second- generation blacksmith in the Sandy Ground neighborhood until his shop was destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1982. The photograph was consigned in a portfolio describing him as “the last African-American blacksmith in New York.” Accompanied by two clippings from the Staten Island Advance describing Bishop and his work. The first, from 12 August 1973, is apparently from the same period as the photo- graph, and describes Bishop as the last working blacksmith on Staten Island.The second is dated 11 December 1983.