Sale 2503 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 28, 2019

132 c   (BEAUTY.) Group of hair and beauty products. 10 items; condition generally strong, some containers full, some partly used, others apparently never filled. Vp, circa 1930s-60s? [600/900] La Jean Full Dress Hair Pomade tin, 3 1 / 2 inches round, stuck shut but apparently used, Meridian, MS * E.F. Young Jr. Hair Pomade tin, remnants remaining, 3 inches round * E.F. Young Jr. Temple and Scalp Treatment tin, full, 3 1 / 2 inches round, Meridian, MS * Lucky Brown Pressing Oil tin, 2 1 / 2 inches round, never used * Hy-Beaute Silk-Down Pomade tin, 3 inches round, never used, Atlanta, GA * La Jac Hi-Brown Liquid Face Powder and Leg Make-Up clear glass bottle with metal lid, 5 x 3 inches, some contents still present, Memphis, TN * Used hot comb, 8 1 / 2 inches * La Jac Face Powder box, 3 inches square, full, Memphis, TN * Hi-Hat Jockey Club Face Powder box, 2 1 / 2 inches square (2 examples), Memphis, TN. We strongly suggest you don’t open the three face powder boxes unless you mean business. 133 c   (BEAUTY.) Modeling pictures of child star Sharon Porter promoting Coca Cola. 4 photographs, 10 x 8 inches, moderate wear, plus one worn newspaper clipping. Vp, 1952-55 [300/400] Sharon Porter (born circa 1947) of New York made her name in show business at age 5 as a performer in the children’s television show “Star Time.” She made an Apollo appearance in April 1955, opening for Louis Jordan. Offered here are a publicity montage of her Apollo performance, 3 modeling shots by Maury Garber of her with a bottle of Coca Cola (apparently before the first official African-American Coca Cola campaign in 1955), and a 1952 newspaper clipping. The last notice we’ve tracked from Porter’s career was on stage with Lena Horne in 1958. 133 132