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VAN VECHTEN. Two Real Photo Postcards of ballet dancer Katherine Dunham. Addressed to Walter Goldwater, bookseller-founder of University Place Book Shop. Silver prints with Van Vechten's blindstamp. Typed and initialed on versos. SHOULD BE SEEN. New

VAN VECHTEN. Two Real Photo Postcards of ballet dancer Katherine Dunham. Addressed to Walter Goldwater, bookseller-founder of University Place Book Shop. Silver prints with Van Vechten's blindstamp. Typed and initialed on versos. SHOULD BE SEEN. New York, November; December 1941 E350/500 Postcards depict the African-American dancer in Asian garb; and in a West Indian scene. Both cards typed, filled with requests and talk of books, reflecting Van Vechten's interest in African-Americana: "If you can dig me up a copy of Harriet Tubman or Beale Davis' Goat Without Horns, I would be happy ." He requests a copy of Moorland Collection catalogue (Howard University Library) for Yale..PHOTOGRAPHS OF ETHEL WATERS,

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