This is the second group of cover and inside-page illustrations from the 1930s that someone clipped from magazines and stored away. Most of these are illustrations of dogs and other animals. I came across these while looking…
Author: sherry
I was going through some ephemera and other papers that I had bought at auction some time ago when I stumbled on a variety of illustrations. They had likely been part of a box lot that…
Poster of 1964 encounter between King & Malcolm X
Posted in Art, civil rights movement, history, and Photos
No one seemed to want the framed poster of the smiling and jovial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. The auctioneer’s voice lingered on the call-out for bids, but no hands with numbers…
Theodore Ward’s new breed of black theater before Tupac
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Music, and theater
The new Broadway musical featuring the words of Tupac Shakur is a far cry from what New York theater is accustomed to seeing. Maybe that’s why so many seats were empty Sunday at the matinee of “Holler…
From where I stood, I could see what looked like a giant purse in the middle of a sand sculpture, surrounded by two very busy artists. I figured they were making something with a…
The first thing I saw on the book’s pink dust jacket were the black faces of happy dancing people. They were not stereotypical black as I was used to seeing on the covers of books…
Some years ago in Tampa, FL, I was in a fabric store when I heard a tiny voice say “She black.” I looked up and saw an African American woman carrying a toddler on her hip. The…
What was the Wilmington Dry Goods store?
Posted in Advertising, Businesses, Clothing, Home, and Women
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. Today, though, I have a question of my own. I was…
A lovely time clock from an earlier era
Posted in Businesses, and collectibles
Looking around, I spotted two men chattering in front of a beautiful antique clock like so many I’d seen at auction. It looked to be an elongated wall clock with the dial prominently displayed at…
The face of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. loomed large on the cover of the Feb, 18, 1957, issue of Time magazine. It was a young strong face of the man who’d need all the…