African Americans have made extraordinary contributions to the history and culture of the United States as part of the nation and apart from it. This month, Auction Finds presents “28 days (Plus 1)” of this…
Tag: Constance Bannister
Lynn & Leslie, Constance Bannister’s African American babies
Posted in Black history, Books, Children, history, and Photos
Leslie did most of the crying. She wouldn’t sit still for the shoot by famed baby photographer Constance Bannister that day in the early 1960s. Usually, her brother Kevin, about 5 years old, could get her…
Readers say thanks for digging up history
Posted in Dolls, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Glassware, and history
Every now and then, I stumble upon an item at auction that stumps me. What’s its history, I wonder. How was it used? If the item is a painting or a print, I always want…
I could barely read the maker’s name on the neck of the doll. That’s the first place to look to find out who made a doll, vintage or modern. The dim overhead lights at the…