Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 45

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(AFRICAN AMERICAN OCCUPATIONALS)
Group of 12 medium-format photographs of students, lawyers, junior missionaries, brickmakers, laborers, hotel and kitchen staff, Buffalo soldiers, and more; comprising 2 from the 19th century and 10 from the 20th century; with Booker T. Washington (on horseback) and a group portrait of Haitian attorneys. Albumen (2), printing-out paper (one), and silver (9) prints, 4 1/2x6 3/4 to 7 1/2x9 1/4 inches (11.4x17.1 to 19.1x24.8 cm.), and the reverse, each is mounted; two with captions in the negative, and one with the photographer's imprint on mount recto. Circa 1895-1939