Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BEAUTY.) Hand-painted wooden sign for "Miss NAACP and her Court." Paint on wooden board, 21 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches oval; 5 nail holes, moderate soiling. Np, circa 1960s
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The first reference we have traced to a Miss NAACP pageant was in New York in 1941. A 1955 parade in Detroit featured "Miss NAACP's official car . . . surrounded by her court of young ladies" (Pittsburgh Courier, 21 May 1955), and the winners of local NAACP pageants were often attended by a "court" through the 1960s and 1970s. From the lettering style, we would guess this sign dates from the mid-1960s.