Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 201
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(BLACK MEMORABILIA.) All Coons Look Alike. Photograph depicting 14 young Black boys, viewed from the chest up, with a musical quote and caption beneath; matted and framed. Np: McCrary & Branson, 1897

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Were it not for the racist caption, this would be a charming photograph of the youngsters. The "look alike" caption is quite literal since many of the faces are of the same boy(s) in different poses.