(BUSINESS) Collection of ephemera relating to African Americ

Sale 2503 - Lot 195

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(BUSINESS.) Collection of ephemera relating to African American newspapers. 10 items, various sizes and conditions, sleeved in one binder. Vp, circa 1903-64

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Printed circular letter on Philadelphia Tribune letterhead from editor E. Washington Rhodes headed "What would happen if all Negro newspapers would cease publication?" Philadelphia, circa 1930s Illustrated business card of editor Cyrus Cardoza Clarkson of the Southern Enterprise, 6 x 4 inches. Greenville, SC, circa 1920s "The Negro Market, Published in the Interest of the Negro Press." Printed pamphlet in wrappers, [36 pages] Chicago: W.B. Ziff Co., 1932 "The Afro-American Newspapers . . . Advertising Rate Card," 4 pages (6 x 3 1/2 inches) on one folding card, with rates for 4 newspapers in Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and Richmond--"the richest Negro market in the country," 1938 Business card of D. Edward Bell, general manager of the Afro-American Advocate in Wilmington, NC, circa 1903 "Negroes in Philadelphia Spend $430,000,000 a year, $106,000,000 for food . . . Reach this Market through the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Courier." Printed circular, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Philadelphia, 1956 Lewis O. Swingler, letter on the letterhead of the Memphis World ("The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Newspaper") to the Southern Literary Messenger, 1 June 1939 "Courier Home Service Fair" packet showing outreach at events in Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Detroit and Pittsburgh. 12 pages, stapled. [Pittsburgh, PA], [1954?] Invoice issued to a subscriber by the Philadelphia Tribune, 15 March 1928 "Careers for Negroes on Newspapers," 28-page pamphlet. Washington: American Newspaper Guild, 1964.