Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 196

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BUSINESS.) [WALKER, MADAM C.J.] IDLEWILD RESORT. Blueprint, map and title to two lots of property in the African-American resort. Large, 24x18 inche blueprint, small book and 8x10 map; some archival repairs to the blueprint; map with wear, booklet in fine condition. Idlewild, MI, 1919
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A blueprint, map and title for property at Idlewild owned by MadamWalker, and passed along to her daughter A'Lelia in 1919. Idlewild, by then known throughout the United States as the Black Eden of Michigan, had become one of the few places middle class African Americans could escape systematic practices of racism and discrimination. Idlewild was founded in 1912. Recognized as an intellectual center for African Americans, Idlewild was and continues to be an oasis for black economic success and community development.