Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(BUSINESS--BOOKS.) Exterior view of Lewis Michaux's famous Harlem bookstore. Wire photograph, 8 x 10 inches, captioned in negative, with Associated Press inked stamp on verso; minimal wear. New York, 23 July 1964

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A press photograph of Lewis Michaux's African National Memorial Bookstore, a Harlem institution from 1932 to 1974. Michaux had been an active supporter of Marcus Garvey, whose portrait is prominently displayed here, as well as a sign advertising "Repatriation Headquarters, Back to Africa Movement." The photo was taken to accompany stories about the rioting in Harlem which had ended the day before.