Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(BUSINESS--CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.) Baldwin and Southern's Charleston South Carolina Colored Resident Directory 1944-45. 171 pages, numbered [2], 677-846, printed on pink paper, probably a section of a larger directory for Charleston; lacks the presumed wrappers. Charleston, 1944

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A very detailed directory for both business and residents. From ordinary folks like Sarah and John Aaron, "emp[loyed] Navy Yd" --no doubt in the war effort--and Arley Adger, "student," to "The Green Sunshine Café" and Estella Youngblood, "Laundry worker," this directory goes beyond the simple formula of name, address and phone number. The details provided here paint a rich "mural" of the lives of Charleston's colored population in a time of war and coming change.