Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 146

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(BUSINESS--MARYLAND.) 25th Annual Edition 1937-1938. The First Colored Directory of Baltimore, MD. Illustrated from photographs. 55 pages. Small 4to, original printed stiff blue wrappers; small hole at the upper left corner to facilitate hanging. Baltimore: [Offices of The Baltimore African-American], 1937

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One of the earliest colored directories, the Baltimore Directory began in 1912. This issue prints listings for Howard University and Morgan College on the rear cover. Inside are listings for The Hallie Q. Brown Community House, Bertha Waller Proctor and other businesswomen in the Baltimore area.