Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 254

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) SEGREGATION SIGN. WHITE. Black and white stamped and painted tin sign, 10 x 2-1/4 inches; some discoloration consistent with age. Deep South, circa 1940's-1950's

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a rare relic of the era of segregation. At one time, signs like this, indicating separate facilities for black and whites, were common throughout the South. Most were taken down and destroyed after the Civil Rights Acts of the 1960's.