Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
A RELIC OF THE "JIM CROW" ERA (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Water fountain. White metal, painted white at one time, now a cream color, with the single word "WHITE" stenciled in gray on the side; 10x13x9 1/2 inches with chrome (stainless steel?) pipe attachments and mouthpiece. Np [American South], circa 1940s-1950s
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Less than fifty years ago, all public facilities below the so-called Mason-Dixon Line were segregated. This water fountain gives mute testimony to that hateful era.