Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 249

Price Realized: $ 230
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(KU KLUX KLAN.) Photograph of a female Ku Klux Klan robe, an silver print in 8x10 inch format; mounted to a slightly larger black sheet and captioned beneath the photo, "Ku Klux Klan robe given to me by a group of migrant workers housed in a Milford, Del. Klan Bldg." Np, 1930s

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Accompanied by a manuscript note written by a female member of the Klan, giving a glowing explanation of the role of a Klan woman, "The robe is a symbol of purity and qualiby; it signifie that we do not jidge by her garmeds. There are kinow rich or poor hights or low in K Klan craf" [all errors in the hand of the Klan woman].