May 07, 2020 - Sale 2534

Sale 2534 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LABOR.) Southland Studios; photographers. Group portrait from a meeting of the Association of Colored Railway Trainmen. Albumen photograph, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches to sight, laid into original mat bearing embossed photographer's stamp; minimal wear to photograph, moderate chipping and light staining to mat. Newport News, VA, [August 1935]

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The Association of Colored Railway Trainmen, a powerful national labor union, held their 1935 annual meeting in Newport News, VA, where this photograph was taken. Delegates attended from as far as Kansas and Mexico, according to the Newport News Daily Press of 3 August 1935.