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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MUSIC.) Two cabinet card photographs: The Fisk Jubilee Singers and one of Minnie Tate, a member of the group. Albumen photographs with captions on the reverse; both photos are sepia tones. "Negative by Black,' Nashville, circa 1871
Two fine photographs from the Fisk Jubilee Singers: the first photo shown here, that of the group, does not include Minnie Tate, the subject of the second photograph. And, strangely enough, the reverse caption on the group photo states Fisk Jubilee 'Quartette,' yet there are five people; the two men standing and three women seated. The Fisk Singers' rigorous tour schedule took a terrible toll on the health of the singers and their leader, George White. White lost his wife to typhoid and nearly died himself of a pulmonary hemorrhage. According to the official history, contralto Minnie Tate's voice was 'torn to shreds,' from having to shout to be heard, in the large halls, in pre-loudspeaker days.
