Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 388

Price Realized: $ 960
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(PERIODICALS.) PERRY CHRISTOPHER JAMES JR. The Philadelphia Tribune. White porcelain covered metal sign, printed in red, 12 x 18 inches, with two looped pieces attached to the reverse for hanging; some very slight oxidation along the edges; two tiny chips, otherwise a remarkable survival. [Philadelphia, circa 1900-1920's
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a rare sign from the longest ongoing african american periodical in the nation. The Tribune was founded by Christopher James Perry in 1884. Perry (1854-1821) was born to free parents in Maryland. When he was quite young he left to go to Philadelphia, where he attended night classes and began contributing articles to the black press at the age of fourteen. Within ten years he became editor of the Colored Department of the Sunday Mercury. When the Mercury folded in 1884, Perry decided to open his own paper. The Tribune soon became one of the leading African American papers in the country.