Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 549

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(PHOTOGRAPHY.) EXODUS. Group photograph at Negro Camp, Girard Point, Pennsylvania. Silver print photograph 8 x 10, on the original photographer's cardstock mount, with decorative border * three contemporary postcards of the camp. Girard Point, Philadelphia, circa late 1920's

Additional Details

Black men, migrating to the North East stopped and found work at what was called 'Negro Camp' at Girard Point. This group of men, including a number of whites were employed in railroad construction and factory work.