Mar 31, 2016 - Sale 2408

Sale 2408 - Lot 447

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(RACE HISTORY.) BARBER, MAX. How They Became Distinguished. To accompany the Picture "101 Prominent Colored People." 97 pages, 12mo, original printed stiff tan wrappers; some toning and small stains to rear cover. Atlanta: Hertel Jenkens & Co, circa 1904

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a rare little biographical dictionary created to accompany a picture of "101 Prominent Colored People." A copy of this composite photogravure hangs in the library of Maggie Lena Walker Historic Site. Ms. Walker founded Richmond's St. Luke Bank. She was the first woman in America to found a bank, and later several other companies. She is number 94 in the picture. only one copy of this book is located in oclc.