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Black Americana Uncle Sam Scrap Black Memorabilia Scrap - Black Uncle Sam and pretty girl on donkey. Nice large piece of early scrap measures 5 1/2 inches high and 5 inches wide. The scrap is embossed and has never been pasted in a scrap book. The colors are beautiful and the scrap is in very nice condition. Scrap is in great condition, no tears, rips, or missing pieces. Vintage, original very early piece of victorian black americana scrap.

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Black Memorabilia Uncle Roderick's Philosophy- Black Dialect Black Americana Book- Uncle Roderick's Philosophy. Wonderful book was written by Florence Carrington Stevens, published by The J.P. Bell Company, Lynchburg, Va., copyright 1911. Dedication- "The Women of the Old South whose memories we cherish, and to those who yet remain to remind us, these verses are affectionately dedicated" "These verses were suggested by discovering the two-year-old baby of the family sharing the coarse twelve-O'clock dinner of the old gardner - The little fellow blissfully receiving food from the knife used alternately by the old man." Book contains verses written in black dialect, with wonderful illustration on most of the pages. Book cover is made of heavy stock paper, tied together with string. Front cover has a picture of Uncle Roderick, the gardener, and the 2 year baby of the family. Picture is also inside the book. Book in in very nice condition and considered to be an exceptional collectible.

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Atlantic Beer Black Americana Advertising Match Book Black Memorabilia Advertising Matchbook- Atlantic Ale Beer ~ Full of Good Cheer. Giant matchbook has the Atlantic Beer black waiter on the front, back and inside the cover. Book is empty and in used condition with wear to the edges and striker. Graphics still bright and look good. Vintage black americana advertising matchbook.

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Fifty Negro Spirituals 1930 Music Songbook Black Americana Black Memorabilia Song Book - Fifty Negro Spirituals for Male Voices. Arranged By Gerald Grey, Marion Moore and J.A. Parks. Imperial Edition, by The J.A. Parks Company. Paperback book measures 10 1/2" high and 7" wide. There are 105 pages of music and words to over 50 songs. The songs are written in black dialect. A few of the songs listed are "By an'By", "De Wings Ob a Dove", "Den My Little Soul's Gwine to Shine", "Lilly ob de Valley", "Tell Me Brudder", and "What Kind o'Shoes You Gwine to Wea'?" Song book is Copyright 1930, has beautiful spiritual songs and is in very nice condition with minor wear.

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Negro Spirituals and Folk Songs 1939 Music Songbook Black Americana Black Memorabilia Song Book - Negro Spirituals and Folk Songs. Arranged For Men's Voices By Frederick Hall. Produced by The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co, Winona Lake, Indiana, Printed in USA. Paperback book is in black dialect and measures 10 1/8" high and 7" wide. There are 58 pages of music and words and include "Bye an' Bye", Climbin' up de Mountain", "Dry Bones", "Old Black Joe" and Mam's Li'l Boy"Song book is Copyright 1939, has beautiful spiritual songs and is in nice condition with wear to the front cover.

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Amos 'N' Andy - Check and Double Check Sheet Music Black Memorabilia Black Americana Sheet Music - Three Little Words Featured in Check and Double Check with Amos 'N' Andy. Copyright 1930 by Harms Inc. New York. Story Words and Music by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Cover has some wear, but would still look wonderful framed.

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Cotton Pickers Piccaninny Dance Sheet Music Black Memorabilia Black Americana Sheet Music - Cotton Pickers Piccaninny Dance. Cover features 2 black mammies & a man picking cotton. Copyright 1929 by The Boston Music Co., Boston, Mass. Story Words and Music by Elizabeth Blackburn Martin & John M. Williams. Cover is in very nice condition with minor wear. Vintage 1929 and will look wonderful framed.

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Black Americana Eddie Cantor Sheet Music Black Memorabilia Sheet Music - Eddie Steady Eddie Cantor's Sensational Hits of Hits. Copyright 1923 by Bee-Tee Publishing Co, New York City. Story Words and Music by Eddie Cantor. Cover has overall wear. Vintage 1929 and will still look wonderful framed.

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Strictly From Dixie Victor Musical Black Americana Cover Black Americana Black Memorabilia Victor Muiscal Record Holder - Strictly From DIXIE. A RCA Victor Musical Smart Set. Record album cover front has a a black boy eating watermellon. The holder held 4 record albums. The albums are not present. The pockets that held the albums are present and in very nice condition. Songs that were on the albums are, Strictly From Dixie, Shine, Somebody Loves Me, Way Down Yonder in New ORleans, Someone To Watch OVer Me, Embraceable You, Mound Bayou, and Georgia On My Mind. Great cover if you have the albums, or to display with your other Black Americana. Album holder is in nice condition with wear to the edge. Wonderful graphics on cover.

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Aunt Jemima Advertising Sample Waffle Box Aunt Jemima Waffles Sample Box. Box is an actual box of Aunt Jemima Waffles. It measures 5 1/2 inches wide, 4 1/8 inches high and 1 1/4 inches thick. The box is cardboard, and the actual size would hold 1 or 2 waffles. The front of the box list the contents as 12 Frozen Original Waffles Ready for the Toaster, Net Weight 9 oz. Vintage box may have been part of a childrens kitchen play set. Vintage box has nice graphics of the 1950s Aunt Jemima on the front and three sides. Back has a family cooking and having waffles for breakfast. Nice condition.

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Black Americana Insurance Co Calendar- M L King, JF Kennedy Black Memorabilia 1972 Calendar- Universal Life Insurance Co., Memphis, Tennessee. Calendar is complete with 4 pages (11 X 7 5/8 inches). Each page has 3 months and a picture. January - March has a picture of the Insurance Co building, April - June has Washington Square, July - August has the founders & president of the Insurance Co., October - December has Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King pictured, with the caption "Let It Never Be Forgot". Calendar has had a few of the dates circled, but in very nice overall clean condition.

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Dickie Wells Harlem's Unusual Night Club Menu Black Memorabilia Black Americana Advertising Menu- Dickie Wells Harlem's Unusual Night Club, 169 West 133rd St, New York City - Chinese and American Dishes. Menu is circa 1930-40s, Minium charge $1.50, the most expensive item on the menu is Filet Mignon at $1.75. Dickie Wells was a black trombonist, who often played with Count Basie in the 1930-40s. Menu is 10 X 6 inches and opens up with the food list inside. Brown age staining on covers and in very nice condition.

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Black Americana Electric Co. Facts About Nutrition Black Memorabilia 1942 Electric bill from Appalachian Electric Power Company, Roanoke, Va. The bill stub is postmarked 1942- Roanoke Va, it has a black man wearing a bellhops uniform & hat. His hat is marked "ELEC". The bill is for September 1942 and the amount was $3.80. One-third of the postcard size bill has been cut off, the electric company may have removed part of it when you paid your bill. The remaining portion is in very good to excellent condition.

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Black Americana Little Black Sambo Valentine Black Memorabilia Valentine- Little Black Sambo- To Granddaughter on Valentine's Day. Die-cut valentine has Little Black Sambo in his beautiful clothes and umbrella. Inside the verse reads- Little Sambo got dressed up; So he would look real fine; To bring this little note which says-- Please Be My Valentine. Valentine is signed Mom & Pop, it is in excellent condition, with a minor tape mark on Sambo's red jacket. Published by Stanley Greetings Inc., Dayton, Ohio, Made in USA. Vintage and in wonderful condition.