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Chicago: Bowles Music House Record Print Shop, 1946. Very good. 12" x 9". Stapled self-wrappers. pp. [16]. Very good: wrappers dust soiled and with a few small chips. This is a program for the 14th Annual Session of National Convention of Gospel Choirs & Choruses Incorporated (NCGCC). The group exists to this day, and per its… Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: [San Francisco Community Chorus], 1929. Very good. 11" x 8". Bifolium, printed all four sides. Pp. [4]. Very good: edges lightly worn and soiled; tiny corner crease; lightly spotted. This is an illustrated program for a benefit performance by "200 Ne*roes" which took place at the Dreamland Auditorium in San Francisco in July… Read more about this item

Detroit, Michigan: The H. O'Reilly Clint Co, 1930. Very good. 12¼" x 9¼". Sheet music. Pp. 6. Very good with moderate wear and light dust soiling. This is the sheet music for a composition "dedicated to the Booker T. Washington Memorial, Detroit, Mich." It features a full page illustrated image of Washington as well as striking cover… Read more about this item

Xenia, Ohio: N. P., 1927. Good. 11" x 13¾". Broadside on thick card, printed recto only. Good: three heavy creases from vertical folds; two inch tear at center crease; moderate staining and discoloration at extremities. This is a broadside for a "Musicale" performance held in 1927 at the St. John's A. M. E. church in Xenia, Ohio.… Read more about this item

New York: [National Association of Negro Musicians], 1952. Near fine. 4¼" x 11¾". Sign printed on thick card stock. Near fine with light edge wear. This is a placard for the National Association of Negro Musicians' 1952 annual convention held at St. Mark's Methodist Church at 139th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. We imagine it would have… Read more about this item

Bakersfield, California, 1961. 12¾" x 12¼". Embossed imitation leather over boards, disbound scrapbook. 36 pages with 70 mostly black and white photographs and around 40 items of ephemera either pasted or laid in. Photos measure from to 3½" x 3½" to 3¼" x 4¼" and about half are captioned; some of the ephemera captioned with context as well. Album… Read more about this item