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Full plate hand-painted tintype photograph of African-American Sergeant William H. Carney and his wife Susannah Carney. 7.25” x 10”. Carved on the back: “Sgt. Wm. Carney, 54th Mass. Vols. 1900” (the date may be 1901). The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) officially authorized recruiting black soldiers for the first time.....
Archive of handwritten correspondences of Chevalier d'Eon. Chevalier d'Eon lived openly as a man and as a woman in France and England at different stages of life. Two of the 4 handwritten documents are in d'Eon's own hand, and the other two are letters addressed to her as "La Madame.....
African American Military. Charles Young. America's first Black colonel and third Black graduate of West Point. Autograph Letter Signed as "Charlie" and signed Photograph. The letter is on the letterhead of the "American Legation, Office of the Military Attaché," to William "Billie" King of Arch Street, Philadelphia. 2 pages on.....
Cowden, Col. Robert. 59th U.S.C Infantry. First edition rare regimental history of an African-American Civil War unit, 293 pp. Ohio, 1883. This work spans the organization's history, from training to how they were deployed in battles throughout the South, primarily in Tennessee against Confederates led by Nathan Bedford Forrest. Alongside.....
American author. Signed book: A Farewell to Arms. Later printing. NY: Modern Library, 1932. Hardcover, 4.5" x 6.5" inches, 355 pages. Signed and inscribed on the dedication page, “To Helen Mauldin, with very best wishes, Ernest Hemingway.” A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway's semi-autobiographical first-person account of American Frederic Henry.....
[ First African American troops in the CIVIL WAR]. WILSON, James (b. ca 1845). Partly printed volunteer enlistment document, 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, later 79th USCT. Fort Smith, AR, November 25th 1863. 7 3/4" x 10 5/8" in. partly printed document , docketed on verso. This partly printed form, printed.....
Large African American archive of documents, photographs, and ephemera identified to the Williams Family of Birmingham, Alabama, including Tuskegee Institute pennants and 50 other documents spanning 1930s-1950s, with a few later documents. Majority of documents in the collection relate to Carmin Williams’ service in the Air Force ROTC. Archive also.....
[African American MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.] Eight portraits and drawings by a talented African American artist in the Navy Charles "Chewy" Myers. Various sizes 12" x 9" to 14" x 11". Various places, 1943-1966. Charles Thomas "Chewy" Myers (1923-2001) was born and raised in Gettysburg, PA, and served in the Navy.....
[World War II] U.S. Navy. Navy Original Cable Dispatch declaring "GERMANY HAS DECLARED WAR ON THE UNITED STATES......." U.S.S. Biscayne heading, The cable was sent from the Secretary of Navy ("SECNAV"). 8" x 6.5" inches. Dated "11 Dec 1941". Two punch holes along top edge. In near-fine condition. On December.....
Synopsis: Archive of 25 pieces celebrating the rise of nursing as the first medical profession for women. The first trained nurses entered the field in the 1860s, and their knowledge of antisepsis and hygiene immediately reduced fatalities in hospitals and on the Civil War battlefronts. Amidst their life-saving duties, these.....
Civil War tintype of an African American cavalryman, likely taken in the field. 2 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. Circa 1864-5. Seated subject wears a kepi with indecipherable device and infantry jacket with sleeve embroidery. Among the US Colored Troops, cavalrymen were especially rare with just two regiments, the 9th.....
U.S. Colored Troops Archive. After the US War Dept. issued General Order 143, allowing Black men to enlist in the Civil War, an estimated 185,000 free and enslaved African American soldiers joined the service. This greatly expanded the military's size and quieted discourse voiced by white soldiers that were angry.....
[African American- CIVIL WAR.] John G. Foster. Order from the Department of the South for a draft for "all able-bodied colored men." General Orders No. 119. Hilton Head, SC, 16 August 1863. 2 pages, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches, signed in type by Foster as Major General, and also.....
Robert Altman & Ring Lardner Jr. Original script of the film dubbed “perfect for the times [...] the cacophony of American culture brilliantly reproduced onscreen.” January 1969. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript, bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Original owner’s name on upper wrapper. Wrappers show a faint damp discoloration from the spine.....
Archive of 150 photographs during W.W.II from the first African American Marine Corps unit, the 51st Defense Battalion. Photos range in size from 2.5" x 3.5" to 3.5" x 5". Black and white silver gelatin photos. Around 100 of the photos depict the African-American troops, while the remaining 50 depict.....
[US Colored Troops] As recorded here, and confirmed by HDS and other military records, This former slave enlisted in July 1863 at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana as a private and was mustered into Company B of the 49th USCT. The 49th USCT fought at the battle of Milliken's Bend just before.....
Archive of 32 photos of women in the military. C. 1940s-1950s. Silver gelatin photos with 2 in color. Measurements range from 5 x 4 to 4 x 3.5 inches. 14 of the photographs are from the Marine Corps with captions and text "Marine Corps Photo" printed beneath the images. Photos.....
Archive of 2 albums showing 1940s. women in military service, includes 176 silver gelatin photos measuring between 2 x 2 and 9 x 7.5 inches. Photos are in 2 white leather albums measuring 10 x 12 inches, the cover of one inscribed in blue ink, "Eva Albanese Hammond, Military Days.....
African American Air Force Photo album of a black soldier in the recently racially integrated 608th Aircraft Control and Warning (ACW) Squadron in the US Air Force based in Korea during the Korean War, 1950-1952. 130 black and white silver gelatin photographs. Album measures 15" x 10.75" and displays a......
Archive of 22 photos, mostly from the WWII era and into the mid 1950s, with two later photos. Photos primarily range from 6.5" x 8.5" to 8.5" x 10", though there are 2 larger photos. All photos are black and white, and many are press photos with captions and date.....
CHURCHILL, Winston. Speech from August 20, 1940, where he spoke the famous line "Never... was so much owed by so many to so few." 16 pages. 9" x 6" inches. This wartime speech was delivered to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by British prime minister Winston Churchill.....
19th century Hand colored Japanese woodblock print on thick tea paper. Measures about 11.5" x 9". and depicts two Japanese samurais. A Japanese woman wearing a colorful kimono in the foreground, and a samurai fighting with a bamboo stick and his katana still sheathed in the background. Kendo is a......
The Story of the 442nd Combat Team Composed of 442nd Infantry Regiment, 522nd Filed Artillery Battalion, 232nd Combat Engineer Company. 1945, Italy. "Eduacation Section, MTOUSA, 1945." Original blue wrappers, stapled. 43 pages and folding map. The first published history of Nisei troops in World War II, issued by the famed.....
Archive of of black soldiers' photographs from the 1940s and 1950s deployed in Asia; Philippines and Korea regions. 38 silver gelatin black and white photographs with a sepia tone. Photos range in size, though most are 5" x 3". Most of these units appear to be all black units, but.....
Important Anti-Nazi Document Exposing Atrocities in 1936, Issued by Editorial Board of the Committee on Justice for Victims of Nazism. "Facts on Nazi Germany". Number Three, October 15, 1936. 63 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The document has some marginalia and some underlined portions in pencil. 11 mimeograph pages, 8.5.....