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001bh: 1872 Print - Ku Klux Klan. "The Ku-Klux Conspiracy," article and engravings from original Harper's Weekly, 1872. Shows "Mississippi Ku-Klux in the Disguises in Which They Were Captured," and "'One Vote Less'," an image of a dead Black man. 128 years old. 11x16 in. $30



004bh: Black Soldiers in this old Civil War print shows U.S Black Infantry bringing in captured confederate guns at Baylor's Farm in Virginia. From The Soldier in Our Civil War from 1864.
photo: 11x9.5 in., whole page: 11x17 in. $40



006bh: 1886 Black Thanksgiving. Hand colored antique print of minister preaching "What the Colored Race Have to be Thankful For." He notes points of emancipation and freedom. Harper's. 11x14 in. $40



011bh: 1878 Blackville print. Hand colored antique engraving from the humorous Blackville series, Harper's. This popular series of prints was sought by collectors. 16x11 in. $50



012bh: 1889 Black Pride. Hand colored print of a beautiful young black woman showing off her finery to her proud family. Harper's. 11 x 16 in. $50


014bh: 1875 Southern Race contrasts. Two hand colored antique Southern prints on one large page. Shows an interesting contrast: A Gentleman of Color (well-dressed and classy) vs. a poor white (poorly dressed and listless). 15-1/2 x 22 in. $80



015bh: 1870 Print: Voting, Flower Selling. Authentic hand watercolored engraving from the June 4, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. The print contains two images, both pertaining to black history: 1) "Flower-Sellers in the Market at Washington, DC (shows African-American women selling flowers); and 2) First Municipal Election in Richmond Since the End of the War--Registration of Colored Voters." This print is in excellent condition. 11" x 16" $50



017bh: 1873 Slave Ship Destruction. Hand colored print showing the destruction of a slave ship on the African coast. Harper's. 6-1/2 x 11 in. $30

 
018bh: Civil War Black Soldiers. Black soldiers as drivers of the mules used to haul supplies for a northern brigade. Hand colored engraving. 15x11 in. $40



020bh: 1877 Black Family Pulls Up Stakes. Wife explains "Got to go dis time. De Landlode 'fuses to put in de Gas-Works." Hand colored antique engraving from Harper's. 16x11 in. $50

021bh: 1875 Cotton Mill. Great Southern scene of the mill and workers celebrating the last of the cotton. Attractive hand colored Harper's engraving. 16x11 in. $60



024bh: 1866 Black Reconstruction Era Cartoon. Biting commentary by Thomas Nast. This important hand colored engraved antique print shows some of the features of Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction era following the Civil War. 22x16 in. $100



025bh: 1866 Civil Rights Bill Passage. Important historical print. Shows scene in the lobby of the House of Representatives in Washington during the passage the Civil Rights Bill. Large hand colored original engraving from Harper's. 22x16 in.
 



026bh: 1865 Dutch Gap Canal Construction. Black Civil War soldiers pictured digging the famous canal, which would bypass the strong Confederate positions. Hand colored original front page of Harper's. 11x16 in. $50



027bh: 1859 Print: Trial of John Brown. This print is from the Nov. 12, 1859 issue of Harper’s Weekly. It is titled "The Trial of John Brown, at Charlestown Virginia, for Treason and Murder." The scene shows a crowded courtroom, with Brown - the famous abolitionist - lying on a cot near the center of the room. This print is in excellent condition, with nice modern hand coloring. 11" x 16" $80



029bh: 1889 EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE VIEWS. 1889 EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE VIEWS. Views in the Lake Nyassa Region. Shows British missionaries, Consul, Consular Guard and Servants, The African Lakes Company's Halting Station at Mbame on the route from Katunga's to Mandala and others. Authentic professionally hand-watercolored engravings published in the Graphic (London), January 26, 1889. 11" x 16" $60



030bh: 1876 "No Small Breed Fer Yer Uncle Abe Dis Christmas! Aint He a Cherub." This beautiful black and white engraving is from the January, 1876 edition of Harper's Weekly and shows a family marveling at the Turkey for the nights feast. size: 11" x 16" $20



031bh: 1881 "Done Brown, Sho's Yo' B'on!" This hand colored colored engraving shows an African American woman serving a turkey. This genuine antique print is from the November, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 11" x 16" $40



032bh: circa 1880 Gathering, Picking, and Shipping the Cotton Crop Captured by the Federal Army on the Sea Island. Ten hand colored engravings on a double page print showing whipping cotton, picking cotton, planting cotton, moting cotton hoeing cotton, ginning cotton by steam, foot gins, and packing cotton. This Genuine antique print is from the The Civil War in the United States. size: 22" x 16"
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033bh: 1881 A Possum Hunt in Old Virginia. Derogatory black history view. This hand colored engraving shows two views of a group of men hunting opossums at night with a small view below of a woman serving the possum meal to her family. This engraving is entitled "Possum Fat and Simmon Beer, Krismus come but Unce a Year." size: 11x16 in.
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034bh: 1889 A Negro Prophet In Florida- "Prepar' Fo De Day of Wrath!" This beautiful hand colored engraving shows a black prophet preaching from the back of a wagon to a group of followers in the field. This unique engraving is from the October, 1889 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. size: 11x16 in. $80



035bh: 1887 A Day's Work Ended. This beautiful hand colored engraving depicts a group of black cotton workers coming in from the fields loaded with their share of cotton harvested that day. This unique engraving is from the December, 1887 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. size: 11x16 in. $80



100bh: 1878 Black History: Racist Blackville Print. Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "New Year’s Day in Blackville: The Twins Receive." Shows two young African American women receiving visitors at their home. The characters are drawn in a derogatory fashion, implying that blacks were inferior to whites even when trying to act "civilized." 11x16 in.
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101bh: Black History: Slaves Happier than Whites. Lithographed page from an 1882 issue of Judge Magazine, contrasting the happy lives of pre-Civil War slaves with the misery of white workers in the 1880s. Advantages for the slave are given as 1) Plenty to Eat; 2) Time for Amusement; 3) Comfortable Quarters, No rent; and 4) Buried by his Master. Disadvantages for the white worker are 1) Compelled to Live in Death Traps; 2) Rent Raised but Not Wages; 3) The Widow’s Struggle for Existence; and 4) Buried at the Expense of Strangers. 14x21 in. $100



103bh: 1890 Black History: North Carolina Exodus. Engraved scene from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, titled "The Negro Exodus from North Carolina: Scene at a Railway Station." A large group of African Americans is shown waiting for a train to take them north. 11x16 in. $60



104bh: 1901 Black History: Howard University Report. This is an eleven-page report by the president of Howard University, detailing the number of students who were enrolled as well as the subjects taught. Contains lots of detail about the university’s finances as well. 6x9 in.
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105bh: 1993 Engraved Portrait of Frederick Douglass. Striking portrait of Frederick Douglass, published in 1993. Based on an engraved image that appeared in an 1883 issue of Harper’s Weekly, at the time of his death. To the left of the image is a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, lamenting his passing. 14x18 in. $80



106bh: American Cotton: Its Cultivation and Preparation in Mississippi. Several hand colored views from planting & picking to finally shipping from New Orleans. This scarce hand colored engraving was produced for The Illustrated London News dated September 24, 1881. 16x22 in. $350



201bh: RARE Black History: Moving to Topeka Kansas. Three hand-colored, engraved images from the July 5, 1879 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "The colored Exodus: Scenes at Topeka, Kansas." Former slaves moving out of the southern states are shown arriving in Topeka, preparing to make new lives for themselves. 11x16 in. $50



202bh: 1898 Black Soldiers in Spanish American War. Dramatic, hand-colored engraving from an 1898 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "Forgotten Heroes: Troop C, 9th U.S. Cavalry, Captain Taylor, Leading the Charge at San Juan." Shows members of an African American unit charging over a hill through enemy fire. 16x22 in. $150



203bh: 1887 Black Workers in a Cotton Field. Hand-colored engraving from the August 20, 1887 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "In a Cotton Field." A group of African American farm workers are shown picking cotton, and loading it onto a wagon. 11x16 in. $80



206bh: July 13, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly. Hand colored engraving titled A Slave Auction at the South. From an original sketch by Theodore R. Davis. 16x11 in. $100



207bh: Hand colored Engraving of Harper's Weekly dated April 24, 1875. Picture titled: Cotton Culture - Covering in the Seed. 16x11 in. $60



209bh: Virginia - Scene at a Colored Revival Meeting. From the September 12, 1885 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Caption reads: "Oh! Come Down From Heben, en Ride Roun' in de Hearts uv des Sinners." From a sketch by Carter N. Berkeley. Hand colored engraving. 16x11 in. $80



211bh: Exceptional hand colored engraving from a supplement to Harper's Weekly dated August 13, 1887. Seven seperate images showing various views of An Old Louisiana Sugar Plantation. Drawn by John Durkin. 16x22 in. $250



212bh: Gathering Christmas Evergreens. Beautiful hand colored engraving from the November 30, 1889 issue of Harper's Weekly. From a drawing by Alice Barber, showing a family out in the snow covered woods gathering evergreens for their Christmas. 16x11 in.
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213bh: Hand colored wood engraving from 1864. Titled, Presentation of Colors to the Twentieth United States Colored Infantry. Colonel Bartram, at the Union League Clubhouse, New York, March 5th 1864. Small article below the title about the ceremony and the regiment. 16x11 in. $40



214bh: Hand colored halftone from an 1898 issue of Harper's Weekly. Page titled, With the United States Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida - Bits of Camp Life. Five images from photographs by James Burton depicting Buffalo Soldiers at camp. Large picture in center captioned, Artillery Camp During Stable Hour. Four smaller pictures surrounding show various other scenes from the camp. 16x11 in. $60



215bh: 1898 Buffalo Soldiers in Tampa Florida. Hand-colored engraving by Frederick Remington, from the May 28, 1898 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Title is “With the Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida. Colored Troopers of the U.S. Cavalry Taking Their Horses for a Dash into the Gulf.” Interesting scene from the period of the Spanish American War. 11x16 in. $40



216bh: Anti Racist Cartoon by Thomas Nast. Large, hand-colored engraving by Thomas Nast, from the Aug. 12, 1876 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Nast was the most famous American political cartoonist of the 19th century. He drew many cartoons criticizing the treatment of blacks after the Civil War. This item features Justice holding a scale with six blacks on one side and one white on the other. The black men on the scale are heavier than the white man. The cartoon is titled Declaration of Equality. Justice: ‘Five More Wanted.’ Next to justice there is a sign titled Negroes Shot in Cold Blood at Hamburg, S.C. 16x22 in. $90



217bh: 1875 Scene: Growing Cotton in the South. Hand-colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled Cotton Culture: Covering the Seed. Shows a group of black farm workers hoeing in a cotton field, while an overseer watches them from his horse. 11x16 in. $80



218bh: 1883 Portrait of Frederick Douglass. Uncolored, engraved portrait of Frederick Douglass, from the November 24, 1883 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $125



219bh: 1898 Black Soldiers in Camp. Uncolored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, 1898, titled Pease on a Trencher. Officers’ Mess, 9th US Cavalry (Colored), Port Tampa. White officers are shown eating, while black soldiers cook and wash dishes. 11x16 in. $50



220bh: Very nice hand colored engraving titled, Virginia. The Merry-Go-Round - A Favorite Amusement of Colored People on the State Fair Grounds, Near Richmond. From the January 11, 1879 Supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 11x16 in. $60



221bh: Virginia. A Family of Negroes, who do not Favor the Exodus, Returning from a Purchasing trip to New Market. This hand colored wood engraving is from the May 10, 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 11x16 in. $60

222bh: Virginia. - Scenes and Incidents of a Southern Tour - Peanut-Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg. Several hand colored engravings from the December 5, 1885 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Images are captioned, Peanut Farm; The Plant; "Shucking"; "Shuckers" by Moonlight; Picking the Nuts; and Cleaning. 11x16 in. $60



223bh: Very nice hand colored engraving from the February 16, 1861 issue of The Illustrated London News. One of the best slave auction prints printed. Title reads, A slave auction in Virginia. 16x11 in. $100



224bh: Slave sale, Charleston, South Carolina. Very nice hand colored engraving from the November 29, 1856 issue of The Illustrated London News. Showing a slave auction on the streets of Charleston. 16x11 in. $100



225bh: Two hand colored engravings from the April 6, 1861 issue of The Illustrated London News. Upper image is captioned, The Dandy Slave: A Scene in Baltimore, Maryland. Lower picture is captioned, Slaves for Sale: A Scene in New Orleans. 16x11 in. $80



226bh: Rare print of slaves picking cotton, titled, Le coton en Amerique. This hand colored engraving was published in French c1860. 15x11 in.
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227bh: New York City. - Colored Refugees from Arkansas Awaiting Trasportation to Liberia at the Mount Olivet Baptist Chapel. Very nice hand colored wood engraving from 1880. 7.5x11 in. $50



228bh: 1879 Frederick Douglas Print. Hand colored engraving published December 13, 1879 captioned, Our Artistic Correspondent Interviewing Frederick Douglass in the District Marshal's Office, Washington, D.C. 7.5x11 in. $50



230bh: 1856 Negro expulsion from a railway Car. This page depicts different scenes but important to history is this second scene in the middle left. Showing a white couple making a black man get up and move from the seat. Other images show General Cass in the Senate, Glimpse of Change New York, Close of Business on Wall Street, Youn America Boston, Theodore Parking Lecturing in New york. Excellent condition. 11 X 16 in. $50



231bh: 1856 Black slave auction. This page depicts different scenes but important to history are the scenes showing a slave auction at Richmond Virginia, the lower two images as well showing Slaves waiting for sale in Virginia and The Negro Reveilee in Charlestown. The center image is a street scene of Baltimore, Maryland. Excellent condition. 11 X 16 in. $60



232bh: Two images from The Illustrated London News published December 5, 1863. Top image titled 'Family Worship in a plantation in South Carolina.' Showing the white Plantation owner, his wife and daughters with all of the slaves on his plantation worshipping together. The second image titled 'The War in America: The Federals Shelling the City of Charleston - Shell Bursting in the Streets.' Excellent condition 11 X 16 in. $60



233bh: North Carolina - First Grand Fair of the North Carolina (Colored) Industrial Association, Held at Raleigh, November 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th. Beautiful hand colored wood engravings from the December 6, 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 16x22 in. $250



234bh: Cotton--Hand Culture and Treatment. A Beautiful hand colored photo-lithographs produced c.1880 for Julius Bien, NY. Showing individual scenes of Planting, Hoeing, Gathering, Packing and Shipping of Cotton. Small repaired tears on the right margin.15 1/2 x 19 in. $75.



235bh: The Market Place of a Georgia Village in the Cotton Season. This is a beautiful hand colored wood engraving illustrated by Graham and Durkin, produced Feb. 12, 1887 for The New South a supplement to Harper's Weekly. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $60.



236bh: Ethiopian Quadrilles danced and sung by the Virginia Minrels arranged by A. Nagerj Onyqjva. This is a rare front cover of sheet music, produced in New York in 1843. Good condition. 10x13 in. $40.



237bh: He Wants a Change Too. This is a hand colored wood engraving illustrated by Thomas Nast, produced Oct. 28, 1876 for Harper's Weekly. Archivally repaired along seam, otherwise in excellent condition. 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. $150.



238bh: American Home Scenes. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced April 13, 1861 for Harper's Weekly. Scenes showing apple cutting, the dance, quilting, husking corn,the breakdown dance and raffling are depicted. Archivally repaired along seam, and some tattered edges on right and left edges, not affecting the image itself. 15x21 1/2 in. $150.



239bh: Long Island celebration scene at the horse races. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced July 9, 1881 for a rare German edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated News. Archivally repaired along seam, otherwise in excellent condition. 16x22 in. $150.



240bh: American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - Outdoor Work. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced June 17,1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $60.



241bh: American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - No. 1 Returning from work. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced Feb. 19, 1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 10 1/2 x 16 in. $60.



242bh: American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York Dinner Time. Two scenes: Leaving the spoons and Taking Bread. These are hand colored wood engravings produced March 18, 1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $60.



243bh: American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining Room. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced March 4,1876 for The Illustrated London News. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $60.



244bh: Machines and Appliances for Harvesting Cotton, showing 8 scenes of different methods. These are beautiful hand colored wood engravings produced for Scientific American produced in New York Oct. 1, 1881. Excellent condition. 11x15 1/2 in. $70.



245bh: Interior of a Southern Cotton Press by Night. This is a hand colored wood engraving produced March 24, 1884 for Harpers Weekly, illustrated by J.O. Davidson. Excellent condition. 11x16 in. $50.



246bh: The Slave Ship - Sighting an English Cruiser. The scene represents a slave ship in the Mediterranean where a large cargo of slaves has been taken on board. The unrelated top half of page is on Wilhelm Von Kaulbach, a great German artist. These are hand colored wood engravings produced April 25, 1874 for Harper's Weekly. Very good condition. Overall 11x16 in. $40.



247bh: June 18, 1898 titled With the Regulars at Port Tampa, Florida. U.S. Cavalry passing an army pack train on the road. Black Soldiers in Spanish American War. Dramatic, hand-colored half tone Harper’s Weekly. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Very Good condition. 16x22 in. $200.



248bh: 1889 Picture of a junk shop in Richmond, Virginia. Hand colored engraved image titled, "Virginia.-Interior of a junk shop in the city of Richmond-A Bazaar of war relics and odds and ends of every sort," drawn by W. L. Sheppard from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Scene shows people inside of a junk shop in Richmond, Virginia. 11 x 16in. $80



249bh: 1873 Hand colored engraved image titled, "The South.-The Watermelon Season-A Scene of the Savannah Docks," drawn by W. L. Sheppard from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of people eating watemelon by the docks in Savannah. 11 x 16in. $60



250bh: 1873 Picture of a Negro Revival Meeting in the South. Hand colored engraved image titled, "The Sunny South.-A Negro Revival Meeting-A Seeker Getting Religion," drawn by W. L. Sheppard from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of people in a negro revival meeting. 11 x 16in. $80



251bh: 1861 Picture of first African American man to vote. Hand colored engraved image titled, "The First Vote," drawn by A. R. Waud from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows firs African American man casting his vote. 11 x 16in. $225



252bh: 1889 Picture of Buffalo Soldiers in the Army during target practice. Hand colored engraved images titled, "Skirmish Line Target Practice in the Regular Army, Infantry file closer, Infantry firing with the Texas grip, An Arrangement in horse flesh and black, At 600 yards cavalry and Dolley Firing Cavalry," drawn by Frederic Remington from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows African American men in the Army during target practice. 11 x 16in. $80



253bh: 1876 Political cartoon of North vs. South by Thomas Nast. Hand colored engraved image titled, "The Ignorant Vote-Honors are Easy," by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows political cartoon of the North vs. South. 11 x 16in. $60



254bh: 1863 Picture of a Negro Regiment in Action. Hand colored engraved image titled, "A Negro Regiment in Action," drawn by Thomas Nast from Harper's Weekly. Scene shows black soldiers in action on a field. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in. $200



255bh: 1867 Pictures of slaves on a cotton plantation. Hand colored engraved images titled, "Scenes on a Cotton Plantation, The Cotton Press, Ration Day, The Cotton Gin, Sowing, Ploughing, The Call to Labor, Hoeing, Picking, The Planter ans his Overseer, Plantation Graveyard, Saturday Evening's Dance and Prayer Meeting," drawn by A. R. Waud from Harper's Weekly. Scenes show slaves working different tasks on the cotton plantation. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in $200



256bh: 1867 Pictures the Operation of the Registration Laws and Negro Suffrage in the South. Hand colored engraved images titled, "The Operations of the Registration Laws and Negro Suffrage in the South, Jury of Whites and Blacks, Freedmen discharged for voting the Radical Ticket, Scene in Registation office, Macon, Georgia, Potential Argumentsto the Freedman for his vote, Freedman voting in New Orleans, Reading the Government order of Rights and Privileges to the Freedmen, Congratulating each other on the successful result of the election and Discussing the merits of the candidates," drawn by James E. Taylor from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scenes of the Negro Suffrage Movement in the South. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in. $150



257bh: 1866 Picture of the Tobacco Manufactory of Geo. A .Burks in Lynchburg, Virginia. Hand colored engraved images titled, "The Great Workshops of America.-The Tobacco Manufactory of Geo. A. Burks, Lynchburg, Virginia, The Steam Vat, The Tobacco Steamer, Assorting the Leaf, The Liquorice Boiler, The Sweat Room, Pots for Pressing and Packing, Packing the Stems, Stemming and Twisting, The Drying Room and Final Packing and Pressing the Twist," drawn by James E. Taylor from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows scene of each step of tobacco production in a tobacco factory. 15 1/2 x 21 1/2in. $150



258bh: 1883 Picture of Frederick Douglass. Beautiful hand colored wood engraving titled, "Frederick Douglass," from Harper's Weekly. Shows picture of Frederick Douglass. 11 x 16in. $150



259bh: 1885 Pictures of scenes and incidents of a Southern Tour in Virginia, Peanut Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg. Rare hand colored engraved image titled, "Virginia-Scenes and Incidents of a Southern Tour-Peanut Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. Shows scene of incidents of a Southern Tour in Virginia, Peanut Culture on the Battlefield of Petersburg. 11 x 16in. $80



260bh: 1879 Picture of colored people on a merry-go-round at a Virginia State Fair. Beautifully hand colored wood engraving titled, "Virginia. The Merry-Go-Round-A Favorite Amusement of Colored People on the State Fair Grounds, Near Richmond," drawn by Joseph Becker from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly. Shows scene of colored people riding a merry-go-round at a Virginia State Fair. 11 x 16in. $80



261bh: 1877 Pictures of Frederick Douglass. Beautifully hand colored engraved wood engraving titled,"Washington, D.C.-Frederick Douglass, The New Marshal of the District of Columbia and Washington, D.C.-The New Administration-Colored Citizens Paying their Respects to Marhal Frederick Douglass, in his office at the City Hall," from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Shows two different scenes of Frederick Douglass. 11 x 16in. $50