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Civil War Hero David Dixon Porter Expresses Support for the Chinese in a Time of Hostility by DAVID DIXON PORTER

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Title: Civil War Hero David Dixon Porter Expresses Support for the Chinese in a Time of Hostility
Author: DAVID DIXON PORTER
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: "As you and I have both expressed friendly sentiments towards the citizens of the Flowery Kingdom, we may hope to be in high favor should we live till that time." DAVID DIXON PORTER. Autograph Letter Signed, to "Reverend Dr. Newman." Washington, D.C., March 14, 1879. 3 pp., 5 x 8 in. Partial Transcript "Not long since I read in the 'Herald' a very interesting report of a lecture by you on the subject of the Chinese and our treatment of them. Your utterances coincided so nearly with my own opinions that I was particularly pleased with the article. By today's mail I send you a copy of the 'United Service Quarterly Aeneio' [Aeneid?] containing an article on Chinese contributed by me. The article was written some two months ago about the time when the Californians began to get excited on the subject of the Chinese Question. The article I send may serve to amuse you and perhaps make you a little uneasy about the future prospect of the establishment of a Mongolian dynasty in Washington. As you and I have both expressed friendly sentiments towards the citizens of the Flowery Kingdom, we may hope to be in high favor should we live till that time, but should neither of us live as long as Methuselah, we certainly may expect at least a present of a box of tea from his Excellency Chin Lan Pin." Historical Background In 1879, the slogan of the Workingmen's Party of California was "The Chinese Must Go!," and the anti-Chinese hysteria was reaching a widespread volume across the state, a sentiment that both Porter and his compatriot Newman seemed to have sided with: "The article was written some two months ago about the time when the Californians began to get excited on the subject of the Chinese Question. The article I send may serve to amuse you and perhaps make you a little uneasy about the future prospect of the establishment of a Mongolian dynasty in Washington." This rise of hostility was followed by the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which would make history as the first measure restricting emigration to the United States based on race. Condition Very good. Two horizontal mailing folds, one passing through the signature. Light creasing, mild separation to the bottom of central hinge, repaired complete tear through the closing sentiment.

Franklin Roosevelt Orders Books on Naval Battles, New York, and Ladies by FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

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Title: Franklin Roosevelt Orders Books on Naval Battles, New York, and Ladies
Author: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were avid readers. With this postcard, the future president orders three books from Pierce & Scopes, Booksellers and Importers, in Albany, New York. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Autograph Notes filling out bookseller's printed postcard order form, October 28, 1924, 1 p. The books Roosevelt ordered here are: "Naval Battles 2.50." The Roosevelt Library has American Naval Battles, published between 1831 and 1848, as well as Edward Shippen, Naval Battles, Ancient and Modern (1883); Harry Parker, Naval Battles from the Collection of Prints Formed and Owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust, Bart. (1911); Charles Elkins, The Naval Battles of Great Britain (1828); three copies of The Naval Battles of the United States in the Different Wars with Foreign Nations (1857-1859); and Edward Kirk Rawson, Twenty Famous Naval Battles (1899). Autograph Notes "Valentine's Manual 12.50," likely Henry Collins Brown, Valentine's Manual of Old New York. Henry Collins Brown (1862-1961) was born in Scotland and came to New York in 1875. He became a historian, author, and lecturer, and founded the Museum of the City of New York in 1923. He wrote several books on the history of New York and edited Valentine's Manual, an annual publication, from 1917 to 1928. Brown's publication continued a series called the Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, published in 28 issues between 1841 and 1870. "Ladies Companion 2.50," likely The Ladies' Companion, and Literary Expositor. William W. Snowden published The Ladies' Companion, a Monthly Magazine; Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts in New York from 1834 to 1844 in 21 volumes.

Swedish immigrant uses racist “Pickaninny” imagery on a hand-painted envelope by [AFRICAN AMERICAN]. GUSTAF NORDSTROM

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Title: Swedish immigrant uses racist “Pickaninny” imagery on a hand-painted envelope
Author: [AFRICAN AMERICAN]. GUSTAF NORDSTROM
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Swedish sign painter in New York uses racial stereotypes on envelope to tell his brother in Florida that he misses him. [AFRICAN AMERICAN]. GUSTAF NORDSTROM. Handmade Postal Cover, to Frederick Nordstrom, February [25], 1902, Brooklyn, New York. 1 p., 11½ x 5 in. Historical Background Sign painter Gus Nordstrom of Brooklyn likely cut the pictures of crying African American babies from a contemporary advertisement. The "pickaninny" caricature of "child coons" show them with stereotypical bulging eyes and big red lips, and speaking in a primitive dialect. On postcards and prints, black children were frequently depicted as bait for alligators. The first famous pickaninny was Topsy, in Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1850). The character quickly became common in minstrel shows, where she had a happy, mirthful, mischievous persona. Little Black Sambo then appeared in a series of children's books first published in England in 1899. From 1900 to 1902, the New York Herald carried a comic strip called Pore Lil Mose, who migrated from Cottonville, Georgia, to New York City with his animal friends. That a native-born teenager would send this to his Swedish-born older brother speaks to the depth of the pickaninny stereotype in American culture early in the twentieth century. Gustaf Adolf Nordstrom (1884-1949) was born in New York and lived at 15 Myrtle Ave. in Brooklyn. In 1906, he and his new wife May Reilly (1890-1911) moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and lived with his brother Fred and sister-in-law Lottie. By 1910, he was again living in Brooklyn and working as a sign painter. John Frederick Nordstrom (1877-1947) was born in Sweden and arrived in New York with his family in 1882. He became a naturalized citizen on June 14, 1898. He served from June to November 1898 in 71st New York Infantry during the Spanish-American War. In 1899, he married Regina Nordstrom (b. 1874). In 1904, he married Charlotte Josephine Gugel (1870-1935). In 1904, he was in partnership with Niels Pederson in a furniture repairing and upholstering business. By 1908, he was an upholsterer with his own business in Jacksonville, where he remained until 1911. By 1920, he was operating a furniture store just north of Boston. By 1930, he operated an automobile store. We don't know if these Nordstroms were related to the founder of the department store, John W. Nordstrom, who emigrated from Sweden in 1887, arriving in New York with $5 in his pocket, unable to speak a word of English. Condition Toning and light soiling. A substance on both sides of the fence could be cotton. Complete Transcript "From the Cotton Field" We are all waiting for FRED. to come home. Post No Bills [Address:] Fred. Nordstrom / Jacksonville, Fla. / General Delivery [Postmark:] BROOKLYN, NY / FEB 25 / 10 30 PM / 1902 [Return Address:] from Gus Nordstrom / 15 Myrtle ave. / B'klyn [Postmark:] JACKSONVILLE, FLA. [RURA]L DEL'Y / FEB 27 1902 [Postmark:] JACKSONVILLE, FLA. R [FD?] / FEB 27 / 11 AM / 1902

March Against Death - March on Washington Nov 13-15 1969 by [PACIFISM - VIETNAM WAR] PICASSO, Pablo (artist)

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Title: March Against Death - March on Washington Nov 13-15 1969
Author: [PACIFISM - VIETNAM WAR] PICASSO, Pablo (artist)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Washington DC: New Mobilization Committee, 1969. First Edition. Original illustrated poster, offset printed in red and black on white stock, measuring 38cm x 59cm (ca 15" x 23"). Mild handling, a few vertical creases smoothed out, with a handful of small closed tears to the margins; unbacked; Very Good+. Poster issued in advance of the New Mobe's November, 1969 March on Washington, with the illustration printed by permission of the artist.

Hommage à Monsieur Teste by ARMAN

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Title: Hommage à Monsieur Teste
Author: ARMAN
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: [Sète]: Espace Fortant de France, [1995]. First Edition. Slim quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 48pp.; chiefly color photographic illus. Wrappers a bit soiled, light shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Catalog of an exhibition mounted during the summer of 1995 featuring the French artist's destruction/recomposition sculptural works. OCLC notes a single copy as of January, 2019, in Germany.

[Broadside]: Easter Peace Walk 1964. Support Disarmament Negotiations. End War in Vietnam. Cut Arms Budget to Fight War on Poverty..

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Title: [Broadside]: Easter Peace Walk 1964. Support Disarmament Negotiations. End War in Vietnam. Cut Arms Budget to Fight War on Poverty..
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Catholic Worker, Committee for Nonviolent Action, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women Strike for Peace, [etc.], 1964. Unbound. Very Good. Double-sided broadside. Illustrated with map of the march route. Old folds, slight age-toning, light adhesive shadow presumably from where it was posted, very good. Early 60s protest broadside. *OCLC* locates no copies.

Jaarboek Van Het Centraal Bureau Voor Genealogie 1999

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Title: Jaarboek Van Het Centraal Bureau Voor Genealogie 1999
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: The Hague: Centraal Bureau Voor Genealogie, 1999. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 286pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Text in Dutch.

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