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Daisy White; Color Portrait
Color portrait in chalk or pastel of African American woman, from chest up. The woman is wearing a high necked dress that dates this portrait to theā¦
Progress of a race; or, The remarkable advancement of the Afro-American Negro from the bondage of slavery, ignorance and poverty, to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust
Cloth bound book. Binding in very poor condition. Some loose pages. Inscription on frontispiece. "Yours truly, W.H. Crogman"
Porter standing by train track; Photograph
Unknown candid photos of men working as Pullman Porters and on the railroads, from the collection of Glenn Johnson.
Poems
Cloth bound book with pasted print of woman and flowers on cover. Very poor binding condition. Inscription on first page "Bossie a cow of the Murray Family died Jan 20th 1910"
Pocket watch
Metal pocket watch with embossed designs on outer case. Inside has two clock faces, a large with Roman numerals, hour and minute hands and a smaller inset face with Arabic numerals and a second hand.
Pocket watch
Brass pocket watch. Embossed designs on outside, arabic numerals on enamel clock face. Clock face has some cracks.
Pink and Green Square Quilt
Cream quilt with lime green and light pink geometric pattern made up of smaller squares
Oval Portrait of Man in Suit; Photograph
Unknown man, photograph from the estate of Olivia Murray of Ash Grove, Missouri.
Older woman, standing portrait: Photograph
"That's a picture of Miss Fanny Murray in her old age."
