PAIR OF NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS BUTTONS INCLUDING "7000 JOBS FOR NEGROES AT GLEN L. MARTIN."
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Winning Bid:
$289.45 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
4
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #220 - Part I
Value Code:
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Item Description
7/8" to 1.25". First has union back stamp and is c.1941. References push for African American jobs during the war boom at Glen L. Martin Aviation in Baltimore, MD. Rare and first we can recall seeing. Second has "John Brown" and "Richard Allen" and promotes the 1937 National Negro Congress convention in Philadelphia, PA. Network of surface crazing and a few tiny missing dots of paint. VG. Scarce. Ted Watts Collection.
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