Robert E. Patten was a Black Iowan printers whose press created many signs, pamphlets, brochures and placards for the white and Black communities in Des Moines, Iowa. This placard had a small calendar but mainly serves as an advertisement for...
National Baptist Convention Series, 1936, Post Office at Nashville, Tenn., under the Act of March 3, 1879 A Pamphlet for Sunday School lessons for children ages 6-8.from the National Baptist Convention Series, 1936 Reverend A. M. Townsend, D.D.–Corresponding Secretary Rev.erend...
An advertisement for Italian Paste Blacking, a paste for boots, has an image of a Black child holding a boot. The image is framed, it appears within an oval. The image is about 2.5″ x 2″, an illustration of a...
Hand held fan has a painted image of Martin Luther King, jr., with a framed portrait of his mother in the background. Under the portrait of his mother is a book that says “Holy Bible.” A chevron caption says: “Together...
These fans were provided by the church to parishioners to cool off during services prior to the wide adoption of air conditioning. Space on the fans was typically purchased by funeral homes, ambulance services, mortuaries, and insurance companies to advertise...
Trade card advertising cigars. Image shows a newspaper man traveling on a donkey. He holds a broken umbrella, a piece of plumbing, and wears a bib that save “liver pad.” His mule’s saddlebags have three stereotyped figures: a Black man,...
photo shows the front view of the Capitol building in Des Moines with a car, labeled “Mason” driving up the steps. The spectacle is watched by groups of people. On the top of the photograph the printed text reads: “Never...
front: “Compliments of the Western Wheel Scraper company. Manufacturers, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.” in between the sentences is a large photo of two young Black children, a boy and a girl, in the snow. houses are in the background. The boy...
an advertisement from an Atlanta, GA, newspaper that states: “Use Dr. Fred Palmer’s toilet preparations. In buying toilet articles, insist on getting the old-reliable Dr. Fred Palmer’s skin whitener preparations, used and endorsed by thousands of people the country over,...
From the website History To You https://www.historytoyou.org/it-s-only-an-image-right “Carter’s Inky Racer Sign, with Original Box and Product, circa 1920 – A product designed to removed ink spots, Carter’s Inky Racer was produced by Carter Ink, which was based out of Boston, Massachusetts, evidence...
Used menu from the Fount’n Grill at Katz Drug Company in Des Moines Iowa. Katz Drug Store was a regional chain of pharmacies in the Midwestern United States. In 1914, two brothers named Ike and Mike Katz opened two drug...
Postcard photo shows a group of men posing in front of the Des Moines Daily News and Jones Bros Buildings. In the back, left is a tent that says “Theatre.” Back: the back is blank, and divided.
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races. February 1920, vol. 19, n0. 4. Whole no. 112. Cover art by Frank Walts Conducted by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois, opinion written by W.E. Burghardt Du Bois Articles include “Lynching Map, 1919;”...
The cover of this paperback mustard-yellow, 148 page directory Information on General Electric Appliances Manager Carrie Buford The first page states: “Introduction. The P.C. Doss & Co., wishes to introduce to the City of Omaha, the 19947-1948 Edition of the...
An envelope and stationary with letterhead saying: “Harry Miller’s Ginger Snaps / Colored Orchestra / An Aggregation of Tuneful Music Makers / Melody, Mirth and Merriment / Harry Miller, Manager 1104 1/2 Center Street. Des Moines, Iowa_____________193_ During the 1930s,...
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