[Africa Americana]: [Chisholm, Shirley]:

[Original Press Photograph of Shirley Chisholm].

London: Camera Press, 1969. Black-and-white photograph on glossy paper, 6.5 x 4.75 inches. Minor wear. Production ink stamps and printed descriptive label on verso. Small crease to upper left corner. Near fine. Item #12911

A striking press photo of Shirley Chisholm, described on the printed label here as "Democrat; Representative from the Bedford-Stuyvesant district in Brooklyn, New York; she is the first negro Congresswoman." Indeed, she had been elected so just the previous year. She swiftly set her sights higher, though, when four years later, she became the first African-American candidate to seek a major party's nomination for the presidency. The present image was published by Camera Press of London, with their stamp on verso, along with an ink stamp belonging to German press agent Greta Robok and the date stamped in the German style, "30. Juni 1969." Early career photographs of Chisholm are decidedly rare.

Price: $250