[Various locations in Louisiana: 1952-1968]. [81] leaves, illustrated with 701 photographs, some in color but mostly in black-and-white. Oblong folio. Contemporary green cloth, screw-bound. Moderate soiling and wear to album, both covers and a few internal leaves detached. Album leaves with varying levels of chipping and wear, a handful of.....
Mostly Shreveport, LA: 1924-1956. Thirteen manuscript ledgers, all quarto or folio, in contemporary cloth, paper, or partially-leather bindings, totaling approximately 650pp. of manuscript content. Condition ranges from fair to very good, with a few detached covers, occasional detached leaves, varying levels of toning and tanning to text, and other wear.....
[Shreveport, La. ca. 1950s]. Broadside, 8 x 7 inches, on cardstock. Irregularly trimmed, minor soiling and toning. A striking advertisement for the Colored Funeral Service Association, Inc., which offered "Funeral Service Insurance" to relevant businesses in midcentury Shreveport. The advertisement pictures a nondescript building, presumably the association's home office in.....
[Shreveport, La. 1978]. [56]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Moderate foxing, creasing, light edge wear, with a few pen notations to rear wrapper. Light occasional foxing to text. A wonderful combination of souvenir program for a notable women's religious organization and overall celebration of African-American church life in Shreveport in the.....
![Item #4637 Formal Opening Week Shiloh Baptist Church...August 16-21, 1964... [wrapper title]....](https://thejoefaycompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4637.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762004956)
[Shreveport, La. 1964]. 48pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Noticeable staining and edge wear, head of spine chipped. The very rare, if not unrecorded, program issued by the Shiloh Baptist Church "celebrating the completion of a new house of worship and sixty-four years of service for God 1900-1964." The work.....
[Shreveport, La. 1969]. [64]pp. Original pictorial green wrappers, stapled. Substantial chipping to bottom edge throughout, mostly marginal, but costing some words on the first sixteen pages, noticeable staining to wrappers and bottom margin throughout, center two leaves detached. An unrecorded program for an African-American church in Shreveport that doubles as.....
[Shreveport, La. 1974]. 29pp. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minor discoloration around edges, minor wear. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover, ink notation on first page. An unrecorded pamphlet containing the details of Baptist church events in Shreveport for 1974. The work includes a listing of the ministers in.....
[Shreveport, La. 1975]. 36pp. Original tan wrappers printed in black, stapled. Moderate toning to wrappers, minor edge wear. Contents a bit toned but clean. A rare program printing the schedule of events for the "First Annual Banquet" of the Neighborhood Advisory Councils of Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The present work prints.....
Shreveport, La. 1959. 8pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor toning around the edges, short split to spine. A very rare, if not unrecorded African American religious pamphlet from Jim Crow Louisiana. This revised constitution was printed to govern the Thirteenth District Missionary Baptist Association in Shreveport in 1959. The purpose.....
[Shreveport, La. 1965]. 64pp. Original pictorial light blue wrappers printed in dark blue, stapled. Text printed in blue. Moderate staining and soiling to wrappers and text, minor insect damage to wrappers. An unrecorded program celebrating the anniversary and the dedication of a new building for the African-American-owned J.S. Williams Funeral.....
![Item #4640 [Three Programs from the Segregated J.S. Clark Junior High School in Louisiana]....](https://thejoefaycompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4640.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762004556)
[Shreveport, La. 1959, 1967, and 1969]. Three programs: [48]; [32]; 30,[6]pp., each bound in yellow wrappers, stapled. Mostly minor wear, some dust-soiling, a few stray ink marks, one ownership signature. Overall a nice group. A trio of souvenir programs memorializing various events at Shreveport's J.S. Clark Junior High School beginning.....
[Shreveport, La. 1975]. 36pp. Original cream pictorial wrappers printed in blue, stapled. Text printed in blue. Minor wear and some soiling to wrappers. A few blue pen marks to wrappers and a few text pages. An unrecorded program for a bass baritone performance by Reverend John D.V. Hamilton, Jr., hosted.....
Leesville, La: 1930-1933. 135pp. Folio. Contemporary partially-printed ledger book, bound in half black cloth over maroon cloth boards, completed to various degrees in ink manuscript. Significant wear, dust-soiling, abrading, and staining to binding, with front joint partially split. Text block separated from spine, with a few leaves detached but otherwise.....
Shreveport: The Service Print Shop, July, 1926. Broadside, 12 x 6 inches. Old folds, small chip to upper corner, noticeable soiling and staining. An unrecorded broadside advertising a membership drive for the Damon Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the Universe in Shreveport, Louisiana in the midst of.....
Baton Rouge, La. January, 1938. 32pp. Original green printed wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling. Pencil notations to a few pages, otherwise internally clean. The rare first issue of the bulletin of Southern University in Baton Rouge. The issue was devoted to the Southern University Rally and printed rules and.....
[Monroe, La. 1973-1991]. Two large folio scrapbooks: First scrapbook: [63] leaves, illustrated with seventy-seven original photographs, plus numerous programs, certificates, newspaper clippings (including many photographically illustrated), and other ephemeral items. Large square folio. Contemporary green cloth with white vinyl laid down to boards, the front board titled with green wooden.....
[Shreveport, La. 1976]. [34]pp. Original pictorial cream wrappers, stapled. Moderate staining and noticeable insect damage to wrappers, some pen notations on covers. A few ink notations and underlinings in the text, but mostly clean, with center gathering detached. An unrecorded pamphlet containing numerous "historical sketches" of the various groups within.....
[Shreveport, La. ca. 1930s]. Broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Old folds, some tenderness to folds, a few short fold separations, some creasing and edge wear, mild rubbing. Some pencil notations on the verso. With organizational leader's ink stamp at bottom right. Very likely a unique surviving letterpress broadside advertising a......
![Item #12990 The New Patterson Hotel...One of America's Finest Colored Hotels... [caption title]....](https://thejoefaycompany.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12990.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776289966)
New Orleans: [ca. 1955]. Photo-illustrated trade card, 2.75 x 6.25 inches. Minor edge wear and toning, horizontal crease, some biopredation to bottom and right portions costing a handful of letters. Good condition. An extraordinary survival from Jim Crow Louisiana, advertising the New Patterson Hotel in New Orleans, owned and operated.....
[New Orleans: ca. December 24, 1862]. [3]pp. on a single folded sheet. Minor creasing, a couple of short closed edge tears, light fraying and chipping to bottom edge, three small tape repairs to inner fold. An extraordinary document issued by General Nathaniel Banks in New Orleans on Christmas Eve, 1862.....
New Orleans: 1866. 12pp. Original printed wrappers, sewn. Minimal soiling, light edge wear to wrappers. Vertical center crease throughout. Light even toning to text, otherwise very clean. A scarce work issued by the Reconstruction government of the state of Louisiana seeking funds from the United States Congress to make repairs.....
[Various locations in Louisiana: ca. 1902-1903]. Twelve leaves, illustrated with twenty silver gelatin photographs. Contemporary gray cloth photograph album, string-tied, front cover stamped in gilt, "The Kodak Book." Noticeable soiling and rubbing to boards, edges worn. Two photographs detached, mild wear to a few pictures, but overall nice condition. A.....
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA: October 25, 1836. [1]p. on a single folded sheet, integral blank docketed on verso. Old folds, moderate toning and foxing, short closed tear along one fold line, a few small instances of ink burn. Overall good condition. An interesting document of legal testimony involving numerous.....