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Auction advertisement


Title	Auction advertisement
Description	Photograph of a printed engraving of an African-American man working as an auctioneer's street hawker. One of six sketches made in Houston by an unknown artist in 1873. The artist accompanied journalist Edward King of Scribner's Monthly on a visit to Houston when the city was recovering from Reconstruction.
Date	ca. 1873
Genre	black-and-white photographs engravings copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)	african American advertising auctioneers peddlers
Subject (Geographic)	Houston, Texas
Original Collection	George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item Location	ID 1970-001, Box 12, Folder 263
Use and Reproduction	This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please use the citation provided by the citation button above. To order a higher resolution reproduction click Request High Res above.
File name	fur378-cc.tif
Digital Collection	reformatted digital