Bidspirit auction | Assortment of Ohio and West

Assortment of Ohio and West Virginia Ephemera Including Signed Martha Graham Program and Booker T. Washington Fan - This is a diverse collection of American paper ephemera primarily relating to the Ohio and West Virginia regions, spanning from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. A primary highlight is a Martha Graham and Dance Company program with multiple signatures on the cover, including Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, and Stuart Hodes. The interior of the program details performances of Cave of the Heart, Letter to the World, and Night Journey, listing artistic collaborators such as Isamu Noguchi, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber. The lot also features a die-cut cardboard handheld fan with a portrait of Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). Political ephemera includes a 1940 Republican National Convention appointment certificate for Robert Ohio Weible as an Honorary Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms. The photographic portion of the collection includes late 19th-century cabinet cards and carte de visite (CDV) studio portraits with marks from regional photographers including McDowell of Lancaster, Ohio; Sol. Townsend; and Wilson. Vernacular photography includes images of wood-frame residences and families. Educational materials include an Ohio Pupils Reading Circle certificate issued to Charles Simpson of Athens County, Ohio. Print media includes several newspaper clippings from the Logan News and Sunday Messenger, with a headline referencing Business Prospect According to Mr. Hoover. Advertising and promotional items comprise multiple copies of the 1952 Nabisco Straight-Arrow Injun-uity Manual (Book Four), a cardboard desk thermometer for Gail E. Wallace Funeral Home, and trade cards for The Rogge Hotel in Zanesville. Correspondence includes a handwritten postal card dated June 14, 1901, from Parkersburg, West Virginia. Width of display: 35 inches. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Thursday, May 28 from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB281