While some photos may appear a bit blurry, this is a function of photography and not condition. All postcards are crisp and clear!

The three comical cartoon postcards are much more brightly and vividly colored than the photos depict and have never been mailed. The remaining 5 photo postcards have been postmarked and are from Florida, Jamaica, Panama, and Trinidad. Some subtle wear to some corners.

A delightful grouping that would be much-enjoyed if framed!

Colors: bright, buttery yellow background, jester in dark fuchsia, green and white, and lettering and metal pin back frame in red.

The fisherman, measuring 9.75 inches tall, retains an old tag-label announcing the fisherman’s name, “Toby”. In excellent condition, he wears a wide smile, short pants, mustard-colored felt hat and blue shirt with flowered tie, and proudly displays the two celluloid fish he has caught which hang from his wooden pole.

The cotton picker measuring 11 inches tall, wears a somber face while plodding along with his walking stick and burlap bag which overflows with freshly picked cotton. Tagged “Old Black Joe”, he sports a fuzzy gray beard. In excellent condition, he wears long pants, a red, white and blue shirt with red and white checked tie, and black felt hat.

The banjo player measures 9.25 inches tall with mouth painted in full song as he sings along to his banjo-playing! He wears tweed pants, and a red and blue checked shirt with brown felt hat. An older gent, he wears a gray fuzzy beard and is tagged “Uncle Ned”. He shows some wear of his 90+ years: his left foot remains attached by the skeletal wire of his base structure but the brown cloth tape that attaches foot with leg has separated (see photo), creating a wiggly foot. His head is also loose but is supported by a piece of scotch tape put in place by the previous owner. While also wiggly, it also remains attached by the skeletal wire. Any further restoration of "Uncle Ned" will be left to the new owner. If he is going to be placed for display in a protective environment (as all collectible dolls should be), he will be fine left just as he is.

As cited in the "Encyclopedia of American Folk Art By Gerard C. Wertkin, Lee Kogan, American Folk Art Museum", page 135, the authors note the following: "Most nut head dolls were small, 3-10 inches tall...American in origin...with the character and personality determined by the type of nut used...they fit into the rich, craft heritage of the Southern United States highlands. In the Deep South, nut head dolls often portrayed African Americans in stereotypical roles."

The records are in used condition with minor scuffing and/or scratching typical of used records of 80+ years of age. These records have not been recently played and are presented as historical artifacts, and as such, they are offered for sale without guarantee of "playing quality".

Offered are:

1912 "I'se Gwine Back to Dixie" by the Haydn Quartet

1923 "Two Black Crows Part 1 and Part 2" A Comedy Sketch by Moran and Mack

C1915 "No One Loves You Any Better Than Your Mammy" by Link-Nelson

1910 "Epitaphs or Two Darkys in a Cemetery" by Golden and Hughes

1908 "Coon Band Contest--Fox Trot" by Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band

C1910 "Uncle Tom One-Step" by Hugo Frey.

While her little body was machine stitched together, the remainder of Mammy is all hand-completed! She has a sweet, cheerful, hand-embroidered face that is framed by a tall red, white and blue bonnet! She continues her patriotic look with a red and white checkered top and blue and white flowered pants---how racy---pants instead of a skirt!!!

Mammy clutches a gold colored tomato which, of course, is designed to keep the sewing pins!

Measuring 21.5 inches long, this delightful and appealing cloth Golli is unmarked and is thought, by his original and quite elderly owner, to have been made in the mid 1940's! (She speculates that he could even be a bit older than that, but she remembers not acquiring him until after the end of WWII.)

His nose and mouth are hand-stitched and he has round, cloth covered button eyes- the pupils were hand-colored using black ink! His nicely coiffed, black hair appears to have been styled from soft, "stuffed animal-type" fur! Rather interesting and ingenious! He has a machine-stitched, cotton batting stuffed, black sock cloth body. His colorful wardrobe is also machine stitched- green wool mourning coat, gold vest, and red and white polka-dotted cotton pants and matching bow tie!

He is in wonderful condition with the exception of some tiny moth holes to the back of his mourning coat (see photos) as well as another tiny moth hole to the back of his right arm and back right pants leg. The polka dot clothing shows the slightest hint of fading. His dark black fur hair also shows some age-related color change to brown at the roots. Hmm...then again...perhaps he's simply overdue for another hair coloring appointment at the Salon!

While some photos may appear a bit blurry, this is a function of photography and not condition. All postcards are crisp and clear! The two comical cartoon postcards are much more brightly and vividly colored than the photos depict. The eight photo postcards also feature titles describing their subjects.

A delightful grouping that would be much-appreciated framed!

Constructed of hand-cut, ¼ inch wide, black painted wood, this darling little black girl has hand-painted eyes and smiling lips, and is dressed in a hand and machine stitched, cloth-stuffed, one piece, black, tan and green dress! She has a hole in each ear, a metal hanging loop atop her head and one metal hook on each shoe for hanging keys or potholders!

This silly caricature bank features a black man's head mounted on two little feet- no body! He wears a red hat labeled, "Save and Smile Money Box" impressed across the front rim. This two piece mold has a coin slot on the top of the back of the head. The bank would have to be unscrewed to be emptied.

This rarely found activity book contains a single, black and white page devoted to each of the following "story book friends": Little Black Sambo, The 3 Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man, and Peter Rabbit. Along with each story page is an accompanying, brightly-colored, gummed sticker page that children were invited to carefully cut, moisten and then place the pieces onto the proper place on the black and white story page.

The book is in un-played-with condition with the exception of 2 cutouts on the Three Little Pigs sticker page. These 2 pieces were carefully cut and glued on the accompanying story page. All other pages are in mint, original, unused condition!

Brightly colored and rarely found in this condition! A fabulous addition to one's Little Black Sambo collection!