Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston, SC

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Price: $14.95

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1051157

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Postcard

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Chrome

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Dexter Press Inc.

Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Publisher's Series #:

75382-B

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The Old Slave Mart Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1937 by Miss Miriam Wilson, it is housed in the only known surviving building in Charleston where slaves were sold. The Chalmers Street Museum traces the history of the American Negro and preserves many specimens of his craftsmanship. It also has an art gallery featuring works by contemporary Negro artists as well as handcraft from all over the world. A woman sits on the sidewalk in front, selling baskets of flowers.

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OLD SLAVE MART MUSEUM Charleston, S. C. Established in 1937 by Miss Miriam Wilson in the only building left in Charleston where slaves are known to have been sold. The Chalmers Street Mu- seum traces the history of the American Negro and preserves many specimens of his craftsmanship. It also has an art gallery featuring works by contem- porary Negro artists as well as handcraft from all over the world. Photographed by Ernest Ferguson Dist. by Charleston Post Card Co., Phone 723-1519 75382-B dp DEXTER PRESS, INC. WEST NYACK, NEW YORK HERE

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