Ir al contenido

[Photo Album of High School and College Life.]

[Photo Album of High School and College Life.]

[Photo Album of High School and College Life.]

de Norris, Jr., Elmus Monroe

  • Usado
  • good
Estado
Good
Librería
Puntuación del vendedor:
Este vendedor ha conseguido 5 de las cinco estrellas otorgadas por los compradores de Biblio.
Houston, Texas, United States
Precio
EUR 1,767.38
O solamente EUR 1,748.52 con un
Membresía Biblioclub
EUR 7.54 Envío a USA
Envío estándar: de 7 a 14 días

Más opciones de envío

Formas de pago aceptadas

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

Sobre este artículo

Illinois, 1948. Good. 10¼" x 13½". String-tied photo album lacking its covers. 56 pages with 156 black and white photographs inserted into corner mounts + an additional 65 photos laid in. Photos range from 2" x 3" to 8" x 10" and around one third are captioned. Album good: lacking covers and several leaves are loose; photos generally very good plus or better.

This is a collection of photos compiled by an African American man from Illinois, Elmus Norris, Jr. Norris was born in 1929 raised in Murphysboro and attended Murphysboro High School. The album covers Norris' life from high school through early adulthood, though there are a handful of photos from an earlier period likely showing his family around their home.

High school photos include an entire page devoted to a basketball tournament in 1945 and there are two 8x10 team photos and two smaller group shots, showing that Elmus was one of two Black players on the team. He also played football for Murphysboro and a small team shot showed he was the only African American on the football team. Another 8x10 was likely taken in college and shows a group of young African American men dressed in suits; possibly Elmus' fraternity as we know he was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and may have also attended Southern Illinois State Normal University.

College-era photos include named pictures of his classmates, shots around campus and a series of Elmus posing with various female friends in Elkville. Elmus participated in ROTC while in college and there are several shots of him in uniform. There's also a great 8x10 of a Black military band marching in a parade.

Other interesting photos include a lovely shot of a baptism at a lake and two pages are devoted to the summer of 1948 when Elmus worked for the Missouri and Pacific railroad in Warnock apparently repairing traintracks and similar work. There's also a page of four photos showing Norris with fellow attendees of a Baptist Sunday School Convention.

A fine collection of well composed images.

Detalles

Librería
Langdon Manor Books LLC US (US)
Inventario del vendedor #
7979
Título
[Photo Album of High School and College Life.]
Autor
Norris, Jr., Elmus Monroe
Estado del libro
Usado - Good
Cantidad disponible
1
Lugar de publicación
Illinois
Fecha de publicación
1948
Catálogos del vendedor
African Americana; Photography;

Términos de venta

Langdon Manor Books LLC

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Sobre el vendedor

Langdon Manor Books LLC

Puntuación del vendedor:
Este vendedor ha conseguido 5 de las cinco estrellas otorgadas por los compradores de Biblio.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2016
Houston, Texas

Sobre Langdon Manor Books LLC

We are full time antiquarian booksellers, specializing in African-Americana, Western Americana, American Personal Narratives, Compelling Photo Albums, American Social Movements, Manuscripts and Outsider Books.

Glosario

Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:

Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Leaves
Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...

Categorías de este libro

tracking-