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Arthur Letson Collection, Circa 1910-1969 1 Photograph Binder Box

Letson, Arthur (Sethuel Arthur), 1921-1995

The Arthur Letson Collection contains sixty photographs and one newspaper clipping collected by the Letson family of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photographs include individual and group portraits from the Letson, Quick, Mahan, and Moore families, friends and associates of Fred Moore, Dania Beach Boulevard Bridge and Bridgehouse, and geographic areas such as the Altanitc Coastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale, and Dania Beach.

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Artwork, 1881-2006, Undated.

Series I contains various drawings, illustrations, paintings, and posters from many artists, but primarily from Edward W. Kemble. Art from other contributors such as Pataky, Joan Cromwell and Richard Caton Woodville are also present. Subjects of the drawings mostly include canaries, depictions of Black Americans and various Mexican landscape. An illustration of particular note is the portrait of Alexander Hamilton by William Sartain.

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As I Look Back, 1888-1936 Box 7, Folder 8

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Assorted Photographs, 1862-1951, Undated

The vast majority of these images are early African American studio portraits and snapshots salvaged from personal photo albums. Formats in this subseries vary, but include black and white, sepia, stereographs, and a few metal color prints.

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