October 10th Auction, Autographs,Manuscripts, Sports, Books and Photography
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/10/2019
Historic 8" x 10" photo of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after being taken into custody and jailed on February 22, 1956. Although the Montgomery Improvement Association quickly posted Parks’s bail, this photo of the dignified seamstress being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D. H. Lackey appeared the next day on the front page of the New York Times and ran in countless newspapers across the nation. Also framed with hand written letter by Parks where she wrights about her bust which was unveiled at the Smithsonian just a few months before done by an artist from Los Angeles Mrs.Lane. is accompanied with a JSA Letter and our COA.
Rosa Parks Signed Famous Photo and Letter
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