Attics, closets yield black history ‘treasures’

Smithsonian and library experts assessed the historical — not monetary, to the chagrin of some — value of a tattered family bible, comic books, a handmade quilt, a pin marking the death of cosmetics entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, the nation’s first African-American millionaire, and dozens of other artifacts. The highlight, Bunch said, was the discovery of an exceedingly rare white Pullman port-American sleeping car porters on first-class runs. “I take pleasure in every object I see, but rarely do I say ‘Oh my God’,” Bunch said. “And that was an ‘Oh my God’ moment.”It will join the museum’s permanent collection in Washington.

January 21, 2008 by Uncategorized 0

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