[Rarebooks] FS: Signed Photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., in Chicago slums

[Charles Agvent]

KING,  Martin  Luther,  Jr.  [Martin  Luther  KING,  Jr.].  SIGNED
PHOTOGRAPH.  A  black-and-white  UPI  photograph  (7"  x  10")  with a
printed  caption on the right margin dated 23 February 1966  depicting
King  and another shoveling ashes into a wheel barrow between two slum
buildings  on Chicago's west side. SIGNED "Martin L. King Jr." on  the
image  beneath  the shovels. Photographs genuinely signed by King  are
scarce.  Light  creases  at  the bottom along with  two  small,  faint
stains,  the signature not affected. Faint red ink stamp of UPI on the
verso  along  with  a paperclip stain. Very Good or better  and  quite
scarce.                                                       $4500.00

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