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Grafton Tyler Brown SF Billheads [135913]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Black Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Grafton Tyler Brown SF Billheads   [135913]
SOLD
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This item SOLD at 2021 Aug 05 @ 09:55UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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These are 3 bill heads for the San Francisco Dealer Osgood & Stetson, designed by noted lithographer and artist Grafton Tyler Brown. Brown (1841-1918) was the first son of light-skinned African Americans Thomas and Wilhelmina Brown. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the precocious teenager arrived in Sacramento in 1858, where he became a hotel steward, and quickly gained public attention for his artistic ability. In 1860 he “passed” into the majority society by taking a job with San Francisco lithographer Charles Kuchel. Brown bought the business and for fifteen years engaged in a design battle with San Francisco’s letterpress printers and other lithographers. Although he was African American, he was able to pass as "white"and had a pretty successful career in later years.

Date: 1876
Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: San Francisco
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection