BLACK SATIN COLLECTIBLES

Washington, DC

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This Spanish-American War Veterans Button was issued to Lt. Ernest Gaither, an African American who served in that war. Originally, from Montclair, N.J., Lt.Ernest Gaither, lived in Washington, DC; these items were acquired from his home there which was first purchased by him. He and his wife, La Vern Webb Gaither, who grew up in Washington, DC, lived in that home until their deaths.
That home in Northeast Washington, DC later served as the home of generations of their relatives until about 1994.
Tickets and a copy of a flyer dated 1908, and entitled "The progress of a Race", for admission to lectures by Lieut. Ernest R. Gaither, which were "Illustrated with Stereopticon Views" can be seen below:

Copy of The Flyer that accompanied the above ticket with picture of

Lt. Ernest R. Gaither

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