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Vintage NAACP Boston Shoe Horn Step Positively NAACP Positive Program 1969
Vintage NAACP Boston Shoe Horn Step Positively NAACP Positive Program 1969
Vintage NAACP Boston Shoe Horn Step Positively NAACP Positive Program 1969
Vintage NAACP Boston Shoe Horn Step Positively NAACP Positive Program 1969

Vintage NAACP Boston Shoe Horn Step Positively NAACP Positive Program 1969

$ 39.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Occasion: Everyday
  • related to: Civil Rights March Black Americana Bussing Crisis
  • related 4: Signs posters figurines photos albums
  • related 3: United Negro College Fund HBCU Freedom
  • related 5: painting diary album scrapbook magazine Jet
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: Black Americana
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • related 2: protest Garrity South Boston Metco African America
  • Material: Plastic
  • Brand: NAACP
  • Type: Shoe Horn
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Decade: 1960s
  • related 6: Artist folk art primitive sculpture
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    From a large collection of shoe horns, a lone reminder of a 1969 NAACP program in Boston
    Possibly the only one still remaining  - a somewhat fragile and ephemeral item
    Vintage NAACP
    Step Positively
    Positive Program for Boston plastic shoe horn
    The
    Positive Program for Boston
    was a human resources initiative providing employment opportunities and summer internships in Greater Boston industries, run by the Boston chapter of the NAACP started in partnership with Peter Fuller, a prominent Boston automobile dealer.  The program continued into the mid-1970s. The Boston chapter was the very first chartered chapter of the NAACP.
    The shoe horn is black plastic with white lettering, 6" long
    Made in USA
    In good condition with some light wear
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