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recto page features a photograph inscribed "Sincerely is so commonplace--Langston"

verso page, featuring a variety of clippings authored by Langston Hughes, including "Simple and Me," "Passing," and "Shame on You"

recto page, featuring handwritten "75" in upper right corner, as well as signatures from Countee Cullen and "Bruce," with a drawing of Christ on the cross on the upper right

recto page, featuring handwritten "64" at top right corner, as well as "Mr. Hendrix party is on their way to Hot Shots" written at top of page

verso page, featuring an inscription from Maxwell Bodenheim at the top that begins "When you mix black and white. . ."

with flap open: large-format poster that reads "The Arts Ball: 'Alexander Gumby Benefit'" at top

with flap closed: "52" handwritten in upper right corner; page features 2 handwritten cards and a small printed flyer that reads "The Art Committee Presents The Arts Ball" at top

"13" handwritten on upper right corner of closed flap; with flap open, there is a large ink drawing of Gumby's bookplate (reads: "L.S. Alexadner Gumby" and "Ex Libris"

"037" stamped in upper right corner; page features a chalk portrait signed "Hendrix--Sept 13 1930"

"036" stamped in upper left corner; features photograph inscribed "Here's looking at you--Gumby! Nicholas Pisarro"

"041" stamped in upper right corner; features mounted sheet music for "West Indies Blues"

"040" stamped in upper left corner; page features clipping titled "6,000 Negroes Hear Plea for Republic" and a program titled "Meeting and Demonstration; Madison Square Garden, Sunday March 16, 1924"

"24" handwritten in upper right corner; photograph of woman, caption reads: "Lady in Waiting. . ."

"23" handwritten in upper left corner; features a photograph of a woman with parasol held over her; caption reads: "Princess Tafari. . ."

"017" stamped in upper right corner; page features sheet music for "Evah Dahkey Is a King"

"016" stamped in upper left corner; page features poem "Darkie's Rainy Day"

"019" stamped in upper right corner; page features a single flyer with text: "Announcement Extraordinary; Opening Session of the Fourth Pan-African Congress"

previous page, but with flap open to reveal 1 full-page engraved portrait of Douglass, 1 postcard with a painting of Douglass, and a Douglass autograph card dated "1877"

"35" handwritten in upper right; closed flap features a clipping dated "April 21, 1877"

previous page, but with flap open to reveal six portraits of Douglass (some are etchings, 1 is a photograph)