Lot 028 - Antique Cabinet Card Photograph Of A Late 19th Century Athlete, Likely Track And Field, Wearing A Shirt And Badges With A Swastika "Whirling Logs" Good Luck Insignia, T.H. Pickles, Photographer, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, See Notes 1181 loosened metal parts

loosened metal parts

features the likenesses of Davy Crockett and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in commemoration of The Battle of the Alamo in 1836

along with beveled top edges

Here is a lovely pair of vintage decorative white alabaster horse head bookends

Approximate Dimensions: 13" L x 7" W

Lot 028 - Antique Cabinet Card Photograph Of A Late 19th Century Athlete, Likely Track And Field, Wearing A Shirt And Badges With A Swastika "Whirling Logs" Good Luck Insignia, T.H. Pickles, Photographer, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, See Notes 1181 loosened metal partsPre Auction Notes: This photograph pre dates the Nazi use of this symbol by many decades, and the use of the symbol as a sign of good luck and prosperity pre dates Nazi use by centuries. This photo is offered as a historical example of the Swastika prior to its bastardization by the Nazi party. We renounce Nazism and fascism in all of its forms.