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Pacific Theater, World War II: Self-published, 1943. A superb World War II archive featuring a significant manuscript photograph album (oblong 17" x 12") containing 147 photographs on 46 pages (17 pages blank at rear), service records, citations, orders, medals, patches, bars, newspaper clippings, ID card, dog tags, and additional loose photographs and negatives, all belonging to Edwin Oscar Ahbe (1916-1995) . Ahbe was inducted on Dec. 1, 1943, reporting to Camp Peekskill, NY and serving as a Cameraman Motion Picture 043 and Combat Photographer in the 3374th Signal Photographic Service Company. After stops at Fort Sheridan and Camps Smith and Crowder, his first overseas photographs in the album begin in Ceylon. A small manuscript list shows he left NY early on Oct. 20, 1944 and records him being in Newfoundland, Azores, Cashblanca (sic), Tripoli, Cairo, Aboudan Iran, Karachi India, Kandy Ceylon, Burma, and China. His citation for the Bronze Star for meritorious service, 16 Jan 1945 to 10… Leer más

Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: T.F Mock, 1918. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 42 1/4", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, faint creases near ends, scant light soiling rear of photo. Stamped in blue ink rear -"Passed by Intelligence Section Office, Chief of Staff". Written in ink rear -" 355th Battalion Q.M.C., Camp Custer, Mich. T.F. Mock Sept. 29, 1918". Unclear whether this is in Mock's handwriting. Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. Sept. 29th, 1918 was the day in 1918, after a 56-hour-long bombardment, Allied forces breached the so-called Hindenburg Line, the last line of German defenses on the Western Front during World War I. SCARCE photograph of Negro troops during World War I, with many interesting poses by… Leer más

Alaska: Pacific Coast Steamship Company , 1909. RARE advertising card for the Pacific Coast Steamhip Co. featuring a black and white photograph of three Native women, one with a child in carrier on her back, prepearing a meal over a campfire across water from a glacier. Card size 5 3/4" x 8", image size 4 1/4" x 7 1/2", with text underneath reading "AN ALASKA CHRISTMAS DINNER: Here's to good fortune for Nineteen Naught Nine ! May you always have food when the time comes to dine ! May you always find gold in your prospecting pan ! May Good health attend you ! Yours, (?)". Very Good, bottom left corner creased, small chip top edge. Native American. Gold prospecting. . Cardstock. Very Good. 5 3/4" H x 8" W.

Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: Mock, T.(heodore) F., 1919. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 72", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, small corner crease, pencilled indications on rear denoting "officers quarters" and "administrative". The photograph is unsigned and untitled, but is same view as the one located in the Library of Congress attributed to Mock, EXCEPT this photograph is nearly 30" longer than the one in the LOC's collection ! Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. A magnificent panoramic photograph spanning 6 feet, and SCARCE. . First Printing. Photograph. Near Fine.

New York: Bamfoth & Co. No Date, circa 1910-1920. 4" x 4" black and white photograph on thin card stock, of a blackface family of five sitting on the stoop of their log cabin with view of river valley in background, the father playing a banjo. Verso has lyrics and music to Stepen A. Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home". Very Good, card evenly browned. . Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4" x 4".

No Place: Jno. Buell , 1880. Cabinet cardr, no date, circa 1880, photograph 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" mounted to grey cardstock measuring 3 1/2 x 5 1/4", embossed name Jno. Buell lower left. Jno. Buell was a photographer in Geneseo, Illinois 1870s - 1890s. (Langdon's List of 19th & 20th Century Photographers ). Photograph is Fine, verso blank with a few small stains. Photo features unknown soldier in uniform, cap with crossed rifles, no other insignia. . First Edition. Photograph. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 3 1/2 x 5 1/4".

Original Photographs A collection of seven 7" x 9" and five 8" x 10" original black and white photographs, undated but appear circa 1970s-1980s, eight depicting motorcycle racers and four, automobile racers including one SCARCE photo of Paul Newman sitting in a race car. No attribution as to photographers and no writing to verso of any of the photos. Five of the 7 x 9 motorcycle photos are European, as some of the signage shows "BMW Clubs of Europe". All are Fine to Near Fine, light soiling to the right-hand margin of the Newman photo. . Photograph. Near Fine.

Chile and Bloomington, Indiana An important archive of manuscript music and writings along with an early photograph album and a typed poem, SIGNED, with SIGNED hand drawn abstract artwork and two original artist's sketchbooks, one 12" x 9" ring-bound water color paper with 34 drawings, 23 in charcoal, 9 in pastels, 1 water color and 1 in pencil, most titled and dated in 1955; the second 11" x 7 1/2" ring-bound with 53 pencil drawings, including 3 with color pencil, the drawings mostly dated and titled, several with manuscript writing in Spanish, the dates beginning in 1959, then resumed 1979, taken up again in 1992 and with the last drawings dated 2001.verso and a program for the 100th birthday celebration of noted Chilean composer and musicologist Juan Orrego Salas. While living in Chile Juan Orrego Salas studied with Domingo Santa Cruz and Pedro Humberto Allende, Orrego-Salas received grants from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations that facilitated his travel to the… Leer más

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1974. "For Release ( No Date). Photo No. 62-MAS-168". Near Fine, faint 1" surface crease. 8" x 10" black and white , NASA publication information printed in blue ink verso. "Astronaut John Glenn was photographed in space by an automatic sequence action picture camera as he became the first American to orbit the earth on Feb. 20, 1962. His Mercury spacecraft - Friendship 7- made three orbits in its 4 hours 55 minute flight. Glenn was in a state of weightlessness traveling at 17,500 mph as this picture was taken." . First Edition. Photograph. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8" x 10".

Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Museum / Thomas Nelson Publ. , 1983. Exhibition poster for the 1983 Tennessee State Museum show, 24" w x 35 1/2" h, featuring one of Robin Hood's photographs. Near Fine, a few faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24" w x 35 1/2" h.

Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1974. "For Release ( No Date). Photo No. 69-H-2349 (?)". Near Fine, faint 1" surface crease. 8" x 10" black and white , NASA publication information printed in blue ink verso. "On December 16, 1965, Gemini 6 maneuvered to within a few feet of Gemini 7 for the world's first rendezvous in space." . First Edition. Photograph. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8" x 10".

Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: Theodore F. Mock, 1919. Original panoramic photograph, 8" x 62", unframed, rolled. Very Good Minus, vertical tear that has been archivally tape repaired, 2 chips top edge in margin of photograph, not affecting image, 2 small stains. At 8" high, this photograph is 1 1/2" higher than the one located in the Library of Congress. States "copyright T.F. Mock 1919". Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. SCARCE.. First Printing. Photograph. Very Good Minus.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at his home in Mill Valley, California on half-title page - "Wright Morris Mill Valley, 1981". Stated First Edition, priced $10.00 front flap, small red v mark bottom edge at spine. Near Fine, corners small bumps, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small wrinkles at corners. "The Museum of Modern Art proved supportive of Morris throughout his career, both exhibiting and purchasing his work. MOMA curator John Szarkowski prompted a reconsideration of Wright Morris with the publication of God's Country and My People (1968), widely considered Morris's most successful photo-text work". Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

No Place: Metropolitan Series Uncommon Metropolitan Series stereocard, reportedly published by Sears, Roebuck & Co. No Place, No Date, circa 1900-1910. Dramatic scene of railroad train crossing gorge on high bridge. . Stereo Card. Very Good. 3 1/2" x 7".

Various Photographers , 1930. A group of 32 photographs, 30 b&w and 2 color, ranging in size from 4" x 6" to 7" x 9 1/2", 10 circa 1930's, the rest 1957-1997, 8 SIGNED ( signees to be determined). Credited photographers are: Ginger Gamage, Forbes, Jay Dee (Ft. Worth, TX), V. Sladon, (NYC), and John Lindquist. Some of the photos have writing verso identifying the subjects, including one of Svetlova with Claudio Arrau and Mantovani. Several appear to be other noted people in the world of dance. And the 1930's photos, several of which are signed, appear to be friends of Svetlovas. Marina Svetlova ( 1923-2009) had a carrer in ballet that began as a child in 1931 and carried into the 1960's. She was a soloist with the Original Ballet Russe and a ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In 1969 she became a Professor of Ballet and chairwoman of the ballet department at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1992, gaining a reputation as a major educator in dance. A… Leer más

The Artist, 1977. Original hand colored photographic engraving, 15" h x 22" w , pencil numbered 3/75, titled and SIGNED BY ARTIST. No date (1977), Near Fine, old pencil price verso, light creases at edges. One of Canada's most distinguished photographic artists. Well suited for framing, will be shipped flat, please select priority mail shipping to help defray expense. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Printing. Print. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 15" h x 22" w.

No Place: No Publisher INSCRIBED in blue ink "Best wishes Dale Robertson". No Date, circa 1950's, 5" x 7" black and white publicity photograph, Very Good, black photo album paper residue at corners rear. Best known for his roles in in Western movies and TV shows of the 1950s and 60s, he is a member of the Hall of Great Western Performers and the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. . Photograph. Very Good. 5" x 7".

No Place: No Publisher SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Gary Crosby in black ink "Best Wishes Gary Crosby". 5" x 7" black and white publicity photograph, Very Good,, no date, circa 1950's, black photo album paper residue rear at corners. The son of Bing Crosby and actress Dixie Lee, Gary Crosby appeared in films and is best remembered for his TV series roles in "the Bill Dana Show" and "Adam-12". . Photograph. Very Good. 5" x 7".

No Place: No Publisher SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Anne Francis in blue ink "Sincerely Anne Francis". 5" x 7" black and white publicity photograph, Very Good,, no date, circa 1950's, black photo album paper residuetop margin front and rear at corners. Anne Francis is best known for her role in the science fiction film "Forbidden Planet" (1956) and for having starred in the TV series "Honey West" (1965-1966), which was the first TV series with a female detective character's name in the title. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Photograph. Very Good. 5" x 7".

No Place: No Publisher INSCRIBED in blue ink "Good Luck Robert Clarke". No Date, circa 1950's, 5" x 7" black and white publicity photograph, Very Good, black photo album paper residue at corners rear. "B" movie actor best known for the cult movie "The Hideous Sun Demon" (1958). . Photograph. Very Good. 5" x 7".