American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Lot comprised of an assemblage of more than 225 items, including photographs, real photo postcards, printed postcards, ephemera, maps, and correspondence, most associated with World War I and II activities at home and abroad, dating from the early-to-mid 20th century. Also included are several modern prints made from World War II-era photographs. Photographs range in size from 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. to 8 x 10 in., with both professional and amateur photographs included. Some press photos with typed descriptions on verso are included with the collection.

The collection features several images of soldiers from America and abroad in various settings, from the battlefield, to camp, to enjoying free time abroad. Personal snapshots of the soldiers with family, friends, and sweethearts on the home front and overseas are included, as well as a number of images showing buildings, landmarks, and landscapes, many taken by soldiers while abroad. Photos of prisoners of war, weaponry, aircraft, and locomotives are also enclosed.

Photographs of note include: World War I-era aerial photographs (3). -- Press photo of German prisoners at Anzio, Italy, 1 May 1944. -- Press photo of two identified American soldiers on the Normandy front armed with a bazooka, 15 July 1944. -- "Official Marine Corps Photo" (stamped on verso) of a group of pilots walking away from military aircraft. -- Group portrait of members of the 3rd Platoon taken in France, October 1944. Verso inscribed with details about the scene and a list of the names and nicknames of the soldiers. -- Press photograph of prisoners taken during the Schmidt Assault, 17 November 1944. -- Photograph of soldiers in a trench with weaponry, copyrighted on verso by Kent Messenger. -- Press photo of veterans in New York paying their respects to the late President Roosevelt, 15 April 1944. -- Press photograph of American combat engineers putting their weight to a section of Bailey Bridge they were constructing in France, 10 February 1945. -- Signal Corps photograph of Seventh Army Infantrymen marching from the front lines during a snowstorm in France, 10 November 1944. -- Signal Corps photograph of a German railway gun knocked out by the American Air Force. -- Press photo of German prisoners being marched to the rear after American First Army Forces capture them in the attack on the Belgian-German town of Bullange. 13 February 1945. -- Photograph of a soldier staring at a sign that reads, "Germany, You Are Entering an Enemy Country, Keep Alert." -- Signal Corps photograph showing the room where Fritz Von Papen was born. -- Press photo of a French girl decorating the grave of an American Airborne Trooper killed when his glider landed in the Normandy area of France. -- Press photo capturing "Battered - but Free France," 20 June 1944. -- Snapshot of a German Mark IV tank captured in North Africa. --Vintage photograph from the Baltimore Sun archives captioned on verso, "General Gerhardt stands at left and at extreme right is his aide Capt. Robert Wallis, Baltimore. -- Press photo of widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, Marina Oswald with child, weeping.

Also included are approx. 8 photographs or prints autographed by veterans, including: George Kline, including a signed press photograph showing a 1969 reunion of members of the American Ranger battalion, which attacked Pointe du Hoc, located between Utah and Omaha beaches, on 6 June 1944, during the Normandy invasion, and a modern copy image of Kline. -- Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. George Hardy. -- Tuskegee Airman Col. Charles McGee. -- Milton Mapou, USS Pringle, crew member and survivor. -- George Merz, 818th Military Police Company. -- R. Lee Ermey, actor and US Marine drill instructor. -- Print of a Luftwaffe fighter wing signed by pilot ace Hans-Ekkehard Bob.

Assorted booklets, maps, menus, and other ephemera are also enclosed, including: Group of 10 prints reproduced from photographs documenting key moments and officials at the end of World War II, each with verso stamp of "Ville de Reims, Salle de la Reddition." -- Samples of used and unused Vmail, including original Vmail packaging. -- Mess hall passes and tickets. -- "Hints for Good Hunting" reproduction pamphlet. -- Philips' Railway Map of the British Isles identified to a first lieutenant. -- This is a V Home. Government Printing Office, 1942. 9 1/2 x 7 in. print produced for the home front. -- What the Soldier Thinks: A Monthly Digest of War Department Studies on the Attitudes of American Troops. No. 14. -- Army Song Book. US Government, 1941. -- Small group of pocket maps of the World War II period. -- Modern Ordnance Materiel. Metuchen, NJ, 18 February 1943. 212pp. book, plentifully illustrated. -- Approx. 10 pieces of correspondence.

Additional highlights include: 24 x 34 1/2 in. poster. Orders, Decorations and Medals of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth illustrating those most widely in use during 1984. London: Toye, Kenning, & Spencer, 1984. -- 11 x 14 in. image of the Cunard liner Lusitania. Sarasota, FL: Documentary Photo Aids. -- 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. print affixed to mount, which appears to be a photographic enlargement of a Signal Corps photo of World War I soldiers in the trenches.