American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Lot comprised of 28 photographs and prints, highlighted by the following:

19 silver gelatin press photographs, each 8 x 10 in., most with ink stamp on verso, "From Leo Casey, Director of Publicity, World's Fair of 1940 in New York." Each with a typed caption on verso identifying the scene. Views include the French, British, and Italian Pavilions, the Railroad Building, the World of Tomorrow, the Court of States, the General Electric Building, the George Washington sculpture by James Earle Fraser, the Trylon and Perisphere, troops marching into the Plaza of Light, the Ford exhibition, the Lagoon of Nations and Court of Peace, Billy Rose's Acquacade performing, and actress Dorothy Lamour drinking a soda pop and eating a hot dog. The photographs are accompanied by a "New York World's Fair 1940" manila envelope, in which the images may have originally been distributed.

[With:] 2 silver gelatin photographs, approx. 6 1/2 x 9 in., on cardstock mounts, with applied labels identifying the scenes as examples of "American Architecture, including the Lovell Health House in Los Angeles, CA, designed by Richard J. Neutra, and the Coonly House in Riverside, IL, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Each with ink stamp on verso indicating that the images were supplied and mounted by Richard Lesch, New York. -- 4 prints, including duplicate views of a woman smoking a cigarette and a man smoking a pipe, approx. 9 x 7 in., partially affixed to cardstock mounts, each with "Copyright 1900 by Gay" at lower left of print. -- 3 hand-colored prints of Niagara Falls, approx. 5 3/4 x 9 1/8 in., on cardstock mounts, each titled and copyrighted 1925 in the negative (prints and mounts in poor condition, with soiling, surface wear, and loss).

Together, 28 photographs and prints highlighted by a fine selection of press photos taken at the New York World's Fair in 1940.