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(INDIA, EGYPT, JAPAN & CHINA)
Album with more than 210 views, many of them by an accomplished amateur and hand colored,
comprising approximately 140 snapshots of India, including exotic natives, architectural details,
religious statuary, colorful street scenes, funerary pyres, and studio portraits; 11 prints of Japan; 18
of Egypt, with scenes of pre-historic sites and monuments; and 35 of China, including vibrant
waterfront and street views (the Egyptian and Chinese views are not hand-colored). Silver prints,
3
1
/
2
x3
1
/
2
to 3x5
1
/
4
inches (8.9 and the reverse), mounted 5-6 per page. Oblong large 4to, cloth, worn;
ties. 1920s
[600/900]
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(SOVIET UNION)
Trio of binders containing 25 dynamic
photographs of agit-prop posters and montages
reproduced in period Soviet publications.The
photographs focus on spectacles highlighting
the heroic strength of the USSR’s youthful
population, and feature athletic parades,
compelling montages of military maneuvers,
remarkable scenes of shot putters, cyclists, pole
vaulters, and equestriennes, as well as doctors
treating civilians and military casualties. Silver
prints, 8x6
1
/
4
inches (20.3x16.5 cm.). 1930s
[700/1,000]
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