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(WORLD WAR II—FLIGHT)
Album with 44 photographs apparently made by
a WWII military skydiver, including several
beautifully-abstract images of airplane contrails,
images of planes in flight, elegant snapshots made
in the air of jumpers and parachutes, the Earth
from above, and cute antics on the ground.
Includes a folded mailed card with a photo booth
portrait of the apparent maker of the album,
dressed in his full military uniform, and post-
marked 1942. Silver prints, sizes ranging from
approximately 1
1
/
2
x2
1
/
2
to 6
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
inches (3.8x6.4
to 16.5x11.4 cm.), and the reverse, one with
notations, in ink, on recto; artfully mounted in
black photo corners. Oblong 4to, a real zebra
cover with a leather backstrip and snap enclosure,
as well as a twin-tied binding with tassels and
zebra embellishments; leather pastedowns; original
tissue guards. 1940s
[1,000/1,500]
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(AVIATION)
Mini-archive of 130 aircraft “nose art” photographs appearing onWorldWar II-era propeller-driven
bombers, including graphic, risqué, and humorous images, each with a witty title, “Heaven Can
Wait,”“Untouchable,”“Misschief,”“BoobyTrap,”“Purty Baby,”“Humpin Honey,”“Million $ Baby,”
“Lady from Hades,” and more; most depicting a bold, nude female form; includes the B-24 Liberator
bomber, 96th Bombers, images of pilots and artists posing alongside the artwork, and a few later
Korean-era jets. Silver prints, various sizes from 1
1
/
2
x1
1
/
4
to 2x3 to 9
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches (3.8x53.2 to
5.1x7.6 to 23.5x19.1 cm.), many with handwritten notations identifying different figures, in ink,
on verso; several annotated by S/Sgt. Hutton. 1943-45
[2,000/3,000]
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