Lot 352
352 •(WORLD WAR II) A group of approximately 90 press photographs of battles in the Pacific Theatre, atoricites in Europe, and the explosion of the atom bomb.
Silver prints and a half-tone reproduction (one), the images measuring 4½x4¼ to 9½x7 5/8 inches (11.4x10.8 to 21.9x19.4 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets 8½x11 inches (21.6x27.9 cm.), and smaller, a few with captions in the negative, most with typed captions, stamps, and other notations, on verso. 1940s; a few printed 1970s
WITH--A group of 35 artfully retouched WWII press photographs. With depictions of Adolf Hitler in effigy (and a caricature portrait made of vegetables); Mussolini; a number of photographs showing American servicemen relaxing; and military photographs from the European and Asian theaters of war. Ferrotyped silver prints, the images measuring 4¾x6¾ to 6½x10½ inches (12.1x17.1 to 16.5x26.7 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, all with period retouching and hand painting, on recto, and most with typed press captions, handwritten notations, and various press agency hand stamps, on verso. 1930s-40s.
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