Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

LINDBERGH, EARHART & ELDER 351 c    (AVIATION) A group of approximately 28 photographs of Charles Lindbergh, the first pilot to f ly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. Including portraits of Lindbergh inside the Spirit of St. Louis , wearing his f light suit and helmet, working on the airplane, and with his bride (and fellow aviator) Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Silver prints, most ferrotyped, the images measuring 4 1 / 2 x6 to 9 3 / 4 x7 1 / 2 inches (11.4x15.2 to 24.8x19.1 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, approximately 17 with extensive period retouching, on recto, and most with various hand stamps, written notations, and typed captions, on verso. 1920s-40s WITH— A group of 95 photographs of female aviators, comprising 70 of Amelia Earhart, first female aviator to make a transatlantic flight and 20 photographs of Ruth Elder, the “Miss America of Aviation.” With images of Earhart in her flight suit, with her husband and stepson, posing in planes, and receiving awards, in addition to images of her mother and pictures of Elder at public events. Silver prints, the images measuring 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), and the reverse, most with slugs or typed captions mounted recto/verso and handwritten captions, in pencil, on verso. 1930s. [2,500/3,500] 352 c   (WORLDWAR II) A group of approximately 90 press photographs of battles in the Pacific Theatre, atrocities in Europe, and the explosion of the atom bomb. Silver prints and a half-tone reproduction (one), the images measuring 4 1 / 2 x4 1 / 4 to 9 1 / 2 x7 5 / 8 inches (11.4x10.8 to 21.9x19.4 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets 8 1 / 2 x11 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. Ferrotyped silver prints, the images measuring 4 3 / 4 x6 3 / 4 to 6 1 / 2 x10 1 / 2 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. [1,500/2,500] 351 Lot 352