?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
(ASIA) A dynamic archive of nearly 300 snapshots from China, the Philippines, and Japan. The majority of the snapshots appear to depict the Philippines, with more than 50 depicting China, and many others Japan. At least two of the Chinese photographs include captions from Nanjing (Nanking), and several others appear to show American servicemen. The imagery shows street scenes, the Chinese military, the presence of the American military, studies of people and street life, harbors, ships, and formal studio portraits. Silver prints, 9 on carte-postale paper, the images measuring approximately 3x5 1/4 inches (7.6x13.3 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, some with captions in the negative, more than 30 with the studio J.N. Phinney Philippine & Orient stamp on verso; also includes one cyanotype and a few duplicates. 1910s-30s
