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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(AVIATION) Mini-archive of 130 aircraft "nose art" photographs appearing on World War II-era propeller-driven bombers, including graphic, risqué, and humorous images, each with a witty title, "Heaven Can Wait," "Untouchable," "Misschief," "Booby Trap," "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 1/2x1 1/4 to 2x3 to 9 1/2x7 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
