Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 274

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(GUATEMALA.) Archive concerning the 1917-1918 earthquakes. 33 letter-sized leaves, each punched with 2 holes in top margin and clasped together, most somewhat worn; and one photograph, 8 x 9.5 inches. Guatemala, 1918

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A series of devastating earthquakes destroyed Guatemala City, beginning on Christmas Eve 1917 and continuing into January. This archive of correspondence and other papers relates to the relief efforts of the American Red Cross.