Jun 06, 2002 - Sale 1938

Sale 1938 - Lot 472

Price Realized: $ 1,955
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(WORLD WAR II)<>

Box lot containing approximately 200 press photographs relating to international war-time events during the year 1941. Silver prints, 7x9 inches and the reverse, each with a mimeographed caption. 1941

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This large group of photographs depicts the affects of the war throughout the globe--London, Leningrad, Saigon, France, Singapore, Australia, China, Japan, Yugoslavia, Syria, Transjordan, Scotland, et cetera--including views of military events, scenes of civilians in cities, such as London, who lived daily with the threat of devastating bombings, and dramatic battle scenes. This suite of photographs demonstrates how small our planet actually is and how interconnected the peoples of the world truly are.<