(WORLD WAR II) lee russell Group of approximately 300 photog

Sale 1989 - Lot 636

Price Realized: $ 1,495

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

(WORLD WAR II) lee, russell
Group of approximately 300 photographs relating to Top Secret operations undertaken internationally by the Americans during the second World War, with many aerial scenes of landing strips, downed military aircraft, topographical and marine surveys, behind-the-scenes camp life, in addition to humanistic images of people throughout India, Iran, Europe, Greenland, Burma, China, Algeria, and other "hot spots;" and a picture of Capt. Lee with his camera. Silver prints, most are 11x14 inches and the reverse, many with typewritten captions affixed to verso and a "Confidential" hand stamp. 1943-45

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From the collection of Pare Lorentz, a Major in the Overseas Technical Unit, who supervised Lee and other still photographers.