(WORLD WAR ONE) Large group of official Signal Corps and Red

Sale 2432 - Lot 329

Price Realized: $ 812

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

(WORLD WAR ONE.) Large group of official Signal Corps and Red Cross photographs. Approximately 600 photographs, various sizes ranging from 3 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches; most slightly curled, many with typed or manuscript captions on verso, many with pencil inventory numbers on verso; most with inked stamp of the U.S. Army Signal Corps A.E.F. and a censor's "passed" stamp on verso, a few either uncredited or stamped "American Red Cross Official Photograph." Vp, most July-September 1918 and undated

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Most of these photographs show the American military bases and hospitals in England, including aerial views, candid shots of the troops, boxing matches, visiting dignitaries including President Wilson and King George V, and more. One shows troops salvaging an American airplane in the English Channel (illustrated).