(WORLD WAR TWO) Photograph album of a ceremony on 49th Stree

Sale 2533 - Lot 266

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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 300

(WORLD WAR TWO.) Photograph album of a ceremony on 49th Street in Manhattan to honor the local troops. 24 photographs, various sizes, laid in with corner mounts on 10 scrapbook leaves. Oblong 4to, 10 x 12 inches, original string-bound boards, minor wear; two photographs apparently removed. With the original printed program laid in, 4 pages, 9 x 5 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet. [New York, 4 July 1942]

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The program describes the event as "Service Flag Raising, Neighborhood Boys of 49th Street," held between 1st and 2nd Avenues (the block is now just north of the United Nations headquarters). Dozens of local organizers and donors are listed, as well as an honor roll of local servicemen. The photographs show a plaque naming the same honor roll of servicemen, as well as an enormous banner reading "Our Boys, Always in Our Hearts." Speakers and a city block full of attendees are shown, with flags draping many of the windows.