WADDELL CLYDE (active 1940s) Album entitled A Yanks Memories

Sale 2393 - Lot 77

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

WADDELL, CLYDE (active 1940s)
Album entitled "A Yank's Memories of Calcutta," by M. Charles Preston, with 60 photographs of the "Jewel of the East and enigma of the world" by Waddell. Includes bustling street scenes, a view of a brothel and opium den, views of exotic temples, and a host of occupationals. Ferrotyped silver prints, 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), each print is inserted into a mount, with a printed caption on mount recto. Oblong double-bolt leatherette binding, light edgewear. 1946

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Waddell, who was Chief Photographer for the Houston Press before entering the U.S. Army, had a keen eye for depicting how the everyday and exotic converged. An online search indicates three OCLC holdings (Texas A&M, UT Dallas, Southeastern Louisiana); another defective copy is believed to be held at UPenn.