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Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, Feb. 8 & 9, 2021
Da Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
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8.2.21
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915, Stati Uniti
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOTTO 621:
DOUGHBOY'S 'SIGNAL CORPS' PHOTOGRAPHS, ONCE GIFTED TO WEST POINT
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$80 - $100
Commissione per la casa d'aste: 30%
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DOUGHBOY'S 'SIGNAL CORPS' PHOTOGRAPHS, ONCE GIFTED TO WEST POINT
Great lot of sixteen Signal Corps photographs, 8.5 x 6.5 in. b/w, once belonging to U.S. soldier Morris Burstein, 42nd Rainbow Division. These photographs most notably include: an image of President Wilson and his First Lady decorating the graves of deceased U.S. soldiers; an image of a mass grave of American soldiers in the Ardennes (captioned on the verso 'it is impossible to bury them separately…'); an image of released American and British prisoners-of-war walking to the Allied front in France; an image of German POWs captured in the night of July 1, 1918; an image of the memorial exercises in a new amphitheater in Arlington Cemetery, commemorating the service of World War I soldiers; and more. Each photograph is annotated on the verso. The lot comes with three letters between Burstein's son and the Curator of West Point, reading in part: 'My father became close friends with…a Signal Corps photographer…He apparently made copies for himself, and as a token of his friendship, he also gave copies to my father…I am pleased to make a gift of the photographs to the West Point Museum in memory of my father, Morris Burstein…' Very good condition.
