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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

1372 - Africa – Asia – Australia, etc.
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Description
Africa – Asia – Australia, etc. To the West African islands aboard the cruiser ‘Köln’ in 1930 / Cruiser ‘Köln’ (subtitle). Collection comprising a total of 392 OPhotographs. Vintages. Silver gelatine prints. 1930/1932–1933. Various formats ranging from approx. 6 x 9 to 9.5 x 14.5 cm. Mounted and arranged in 2 contemporary albums (1 by B. Drüppel, Wilhelmshaven). Landscape folio, half-leather and cloth binding with gold-stamped title, coloured coat of arms and cord fastening (slightly worn). Contains: Album (1930) with 97 prints, each with a handwritten description and number, including Gibraltar, Las Palmas, Cape Verde, Atalaya, the harbour district of Porto Grande, the salute from the ‘Karlsruhe’ on entering Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz (harbour, Museo Municipal), indigenous locals pounding maize and panning for gold, agriculture, a carabinero, Pico del Teide, Vigo (DO-X, fish market), street scenes, ‘Emden’. – Album containing 295 photographs, some of which are labelled on the reverse and below handwritten captions from Spain (Caraminal), Italy (Messina), Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, Pyramids, Port Said), Indonesia (Sabang (main street, village, market square)), Australia (Melbourne, Sydney), Rabaul, Guam, Kobe (Japan), Tsingtau, locals and indigenous people, ship christening, etc. – Inside cover and silk slip partly featuring mounted photographs from a typewritten travelogue. - Photographs partly on Agfa Lupex photographic paper, some bearing the stamp ‘Drogen-Meyer Wilhelmshaven’ on the reverse. - A few photographs have been removed. - Some have faded and lost their silver, but overall in good condition. Africa – Asia – Australia – Collection comprising a total of 392 original photographs. Mounted and inserted into 2 contemporary albums (1 by B. Drüppel, Wilhelmshaven). Half-cloth and cloth binding with gilt-stamped title, coat of arms and cord binding (somewhat rubbed). - Contains: Album (1930) with 97 photographs, each with a copied inscription and numbering, including Gibraltar, Las Palmas, Cape Verde, Atalaya, the harbour district of Porto Grande, the salute from the ‘Karlsruhe’ as it enters Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz (harbour, Museo Municipal), indigenous people pounding maize and diving for gold, agriculture, a Carabinero, Pico del Teide, Vigo (DO-X, fish market), street scenes, ‘Emden’. - Album containing 295 photographs of Spain (Caraminal), Italy (Messina), Egypt (Alexandria, Cairo, pyramids, Port Said), Indonesia (Sabang (main street, village, marketplace)), Australia (Melbourne, Sydney), Rabaul, Guam, Kobe (Japan), Tsingtau, natives and indigenous people, baptism by immersion, etc., some inscribed on the reverse. - Inside cover and tissue papers partly containing mounted photographs from a typewritten travelogue. - Some photographs are on Agfa Lupex photographic paper; some bear the stamp ‘Drogen-Meyer Wilhelmshaven’ on the reverse. - Some photographs have been removed. - Partly faded and silvered, but generally well preserved.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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