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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

1379 - America A collection of approx.
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Description
America A collection of approx. 152 photographs featuring images from Minnesota, Missouri, New York and elsewhere, including Charles Lindbergh, aeroplanes, etc. Vintage prints. Predominantly silver gelatine prints. Various dates, circa 1925–1931. Sizes ranging from approx. 6.3 x 7.5 to 10 x 13 cm. Mounted and arranged in a contemporary landscape-format 4° album. Cloth binding (scuffed, bumped, stained). From the estate of a former captain or lieutenant of the Holstein Field Artillery Regiment No. 24. – Opening group photograph with a handwritten note mounted on the inside cover: “The first meeting and founding of the Officers’ Association of the former Holstein Field Artillery Regiment No. 24 on 1 February 1919 at the Hotel Erbgroßherzog in Güstrow, Mecklenburg.” Including a list of all names and ranks. – The photographs, some of which are labelled, show, amongst other things: Lake de Montreville, St Paul, the estate of Mr M.W. Waldorf (garden, park, buildings), a group photo at the Cosmopolitan Club (University of Minnesota), Lake Independence, Mrs Mc Klur, Fritz Piepenbrink and Knigge, the war memorial in Kansas City, the Stenson aeroplane with the Whirlwind Wright in St Joe (airfield, Quinn, Riggs and Boohn with flight instructor Charles Sweeney), Charles Lindbergh and his aeroplane, the ‘Spirit of St Louis’ aeroplane, student pilots, a Ford lorry, the ship ‘Hamburg’ in New York, the new development in Wantagh / Long Island (owned by Hankamer), airship hangar, landing mast and arrival of the ‘Graf Zeppelin’ at Lakehurst, the new development in Amityville, Chesterfield Road / Scarsdale, bridges and a trip on the Hudson River, Atlantic City, Dornier Do X in New York, etc. - 4 photographs removed, 3 loosely inserted. - Some are slightly faded, rubbed and have silver loss, otherwise generally well preserved. United States. - America. - Collection of approx. 152 original photographs featuring images from Minnesota, Missouri, New York, etc., including Charles Lindbergh, aeroplanes, etc. Vintages. Mainly silver gelatine prints. Mounted and inserted in a contemporary album. Cloth (rubbed, bumped, stained). - From the estate of a former captain or lieutenant of the Holstein Field Artillery Regiment No. 24. - Group photograph at the beginning with a handwritten note mounted on the inside cover concerning the first meeting and foundation of the officers’ association of the former Holst. Field Artillery Regiment No. 24 on 1 February 1919 at the Hotel Erbgroßherzog in Güstrow, Mecklenburg. Includes a list of all names and ranks. – The photographs, some of which are labelled, show, amongst others: Lake de Montreville, St Paul, the estate of Mr M.W. Waldorf (garden, park, building), a house party at the Cosmopolitan Club (University of Minnesota), Lake Independence, Mrs Mc Klur, Fritz Piepenbrink and Knigge, the Kansas City war memorial, the Stenson aeroplane with the Whirlwind Wright engine in St. Joe (airfield, Quinn, Riggs and Boohn with flying instructor Charles Sweeney), Charles Lindbergh and his aeroplane, the ‘Spirit of St Louis’ aeroplane, student pilots, a Ford lorry, the ship ‘Hamburg’ in New York, the new facility in Wantagh / Long Island (owned by Hankamer), airship hangar, landing mast and arrival of the ‘Graf Zeppelin’ in Lakehurst, new facility in Amityville, Chesterfield Road / Scarsdale, bridges and excursion on the Hudson River, Atlantic City, Dornier Do X in New York, etc. – 4 photos removed, 3 loosely inserted. - Partly somewhat faded, rubbed and silvered, otherwise in good overall condition.
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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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