April 5, 2024
9 large orig. WWII press photos of the Battle of Bataan
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Up for consideration is a nice lot of 9 LARGE (mostly 10 x 8-inch, a couple 7 x 7 inch) photographs of the Battle of Bataan. These are original photographs, not later reproductions, which were developed during the War and released to Washington D.C. newspaper, the Washington Evening Star, for homefront propaganda purposes. The guy I bought these from worked at the newspaper and saved these from the trash when the paper decided to clean house some years after the war. According to him, the newspaper, as well as other local news organizations, received a much wider variety of press photos than other news organizations around the country due to their close proximity to the Department of War/War Information in Washington D.C. Hence, many of these may be quite rare. They are in spectacular condition for their age and were taken well care of over the intervening decades, with the only flaws of note being tape on the back and mild age warp. Each photo has a thorough, wet stamped description on back, along with release date, file numbers and photo credits. This is one of many lots from this spectacular collection I will list in coming weeks. If you are interested in this lot, be sure to see a large lot I have up of photographs from the battle of Luzon/Clark Field!Shipping $5 in US $12 Europe/Asia.
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