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J.D. Salinger, famous American author of Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey. 1 page dated March 10, 1961. Typed letter signed "Jerry" addressed to his editor "Ned" Bradford at Little, Brown. Little, Brown published both Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zooey for Salinger. Salinger was in.....
Prime Minister of England during World War II. Typed statement, signed "Winston S. Churchill," one page, 7.25 x 9.5, dated February 1957. Having led his nation through the perils of World War II, Churchill watched as an expansive arms race grew during the Cold War, once again threatening the peace.....
[African American MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.] Eight portraits and drawings by a talented African American artist in the Navy Charles "Chewy" Myers. Various sizes 12" x 9" to 14" x 11". Various places, 1943-1966. Charles Thomas "Chewy" Myers (1923-2001) was born and raised in Gettysburg, PA, and served in the Navy.....
[W.W.II] [Auschwitz] Archive of Original WWII German Concentration camp Letters mailed from Auschwitz by prisoners. As soon as the Nazis rose to power in Germany, Jews and other minority groups were cruelly persecuted. What started out as stripping of rights, dispossession, abuse, humiliation and starvation turned, in June 1941, into.....
[World War II] U.S. Navy. Navy Original Cable Dispatch declaring "GERMANY HAS DECLARED WAR ON THE UNITED STATES......." U.S.S. Biscayne heading, The cable was sent from the Secretary of Navy ("SECNAV"). 8" x 6.5" inches. Dated "11 Dec 1941". Two punch holes along top edge. In near-fine condition. On December.....
[Judaica ][Holocaust] Archive of twenty letters, mostly on Red Cross letterhead, that document a family trying to stay connected amid the horror and chaos of the Holocaust. Dated 1941-1944. Mostly written in Hungarian or German with English translations. The two earliest letters, dated January and December of 1941, are written.....
Archive of 150 photographs during W.W.II from the first African American Marine Corps unit, the 51st Defense Battalion. Photos range in size from 2.5" x 3.5" to 3.5" x 5". Black and white silver gelatin photos. Around 100 of the photos depict the African-American troops, while the remaining 50 depict.....
Archive of 32 photos of women in the military. C. 1940s-1950s. Silver gelatin photos with 2 in color. Measurements range from 5 x 4 to 4 x 3.5 inches. 14 of the photographs are from the Marine Corps with captions and text "Marine Corps Photo" printed beneath the images. Photos.....
Archive of 2 albums showing 1940s. women in military service, includes 176 silver gelatin photos measuring between 2 x 2 and 9 x 7.5 inches. Photos are in 2 white leather albums measuring 10 x 12 inches, the cover of one inscribed in blue ink, "Eva Albanese Hammond, Military Days.....
Archive of 22 photos, mostly from the WWII era and into the mid 1950s, with two later photos. Photos primarily range from 6.5" x 8.5" to 8.5" x 10", though there are 2 larger photos. All photos are black and white, and many are press photos with captions and date.....
CHURCHILL, Winston. Speech from August 20, 1940, where he spoke the famous line "Never... was so much owed by so many to so few." 16 pages. 9" x 6" inches. This wartime speech was delivered to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by British prime minister Winston Churchill.....
The Story of the 442nd Combat Team Composed of 442nd Infantry Regiment, 522nd Filed Artillery Battalion, 232nd Combat Engineer Company. 1945, Italy. "Eduacation Section, MTOUSA, 1945." Original blue wrappers, stapled. 43 pages and folding map. The first published history of Nisei troops in World War II, issued by the famed.....
Important Anti-Nazi Document Exposing Atrocities in 1936, Issued by Editorial Board of the Committee on Justice for Victims of Nazism. "Facts on Nazi Germany". Number Three, October 15, 1936. 63 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The document has some marginalia and some underlined portions in pencil. 11 mimeograph pages, 8.5.....
Extensive correspondence of 52 letters from 1930-1950 totaling 121 pages by various authors, mainly young women native to the Indian subcontinent. In 1931, Indian female literacy hovered under 3% making the experiences of these forerunners, and their correspondence, incredibly rare. These writers are highly unusual because of their level of.....
Large Archive including a photo album with 154 black and white silver gelatin photos, and 66 letters and postcards, several official Navy documents commending the subject, Mrs. Dorothy Scholten (nee McCarthy), for her service in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) unit and granting her honorable discharge, and.....
Little Boy was the code name of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay. Here we have a black and white copy of a Blue print showing the first atomic bomb with handwritten explanations of.....
This WWII archive consists of a large USS WASP scrapbook of about 70 original documents and 22 original photos, as well as a WWII Scrapbook consisting of more than one hundred pages of clippings from newspapers such as Time, Life, and many others. The USS WASP scrapbook measures 14" x......
African American Troops Photo Archive of Sixteen photographs of black US troops in the 1940s in various locations, including France. Mostly sepia toned silver gelatin Photos plus one real photo postcard, Size range from 2" x 3" to 3.5" x 5". Most of the men in these photos wear the.....
African American Photo archive of 41 photos of Black servicemen, primarily Army Air Force (AAF) and Military Police, on base in Pueblo, Colorado during the 1940s. Black and white silver gelatin photographs. The photographs are on an unbound album chronicling the service of an unidentified black man and his fellow.....
Regimental History Book of the 372nd Infantry. 1944 yearbook-style book with illustrated wrappers and several hundred photographs of African-American soldiers and officers in the segregated 372nd Infantry during World War II. New York. 8 3/8" x 10 7/8". Over a million Black men and women served in every branch of.....
Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands. German Social Democratic Party Newsletter: London,1939-1946. Consist of 34 original war date issues of the Anti Hitler and Anti Nazi mimeographed newsletter, Beneath the text title of each issue reads, "This news-letter is published for the information of Social Democratic refugees from Germany who are opposing dictatorship.....
Original item from W.W.II Reuters Correspondent David Brown who was attached to Third Fleet Landing Force- Japan. Archive of two items. Not dated but circa August 1945 as it related to the occupation of Tokyo, Declaring the end of the war, 7 pages. Titled "Memorandum To Correspondents- Third Fleet Landing.....
GARRELS, Robert Ernest. Manual of Instructions of operation the ballasting control system: Tank Landing Craft, LSD 1-8 (Formerly APM 1-8); Marked "Restricted" on cover. Manual of instructions...; Ballasting: valve operating procedure & [carbon copy of TLS from Robert Tate] to Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland Branch, San Francisco & Oakland.....
An informative Archive of letters, photographs, and ephemera from the Army career of Sergeant Lee W. Harwell (1918-2006). Six letters, totaling seventeen pages; about 150 photographs of varying sizes; Six letters, totaling 17 pages; and miscellaneous military documents and ephemera. Sergeant Harwell hailed from Mooresville, North Carolina. He enlisted as.....
[Military] [African American] [World War II]. Archive of three Rolls of Honor of African American soldiers who served in WWII. Woodmere, NY: George J. Mayer, circa 1945. Chicago, Ill: Morris Solmon, 1944. Ensley, Ala: P.T.C Kemp Cook, November 1942. 7th Regiment Aviation Squad. All measure 19.5" x 15.5". Each Roll.....