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.....
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.....
[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.....
[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.....
Archive of over 250 letters and paper materials concerning an interracial marriage. 1940s-50s. In addition to 130 handwritten letters, archive includes 30 typed letters and 115 pieces of paper ephemera including identification cards, handwritten poetry and illustrations by the child who was born from the union, drawn for his mother.....
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.....
Teller, Edward. The Deadly Secrets. Signed manuscript, no date. 11 pages handwritten. Draft by one of the world's most influential scientists, known as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb. The Hungarian physicist was an early part of the Manhattan Project, the United States' project to develop the nuclear bomb during.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
[Military] [African American] [World War II]. Roll of Honor, World's Great War for Freedom. 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". Some edge wear; not examined out of period.....
Joseph Heller. "Catch-22." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Soft cover. Marked on cover "To be published October 10, 1961". Copy has the same design as the first edition dust jacket, but this is much scarcer than the first edition. Catch-22. Octavo, original wrappers; 443 pp. Light toning and some.....
Archive of 17 silver gelatin photos depicting women's military forces from around the world between 1930's-1950's. Measurements range from 2.25" x 3.25" to 8" x 10.75" each. Many include hand written notes en verso. Photographs depict a variety of female soldiers ranging from grouping in marching formation, portraits, press phorographs.....
Archive of Fifteen original WWII photographs of Iwo Jima Reconaissance Missions for the US Military. Date July 4, 1944. Images mounted on paper with typed descriptions, set includes Photo No. II - XVI (missing photo I). Photos measure 5 x 7” to 6 x 7”, all mounted onto 8 x......
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......
Collection on militant Jewish activism during World War II. All in good to very good condition. Includes a recruiting pamphlet for the Jewish Brigade, a photograph showing the Jewish Brigade in military uniform, including both men and women, and a pamphlet in polish on the Warsaw Uprising from 1944: Jewish.....
Wallenberg, Raoul. Rare Wallenberg Swiss Embassy Protective Document. Single page typed document on letterhead of the Swiss Embassy, Department for Foreign Interests, 8" x 11.5". Represents a piece of official documentation which was from a larger group of Wallenberg Schutz-Pass protective documents. Dated "October 23, 1944" with the official red.....
American general and tank commander; called "Old Blood and Guts. Very early Autograph Letter Signed "Geo S. Patton Jr.," 1½ pages, recto/verso, 12" x 8." Lake Vinyard, California, circa late 1890s. To Aunt Nannie, his mother's sister. Ink stains, folds. Very good condition. In full, "We start for Catilena in.....
Eleanor Roosevelt. First lady through the Great Depression and World War II. Eleanor writes about her organization USCOM, which rehoused thousands of children orphaned by the war. Typed letter signed "Eleanor Roosevelt" on her personal letterhead. April 28th, 1947. New York, New York. 1 page. In 1940 Eleanor and Franklin.....
JD Salinger's Rare yearbook of the army flight school located in Bainbridge, Georgia. A photograph showing Salinger with other graduates is found on page 83. Salinger was drafted into the army in the spring of 1942, several months after the US entered World War II. The war had a profound.....
Photo archive of the military parade at Champs-Élysées after the liberation of the Nazi occupation in Paris, 1944, featuring photos of Eisenhower, De Gaulle, Koenig, and Bradley. 20 black and white silver gelatin photos. Each photo measures 2.5" x 3.5". At dawn on 25 August 1944, troops under the orders.....
Archive of documents and ephemera related to the French Liberation movement during World War II. 1944-45. 6 unique items ranging in measurement from 10 x 7 to 4 x 3 inches. All items in French. This archive includes National Liberation Movement Manifesto which reads in part, "as today intends tomorrow.....
Archive of Original Photos of the Japanese Surrendering Onboard the USS Missouri Officially Ending World War 2 on September 2 1945. The archive consist of 9 vintage silver gelatin photographs. The photos are uniformly 3.56" x 4.56" inches. These photos capture a crucial moment in history. One image shows General.....