Description:

Collection of (39) Military, Marine and Railroad Photographs, Books and Ephemera
To include (23) Photographs, comprising:

"L.S. Wescoat" tanker, gelatin silver print by Capt. W.J. Taylor, Marine Photographer, with his handstamp on mount verso; (3) from Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., gelatin silver on cardstock, inscribed on negative, comprising a diver, an image of the "S.S. St. Paul ashore Long Branch, Jan. 25th - Feb. 3rd, 1896", and "Barkentine ‘Culdoon' stranded on Nantucket Island Mar. 23rd 1898 …"; albumen print of the steamboat (ferry) "Philadelphia"; gelatin silver print of a shipwreck; steamboat outing, circa 1890s, card-mounted sepia-toned silver print; snapshot of a ship, possibly a French ironclad warship, sepia-toned gelatin silver; snapshot of the S.S. Thomas Patton steamship, operating in New Jersey, circa early 20th century, sepia-toned gelatin silver print; sailing yacht, inscribed "Grampus" in pencil on card mount; (3) card-mounted albumen of steam yachts converted for use in the Spanish-American War by the U.S. Navy for their "Mosquito Fleet", comprising the U.S.S. Freelance, the U.S.S. Huntress, and the U.S.S. Ailene, ink inscribed on mounts recto; WWII gelatin silver snapshot of the "The Rip Snorter" depicting nose art on an F-7A plane; WWI portrait of two German soldiers, inscribed on plaque in photo, "Erinnerung an ___krieg jahr 1914 Belgien", (minor creasing); CDV portrait of a German gentleman in military uniform, by Emil Koepke, Spandau (Berlin, Germany), hand-colored, (abrasions); card-mounted albumen print of a military parade, possibly during the Spanish Civil War, possibly Philadelphia, albumen print; stereoview entitled "In the Trenches on San Juan Hill near Santiago Cuba"; albumen print of steam locomotive; German Real Photo Postcard of steam locomotive; Real Photo Postcard of "Train Leaving Station, Northville, N.Y", inscribed on negative, circa 1907-1910s, (minor creasing); steam locomotive with group portrait of men, card-mounted albumen; steam locomotive "179" and "Long Island", card-mounted, ink inscribed "38 Madison Ave." on verso, (stains, creases); and steam locomotive "229.A", mounted to paper.

Group of (9) Books and Ephemera, to include:

(3) books, comprising "Infantry Drill Regulations", United State Army, War Department, New York: Ridabock & Co., 1911, (lacking some pages at end), "A Guide to U.S. Army Insignia and Decorations" by Gordon A.J. Peterson, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1941, and "U.S. Army Aircraft: 1908-1946", (First Edition) by James C. Fahey, New York: Ships and Aircraft, 1946, chapbook with paper cover, (creasing, staple hole to cover); Weapons for Victory" WWII advertising pamphlet for Ehrenberg's Pharmacy, Sayville, NY, 1944, offset lithograph, (creasing); Esso Marketers "War Map II: Invasion Edition", New York: General Drafting Co., Inc., early 1940s, (stains, tears); offset lithograph postcard depicting the S.S. Mary Weems of the Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Co., pencil inscribed verso "Steamer we went to Miami on", in glassine envelope, postmarked 1915 from Elmhurst, New York City, (toning); International Cup Races 1937, "Come to Newport" sticker/seal, (creasing); Cleveland & Whitehall Co., Newburgh, NY "Keystone" advertising railroad workers uniforms/clothing memoranda and time record book; and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers check from Brother Le Wilkinson to W.W. Watts, 1892.

Together with (7) Black Americana postcards and advertising cards.

  • Condition: Some toning, staining and/or creasing, books with wear to spine and toning to pages.

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