#5053 • Historical and Nautical Photography

Part of Fine and Decorative Arts | Day 3 | September 29, 2022 at 10:00 AM (live auction by Alderfer Auction)

High bid $150.00

Status: Sold

Collection of historical and nautical photography including; 1.) Photograph of the Lafayette Post No. 140 GAR Department of New York at the statues of General Buford and Reynolds at Gettysburg from May 30 to June 2, 1907. Photograph by Tipton of Gettysburg measures 10" x 13" (sight) and is housed in a 16.5" x 19" frame. 2.) Photograph of the battleship USS Iowa by C.E. Waterman, 1905. Photograph measures 9.75" x 19.5". 3.) View of a 3-masted steamer with printed title on card "Gas Engine & Power Company and Charles L. Seaburg & Co. Consolidated Morris Heights on the Harlem, New York City". Photograph measures 6" x 8" and is mounted on 10" x 12" card. 4.) Photograph of the November 14, 1910 aircraft takeoff of pilot Eugene Ely in a pusher biplane off the deck of the light cruiser USS Birmingham near Norfolk, Virginia. Photograph measures 8" x 9.5" and is mounted to 12" x 13.5" card. Card exhibits break at lower left with no photographic involvement. 5.) Photograph of group of World War I soldiers, sailors and officers (47 total) in front of town building. Photograph measures 4" x 9.5" and is mounted to 6" x 12" card. Card exhibits break with loss at lower right with no photographic involvement. 6.) Cabinet card photograph of a bust view of Captain Douglass Ottinger, Senior Captain of the Revenue Cutter Service. Photograph by Chandler & Scheetz, Philadelphia. 7.) Cabinet card of bust view of a sailor from the USS Iowa by Hemingway of Binghamton, New York. 8.) Cabinet card of a full standing view of a sailor from the USS Massachusetts by Leavitt, New York. 9.) Group of 25 stereoviews (1-photographic, 24 printed) all being US Navy related. 10.) Group of 4 real photographic post cards (RPPC's) of views of an airship at the York Fairgrounds in Pennsylvania. 11.) Group of 11 real photographic post cards (RPPC's) of views of Navy, sailing ships and military personnel. Of special note is a view of a navy baseball game at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (c.early 20th century). 12.) Group of 32 printed and 4 RPPC's being navy, patriotic and ship related. 13.) Ticket taker ribbon for the Army-Navy game at Franklin Field held November 30, 1912. Ribbon measures 8" x 2.5". 14.) Rotating photo brooch measuring 2" x 1.5" with decorative frame. Images are an older woman on one side and a British corporal in uniform on other. Brooch frame exhibits some loss with loss to pin catch on reverse. Provenance: Charles Lekites Collection.