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Political
Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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727

1960s-80s MILITARY RELATED PHOTOS & SLIDES
...................................................................................... $300-400

Huge group of 8"x10" photos (both color & B/W), plus smaller
slides. Includes: Women in the Military (historic & current, est
100 photos/250 slides), Military Pilots (est 75 photos/200
slides), Airborne (est 60 photos/25 slides), Military Insignia
(est 100 photos/50 slides), and Research Satellites + Radar
Tracking (est 150 photos/60 slides). Nice group, many have
an owner’s sticker on the back.
728

724

Group of about 300 total 8"x10" photos, evenly divided between
the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and the 1980
Mariel Boatlift of Cuban refugees. Additionally, several hundred
US military related photos & booklets of tanks, aircraft,
weapons, etc, and NASA Spin-Off books from the 1990s.
Majority in very fine condition.

1899-1901 PHILLIPPINES INSURRECTION
SELECTED PHOTOS FROM SERIES ................. PH $400-600

Selection of 68 different lithographs (each 5¼”x7" including
border) of photos taken during the Philippine Insurrection from
a variety of series by different photographers including J.D.
Givens (x14) & Rochett (x5), PLUS 2 mounted toned & spotted
photos 4½”x3¾” showing hanging. Photographs show indigenous peoples including men, women & children, U.S Army &
Philippine soldiers, Insurgents, views, events, Admiral Dewey,
seven ships from Dewey’s Fleet including U.S.S Concord,
Raleigh, Baltimore, Petrel, Boston, Flagship Olympia & U.S.S
Yorktown whose crew (shown in a separate photo) was ambushed & captured by Insurgents, and other subjects including
execution by garotte. Interesting group, most photos numbered
& captioned, expect nakedness. Overall, fine to very fine.
725

1968-90s RUSSIAN INVASION OF CZECH PHOTOS
& 1980 MARIEL CUBAN BOATLIFT ........................... $200-300

729

1970s-80s U.S. GENERALS & ADMIRALS
AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS .......................................... $300-400

Collection of approximately 70 color and B&W photos (mostly
8"x10") of USA Generals & Admirals, many with accompanying signed letter on appropriate stationery. Autographs
include: USAF Lt Gen Arnold Braswell, US ARMY Brig Gen
Frank Ragano, USAF Maj Gen George Wentsch Vice
Commander, USN Rear Adm Daniel Plourde, US ARMY Lt
Gen Donald Lionetti, US ARMY Maj Gen (retired) George
Mabry, USMC Lt Gen T. H. Miller, USN Rear Adm R.C.
Mandeville, Commander Light Attack Wing/U.S. Pacific Fleet,
USN Rear Adm E.G. Fairfax, Deputy Naval Inspector General,
US ARMY Gen (retired) Andrew Goodpaster, US ARMY Chief
of Staff Gen Carl Vuono, Lt Gen James Abrahamson USAF
Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, and many
others. Interesting collection, fine to very fine overall.

/D JAPAN 1928 KENTARO KANEKO SIGNED
HANDWRITTEN LETTER .................................... PH $300-400

Handwritten letter 2-page letter (5¼”x7¼”), signed by Viscount
Kentaro Kaneko in English, credited by historians for
convincing his former Harvard
classmate Theodore Roosevelt to
mediate in the Russo-Japanese
War. Letter, datelined ‘Tokio,
April 24, 1928,’ introduces a
member of the Japanese
parliament to American financier
Darwin P. Kingsley. Tex, in part,
reads: ‘It gives me a great
pleasure to introduce to you, Mr.
T. Takahashi, a member of the
House of Peers, who now sails
for America...’ Light ink offset
from folding letter with wet ink.
Includes original 5½”x4"
envelope, addressed by Kaneko.
Kingsley was president of New
York Life Insurance from
1906-30. Fine. (Accompanied by full transcript and University
Archives LOA).
726

POLITICAL
– AMERICAN –
730

D 1844 ELECTIONS OF 1840 & 1844 VOTE TALLY
CHART ........................... PH $600-800

Vintage Presidential election tally
chart comparing the 1840 and 1844
election results. Manuscript anonymous document measures 7¼”x
12¼” with six columns labeled States,
Van Buren, Harrison, Polk, Clay and
Electors. A couple states misspelled,
results give popular & electoral vote
tallies. Few light stains, fine.
Interesting piece of political ephemera. (University Archives LOA).

1940s-70s U.S. ONE AIRMAN’S MEMORIES ............ $100-150

Small lot with an Airman’s memories. Includes: Military
material with medals & ribbons, Military Merit medal, ribbon
& pin in case, National Defense medal & ribbon, 25th Air Force
medal, Missouri Vietnam War medal & medallion, block of
ribbons, Captain bars, US Air Force Security Police badge,
patch, 2 shaving brushes, bow tie and other personal items.
Additional scrapbook of photographs from Rhein-Main Air
Force Base, all c.1960. Interesting grouping.

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