Album with 196 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Ghana (Accra, Aburi) and Eritrea (Asmara, Massawa, Cheren) Taken by a U.S. Air Force Serviceman in the Last Years of WWII, with Interesting Photos Including a “Witch Doctor Scaring away Evil Spirits After a Death of a Native,” G. I.’s Sharing Cigarettes with the Crowd of Locals, Native Women Shopping in their Traditional Attire, Soldiers “Getting Shoes Shined” by the Local Children & Holding Burst Shells on the Cheren Battlefield, etc.; also with the Photos of Military Installations, the Church of Our Lady of Rosary, the Asmara Cinema, Red Cross & Grand Hotels, etc. Ca. 1940s.
Collection of 95 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Guam (Environs of Merizo, Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Lamira Root Fountain), Agat and Asan Villages) and the Northern Mariana Islands (Alamagan, Maug Islands, Pagan, Sarigan) in 1945, and Portraits of the Chamorro People of Guam. Ca. 1945.
Album of ca. 117 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Philippines (Leyte-Samar Naval Base, Manilla National Post Office, Guiuan Church, Manicani-Barrio School, and Portraits of Filipino Locals and US Sailors), Qingdao (St. Michael’s Cathedral, Zhanshan Temple, Kiautschou Governor’s Hall), Honolulu (Waikiki Beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial), and US Naval Ships in the Pacific (USS Topeka, USS Logan, USS Leary). Ca. 1944-1949.
[Viges And Darby Families, Attributed to]. Album with Forty Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Eight Real Photo Postcards from the Viges and Darby Families of Eunice, St. Landry, Louisiana, Showing Black American Soldiers in Segregated Units of the U.S. Army, Engaging in Labor Activities, Posing in Post-War Japan, Heading towards Fort Benning, etc.; Units and Regiments Represented Include 24th “Buffalo” Infantry Regiment, United States Army Central, the Anti-Aircraft Command, the 6th Armored Division, the Civil Air Patrol, etc. Ca. 1943-1946.