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1920's-60's Awesome Wire Photograph Collection (800+)
Tremendous collection of over 800 original, first generation wire photos. From Scripps-Howard's famed NEA/Acme Archive. Majority date from the 1930's, with 90% from 1950's and earlier. Many have original paper captions and and stamped NEA/Acme. Many sports photos (well over 100): football, golf, fishing, horses, 1954 Pan Am Games, 1932 Olympics, 1956 Indy 500, rugby, swimming, track, 1942-3 Belmont, figure & speed skating, skiing, and boxing (Gene Fullmer). Plus, huge series of early train wrecks, VE Day, 1933 Chicago World's Fair, political (Herbert Hoover, Eisenhower, JFK picket, Lyndon Johnson, U.S. Supreme Court, Eleanor Roosevelt, Truman's White House construction), Disney toys, Native Americans, WWII, fabulous group of early crime including 1926 gangster Nicky Arnstein and hanging, Mayor Daley 1968 Democratic National Convention, Black Panther demonstration, large series of ocean liners & ships, aviation, early Las Vegas (The Sahara), 1st photo of Chinese Civil War (1926), Castro executions, King George, Ebbets Field fashion show, Golden Gate Bridge, 1966 Great Train Robbery, Vietnam Medal of Honor winners, Spanish Civil War, Pyramids, 1939 drug smugglers, freak show, and the photo of Queen Elizabeth being crowned. Mostly 7x9", overall VG-EX, tremendous quality.
Past Sports Card, Memorabilia, Non-Sports Card and Collecitble Auction Items
Other past auction items that may be of interest to you.
Ray Chapman Photo by George Burke
1920’s Charles Conlan Photograph Collection (3)
1912 Sioux City Base Ball Club Panoramic Photograph (12x37" framed)
Pete Gray Memphis Chicks Photos (2)
1947 Abbott & Costello “Who’s on First” Wire Photograph (8x10”)
1917 Chickasaw Baseball Team Panorama with Dazzy Vance (9x21" framed)
1920’s Walter Johnson All-Star Team Panorama
