LA GUARDIA NINE PRESS PHOTOS 1938-1942.
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Auction #201 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1408 in auction 201
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Item Description
Sizes are 6.5x8.5” up to 8x10”. Most are stamped “International News Photo” with a few stamped “Associated Press.” Captioned papers are tanned and most split free at fold but all are present plus two photos have written captions on photo reverse. Subject and dates are: 1938 “Church Leaders Rally Against Oppression”; 1940 “$1,500,000,000 Wanted” Mayor at D.C. press conference after asking President and Congress for WPA appropriation; 1940 Meeting with Canadian co-chair of “Canadian-American Joint Defense Board”; 1941 “Planning Navy Yard Expansion”; 1941 Mayor meets with CIO organizer and Michael Quill of Transport Workers Union on “Bus Strike Parley”; 1942 with “Speaker Oswald D. Heck”; 1942 “Greek King Is LaGuardia’s Guest”; 1942 “A Queen Is Welcomed To New York” (Wilhelmina); 1942 “A Mayor Bows To A Queen” (Wilhelmina). 1” margin tear on last photo, o/w photos are clean and VF to Exc. From the Morry Greener Collection
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