Historically Important Album with 105 Gelatin Silver Photographs Likely Taken by a Technician of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Manila After the End of World War II, Showing U.S. Soldiers Reconstructing Communication Networks (Repairing Overhead Trunk Lines, Operating Specialized Consoles, Restoring Exchange Equipment, etc.), the City Views Before and After the Bombardment (City Hall, Manila Hotel, Legislative, Finance, Commerce & Agricultural Buildings, Jones Bridge, Escolta St., etc.), and Japanese Ships Sunk in Manila Bay; also with Photographs from New Guinea, Mostly Depicting the Compiler and His Friends at the Height of the War. Ca. 1943-1945.

Date de parution : 1943

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Oblong Octavo album (ca.18,2x29,5 cm or 7 ¼ x 11 ½ in). 30 card stock leaves (with 2 free endpapers). With 105 original gelatin silver photographs (including one loose) from ca. 10,4x7,5 cm (4 x 3 in) to 4,7x6,4 cm (1 ¾ x 2 ½ in). All photos with white ink captions (in English) on the mounts, seven photos captioned in negatives, some photos dated. Period dark green half leather binding with raised bands; guilt-tooled ornaments on the front cover and the spine. Seven photos missing, one page lacks fragments at the right margin, several pages with minor tears, but otherwise a very good album with strong, interesting photos. Historically interesting collection of original photographs, mostly documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila's communication networks after the end of World War II. As follows from the photographs, the compiler was a technician or lineman with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. First stationed in Pittsburgh in 1943, he likely underwent specialized technical training at one of the city's industrial or academic centers before being deployed to Finschhafen, New Guinea. There, he was tasked with establishing the communications infrastructure for the Allied base following the recapture of the town from Japanese forces. Finally, he was sent to Manila in the fall of 1945, where he assisted in the massive effort to reconstruct the city's destroyed telephone and telegraph systems during the initial months of the post-war occupation. The album contains 105 rare, early photographs from the Pacific Theatre, with most images taken in Manila in the fall of 1945. The photos capture Japanese ships sunk by U.S. forces in Manila Bay and the city's architecture before and after the artillery bombardment (Escolta Street, Jones Bridge, the ruins of City Hall, the University of the Philippines, the Manila Hotel, San Vicente de Paul Parish, Department of Finance Building (today's National Museum of Anthropology), Commerce & Agriculture Building (today's National Museum of Natural History), and Legislative Building (today's National Museum of Fine Arts)). Especially interesting are about fifteen candid photographs documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila's communication networks. Outdoor scenes show the compiler's companions with climbing spikes and safety belts repairing overhead trunk lines. Interior views depict a "Test Desk" with technicians (both American and Philippian) operating specialized consoles and patch cords, the massive Main Distribution Frame (MDF) with thousands of line terminations, and heavy power panel equipment. The series also includes several photographs from Clark Field, showing "Ralph" and "Eddie" posing beside wrecked aircraft. The other interesting photos from the collection show "a Native of New Guinea" posing with American soldiers, as well as the compiler and his friends in military uniforms in Finschhafen and Pittsburgh beside their tents, barracks, and orderly room. Overall, historically interesting collection of original gelatin silver photographs, illustrating rare scenes from the service of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.…

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Historically Important Album with 105 Gelatin Silver Photographs Likely Taken by a Technician of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Manila After the End of World War II, Showing U.S. Soldiers Reconstructing Communication Networks (Repairing Overhead Trunk Lines, Operating Specialized Consoles, Restoring Exchange Equipment, etc.), the City Views Before and After the Bombardment (City Hall, Manila Hotel, Legislative, Finance, Commerce & Agricultural Buildings, Jones Bridge, Escolta St., etc.), and Japanese Ships Sunk in Manila Bay; also with Photographs from New Guinea, Mostly Depicting the Compiler and His Friends at the Height of the War. Ca. 1943-1945.
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THE PHILIPPINES, NEW GUINEA - WORLD WAR II
Année de publication
1943
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Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers’ Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints. Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections. We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers. We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers. You can browse our collections in person during the shop’s opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.…

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