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2021réf. AME_9781774076316Society Publishing 2021. UNKNOWN. Hardcover. New/New. Society Publishing hardcover
réf. 1528567943.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2021réf. DBS-9781774077207Society Publishing 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2021réf. DBS-9781774077207Society Publishing 2021. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
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2020réf. DBS-9781774071977ARCLER PRESS 2020. 1 ST. Hardcover. New. ARCLER PRESS hardcover
2020réf. DBS-9781774071977ARCLER PRESS 2020. 1 ST. Hardcover. New. ARCLER PRESS hardcover
2020réf. DBS-9781774071656Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020réf. DBS-9781774071656Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Hardcover. New. Society Publishing hardcover
2020réf. AME_9781774071656Society Publishing 2020. UNKNOWN. Hardcover. New/New. Society Publishing hardcover
1926Pages 597 through 714 pages. Several additional pages of illustrated advertisements. Contents include: The 'Lost Battalion' of the 77th Division; The Enveloping Attack; Motor Transportation in Military Operations; The Philippines Maneuvers; The Company's Personnel; Trotski and the Conscription of Labor; German Infantry Training; The War Stock Uniform. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Top inch of backstrip open but present. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
réf. 65401N° 81 - 23 juillet 1946 - in-4 broche - revue illustrée - 12 pages
201023x15. 382p. Trad. V. Alonso Blanco. Col. Andanzas, N. 736.
PARIS, Lib. Larousse - 1978 - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs - Très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et HT, certaines PP et double page - cartes - 40 pages - Très bon exemplaire, comme neuf
réf. 12463PARIS, Lib. Larousse - 1978 - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur illustré en couleurs - Très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et HT, certaines PP et double page - cartes - 40 pages - Très bon exemplaire, comme neuf
Barcelona, Edit. Planeta, 1969. 631 p. 8º. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar.
1979162 pages. Price sticker on back cover. Sticker remnant atop front cover. From the windswept Canadian prairies to the University of Saskatchewan, from McGill University to the Philippines and Mt. Banahaw - the mountain that becomes her mountain for a very special reason..... Ruth Klaasen weaves a story of joy and romance, boldness and humility, hardship and sickness, birth and death. The story of how a loving heavenly Father worked in the life of one person, one couple, one family - in a culture foreign to their own - so that he could work through them. Book
2020réf. DBS-9781774072639Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Soft Cover. New. Society Publishing paperback
2020réf. DBS-9781774072639Society Publishing 2020. 1st. Soft Cover. New. Society Publishing paperback
réf. 1331114195.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0265975999.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. PE54Oblong Folio album ca. 25x33 cm or 10 x 13 ¼ in. 30 card stock leaves. With ca. 330 mounted original gelatin silver photos including five large images from ca. 195x26 cm 7 ¾ x 10 in to ca. 175x24 cm 7 x 9 ½ in; the rest of the photos are from ca. 125x205 cm 4 ¾ x 8 in to ca. 45x65 cm 1 ¾ x 2 ½ in. Nine photos are captioned in negative; at least eighteen with ink manuscript captions on recto or verso. With seven mounted period newspaper clippings or ephemera. Period brown faux leather album fastened with a string; gilt-lettered title “Photographs” on the front cover. Binding rubbed with chipping and losses on extremities over a dozen photos with creases losses of corners or scratches two or three photos possibly previously removed A few photos mildly faded or with mild silvering but overall a very good album of interesting photos. Interesting extensive collection of original gelatin silver snapshot and studio photos taken and collected by an American sailor during his service on U.S.S. “Huron” and “U.S.S. “Black Hawk” in the Southwest Pacific in the 1920s. Former U.S.S. South Dakota 1908-1920 U.S.S. “Huron” served as flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in 1919-1926 “operating in Philippine waters during the winter and out of Shanghai and Yantai during the summer” Wikipedia. In 1923 the ship participated in the relief operation in Yokohama and Tokyo after the Great Kanto earthquake. U.S.S. “Black Hawk” served in the Asiatic Fleet for twenty years 1922-1942 cruising between various locations in the Philippines Manila Olongapo and China Hong Kong Shanghai Amoy/Xiamen Tsingtao/Qingdao and Chefoo/Yantai. During WW2 it served in Hawaii and Kodiak Alaska. Most images in the album show the U.S. naval ships where the compiler served and their crew members including a large group portrait of sailors wearing the U.S.S. “Huron’s” sports uniform and a large view of U.S.S. “Huron” in Hong Kong harbour. The smaller photos include numerous scenes taken on board mostly of U.S.S. “Black Hawk” with the sailors working or resting some are captioned i.e. “scrubbing gangway in Yellow Sea en Chefoo to Shanghai me with pipe in mouth B.H.” “just like convicts” “B.H. looking forward; x - is our movie screen and o - is the movie house” “main mast” &c. images of an official ceremony on board naval exercises at sea “firing a torpedo” “standing by to fire 4 inch” portraits of the crew members several identified by the compiler i.e. “… Seaner he is at the hospital in Peking now” “F.J. Tancey from Fort Wayne apt gun deck Chefoo” “Lewis R. Hand he died the night we left Chefoo from desentery sic!” “Wirth and Mardis” &c. There are also views of the interior of U.S.S. “Huron’s” launch boat the ship’s radio tower “comforts of a man-of-war” a view “taken from inside of Hawk looking thru an air port tin cans ships and the beach” a launch boat “waiting for the Captain Chefoo” &c. A series of photos show the U.S. naval ships in Chefoo Yantai: “a small part of the Asiatic Fleet anchored in Chefoo;” “x – is were the cans go for shelter when it gets bad also the subs. They might slip there sic! anchor and get washed up on the shore. O. Chinese fort Chefoo;” “tin cans coming in from fireing sic! Chefoo;” “cans and sampans taken at apt gun deck B.H. Chefoo;” “English gun boat in river” “repairing cans Chefoo B.H.” “more of the navy Chefoo” &. Several views of Chefoo show “God in Heaven temple” “Door & lions at Yu Hwan Ding Chefoo” “Chefoo Wall’ taken from above “Arch at American Mission School Temple Hill – Chefoo” “Y.M.C.A. Court Chefoo” “Row of old guns Chefoo Fort” “Chinese memorial Tablets – Chefoo” local boys swimming in the sea &c. There are also several views of Hong Kong port and wharves waterfront residences on Victoria Peak Statue Square with the monument to Queen Victoria Shanghai “entering Shanghai we are in the Yangtze river” “view from B.H. outskirts of Shanghai” a view of the General Post Office building with the Suzhou Creek Qingdao “Tsingtau” &c. Several photos portray American sailors in rickshaw carts “Jew Wirth and me Oriental Hotel Chefoo” posing with Chinese girls “Sing Tat and Job” “6 Chinaman sic! Chefoo” on board the ship &c. The large photos include two reproductions of drawings depicting the service of American sailors in China and the Philippines a map with “Distances from Guam to principal points in the Pacific. Over a dozen photos taken in the Philippines show “Hotel Abella Pagsanjan P.I.” local villages native workers dancers women boys playing a ball game and a group portrait of American sailors “in the Philippine jungles Olongpo sic! while we were in dry dock Feb. 25…” The newspaper clippings and ephemera include articles about the USS S-4 submarine disaster 1927 the appointment of U.S.S. “Pittsburg” the flagship of the Asiatic Fleet in the end of 1926 the movement of San Diego warships a receipt from “Hanson photo studio” in Tsingtau/Qingdao and a ticket to the Peak tramway in Hong Kong. Overall an interesting content-rich visual source on the history of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet and its service near the coast of China and the Philippines in the 1920s. hardcover
réf. MC80Folio logbook ca. 38x245 cm or 15 x 9 ¾ in. 1 – printed title page 67 1 - blank leaves of watermarked laid paper. A copy of “The Seaman's Journal Being an Easy and Correct Method of Keeping the Daily Reckoning of a Ship During the Course of Her Voyage” New York: Burtus & Crane with the entries carefully completed in brown ink on recto and verso of the leaves with a gap of recto of leaf 41 i.e. comprising 133 pp. of text. Title page with a woodcut vignette depicting a sail ship under the American flag hand coloured and with a period ink title “Bashee Islands 1809” underneath. Period red ink stamp “C. Teubner” on the title page watercolour drawing of a maritime signal flag on the front pastedown endpaper. Period brown quarter sheep with marbled papered boards neatly repaired on hinges and extremities. Paper slightly age-toned text with occasional stains leaf 23 and others but overall a very good logbook written in a legible hand. Historically significant original content-rich logbook with a detailed record of the first trade voyage of a New York East Indiaman “America” from New York to Canton Guangzhou and back in June 1809 – June 1810. A namesake of the famous Salem merchant ship and privateer during the War of 1812 ship “America” built in 1803-1804 made five privateer cruises in 1812-1815 broken up in 1831 this “America” was built on the New York shipyard of Adam and Noah Brown for the noted local merchant company “Minturn & Champlin” and launched in May 1809 shortly before her first voyage The United States Gazette May 15 1809 p. 3. The ship’s tonnage was 493 tons Morrison J.H. History of New York Ship Yards. N.Y. 1909 p. 47. On June 21 1809 New York authorities cleared “America” for a voyage to Canton under the command of Captain Mather Evening Post Marine List// The Evening Post. New York June 21 1809 p. 3. The logbook opens with “America’s” 158-day outbound voyage starting on June 24 1809 when the ship discharged the pilot after the passing of the Sandy Hook spit at the south entrance to New York Bay. She passed the Cape of Good Hope on September 12-13 1809 without calling at port and crossed the Indian Ocean choosing the route to China via the Alas Strait between Lombok and Sumbawa Islands Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. On October 21-22 “America” anchored near the “Bally Town” also marked “Laboagee” on some old maps; it is a settlement south of the modern-day town of Selong on the east coast of Lombok to get fresh water and trade for fresh supplies. A part of the crew went on shore where they were received by a local “king” who also visited the ship. “America” then crossed the “Java” Bali Sea proceeded north through the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Sulawesi crossed on October 26 – November 4 and went across the “Celebean” Celebes Sea towards the Pacific Ocean passing “Sarangaran” Sarangani and “Meangis” Miangas Islands. On November 11 1809 while in the “Celebean Sea” east of “Meangis” Island the compiler saw an island which “I did not find laid down in any chart Capt. Mather “America’s” Captain during the voyage in ship Aeolus from the Cape of Good Hope bound to China first discovered it on Sunday the 30th of November 1806…” The ship then sailed north in the Western Pacific Ocean along the east coast of the Philippines November 13-24 crossed the South China Sea passing “Bashee” Babyan “Lemma” Lamma and “Ladrones” Wanshan Islands arriving to Macao Macau on November 29. The goal of the voyage was to trade in Canton and quickly return to New York but “America” stayed there longer than expected. Captain Mather later reported that “all the English & American ships were embargoed at Canton from Jan. 27 to Feb. 22 in consequence of a new difficuly between the English and Chinese occasioned by a Chinese having been killed by a British seaman; and the English refused to deliver up any one unless the criminal could be pointed out which could not be done. It was expected the difficulty would be amicably settled” National Intelligencer. Washington City D.C. 18 June 1810 p. 3. The logbook omits the ship’s almost three-month stay in China and resumes with her departure from Macao on February 24 1810. On her 104-days return voyage “America” crossed the South China Sea sailed through the Gaspar Strait between Bangka and Belitung Islands east of Sumatra Java Sea and Sunda Strait went across the Indian Ocean and passed Cape of Good Hope April 25 and St. Helena Island May 6. The logbook ends at sea south-east of New York Bay close to the point recorded on the first day of the outbound voyage. New York “Evening Post” newspaper reported that “Arrived at this port on Saturday last the following vessels with valuable cargoes: Ship America Mather 105 days from Canton and 44 from the Cape of Good Hope with teas nankeens china silk and cassia to Minturn and Champlin owners” Evening Post Marine List// The Evening Post. New York June 11 1810 p. 3. The logbook follows the “America’s” voyage day by day thoroughly recording the ship’s geographical position and course weather winds currents operations with sails sundry works on board and ship’s repairs geographical objects passed vessels encountered termometer readings in the Strait of Alas and Western Pacific Ocean/ Philippine Sea the number of the day of the voyage and various events comets caught sharks fights on board an incident with a crew member falling overboard &c. Very interesting is a lengthy description of interactions with the inhabitants of the “Bally town” on Lombok Island where an “American ensign” was flying on shore notes about the sighting of an unknown island in the Western Pacific Ocean “two large comets” in the Indian Ocean endured storms various events on board names of encountered ships &c. Overall an important content-rich source on the history of early American trade voyages to China at the beginning of the 19th century. One of the latest mentions of the ship “America’s voyage to Canton still commanded by “Captain Mather” and owned by “Messrs. Minturn & Champlin” dates back to 1815 Alexandria Gazette. Alexandria Virginia 11 October 1915 p. 1. Excerpts from the logbook: June 24 1809. Transactions North Atlantic. These 24 hours begins with light winds and pleasant weather at 4 a.m. got under way with a light breeze from the south west at 11 a.m. … of Sandy Hook discharged the pilot. The wind hauled to the west. Set all the tending sails below and aloft. Several outward bound vessels in company. The America outsailed them all. July 15 1809. Transactions North Atlantic. <…> @ 8 a.m. saw a brig to the south and west stearing sic! to the north & east I took her to be a king’s brig. August 17 1809. Transactions North Atlantic. <…> @ 10 a.m. saw an Hermaphrodite Brig to the west steering to the N.W… September 25 1809. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> All hands employed trimming ship got some bales of cotton out the fore hold … them in the cabin filled 8 casks with salt water between decks sailmakers mending sales carpenters repairing jolly boat. October 16 1809. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> Ship under full sail all hands employed getting the guns out the main hold & mounting them carpenters at the boats. October 21 1809. Transactions Straits of Alas. <…> @ 5 a.m. made the land Lombock & Sambawa western extremity of Sambawa bearing north <…> @ 7 a.m. saw the Peak of Lombock bearing N. by W. dist. 3 or 4 leagues <…> got to the mouth of the Strait of Alas. At 1 p.m. came too with the small bower in 14 fathoms water sticky bottom Bally town bearing N.W. by west dist. 2 miles. Furled all sail & out all boats ready for watering. Saw an American ensign flying on shore at Bally town. At 3 p.m. out all boats mannd sic! & arm’d went on shore to the town of Bally. First & second officers. Treated well by the natives… The Land at the entrance of the Straits of Alas both on the Lombock & Sambawa sides is very remarkable - there projects from the Island of Lombock about 100 yards a Rock resembling much in form a cannon with the mouth planted downwards as you pass the mouth of the Straits this Rock sheets in & the little Town of Bally opens to the view it consists merely of a few huts belonging to the natives who received us in a friendly manner & immediately commenced trafficking sic! their productions wh. consists chiefly of ducks fowls cocoa nuts plantains & other fruit generally found in these Latitudes for money jack knives looking glasses & particularly rasors sic! - they take care however to get the full value of what they dispose of & are no novices in making a bargain. They demanded 10 dollars or 4 muskets for permission to fill our water which proved to be very brackish - they however let us have some fine turtle. The inhabitants of this Island are of a copper colour middling stature & well made they chew great quantities of Beetle sic! nut wh. renders their teeth black & their gums very red. They are all armed with axes & spears & wear nothing but a piece of calico <…> tied around the middle. The King to whom we were introduced was sitting on his throne which was composed of a block of wood surrounded by his guards who were armed in the manner already described he received us very graciously and promised to supply us with whatever we stood in need of. October 22 1809. Transactions in Bally Roads. First part fresh gales & clear weather at 4 a.m. got the long boat & pinnace out & commenced watering the ship. At 8 a.m. got all the water & stock on board. Monday October 23 1809. First part calm with pleasant weather. At 5 a.m. got the boats in. At 8 a.m. King & a great many of the natives came on board to see the Captain & the ship. Bro’t some fruit off as a present to the Captain at 10 a.m. got under way with a light breeze from the south… November 11 1809. Transactions Celebean Sea. <.> @ 4 a.m. an island in sight N.W. by W. dist. 6 or 7 leagues <…> This island I did not find laid down in any chart Capt. Mather in ship Aeolus from the Cape of Good Hope bound to China first discovered it on Sunday the 30th of November 1806 about 3 p.m. in the bearing N.O. by E ½ E. dist. 5 or 6 leagues. <…> November 25 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 4 p.m. made the Bashee Islands bearing west dist. 8 or 9 leagues… November 26 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 10 a.m. passed several fishing boats. November 27 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 4 p.m. made the Great Lemma Islands bearing W.N.W. dist. 5 or 6 leagues same tie sounded in 28 fathoms water fine grey mud… November 28 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 6 p.m. the peak of the Great Ladrone bore east ½ south distance 2 leagues… November 29 1809. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 3 p.m. took a pilot for Macao the peak of the Great Ladrone bearing S.E. by E. 3 miles. <…> @ midnight came too with the small bower anchor in 5 fathoms water. Furled all sail. The compadore went on shore for a pilot @ 9 a.m. the compadore came off with some fresh provisions & hopes of getting a pilot the next day. <…> We were informed of several Ladrone corsairs being out. February 24 1810. Transactions China Sea. <…> @ 6 p.m. discharged the pilots Macao bearing W. ½ S. dist. 3 or 4 leagues <…> @ 4 a.m. the Middle Island bore east 2 leagues <…> @ 7 a.m. lost sight of the Frances Henrietta… March 9 1810. Transactions Straits of Gasper. <…> @ 6 p.m. saw the ship Ocean at anchor to the South of us @ 9 got under sail to the best advantage of the wind the ship Ocean in company <…> Latter part ditto. wind & weather & Meridian the Brothers bore N.E. 2 leagues the farthermost point of Sumatra in sight S.W. by W. 7 or 8 leagues. Spoke the ship Ocean & parted with her. March 11 1810. Transactions Java Sea. At anchor. @ 10 a.m. was boarded by the Gov. of Batavia boats. Latter part light airs & calm with cloudy wr. @ Meridian South pt. of Cracatau S.W. by W. ½ W. Center of Middle Islands NE. by E. ½ E. Center of Tamarin Island N.W. ½ W… March 13 1810. Transactions Straits of Sunda. <…> @ 6 p.m. Java head bore S.E. dist. 12 leagues from which I take my departure <…> lost sight of the ship Ocean Capt. McPherson… April 23 1810. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> Caught 2 sharks & two albatrosses. Put the ship’s & Captain’s name with the Lat. & Long. of ship around the neck of one A. & let him go. April 24 1810. Transactions Indian Ocean. <…> Saw two large comets the blare of which lasted nearly 5 minutes. May 11 1810. Transactions South Atlantic. <…> @ 3 p.m. James Tylee fell overboard rounded the ship too & lowered the gig found she was sinking & lowered the jolly boat after her. June 1 1810. Transactions Western Ocean. <…> @ 3 p.m. heard a noise on the main deck went forward & found Henry Lockwood had Mr. Clark the second officer under him on deck the Captain & myself parted them. June 2 1810. Transactions Western Ocean. <…> @ 5 a.m. saw a sail to the N. & E. standing to the S. & W. @ 6 bore off N.W> by N @ 10 a.m. spoke & boarded the brig Sally & Eliza Captn. Bell 21 days from Alexandria bound to Antigua all well. hardcover
réf. PF35Oblong Quarto album ca.18x29 cm. 38 paper album leaves 19 blank . With ca. 90 mounted original gelatin silver photographs and 2 postcards from ca. 14x85 cm 5 ½x3¼ in to ca. 109x65 cm 4 ¼ x 2½ in. Some photos with period caption in negative citing ‘Banzon photos’ likely a local studio the others without captions. Two Real Photo Color Postcards in The Collection Show the Subano Women and Nagasaki View. Both are mounted with a strong glue the previous owner tried to un-glue one to reveal the signature ‘P.J.’ possible date ‘1919’ and readdress ‘To U.S.N.Radio Station’. Other images might be captioned at the back this is subject to further research. The Tatoosh group of photos are loose one of them captioned ‘This is the most lonesome place in the world’. Binding worn several photos missing few images loose one of the postcards with tears but otherwise a very good album of strong interesting photos. Historically important collection of original photographs illustrating the life of American Navy Officer Serving at Navy Radio Station in Washington and Philippines. He likely received his training at Tatoosh before being sent to Philippines. Tatoosh station existed since late 1900s being one of the first Island Naval Radio Stations on West Coast following the first station on Mare Island that has been established in 1904. The album is divided into three group of photos the first one being from WA the second - from Philippines one of them dated in negative as of 1913 which suggests the arrival of the officer to Philippines around that time or in late 1910s. The same group of photos are taken in variety of places in the Philippines but already include a number of photos of Las Baños including the panorama of Los Baños Laguna with U.S. Ambulance & Signal Corp Camp Eldridge on it. The image of thecamp is a good verification for the dating of the photos of the first group: it has been photographed in a very early stage of its establishment while later photos from before Japanese invasion show more buildings and more developed territory. This group of photos which are larger include 17 images. The third group of photos is dedicated entirely to Las Baños its radio facilities and the life of the officer: his home his wife his friends the locals he has photographed. In this series the photographer is likely climbed one of the radio towers and took aerial shots in the process of his climb as well as from the top. As a result a series of photographed has survived showing the laguna and the operation in Los Baños in the early stage. US Naval Radio Control Station was built in 1917 including three 600' towers by 1930 it was operating at a significant capacity as the photos published by navy-radio website demonstrate. It is likely our group of photos is taken earlier as the territory shown on the photos from 1930 is developed more significantly and the pathway to operation building and the gate is not constructed yet. were built in 1917 - one destroyed in 1941 attack two demolished in 1945. 1920s was the early days for US Navy Communication Stations abroad the US: in 1924 there was a shore-based site at Shanghai as early as 1924 but its operations had been shifted to the USS General Alva in 1927; Guam in 1929 had one-person intercept site. Oahu had two stations established in 1924 and 1925. The precent station in Los Baños probably was playing a significant role in the region. Civilian radio in the Philippines started in June 1922 with the establishment of KZKZ AM in Manila Philippines by Henry Herman Sr. owner of the Electrical Supply Company in Manila. One radio tower destroyed in 1941 attack two demolished in 1945. During Japanese occupation Los Baños became known for an agricultural school campus turned Japanese internment camp. In famous ‘Raid on Los Baños’ United States Army Airborne and Filipino guerrilla task force have liberated 2147 Allied civilian and military internees from the camp. Likely the operation affected the Radio Control Station that was not re-started after 1945. Overall an important photographic evidence of the US Navy Radio operations in the Pacific. unknown
réf. PE50Oblong Folio album ca. 275x365 cm or 11x14 in. 25 card stock leaves 11 blank. With 128 mounted original gelatin silver photographs from ca. 10x125 cm 4x5 in to ca. 65x11 cm 2 ½ x 4 ¼ in. All but two photos with period ink manuscript captions on the margins. With two mounted postcards one real photo and one printed both ca. 85x135 cm 3 ¼ x 5 ¼ in both with studio captions on the margins. The printed postcard with a period manuscript text and address on verso. Period Japanese lacquered album with a brown gilt-tooled spine. The front board with a gilt-painted scene showing a rickshaw driver carrying a geisha and a typical Japanese landscape in the background Mount Fuji sea coast with boars and a temple a Japanese pine &c.; the scene is decorated with pieces of mother-of-pearl. Binding slightly rubbed on extremities several images with creases on the margins one with a minor tear two photos possibly previously removed from the album a few photos mildly faded but overall a very good album of interesting photos. Historically significant collection of original gelatin silver snapshot photographs taken by a U.S. military medical officer who served in the Sternberg General Hospital in Manila Philippines in the late 1930s. Named after U.S. Army Surgeon General George Sternberg in 1920 the hospital was the main U.S. military medical facility in the Philippines until it was destroyed during WW2. Compiled in the years leading to WW2 apparently between 1937 and 1939 the album contains about ninety photos of the Philippines – mostly Manila and its environs. A series of images related to Sternberg General Hospital includes views of its grounds and facilities two photos of a Christmas tree inside the hospital lab where the compiler most likely worked three group portraits of the members of “basketball team Sternberg Gen. Hospital” and an individual portrait of the team member captioned “Gilchrist Sternberg Gen. Hospital.” Several photos portray the compiler’s friends and colleagues in Manila: “Harvey G. Thomas” “Yeager” and “Edward G. Ziel” “in courtyard at Sternberg” “in Lab window Sternberg” on board the Japanese steamer “M.S. Chichibu Maru” – renamed “Kamakura Maru” in 1939 &c. The photos of Manila show the “dock where or boats tied up” “old tin church” San Sebastian Basilica built in 1891 the only steel building church in the Philippines Manila Bay featuring Manila Hotel and Government Buildings naval ships and tankers in the harbour Intramuros District general views “part of old wall” San Agustin Church “street inside old Manila” five views of “old Spanish ruins” actually ruins of the Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church in modern-day Makati City Metro Manila burned during the initial skirmishes of the Philippine-American War in 1899 Manila cemetery “burial crypts Manila” “vaults in cemetery Manila” “monument in Manila” “street scenes in Philippines” “stone quarry not far from Manila P.I.” &c. Very interesting are a dozen photos of the American military installations in Manila Bay. The images show artillery guns in “Fort Drum entrance to Manila Bay” El Fraile Island and a series of views of Corregidor Island facilities Parade Grounds military barracks “buildings on Corregidor” artillery guns and personnel “14” disappearing gun”. The album also contains about twenty-five photos of the U.S. hill station of Baguio in central Luzon Island including several views taken from the train on the way to town railway station in Damortis and others images of “Army Hospital at Baguio” bungalows rooftops and famous local pines “scene from road to Antamoc mine near Baguio” Antamok gold mine near Itogon town southwest of Baguio “Filipino dwellings Antamoc gold mine near Baguio” three photos of traditional Filipino burial sites with the remains laid in between tree branches or special structures on the mountain side mountainous scenery &c. Five images portray native Filipino women and girls in traditional outfits “Ifugao girl” “native washing clothes” “Filipino girls” &c. The album closes with thirty-six photos of Chinese port cities of Shanghai and Chingwangtao Qinhuangdao Bohai Sea taken during the compiler’s voyage on board the USAT “U.S. Grant” after the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-45 and Japanese capture of Shanghai November 1937. A series of views of the Yangtze River taken from the deck of the “U.S. Grant” in Shanghai shows Japanese war and transport ships “Jap soldiers on river bank Shanghai” ruins of Zhabei district destroyed during the Battle of Shanghai “ruins of Chapei district Shanghai” “Chapei section of Shanghai showing shell craters & ruined blds.” &c. Chinese sail and merchant boats International Settlement seen from the river &c. At least two images feature “U.S. Grant’s” lifebuoy with the name of the ship on it. There are also views of the “Dollar Lines dock Shanghai Chinese laborers fighting for money thrown on dock” a closer view of the International Settlement with a docked naval cruiser a city street &. Very interesting are seven snapshot photos taken during the ship’s stop in Chingwangtao showing “merchants near dock” four street scenes and two scenes with U.S. soldiers during “a few minutes rest on hike near Chingwangtao China.” Overall a historically significant original visual source on the history of the U.S. military in Manila shortly before WW2 and the Japanese occupation of Shanghai in 1937-1945. hardcover
