Between the Covers

Unbound. A collection of 54 silver gelatin photographs, many are real photo postcards, all measuring around 3.5” x 5.5” with some captions in German on the versos. Slight edgewear and curling thus very good.

An archive of photographs compiled by a German pilot during World War I. The photos show various aviation scenes ranging from aerial images, airplanes being repaired, and pilots and mechanics posing in front of various aircrafts including Tauves, Fokkers, Halberstadts, Albatroses, Hansa-Brandenburgs, and others. Other images feature wrecks of planes - burnt up frames and a nosedive crash - and a zeppelin in flight. WWI was the first time airplanes had been used in combat both as fighting craft and specific airborne tasks from reconnaissance to bombing.

An unusually diverse number of images of a group of young pilots and early aircraft that would eventually evolve into the German Luftwaffe of World War II.

Item #423065