Large NASA-Space Race era archive of material related to Colonel Michael J. Vaccaro, director of administration of the Marshall Space Flight Center of Huntsville, Alabama, an important figure in the pioneering of human space exploration, circa 1951 through 1971. In 1966, Vaccaro, then an aerospace design engineer, became in his words a "Human Guinea Pig" […]
Lot 634: Trippensee Planetarium Co. Tellurian Model + Howard Miller World Map
Trippensee Planetarium Co. Tellurian Model, Howard Miller Lighted World Map Electric Clock, 2 items total. 1st item: Trippensee Planetarium Company, Saginaw, Michigan, geared Tellurian model, manufactured by the George F. Cram Company. Comprised of painted wood or dense plastic globes representing the Earth, Moon, and Venus affixed to metal rod arms that revolve around a […]
Lot 635: 2 Scientific Advertising Displays, Post and K & E
Two (2) Scientific Advertising Displays, Post and Keuffel & Esser. 1st item: Vintage Frederick Post Slide Rule Store Advertising Display. This rotating counter display measures 19" tall, and base measures 10 1/4" in diameter. Included are 8 slide rules, all attached by chains to the display. Rules include: 1) 10" Universal rule 1452W, 2) Versatrig […]
Lot 630: 7 WWII Propaganda posters
Seven (7) World War II United States propaganda posters by artists including Anton Otto Fischer, Mead Schaeffer, Koerner, and Steve Broder. 1st item: Poster depicts gray weapon barrels, wrapped in the full-color national flags of United Nations members, firing into a bright yellow and orange explosion in the upper right corner. Text at top and […]
Lot 631: 12 WWII Propaganda posters inc John Atherton
Twelve (12) World War II United States propaganda posters by artists including John Atherton and Steve Broder. 1st item: Poster depicts a male soldier wearing a green helmet looking up while raising a United States flag on a pole. Text, in white across bottom left reads "To Have and to Hold!" and in large, red […]
Lot 632: 4 WWII Propaganda Posters inc. Lawrence Beall Smith
Four (4) World War II United States war bonds propaganda posters by artists including Allen Saalburg and Lawrence Beall Smith. 1st item: Poster titled "Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them – Buy War Bonds" depicting three children playing in a green meadow with fearful looks and a swastika-shaped shadow on the ground around them. Artist's […]
Lot 627: 15 WWII Propaganda posters
Fifteen (15) World War II United States propaganda posters. 1st item: Poster depicts an illustration of a man with a scruffy beard, wearing a gray cap, standing in polka-dot boxer shorts, with a sleeved doctor's arm stretches a stethoscope to his chest to listen to his heartbeat, against a royal blue background. At the bottom […]
Lot 628: 12 WWII Propaganda posters
Twelve (12) World War II propaganda posters. 1st and 2nd items: Pair of identical posters titled "Will you… Salt it or Spend it" in blue text against a white background with blue border, the letters "SOS" appear behind the title. The text below reads "Are you salting your increase in salary for the rainy day […]
Lot 629: 4 WWII Propaganda posters
Four (4) World War II United States propaganda posters. 1st item: Depicts three industrial workers along the left side opposite a watch with text below the workers that reads "If it'll save a second.. It's a Great Idea – let's have it!" and "Short Cuts Can Shorten the War" at the bottom. Artist's name, Koerner, […]
Lot 625: Military Archive, WWI/WWII French Soldier Paul Didier
Archive of fifty-five (55) items pertaining to the family of French soldier and fireman Paul Didier, including World War I military medals and World War II era concentration camp photographs. 1st-9th items: Nine (9) military medals belonging to Paul Didier, mounted on a fabric covered board with frame and glass. Includes the Medaille Militaire, Croix […]