WWI - Manston Airfield. A group of 38 gelatin silver print photographs, circa 1916-18, including 7 uncaptioned and pasted in to a contemporary oblong folio album, 11 loose, the remainder on green paper mounts including 3 two-part panoramas, the majority with negative numbers in the image, white china ink dates and captions to most paper mounts, some loose prints with contemporary manuscript dates and notes to versos, photograph sizes 15.5 x 20.5cm and very similar. An important collection showing the development of this airfield over its first two years. Manston began as a Royal Naval Station in 1916, with a base at Westgate Bay for seaplanes. By 1917 the airfield had grown to include four underground hangars, its own railway line, a power station and barracks for 3,000 men. (38)
WWI - Manston Airfield. A group of 38 gelatin silver print photographs, circa 1916-18, including 7 uncaptioned and pasted in to a contemporary oblong folio album, 11 loose, the remainder on green paper mounts including 3 two-part panoramas, the majority with negative numbers in the image, white china ink dates and captions to most paper mounts, some loose prints with contemporary manuscript dates and notes to versos, photograph sizes 15.5 x 20.5cm and very similar. An important collection showing the development of this airfield over its first two years. Manston began as a Royal Naval Station in 1916, with a base at Westgate Bay for seaplanes. By 1917 the airfield had grown to include four underground hangars, its own railway line, a power station and barracks for 3,000 men. (38)
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
