Vintage 1933 1935 Anne Lindbergh Photos Original Pair Aviation Pioneer For Sale

Anne Lindbergh: From Sky to Sorrow: Original 1933 & 1935 Press Photo Pair 6.5x8.5\"
Matched AP/Wide World Wirephotos: World Survey Flight Homecoming & the Hauptmann Courtroom, From the Same Archive FileDESCRIPTIONTwo original 6.5x8.5\" wire press photographs of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, bookending one of the most dramatic thirteen-month stretches of her life.The first photo, captures her at the peak of triumph: smiling broadly in a sheepskin flight suit and leather helmet as she strides down a dock at College Point, New York, on December 19, 1933, having just completed a 30,000-mile survey flight with Col. Charles Lindbergh across four continents and 21 countries in their Lockheed Sirius \"Tingmissartoq.\" The verso carries the original Wide World Photos caption slug dated December 29, 1933, along with a \"THIS ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH MUST BE RETURNED TO WIDE WORLD PHOTOS\" stamp and archival editing marks.The second photo, taken just over a year later on January 3, 1935, shows a very different scene: Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the arm of Assistant Attorney General Robert Peacock, arriving at the Hunterdon County Courthouse in Flemington, New Jersey, for the trial of Bruno Hauptmann, the man accused of kidnapping and murdering her infant son. The full Associated Press caption slug is intact on the verso, identifying her as an expected prosecution witness. Both photos carry the same red \"DEAD 2/01\" archive stamp and route through the same Fleet Street, London AP/Wide World office, indicating these two prints were filed and kept together in the same newspaper photo morgue for decades before reaching this collection: a genuine matched pair, not two photos assembled after the fact.Sold together as a lot: These two photos capture the same woman thirteen months apart, once celebrating a world-spanning flight, later walking into the courtroom that would decide her son\'s case.That contrast is what makes this pair worth keeping together.CONDITIONBoth prints are original period wire/press photographs, each approximately 6.5x8.5 inches, silver gelatin. Overall condition is consistent with decades of newspaper archive handling: expect edge wear, corner bumps, light creasing, and typical wire-service handling marks on both prints.1933 photo: Foxing/staining is concentrated in roughly the bottom 15% of the verso and touches a small corner loss at bottom right, which partially obscures the printed negative number (only \"...2836\" remains legible). Avisible crease/fold line runs directly through the purple \"THIS ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH MUST BE RETURNED TO WIDE WORLD PHOTOS\" stamp; this is a genuine fold in the paper stock, not stamp fading. Verso is heavily marked withperiod stamps, a pasted newspaper clipping caption, pencil annotations, and legible blue crayon/pencil editorial routing signatures (reading approximately \"Test,\" an initialed notation with \"IRC,\" and \"Early\"), all consistent with genuine archive handling. Front image is clean and sharp with strong contrast. Note: the pasted period caption states the flight covered \"29,000 miles... visiting four continents and 31 countries.\" This is a contemporary press error; documented sources (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Pan Am Historical Foundation) confirm the actual figures were 30,000 miles, 4 continents, and 21 countries. Buyers should be aware the caption itself is part of the period artifact and is being sold as-is; the description above reflects the historically accurate figures.1935 photo: The credit line at the top of the verso has genuine paper loss, not just corner wear. The printed strip reading \"ASSOCIATED PRE... PLEASE USE CRE...\" is torn away mid-line before the caption text resumes below it. Verso also has a partial newspaper clipping caption, Associated Press copyright stamp, red \"DEAD\" stamp with \"2/01\" and archive number \"1348\" in red crayon over pencil, all legible. Front image is clean with good contrast and clear detail on both figures.Both photographs are sold as-is, in as-found archival condition.Please review all photos carefully as they form part of the listing. Size: 6.5x8.5\"