Lot 1229

CHINESE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS

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CHINESE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS Lot of 18 second-generation photographs each about 5 3/4"" x 3 1/2"" b/w showing various scenes of executions torture and other images of carnage from the Chinese civil war. The photos bear captions in english and were likely made for the American market probably for sailors calling at Chinese ports. Gruesome content with slow beheadings execution of women and students death by ""stretching"" bodies hung in crates from telephone poles etc. one with the racist caption: ""These 'chinks' will rob no more"". Three or four have a rust stain at center balance very good.

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CHINESE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS

Name: CHINESE CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS
SKU: 33927537
Price: 200 USD
Availability: InStock

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