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60
of Somovit, a school, a monastery, etc. Also 4 boxes with
glass negatives
from Serbia, Albania,
Montenegro, Romania and Bulgaria (+/- 65 pcs)
239 [Belgium - Luxemburg]
-
201 diapositives
.
€ 500/700
Images mostly of
churches
,
cathedrals
and
monuments
in Belgium: Aalst, Aldeneik, Bruges,
Brussels, Dinant, Gerdringen, Ghent, Halle, Houthulst, Herent, Huysse, Leuven, Liège, Lissewege,
Mechelen, Mons, Nijvel, Oudenaarde, Ostend, Saint-Hubert, Sint-Truiden, Tournai, Tongeren,
Winksele, Ypres, Zoutleeuw, Veurne, etc. - 36 images of the
World’s Fair in Antwerp:
i.a. the Indian,
Belgian, German, American court, several exhibition rooms and stands, all representing a different
country, manufactory, culture, etc. Also 3 boxes with 44
glass negatives
of Belgian cities.
We join: 15 diapositives
of
Luxembourg.
Images of Bouscheid Castle, Vianden Castle, Beaufort
Castle and some of Luxembourg in general.
240 [Berlin]
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85 diapositives
.
€ 400/600
The vast majority are images of
Berlin
: Unter den Linden, the Post office, the Neue Wache, the
City Hall, Gendarmenmarkt, Friedrichstrasse, Thiergarten, Brandenburger Torn, City Palace,
Charlottenburg Palace, Monbijou Palace, statue of Frederic the Great, National Gallery, Royal
Museum, Royal Palace (interior), Royal Theatre, Parliament, the monuments of Goethe and Luther,
etc. A couple of images of
Cologne
,
Mayence
and
Potsdam
(New Palace, St Nicolas’ Church,
Kaiser Friedrich Mausoleum, Sanssouci Palace (interior and outside)).
241 [Blankenberge]
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138 diapositives
.
€ 300/600
Images of
a private holiday
of the family de Smet (?) to the Belgian seaside. On the images possibly
several family members and friends even in some cases
Frederic de Smet? as photographer
(man
in suit posing with a tripod). Other images show the pier, the dunes, the see, the strand, the front,
boats, people in bathing suits, people playing, fishing, etc. On almost every image occur people.
Another large part of the images show boats, a boat trip, etc. Some other slides depicting a trip to
Holland
.
We join
:
33 diapositives
of Ostend (?). Images taken at the
seaside
: people bathing in the sea in
between the caracteristic beach cabins, men and women in bathing suits, women dipping their feet
in the water while holding their long skirts up, children playing in the sand, families strolling on
the front... (+/- 171 pcs)
242 [Boats]
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86 diapositives
.
€ 400/600
Images of several types of
boats and battleships
such as the British ocean liners RMS Mauretania
and RMS Lusitania, the North River Steamboat, SS La Provence (ocean liner and auxiliary cruiser),
HMS Indomitable (battlecruiser), Frech battleship Charles Martel, etc. Several images of
ports
:
Alger, Port Said, Le Havre, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Portsmouth. Also images of a hydroaeroplane and
of the series “Extrait du journal “La Nature””, showing construction parts and preparatory to
build ships. Another part of the images about the story of
the loss of the Titanic
: illustrations,
handwritten slides with facts and pictures. Also some verses of the Christian hymn “Nearer, My
God, to Thee” known as the alleged last song the band on RMS Titanic played before the ship sank.
Labels: “Molteni”.
We join: British battleships:
chapter I [- III]. (London, W. Butcher & Sons, 1909), 24 (3 x 8) slides,
bound around the edges with black paper tape, kept in orig. box. The slides were produced under the
trade name Primus, as part 779-781 of the Junior Lecturers’ Series. First serie: the Dreadnoughts,
2nd: Cruisers and life aboard, 3rd: destroyers and submarines.
243 [China]
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326 diapositives
.
€ 1500/2500
Very interesting account
of several cities in China such as Beijing, Kanton, Shanghai, Hong-Kong,
Tientsui, etc. showing street views, chinese archers, a punishment and execution ground, elephants in
stone, girls dressing their hair, aMandarin in traditional clothes, several pagodas, a tea shop, a cotton