2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
Absentee bidding for this session ends on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST.
The live portion of this session begins on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST
Documentary Photo Aids was an educational supplier of reproduction photographs covering various periods of American history. Each professional photo has a printed caption describing the image. Additionally, when bought in topic groups, DPA would include a Teacher’s Guide providing the history of that period. These are 14” x 11”, c1960-1970. Unlikely they could be used in public schools today. This is an astonishing group of Hitler-related images showing his rise to power. The group includes: Adolph Hitler’s parents; plus; The first photo of Adolph Hitler at age 11 months; plus, Hitler in elementary school; plus, Hitler in uniform, WWI in which he took part in 47 battles and received the Iron Cross; plus, Hermann Goering, WWI fighter pilot; plus, German troops surrender; plus, The Freikorps (paramilitary units) are disbanded. Many for the nocleus of Hitler’s Storm Troopers; plus, Corporal Hitler expounding the right wing view to street crowds, 1919; plus, Hitler sits in an outdoor beer garden, planning his political rise; plus, January 28, 1923, ignoring the authorities who forbade the demostration, Hitler orders the first NAZI demonstration in Munich with banners “Today Germany - Tomorrow the World”; plus, Guns are being distributed to the Nazis as the prepare to overthrow the Bavarian government, May 1, 1923; plus, Hitler announces “The National Revolution has begun. His bodyguards ride in a lorry with sign, ‘Hitler Assault Troops, Munich’; plus, November 9, 1923 Hitler lead 3,000 Storm Troops to take over Munich.11:49:25 AM failed; Hitler was arrested his trial opening February 24, 1924. Found guilty; plus, Summer 1924, Hitler entertains his friends in his cell; plus, The original notice of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, 1924; plus, Hitler is exhausted after a long speech in which he says “either the enemy marches over our bodies or we march over his”; plus, The Nazi party begins to win elections. Hitler called those who believed in democracy “Crazy Brains”. Here he addresses his Storm Troops; plus, By 1932 the Nazi Party won 230 seats, was the largest party and had 37% of the vote. Here is a youngster with the Nazi Flag; plus, On January 30, 1933 Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Here they are shaking hands; plus, Germany was tipping to civil war when Hitler met with his forst cabinet; plus, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag had been suspended ... the Nazi burned the Reichstag buiding, starting the wave of sabotage.
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