DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR w/ WEALTHY AMERICAN FRIENDS PHOTO ALBUM 394 PHOTOS for Sale

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DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR w/ WEALTHY AMERICAN FRIENDS PHOTO ALBUM 394 PHOTOS For Sale

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DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR w/ WEALTHY AMERICAN FRIENDS PHOTO ALBUM 394 PHOTOS:
$1325.00

FEATURED WITHIN THIS ALBUM’S 394 POLAROID PHOTOS AREMANY IMAGES OF MID-CENTURY AMERICAN ‘ARISTOCRATS’ IN ADDITION TO 30+ FULLY CANDIDAND PLAYFUL IMAGES OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR.

The album is assembled by a shown but as yetunidentified, older man shown in several images and identified as ‘self’. All of the photos are Polaroid type 40 / 41exposures measuring 3.25 in x 4.25 in. Some of the images are oriented portraitand some are landscape. The album has laid in an old (c. 1950 - 55) typed slipproviding a brief description of the contents of the album. It\'s not clear ifthis was a dealer / sale description or one completed by Copley\'s staff.Additionally, nearly every photo is captioned (ostensibly by the gentleman onlyknown as \'self\') as to the photo subjects and as to place.

The album contains 394 photos across 51 double sidedalbum leaves dating between 1949 - 1950. Each leaf having about 7 – 8 imagesper leaf. Being Polaroids, there are noother examples of these photos elsewhere nor is it likely that they\'ve beenpublished.

The album depicts all manner of leisure activity rangingfrom Palm Beach sunbathing, Southern Plantation hunting trips, GolfTournaments, Wedding parties, etc.

The individuals appearing in the album are a who’s whoof Mid Century high society, wealth, governmental power and celebrity. Some(not all) of those shown include :

Duke& Duchess of Windsor (in about 30-32 images)

C.Z.Guest (Actress, author, style and fashion icon….in at least25 photos)

HaroldTalbott (Secretary of the Air Force)

WinthropAldrich (President of Chase Bank and US Ambassador to UnitedKingdom)

WilliamWoodward Sr. (Banker and Horse Breeder)

HaroldStirling ‘Mike’ Vanderbilt (Heir, Railroad Executive,Yachtsman)

JohnnyPalmer (American Professional Golfer)

ClaudeHarmon (American Professional Golfer)

WilliamWoodward Jr. (Heir to Hanover Bank Fortune – Waskilled by his wife Ann Woodward also in this album)

WalterTeagle (President of Standard Oil Co.)

AnnWoodward (Wife of Bill Jr. who would shoot her husband attheir home in Oyster Bay in 1955)

GeorgeWidner Jr. (American businessman and Racehorse owner – owner ofHorseshoe Plantation)

WalterE. Edge (Governor of New Jersey – during both World Wars, andUS Senator)

GeneTunney (American Professional Boxing Champion – DefeatedJack Dempsey twice)

AdeleAstaire (American actress, dancer and stage performer – oldersister of Fred Astaire)

BenHogan (American Professional Golfer - Legendary golfing champion)

SamSnead (American Professional Golfer - Another legendary golf champion)

And others as yet unidentified or researched…

The images feature all sorts of events, activities andlocations including:

Horseshoe Plantation (Where George Baker’s son was murderedin 1949)

Fishing off the Gulf of Mexico

Palm Beach

Aiken, SC -Palmetto Golf Club; Schiff House

The Masters Golf Tournament - Augusta, GA

White Sulphur Springs – Greenbrier Resort

Piping Rock Club – Matinecock, NY

The Links Golf Club

The Pulitzer Wedding

Newport Golf Club

Newport Bathing Beach

Southhampton (Beach)

Gardiner’s Island (hunting)

Mackay Point Plantation (hunting)

Seminole Tournament

Palm Beach (again in 1950)

A hunting trip & picnic

All in all, a fantastic and rare artifact fresh to themarket and not known to any eyes outside of the James Copley family for thelast 60+ years.

Provenance:James S. Copley / Copley Library –

Followers of our inventory might note we originallyacquired most of our James Copley material in 2009 & 2010. However, werecently learned one of the Copley homes inherited by David Copley (d. 2012)had family effects from both Ira and James Copley in the garage. We acquired aportion of that material when it was offered at sale in Spring 2015.

This item is formerly from the collection of James S.Copley (1916 - 1973) who owned the Copley Press (comprised of 14+ citynewspapers) and founded the Copley Library in San Diego California.