Glimpses: Vintage, Fine, and Vernacular Photography
Thu, Jul 23, 2026 11:00AM EDT
Lot 18
Press Photograph of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. 1918.
Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold for
$60
Sold Price includes BP
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Press Photograph of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Underwood & Underwood, October 11, 1918. Issued as part of First World War Liberty Bond publicity efforts. Gelatin silver print with original typed caption mounted on scrapbook paper verso. The caption explicitly frames the image as propaganda, urging American audiences to support Belgium through the purchase of Liberty Bonds, while describing the Queen’s frontline humanitarian presence. The verso bears Underwood & Underwood credit and distribution markings, along with editorial instructions and text directed “to editors,” demonstrating the coordinated relationship between press agencies and U.S. wartime messaging campaigns. Such photographs were circulated for reproduction in newspapers to shape public sentiment and encourage financial support of the war effort. Approximately 5 x 7".
Condition
Condition with scattered surface wear, creasing, and remnants of album mounting and adhesive; caption intact and legible.
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