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The letters are all addressed to Lieutenant Sullivan's sister, Catherine Sullivan (Kay), first in New York and later in Seattle

Materials consist of one pamphlet titled "Magic China, A Cruise with the Marines" and two issues of the Jing-Bao Journal of the C.A.C.W. The pamphlet is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, unfolding to 10.5 x 13.5. Multi-colored, illustrated with drawings and 5 photographs. "China – alluring and mystical! For more than thirty years, the US Marines have been on guard at the US Embassy in Peiping…" and also based in Shanghai and Tientsin. The C.A.C.W was the 1st Bomb Group, Chinese American Composite Wing, 14th US Air Force, and the journals were issued by the "Avenger Club" and "Veterans of 'The Avengers'" (New York, January 15, 1945 and Oct. 1, 1946) 8.5 x 14 inches. Both issues are 4 pages and are mimeographed. Formed in 1943, the C.A.C.W. was a joint US-Nationalist Chinese unit with pilots from both countries flying bombers and fighter planes across the Japanese lines. These newsletters, one issued during, and one after, World War II, gave American pilots an opportunity for networking with combat buddies from the China Theater who had gone their separate ways. Curiously, one January 1945 posting is by a Major Winston S. Churchill, then stationed at an Air Force Base in South Carolina, possibly some forgotten American relation of the famed British statesman. [Desicriptive information provided by dealer // JAD20130717]

Collection of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, military base newspapers, and other ephemera documenting Jurgens' career while serving in the US Marines during War World II, especially his service as a band leader and entertainer of military troops throughout the Pacific Theatre. There are approximately 100 photos taken of the All Marine Show in performances at bases on Pacific Islands (some with printed and written captions on verso), as well as some clippings relating to Jurgens' state-side tour of the Marine Dance Band show after the War (on a bond drive campaign). Also included are two albums featuring dancer La Veda Libby (later Falaschi), native of Sacramento, dancer, model, and owner of a dance studio in Sacramento in the 1940s and 1950s. [Summary information provided by dealer]

Oblong leather-bound folio album (with string-tie binding). The album consists of 244 photographs (all tipped in) of various sizes and origins, but most of the photographs (at least 200) were taken by Williams or his colleagues during their time stationed in Shanghai. Photographs show Marines in the city, natives therein, street scenes, rural scenes, views in temples, Marines marching and in casual situations. Also contains nine photographs captioned in the photos (commercial photos) documenting public beheadings, captured rebels, police action; five hand-colored landscape views; and 17 panoramic views of countryside, the Great Wall, temples, and more. Some captions written in ink.

An album of photos that belonged to an [unidentified] US Marine based in Shanghai in the 1930s. An assemblage of 239 personal photos, plus two larger-format posed group photos of his military unit in uniform and at a formal dinner, together with 68 commercial photos collected at the time around Shanghai, all mounted (removably) at a later date in a Japanese-style album. The personal photos include soldiers at leisure in their barracks, posing with weapons during training, and wearing gas masks for some sort of drill, one with a Military Police Company A, 4th Marines sign dated 1936 in pen on the back, four shots of a small baseball game, and many with friends or family members taken at various locales around the city or on trips to the countryside, including at a Christian church. There are about four pages of photos from a trip upriver, which included a visit to a monument to Frederick Townsend Ward placed by the American Legion. We can see examples of the tense situation in Shanghai at the time, such as people posing next to barbed wire barriers and a sign from 1932 declaring a state of emergency in both English and Chinese. Nine of the photos are from a trip to Guam, depicting soldiers and some sort of a military review in front of an imposing building (the site identifiable because there is a “Guam” banner visible with a magnifying glass)." Also contains some graphic images of people tortured and/or killed. [Descriptive information provided by dealer // JAD2015/5/11]

Disbound oblong quarto album of 158 black and white photographs mounted on 25 leaves. The images are largely unidentified, but the things and locations depicted suggest it was compiled by a United States Marine, one of the Legation Guards in Peking, in the 1920s. One of the larger images depicts the Horse Marines, a mounted Marine unit, the only such Marine unit in China was stationed in Peking. The compiler was likely a member of the Marine Band, there are a number of images depicting the band and its members, posed both formally and informally. One image is identified on the negative as “Pay Day Peking 6/1/21”. Two individuals in another image are identified as H. L. Palmer and C. Dwight. There is an image identified as “Wireless tower Pekin”. The images depict encampment life, Marines on duty and off, drilling on the parade grounds in the compound, target practice, playing basketball with Chinese men, views of Peking and surrounding sites, scenes of street life in Peking, including an execution in the street, and more.

Collection of 113 real photo postcards and 70 original gelatin silver photographs showing life in the Dominican Republic. The vast majority of images are captioned in period typescript with a paper label, or in negative on the photograph or postcard, or via a period typescript list included in the collection. Several photograph captioned "Fotografa Manon in Santo Domingo, R.D." or "Hoenes, U.S.M.C." in negative on the photographs. Also included are two pages of period typescript recto only listing photographs and a manuscript note about the collection by Grace and Russell Weiss from 1990. All images were removed from the original album, therefore with some of the original black album paper remains on verso of images. The images show many views of life in La Romana during the early 20th century and the activities of Marines stationed in the region. There are also photos of the Marines stationed in La Romana, Santo Domingo, and Port-au-Prince, and one photo of an amphibious plane. The Marines are seen both in uniform and in casual situations including swimming, cave exploring, and playing baseball. Other locations shown include Castillo de San Jeronimo, Hiquey, Carcel de la Fortaleza, Quisqueya, Higueral, Seibo, the San Isidro Estate, an exposition in Santiago, Cuba, and San Juan Hill, and Malecon, the Receptoria, the ruins of Columbus' palace and other ruins in Santo Domingo.

A photograph album bound in leather created by a member of the United States Marine Corps sometime during the US occupation of Haiti, between 1915 and 1934. The album contains a few photos of military activities, such as camps, a ship, the :first plane and avaitors in San Domingo", a shooting range, and captured "bandits," as well as photos of the countryside, people, and sights of Haiti and Hispaniola as a whole. Captions are written on most of the images.

Materials consist of three distinct collections, creators unknown. The first collection consists of photographs of the United States military in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. Features photographs of military actions, ships, casualties, and local sites; a few images have descriptions written on the back. The second collection is a series of photographs of the 27th Infantry in Mindanao, with each image either indentified on the negative or in its border. The final collection consists of loose photographs and a scrapbook of men and women stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps base at Olongapo, possibly created by or formerly belonging to "C. Murray." The scrapbook includes many postcards and ephemera in addition to photographs, and captions are written throughout.