An Extraordinary Photographic Collection of Clarence Stieglitz, A Renown Newspaper Photographer

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Raynor's Spring Americana Auction Prt 2

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Mar 1, 2026

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Fascinating Americana Auction offering item in all periods of American history., from colonial through WWII. The items are offered as Autographs, Broadsides, Civil Wat Relics, Civil War Diaries, Confederate items. Political, Presidential, 20th Century Israel, Early Sports. Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions bob@hcaauctions.com

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  Clarence Stieglitz, (1888-1952) was the chief photographer for The New York World-Telegram and as such, had photographed many noted personalities and established an enviable record in catching brisk action in sports events. One of his noteworthy achievements occurred on July 4, 1919, when he photographed the heavyweight boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard at Toledo, and had the pictures published in a Cleveland newspaper the same day, an unusual feat at the time. He scored another "scoop" in 1922, when his pictures of a world series baseball game at New York's Polo Grounds appeared in The Cleveland Press five and a half hours after the game started. Mr. Stieglitz was born in Cleveland and started his photographic career on The Cleveland Press. Subsequently, he worked for other Cleveland newspapers and for The Pittsburgh Press. After holding positions on newspapers in Florida and Cuba. Mr. Stieglitz came to New York in 1927 and joined the staff of The Evening Telegram. He was with The Telegram, The World-Telegram and The World-Telegram and The Sun for nearly twenty-three years.This Clarence Stieglitz archive consists of more than 100 professional photographs, mostly 8” x 10”, of notable personalities such as Presidents, European leaders, Royalties, Musicians, Actors/Actresses. It is our belief that the Stamped original photos were published. The unmarked photos were possible output by Clarence Stieglitz for his own pleasure. Nonetheless, we have broken this immense archive into three separate sections. There are 53 photographs with various identifications on the back. These indentifications include “World Telegram Photo, C.M. Stiegliz”, “World Telegram Photo,” and some with pen identifications. The second grouping are 50 photos, without any backmark identification. The third grouping are fascinating personal items.Here are TEN descriptions of the individual photos; The “Graf Zepplin” docked at night; “Opening Session of the United Nations” which was held on American soil in the Gym Building of Hunter-in-the-Bronx, later to become the campus of Lehman College; May 7th, 1945 Times Square New York, crowds celebrating the end of World War II, 1945 ; Bruno Hauptmann in Court, handcuffed, eyes down, dejected; Former President Herbert Hoover, Roy Howard, General Mark W. Clark with Bernard Baruch, 1946; King Edward VIII with Wallis Simpson walking on American Street, crowd is behind barriers, Police in background; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, seated with a movie camera crew in the foreground; President Calvin Coolidge, standing in a period limo, top off.; Interior view of St. Patrick Cathedral NYC, showing a special ceremony; Great evening photo of Broadway NYC,. Interesting, Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant is in the picture.These items are from Stieglitz Cuban trip in which he accompanying President Coolidge. January 1928, President Calvin Coolidge became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba, traveling to Havana aboard the battleship USS Texas to address the Sixth International Conference of American States. Aiming to ease tensions, he promoted peace and equality in the Western Hemisphere to a cheering crowd of 200,000, marking his only foreign trip in office. This group includes: Seventeen, 4-3/4” x 3-1/2”, unpublished negatives of the pomp and circumstances. Also, two 5” x 7” photos of the Cuban sky with palm tree silhouettes. Stieglitz’s official credentials presented in a 5” x 3” folded leather carrier. And finally, a 4pp advertising folder for The Seville Biltmore, Havans.Fascinating item, Stieglitz’ PRESS PASS, for the Graf Zepplin, 1930, European-Pan American Cruise. The 3” x 2” card pass is trimmed with metal. There is also an exchange of correspondence between Stieglitz and the US War Department. These fifteen letters, 1917-1919, deal with Stieglitz war time photography efforts. He is ultimately appointed as Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corp. 
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