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[ISRAEL, IRELAND, ET AL.] Group of 18 Press Photographs of Scenes in Israel, Ireland and the United States, Including one Photo Related to the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping. [V.p., ca. 1920s-1960s]. Black-and-white photos, most with captions affixed to versos, many with editorial markings. Sizes range from 110 x 196 mm to 216 x 276 mm. Some general wear, occasional soiling, toning. Israeli photos are mainly from Hebron, depicting soldiers, suspected terrorists, various locations; Irish photos depict crowd scenes in Ulster or Belfast in the 1920s; the United States photos mainly depict scenes of construction of industrial sites (also included is a photo of a man climbing a fire gong tower in Hopewell, NJ with the following caption on the verso: “When will it peal glad news of Lindbergh Baby’s Return?... Residents of Hopewell, N. J. and vicinity will have cause to rejoice when they hear this historic old fire gong suddenly break its long silence. Its ringing will announce the glad news that the kidnaped [sic] baby son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh has been returned to his stricken parents. The gong has been silent for twenty years. PS-3-11-32”.)