1941 Print Burma Road Chinese Mien-Tien Lu China Truck Robert Riggs FZ7 JPA1 The cover features an inset

The cover features an inset halftone image of clarinetist and bandleader

This is an original 1903 black and white halftone print of a historical image of the statue of the Queen Empress in Mumbai (Bombay)

This is an original 1927 black and white print ad for the electric Adressotype (adressograph) and Embossotype

This is an original 1909 black and white halftone print of the Reja (Grid) of Seville Cathedral which is located in the city of Seville

"Suddenly she knows it is love not hate--The Passion Flower" This is an original 1927 print of a scene from Herbert Brenon's The Passion Flower (1921) with Norma Talmadge as Acacia

1941 Print Burma Road Chinese Mien-Tien Lu China Truck Robert Riggs FZ7 JPA1 The cover features an insetThis is an original 1941 halftone print of a man driving a truck on the Burma Road, or the Mien Tien Lu. The road is 717 miles long and sweeps back and forth through mountain country. The section between Burma and Kunming were built during the Second Sino Japanese War in 1937 by Chinese laborers. The road had a role in World War II, as the British used the road to transport military materials to China (Burma was under British rule at the time).