b'130PHOTOGRAPHS 1503STEREO VIEWER and fifteen assorted cards 1498 including BOER WAR, New York, etc. (16)An antique album of cartes-de-visite photograph portraits,$100200 mostly American, circa 1870s 1504$150250Antique walnut stereo/slide viewer, 19th/20th century,1499 17cm wideAMBROTYPE antique photographic portrait$100200 in bi-fold case, 19th century,9.5cm high overall 1505$120200GLASS PLATE SLIDES an accumulation with various themes including Yarra Falls (qty)1500 $100200 GUSTAVE RICHARD LAMBERTSINGAPORE & MALAYA IMAGES: 1506albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, THE PIONEERING HOUSTON-MOUNT EVEREST photographers blind stamp on image lower right, EXPEDITION, 1933all titled in the plate, An archive of original photographs issued to The Times approx. 20.5 x 27.5cm. (6). (London) from the second Houston-Mount Everest flight Titles Entrane to Cairnhill, Spore, Sago Plantation;on April 19th, which produced the first successful aerial Coffee Plantation; Cocoanut Plantation; Rattanphotography over Mount Everest after the failure of the aviators & Singapore Fruits. (6) equipment during their first flight on April 3rd. All the larger $6001,000photographs bear THE TIMES HOUSTON-MT EVEREST FLIGHT copyright stamps and release date 8th of May 1930 1501 verso, in addition to the typed explanatory labels that feature WEST & SON (Southsea & Gosport), on the reverse of all but one of the images in the complete set. A collection of yachting images,Total: 17 photographs of dimensions 26 x 30.5cm (10 items), all with the yachts identified verso, 16.5 x 22cm (1 item), and 25.5 x 25cm (6 items).albumen paper prints, circa 1885, The first flight over Mount Everest was performed in tandem blind stamps to lower right corners, in April of 1933 by Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and David mostly approx. 18 x 23cm. (12 items). McIntyre, with Stewart Blacker and Sidney Bonnett in each $8001,200aircrafts respective observer seat. Effecting their pioneering flight at an altitude of 34,000ft, Douglas-Hamilton flew a 1502 converted Westland PV-6 prototype aircraft registered as WEST & SON (Southsea & Gosport), G-ACBR, with McIntyre piloting the experimental PV-3 aircraft, registered G-ACAZ.A collection of yachting images,Having previously attained the rank of squadron leader in all with the yachts identified verso, the RAF, Douglas-Hamilton was well placed to observe the albumen paper prints, circa 1885, advances in aviation taking place in the early 1930s, which led blind stamps to lower right corners, him to conceive of a new aviation first: an overflight of Mount approx. 23 x 28cm. (8 items). Everest. To secure the necessary funding for the venture, $8001,200he approached Lady Houston, a prominent philanthropist and political activist known for her championing of the work of pioneering British aviators. Houston agreed to fund the expedition in part due to her conviction that such an achievement would serve to emphasise the dominance of the British Empire and thereby demoralise supporters of the growing Indian independence movement.Although the first flight failed to produce any images of value due to poor atmospheric conditions, the second flight resulted in a treasure trove of aerial images so rich in detail that, when they were made public in their entirety in 1951, they served as key reference materials for Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary as they planned the route for their ascent of Everest in 1953.The images that resulted from the second flight of the Houston-Mount Everest Expedition stirred much public interest, going on to spark the production of the 1934 Oscar-winning documentary Wings Over Everest. Douglas-Hamilton went on to be warmly received in Germany by Hermann Gring and Rudolf Hess during the 1936 Olympics, a meeting that many believe provided the motivation for Hess bizarre solo flight to Scotland in 1941.$1,0002,0001507POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHS & EPHEMERA, a fascinating array housed in vintage brown case, including Roses Series, New Zealand travel ephemera, photo albums etc$100200 Ex 1506'