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E.   Rare WWI Second Division Portrait Photo Grouping - Koshiba Studio
Rare grouping of outstanding 2nd Division portrait photos from Koshiba Studio in Providence, RI.  From the art/general photo collector market, this Japanese/American studio is very desirable.  The highest possible quality studio portraits with exceptional images of 2nd Division insignia. Named to Captain Marshall LASLEY from Chattanooga, TN.  Copies of newspaper articles contain his personal commendation received from General Pershing as well as his citation for the Croix De Guerre.
$850

H. T. Koshiba was the family photographer to John D. Rockefeller & family for nearly a half century. Japanese-American, he maintained the Koshiba Studio, 546 Fifth Avenue, New York.

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