US passport used for China and Manchuria
Used by clergyman Fred Field Goodsell. The passport here is an interesting example of pre-WWII usage in areas deemed as "problematic" due to the rise of fascism, Imperialism and occupation around ...
Foreigner’s Identity Document
Used to escape to British Palestine. By 1939 it was already obvious and clear to many that it was only a matter of time until war would erupt in Europe....
1951 Special Passport – Claude R.Wickard
Former Roosevelt Government official. SP number 24041 was issued to him on the capacity of being the "Administrator of rural electrification administration (REA), department of agriculture, is proceeding abroad on official business"....
Superb Cold War US diplomatic passport
Issued to ambassador to Tokyo Douglas MacArthur 2nd. Here is a fine early Cold War example that was issued on January 15th 1957...
Escaping out of Denmark during the war
A Polish Jew's passport used to escape to freedom. The remarkable story of Denmark during World War Two and its courageous help it gave its Jewish population is an unforgettable event of that horrific war. From all the countries in Europe, Denmarkâs Jewish community suffered...