Original photograph of Benito Mussolini flying a plane, circa 1930s

Paris: Associated Press, Circa 1930s. Vintage press photograph of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini flying a plane, circa 1930s. Printed mimeo snipe in French and Associated Press stamp on the verso.

Mussolini, a longtime civilian pilot, passed examinations in early 1937 to become a military pilot.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

6.5 x 9.5 inches. Very Good plus, with a small ink annotation on the top left margin of the recto.

[Book #162844]