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GRAY, HAROLD (1894-1968). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Harold Gray"), by Butler (imprint in negative), n.p., n.d. [circa 1930]. 225 x 202 mm. (10 x 7 15/16 in.), including margins, one-inch tear to upper portion of the image. A half-length portrait of Gray, who drew "Little Orphen Annie," for 44 years, inscribed and signed (incorporating a drawing of "Annie"): "Leapin' Lizards! why didn't somebody say that Edgar Moss wanted my pitcher? With very kindest regards, Harold Gray" -- RIPLEY, ROBERT (1893-1943). Photograph inscribed and signed ("Ripley"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1932]. 140 x 89 mm. (5½ x 3½ in.) including marigns. A portrait with two ritually dressed members of the "Koiari Tribe" in Papua, inscribed to the Mayor of New York City, Jimmy Walker: "Dear Jimmy: Believe it or not - this is the "Mayor" of the Koiari Tribe Papua. Ripley Mar. 2, 1932." (2)