Lee Bell Taylor's 2020 Shoebox Collection

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Another group of Paul Schömbs Bell (*1892)'s photographs has been discovered. The Fotos were taken in Germany, Mexico, and the United States and shared between the siblings. They are generally in chronological order beginning in 1908 up through 1964.

Bernhard, Katharina and Siska, ca 1908 Click Foto to enlarge	On Bernhard's 19th Birthday, 1914 he sends his Foto to Paul Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Franz, Siska and Paul in Germany, ca 1914 Click Foto to enlarge

Siska, Katharina, Erika, Käthchen, Ludwig und Bernhard, ca 1921 Click Foto to enlarge	Paul (with bow tie) and Friends, probably Germany, 1922 Click Foto to enlarge

Erika (*1920) with Cane, 1923 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Paul, posing in front of the Airplane in which he is Taking Lessons, November 1924 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Paul Schömbs Bell, ca 1920's Click Foto to enlarge

"Cozy Coffee" with neighbor Hartung and friends. Katharina, third from left, Bernhard far right, 1924 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Mother Katharina and Bernhard, 1924 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Bernhard and Dog, ca 1925 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Mother Katharina and Bernhard, 1925 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Paul, sitting on ground, with other Pilot Trainees, ca 1925 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Paul with Parrot, Mexico City ca 1925 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Paul's First Solo Flight Foto to Esther, Chicago, 1 January 1925 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Paul, sitting second from left, with Friends in Mexico. Undoubtedly Paul's plane, ca 1925 Click Foto to enlarge	Gerda, Bernhard and Katharina in Living Room, 1926 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Paul on right, perhaps Step-son on left, ca 1926 Click Foto to enlarge	1926 Plane Crash Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Gerda and Bernhard, 1927 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Erika, 1928 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Gerda, Ludwig, friend, and dog, ca 1928 Click Foto to enlarge	Erika, 1929 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Erika, ca 1933 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Paul Builds another Airplane, Pasadena CA, ca 1929 Click Foto to enlarge	Almost done, ca 1929 Click Foto to enlarge	Paul Bell, ca 1929 Click Foto to enlarge

Willy and Gretel Wehling, Ludwig, Käthchen and Mother, 1929 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Paul operating Street Sweeper, Pasadena CA, ca 1929 Click Foto to enlarge

Paul on Bike, ca 1929 Click Foto to enlarge	Rose and Franz, ca 1926 Click Foto to enlarge

Erika at the Piano, ca 1930 Click Foto to enlarge	Erika and Goat Cart, ca 1929 Click Foto to enlarge	Bernhard and Dog, ca 1930 Click Foto to enlarge

Paul Bell driving the "Splatter", ca 1930 Click Foto to enlarge	Paul in Plane, probably after he stopped Flying, ca 1930s Click Foto to enlarge

Franz and (missing) Dog, ca 1935 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Colonel Charles Lindbergh Visits Berlin, 1936 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Six People Dining, Erich and Siska on right, ca 1938 Click Foto to enlarge	Paul, Chauffeur's License Foto, late 1930s Click Foto to enlarge

Siska and Erika, St. Lorenz Church, Nürnberg, 1954 Click Foto to enlarge	Siska and husband Erich, 1940 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Ludwig in National Socialist Uniform, ca 1940 Click Foto to enlarge

Ludwig Jumping on Horseback, ca 1940 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Irene, Lee (in front), half-sister Alice Hackett, Paul, ca 1940 Click Foto to enlarge

Aunt Siska, ca 1947 Click Foto to enlarge	Lee with Uncle Frank, who had just returned from China, ca 1948 Click Foto to enlarge	Lee Bell, 1952 Click Foto to enlarge

Käthchen, Bianca and Ludwig with Horses, ca 1950 Click Foto to enlarge	Lee Bell, 1953 Click Foto to enlarge	Siska and Foster Daughter, 1948 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Rose and Franz, 1949 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Front Yard of Bell's Aravaca Home with Swing, ca 1950 Click Foto to enlarge

Käthchen, Ludwig, and Bianca, ca 1953 Click Foto to enlarge	Bernhard at Katharina's Grave, 1954 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Siska by Tree, ca 1954 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Erika and Siska, Nürnberg, 1954 Click Foto to enlarge	Paul opens Christmas Gift from Lee, new Levis, 1955 Click Foto to enlarge	Gerda, Ludwig and Bernard 1955 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Ludwig on Horse 1957 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Ludwig, 1957 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Lee and Daughter Kim, 1958 Click Foto to enlarge

Erika and Heinz with their daughter Claudia, 1954 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description	Ludwig's 70th Birthday in his old fashioned riding outfit, with grandaughter Bianca, 1961. In front of the castle „Neues Schloss“ at Brandplatz in Gießen. Ludwig and Kathe’s home was across the street. Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

Paul's 72nd Birthday, 1964 Click Foto to enlarge Click HERE for Description

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