Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
By Willow Auction House
Nov 16, 2021
2 Frassetto Way Lincoln Park, NJ 07035, United States

Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition


In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, recent Harvard University graduate, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.


The results of his self-funded expedition is an extraordinary collection of hundreds of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters left untouched for 85 years.

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Collection of Ledoux's Ski Trip Photos

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Collection of Ledoux's Ski Trip Photos
Ledoux was an avid lifelong skier. This is a collection of Ledoux's ski photos in various formats such as contact sheets, negatives, and 35mm colored slides. Subject matter is of Colorado and Aspen. Circa 1949-1967. In edition to the film media there is also a grouping of Ledoux's ski passes from Stratton Bromley ranging from the years 1970 to 1987.

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