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(WICKER CARRIAGE CO.)
Album containing 14 occupational photographs of men and women laborers crafting and finishing
wicker baby carriages.The album opens with an overview of the factory, as men weave long pieces
of the fiber into recognizable shapes.There are scenes of stacked armatures and metal wheels, large
flats of the raw material, men assembling the carriages, women at sewing machines, rows of
beautifully-shaped wicker canopies awaiting finishing, the final product being inspected, and
overalled workers carting away materials. Silver prints, 4
1
/
2
x6
1
/
2
inches (11.4x16.5 cm.), mounted
recto/verso; with the name D. L. Seymour & Co., 1452 Penobscot Blvd, #13, written in white ink
on the front pastedown. Oblong 8vo, cloth; soiled; contents tight. 1920s
[400/600]
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(DRUM CORPS)
All-American family photo album containing approximately 300 photographs spanning almost two
decades, with pictures throughout Connecticut and NewYork.With a concentration of photographs
of uniformed cadets and drum corps members of different generations, military snapshots, baseball
scenes, and a print depicting an “initiation of sailors as they cross the equator for the first time
aboard the U.S.S. Utah.” Silver prints, 2
1
/
2
x4
1
/
4
inches (6.4x10.8 cm.), many with captions, in white
ink, on the mount. Oblong 4to, brown leatherette; ties. 1918-1935
[300/450]
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