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(ADVERTISING)
Group of 12 graphic photographs of billboards on heavily trafficked city streets and highways in
Portland, Oregon, and 50 smaller prints of commercial signage and billboards inTacoma,Washington.
The views feature busy commercial sites and include great pictures of vintage automobiles. Silver
prints, the larger prints measuring 8x10
1
/
2
inches (20.3x26.7 cm.), each with a caption in the
negative, and with the Foster and Kleiser imprint, as well as copious information about each
intersection, including its daily and monthly circulation, the bulletin sizes, and the distance, all on
the flush mounts verso.The smaller prints are approximately 4
1
/
2
x6
1
/
2
inches (11.4x16.5 cm.), and
smaller, with notations identifying the location, in ink, on recto and a Foster and Kleiser hand stamp
on verso. Late 1950s
[1,400/1,800]
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(CAR ACCIDENTS)
A group of 20 photographs of car crashes,including
many crumpled fenders,a couple on their sides,and
officers of the law on the scene. Silver prints, each
approximately 9
1
/
2
x7
3
/
4
inches (24.1x19.7 cm.),and
the reverse,some with cropping marks on recto,and
all with a combination of hand stamps, dates,
caption labels, and/or newspaper clipping captions
on verso. 1951
[1,000/1,500]
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