Lot 342
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August 28, 2017
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342 •(STEEL PRODUCTION) A group of 10 delicately-composed early photographs of steel mills in Ohio and Kentucky.
With industrial scenes reminiscent of photographs made by Charles Sheeler depicting billowing smoke stacks, rolling mill interiors, and sawtooth factory roofs; 8 of the photographs pertain to the American Rolling Mill Company. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7½x9½ inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), and one the reverse, each with notations in the negative identifying the location, company, inventory number, and some with the date. Circa 1921-30
WITH--A photographic copy of a letter from the president of the American Rolling Mill Company of Middletown, Ohio, to a business acquaintance in New York.
[400/600]
