Sale 2458 - Art & Storytelling: Photographs & Photobooks, October 19, 2017

342 342 c   (STEEL PRODUCTION) A group of 10 delicately-composed early photographs of steel mills in Ohio and Kentucky. With industrial scenes reminiscent of photo­ graphs made by Charles Sheeler depicting billowing smoke stacks, rolling mill interiors, and sawtooth factory roofs; 8 of the photo­ graphs pertain to the American Rolling Mill Company. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 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] 343 c   (MINING EQUIPMENT—BUCYRUS-ERIE COMPANY) Binder containing approximately 72 photographs depicting steam shovels and excavators from the Bucyrus-Erie Company. Showing example images of machines digging at quarries and mines; formal and abstract compositions of the machinery; and well-composed still lifes of various equipment in the workshop. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, many with typed captions in the negative, and a few with notations, in ink, on recto or verso. 4to, green boards; 7-ring binding. 1932-37 [1,000/1,500] 343