Sale 2489 - Artists & Amateurs: Photographs & Photobooks, October 18, 2018

352 c   (FIRE ENGINES—AMERICAN LAFRANCE) Large presentation album with 100 professional photographs of American LaFrance fire trucks, highlighting the dynamic design and complex firefighting equipment aboard each engine. With images depicting a range of custom fire engines, suited to each firehouse or company’s need. Some trucks with vastly extendable ladders and others fitted for off-road use. The images display the entire truck bodies, while a few of the photographs focus on technical specifications and individual components. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x13 inches (20.3x33 cm.), some slightly smaller, linen-backed, a few with handwritten or typed specifications on verso. Large oblong 4to, gilt-stamped black leatherette; twin-bolt binding. 1920s-30s [2,000/3,000] 353 c   (CENTURY OF PROGRESS) A large 7-part panorama depicting the entire lakeside fairgrounds of the Chicago World’s Fair as photographed by Kaufmann and Fabry, the official photographers of the exposition. Embodying the fair’s theme of Technical Innovation, the sprawling panoramic view encompasses the many exhibits, architectural wonders, and cultural districts of the expansive expo. Silver prints (7), overall measuring 9 3 / 4 x58 inches (24.8x147.3 cm.), linen-backed, with the Kaufmann- Fabry copyright and credit, Chicago World’s fair emblem, title, date, and various identifying notations throughout, in the negative. 4to-sized folio, vertical hologram-like cloth-covered boards with a gilt-stamped title. 1933 [1,200/1,800] 353 352