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

355 c   (WORLD’S FAIRS) Binder with 40 historic photographs of the New York World’s Fair in 1939, with multiple views of the Trylon and Perisphere and numerous streamlined pavilions, and the Chicago World’s Fair, A Century of Progress in 1933. Silver prints, the images measuring mostly 7 1 / 2 x8 1 / 2 inches (19.1x21.6 cm.), and the reverse, 26 on trimmed, original mounts (which are mounted recto/verso), a few with credits in the negative or on mount recto, or with notations on verso. 1933-34; 1939 [800/1,200] 355 356 c   (KELP) Group of 26 well composed presentation photographs documenting the cultivation and harvesting of “sea moss” for Marine Growths Inc. of Small Point, Maine. With views of company employees partaking in various steps along the production line, including collecting, raking, drying, sorting, scooping, and packaging the nutrient-rich seaweed. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 7x8 1 / 2 inches (17.8x21.6 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), with the photographer’s (Cy Zaletta) signature, in pencil, on recto. 1950s [1,000/1,500] 356