Dec 11, 2014 - Sale 2370

Sale 2370 - Lot 98

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ENGLEWOOD, ILLINOIS EXPOSITION)
Roaring Twenties album with more than 80 photographs depicting a wide range of (largely) upscale consumer goods displays (washers, automobiles, baby grand pianos, furniture, local colleges, beauty shops, as well as ground coffee, shoes, dresses, women's hats), plus public service booths promoting the American Red Cross and Army recruitment, Heinemann Photographers ("The New Home of the Famous Wedding Photographs"), fashionable cards with decorative bunting and signage, and one print that depicts an overview of the circus grounds. Linen-backed silver prints, 7 1/4x9 inches (18.4x22.9 cm.), a few with the credit of Wood Bros. studio in the negative. Oblong 4to, leathette, twin-bolt binding; two leaves are detached. 1926

Additional Details

Englewood was a wealthy Chicago suburb in which local businesses mounted a trade fair in which they advertised their products.