Oct 19, 2017 - Sale 2458

Sale 2458 - Lot 328

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT)
A large panoramic photograph showing over 200 members of the Houston Police Department, including 25 posing on motorcycles.
Silver print, the image measuring 8 3/4x58 3/4 inches (22.2x149.2 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with the photographer's credit, title, highly ranked police names and titles, and the date, in the negative, and with notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1931

WITH--The National Boys and Girls Club Congress, Ninth Annual Visit as Guests of International Harvester Company - McCormick Works and Tractor Works. Photographed at the McCormick Reaper Manufactory, bearing the slogan "Quality is the foundation of our business!" quoted from the company's president. Various employees can also be seen peering out of the building's windows. Silver print, the image measuring 9 1/4x35 inches (23.5x88.9 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Kaufmann & Fabry's credit, an inventory number, and a photographic composite, in the negative, and some notations, in pencil, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1928.