May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 61

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(INDUSTRIAL)
Small archive relating to the ironworks company Pratt & Letchworth, in Buffalo, New York, with approximately 60 photographs and ephemeral materials documenting workers, various manufacturing operations, and the offices of this well-known company. Silver prints, most 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse; 10 are smaller; about 15 with either a label identifying the subjects or notations, in pencil, on verso; 2 are mounted to board. 1940s

Additional Details

The ephemeral materials include a newsletter titled "Castings," with the banner "There is no substitute for Work," a printed annoucement titled "Open House at Letchworth," as well a letter and two handwritten pieces of acounting.