Apr 20, 2017 - Sale 2443

Sale 2443 - Lot 293

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY)
Group of 30 early industrial photographs depicting workers at the U.S. Gauge plant, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, including proto-modernist scenes and exterior views of the plant.
The company was a fully integrated manufacturer of air pressure and temperature setting instruments for the international market. Silver prints, the images measuring 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), the mounts 10 1/4x13 1/2 inches (26x34.3 cm.). 1904

Additional Details

Apparently, engineers at U.S. Gauge later developed a device that precisely measured the amount of liquor being dispensed by bartenders for various types of drinks.

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