Oct 18, 2018 - Sale 2489

Sale 2489 - Lot 356

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(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

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