Oct 19, 2017 - Sale 2458

Sale 2458 - Lot 346

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,200
(SCOFIELD ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CO.)
An archive with approximately 245 photographs documenting various stages of commercial construction projects undertaken by the company.
Covering a range of locations, but most apparently in Los Angeles, including: interior and exterior scenes of Sears Roebuck and Co. buildings, the Star Truck warehouse, United Artists building, hotels including the Biltmore, banks, offices, schooling buildings, and industrial spaces; a number of chronological construction views with before and after shots; various building facades; and a large 2-part panorama depicting a cleared building foundation. Silver prints, the images measuring aproximately 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all linen-backed and with identifying information in the negative, or in ink, on recto, and most with a photographer's studio hand stamp, on verso. 1922-28

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