RALPH STEINER (1899-1986) A group of 6 interior views of the vacuum company Bissell, Inc., made for the Fortune magazine story "Bissell's Big Sweep." Silver prints, 5 of the images measuring approximately 10 1/2x11 1/4 inches (26.7x28.6 cm.) and one 10 1/2x13 3/8 inches ( 26.7x34 cm.), and the reverse, the mounts 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), each with a Raph Steiner, New York credit label on mount recto. 1959
WITH--The 1960 Fortune magazine in which 4 of the 6 images included in this group were published with the story Bissell's Big Sweep, about the replacement of the 19th-century Bissell, Inc. factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The prints were likely made for presentation to the company.
