A Company Presentation Album with 101 Photographs of Early American Steel Hoists in their Installed Locations. V.p., circa 1900
by [Industrial Photography] Reading Crane and Hoist Works
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Marlboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Reading, 1900. Oblong 8vo, black cloth covered boards. With 101 prints, 70 on silver and 31 on printing out paper. Each picture captioned. Near Fine. The Reading Crane and Hoist Company, later Roeper Hoist and Crane Works, installed cranes throughout the Northeast, many of which are pictured here. Many pictures show designs patented in the late 1890s, making the production date most likely circa 1900-1910. The photographs are well composed, proto-modernist and quite detailed. Unrecorded in OCLC. One page detached else about fine with minimal wear.
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- Bookseller
- Auger Down Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CAT0160X
- Title
- A Company Presentation Album with 101 Photographs of Early American Steel Hoists in their Installed Locations. V.p., circa 1900
- Author
- [Industrial Photography] Reading Crane and Hoist Works
- Format/Binding
- Oblong 8vo, black cloth covered boards. With 101 prints, 70 on silver and 31 on printing out paper. Each picture captioned
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Reading
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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