The Otis Steel Company

Artist Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904 - 1971)

Date1929

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsImage (A): 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17.46 x 13.02 cm)
Image (B): 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (16.83 x 13.02 cm)
Image (C): 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17.46 x 13.02 cm)
Image (D): 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (19.05 x 11.75 cm)
Image (E): 7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (18.1 x 13.02 cm)
Image (F): 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (17.46 x 13.02 cm)
Image (G): 6 7/8 x 5 inches (17.46 x 12.7 cm)
Image (H): 6 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (16.83 x 13.02 cm)
Image (I): 7 x 5 inches (17.78 x 12.7 cm)
Image (J): 4 x 5 inches (10.16 x 12.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4900.A-J

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DescriptionGravures on photographic paper from The Otis Steel Company (1929) album, containing 10 Plates.

Plate 1 (A): "Heat" of steel...
Plate 2 (B): Pig iron train...
Plate 3 (C): Dumping slag...
Plate 4 (D): Open hearth furnace stacks
Plate 5 (E): Blast furnace plant in full operation
Plate 6 (F): Ingot molds freshly filled with a "heat" of steel
Plate 7 (G): Workman operating "mud gun"
Plate 8 (H): A glimpse of the interior
Plate 9 (I): Enlarged open hearth department
Plate 10 (J): Quenching coke at Coke Works

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