FRED G. KORTH, Grain elevators at Quaker Oats Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1930s, 9.5x7.125" Gelatin silver print, Printed c. 1930, Inscribed in pencil on print verso: GRAIN ELEVATOR AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA / WORLDS LARGEST CERAL MILL (QUAKER OATS COMPANY); photographer's stamp with inscribed number 15131.

Fred G. Korth (1902-1983) was a German-born American photographer. In 1926, he moved to Chicago, where he made a living making photographs of commercial, illustrative, and industrial subjects. In 1933, he was the official photographer for Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition. Three years later, he opened his own studio, which he maintained until retiring in 1963. He produced promotional photographs of tools, food, and other products, and worked freelance for the magazines Commerce and Fortune. In 1949, he published The Chicago Book, which comprised his images of the city's architecture, industry, culture, and street life.

Korth was active among American pictorialists for two decades. He was a member of the Fort Dearborn Camera Club, where he sometimes gave talks. His pictures were reproduced in Photo Era, Camera Craft, and Popular Photography, and he wrote articles for these magazines on equipment, freelancing, and still-life photography. Among his specialties were photomontage and bas-relief effects, which he used for both Christmas cards and photographic illustrations.

Sources: https://blog.graphicine.com/fred-g-korth-silent-winter/
https://www.moma.org/interactives/objectphoto/artists/24474.html

Very good. Mild wear.