Photograph of a bird's-eye perspective drawing for the Packard Motor Car Company Assembly Plant (now abandoned), East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)
Henry B. Joy (role unspecified)

Title:

Photograph of a bird's-eye perspective drawing for the Packard Motor Car Company Assembly Plant (now abandoned), East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

between 1903 and 1905

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 16.3 x 24.1 cm sheet: 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0158

Drawing Type:

rendering
perspective drawing

Point of View:

bird's-eye view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" imprinted - in typescript and black ink ? in the image, l.r.: with title

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

houses
architectural drawing
water tower
industrial complex
industrial buildings
smokestacks
train (vehicle grouping)
automobile assembly plant
factory (structure)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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