View of the principal [?] and lateral façades of Assembly Building No. 10, Packard Motor Car Company Assembly Plant (now abandoned), East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

View of the principal [?] and lateral façades of Assembly Building No. 10, Packard Motor Car Company Assembly Plant (now abandoned), East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

23 April 1957

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.3 x 17.4 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0162

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Building #10 / Original reinforced concrete building (2-story) / erected for Packard in 1905 (third and fourth floors added later).] / DATE TAKEN / [Photo taken / 4-23-57] JOB No. [277 / (Revised 12-16-09] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [J. McCaughey / 5-4]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; date "1905" before "DATE TAKEN" is underlined; label is placed sideways]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
water tower
industrial complex
industrial building
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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