Photograph of a drawing showing an end elevation and details for a steel sash and a cesspool of the Forge Shop, Packard Motor Car Company Assembly Plant (now abandoned), East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

Date:

1910

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

detail drawings
presentation drawing

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 20.5 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0164

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
sections
elevation (drawing)

Point of View:

exterior view
interior views

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" labelled, imprinted and dated - 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 / [Forge Building - End Elevation] / DATE TAKEN [1910] JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] inscribed - in the image, u.c.: "DETAIL OF END / SECTION / CONSTRUCTION / FOR STEEL / SASH"; c.l.: with scale; l.c.: "END ELEVATION"; and throughout: with dimensions and specifications

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
architectural drawing
cornice
industrial complex
industrial building
automobile assembly plant
detail drawings
sill
cesspool
monitor (roof appendage)
sash (window component)
smithy
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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