Views of the principal, lateral and rear façades of the Eagle Plant (also known as the B Building), Rouge River Plant, Dearborn, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
United States Government (role unspecified)

Title:

Views of the principal, lateral and rear façades of the Eagle Plant (also known as the B Building), Rouge River Plant, Dearborn, Michigan

Date:

1919

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 6.9 x 22.6 cm (2 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.) comp.: 8.8 x 22.7 cm (3 7/16 x 8 15/16 in.) sheet: 20.5 x 25.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 in.)

Reference number:

PH2000:0176

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This photograph has two compositions.

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in pen and black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P702[-]15" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] imprinted, numbered and dated - in typescript and black ink, on the sheet, c.l. to c.r.: with title and "Job #847. (1919) / Dearborn, michigan [sic]." labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to 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"; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "69"

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

doors
windows
smokestack
industrial complex
industrial building
horse-drawn vehicles
container cars
flatcar
monitors (roof appendages)
submarine 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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