View of the principal and lateral façades of the Power House for the Engineering Laboratory from across a river [?], Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Power House for the Engineering Laboratory from across a river [?], Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Date:

1925

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.0 x 18.7 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.6 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0181

Point of View:

exterior 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" [sideways] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M5670" labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.l.: "STUDIO QUADRANTE s.n.c. / vie [sic] montepulciano [sic] 2-20124 milano [sic]"; and by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "31" [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 / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Dearborn, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Engineering Laboratory - Power House] / DATE TAKEN / [1925] JOB No. / [1077] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Forster Studio - M5670]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; sideways]

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

river
windows
smokestack
ladders
industrial complex
industrial building
automobile assembly plant
powerhouse
engineering building
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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