View of the south and west façades of the Open Hearth Mills, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the south and west façades of the Open Hearth Mills, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Date:

between 1926 and 1936

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.7 x 23.5 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0186

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

labelled and imprinted - 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" [label has been placed over a stamp] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Dearborn (River Rouge), Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Rouge Plant - Open Hearth Mills] / DATE TAKEN [1924-25] JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Neg. in File]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "27" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.r.: "mm50 x [4]0 / 21.7%" [with an arrow pointing to the edges of the composition]

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
water tower
industrial complex
industrial building
smokestacks
container cars
automobile assembly plant
monitors (roof appendages)
steel mills
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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