Interior view of the Tire Plant showing machinery, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

Interior view of the Tire Plant showing machinery, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Date:

early 1938

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19,2 x 23,6 cm sheet: 20,6 x 25,4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0191

Point of View:

interior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c.: "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.: "43" labelled, imprinted, dated 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, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Tire Plant] / DATE TAKEN [Early 1938] JOB No. [1747] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Owner - 68050-40 FILE N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
interior design
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
office
railings
industrial complex
industrial building
machinery
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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