View of the principal façade of the Pressed Steel Shop, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Pressed Steel Shop, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

Date:

September 1939

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.2 x 23.9 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0192

Point of View:

exterior 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.: "44" [the number 44 has two white circle stickers covering it] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed 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 / [Press Shop] / DATE TAKEN [Sept. 1939] JOB No. [1772] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Owner / 69464-102 / Forster Studio M 4590]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite: "33" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 33"

Location:

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
industrial complex
tracks
industrial building
wall clock
automobile assembly plant
monitors (roof appendages)
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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