Aerial view of the Power House and gasometer, Ford Motor Company Automobile Assembly Plant, Walkerville, Windsor, Ontario

People:

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

Title:

Aerial view of the Power House and gasometer, Ford Motor Company Automobile Assembly Plant, Walkerville, Windsor, Ontario

Date:

12 November 1935

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.7 x 23.9 cm sheet: 20.5 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0197

Point of View:

aerial view
exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on 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" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P2257[-3]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] labelled, imprinted 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 [Walkerville, Ontario] / DESCRIPTION / [Power House] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. [475] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [From Owner (Art Krausman) / FORSTER - P-2247-3]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.r.: "B-[L]4839-12-11-35"

Location:

Walkerville; Windsor; Ontario; Canada;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
water tower
industrial complex
industrial buildings
tanks (containers)
smokestacks
automobile assembly plant
powerhouse
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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