View of the principal façade of the Administration Building under construction, General Motors Corporation Cadillac Motor Car Company Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Manning Bros. (photographic studio)
Albert A. Albrecht Co. (role unspecified)
General Motors Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Administration Building under construction, General Motors Corporation Cadillac Motor Car Company Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

25 August 1926

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 23.5 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0203

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P702[-]16" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] 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 / [CADILLAC MOTOR CAR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Administration Building] / DATE TAKEN [8-25-26] JOB No. [923-D] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Manning Brothers - 76995 / Forster - P-702-16]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] numbered - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.r.: "76995" labelled, imprinted, inscribed, numbered and dated - in typescript and by an unknown hand, on a label attached to the negative, l.r.: "CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO. / ADMINISTRATION BLDG. / NO. [26] DATE [8-25-26] / ALBERT KAHN, ARCHITECT / ALBERT A. ALBRECHT CO. GENERAL CONTRACTORS / PHOTO BY MANNING BROS." [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within typed form of label; negative number and date appear over printed underline]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
automobiles
identification sign
industrial building
administration building
office building
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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