View of the principal and lateral façades of the Assembly [?] Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Commercial Body Assembly Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana

People:

Don Miller (photographer)
General Motors Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Assembly [?] Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Commercial Body Assembly Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana

Date:

1937

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.4 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0210

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in purple ink, on the sheet, verso, u.c. to u.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICA- / TION PURPOSES CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN / TO THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. / ALBERT KAHN / Associated Architects and / Engineers, Inc. Detroit, Michigan" [upside down] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to u.r.: "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.: "45" stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "NAME OF OWNER [Chevrolet] / LOCATION [Indianapolis] / DESCRIPTION [Commercial Body Plant] / DATE TAKEN [1937] JOB No. [1702] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Don Miller] " [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within stamped form]; and by the same hand, underneath the stamped form, u.l. to c.l.: "Campbell Ewald / 37300-5 / negative in file"

Location:

Indianapolis; Indiana; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
ladder
industrial complex
industrial 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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