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View of the principal and lateral façades of the Paint Mixing and Storage Building with the loading dock and a train on the right, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Commercial Body Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana
View of the principal and lateral façades of the Paint Mixing and Storage Building with the loading dock and a train on the right, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Commercial Body Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana
People:
  • Bass Photo Co. (photographic studio)
  • General Motors Corporation (client)
  • Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Paint Mixing and Storage Building with the loading dock and a train on the right, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Commercial Body Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana

Date:

June 1948 or before

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 20.2 x 24.3 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0211

Point of 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" 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 / [CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Indianapolis, Indiana] / DESCRIPTION / [Paint Mixing & Storage Building] / DATE TAKEN / [Received June 1948] JOB No. [1702-K] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Bass Photo Co. - 270434-F-17 / Neg. in file]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "TAKEN" is covered by a series of X's; "Neg. in file" by an unknown hand in pen and black ink] numbered - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.l.: "270434-F-17"

Location:

Indianapolis; Indiana; United States;

Subject:
  • architecture
  • engineering
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • windows
  • industrial complex
  • warehouse
  • loading dock
  • industrial building
  • train (vehicle grouping)
  • automobile assembly plant
  • monitor (roof appendage)
  • 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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