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:

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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