View of the principal façade of the Assembly [?] Building, Half-Ton Truck Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division, Mound and Eight Mile Roads, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Chrysler Corporation (client)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Assembly [?] Building, Half-Ton Truck Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division, Mound and Eight Mile Roads, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

June 1938

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.4 x 22.8 cm sheet: 19.9 x 24.6 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0216

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "[If] this Photograph is used / [for re]production, kindly use the / [follow]ing credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO" [text in square brackets has been covered by a label] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 4803 M" [inscribed negative number appears over the stamped underline] 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 / [DODGE 1/2 TON TRUCK PLANT DIVISION / CHRYSLER CORPORATION] / LOCATION / [Mound Road, Detroit, MICHIGAN] / DESCRIPTION / [1/2 Ton Truck Plant] / DATE TAKEN [6-38 (1937)] JOB No. [1766] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 4803-M]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; the year "(1937)" has been added by an unknown hand, in graphite; diagonally]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "64"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
fences
windows
industrial complex
industrial building
manufacturing building
truck 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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