Interior view of the Export Building, Half-Ton Truck Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division, Mound and Eight Mile Roads, Detroit, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

Interior view of the Export Building, Half-Ton Truck Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division, Mound and Eight Mile Roads, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

between 1937 and 1939

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 22.8 x 16.1 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.7 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0218

Point of View:

interior view

Inscription:

labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to 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"; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, u.r.: "63" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "HedrichBlessing [sic] / 11 West Illinois Street / Chicago, Illinois 60610 / 312/321-1151 / Neg. No. 4803 R / This photograph may be used / only with proper authorization. / When reproduced, please credit. / Hedrich-Blessing" [there is a thin black line between the name of the company and the text; there are two columns of text with the address and negative number on the left and the copyright on the right; the negative number has been added by a second stamp] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.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.: "38" labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: with title and "#1766"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
interior design
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
ceiling fixtures
columns (architectural elements)
industrial complex
industrial building
pipes (conduits)
monitors (roof appendages)
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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