View of the south and east façades of the Boiler House, Ford Motor Company Lincoln-Mercury division Automobile Assembly Plant, Saint Louis, Missouri

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the south and east façades of the Boiler House, Ford Motor Company Lincoln-Mercury division Automobile Assembly Plant, Saint Louis, Missouri

Date:

January 1949

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.0 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0227

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" 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. 11968 B / 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; negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY / LINCOLN-MERCURY DIVISION] / LOCATION [St. Louis, Missouri] / DESCRIPTION / [Boiler House - East Elevation] / DATE TAKEN [January 1949] JOB No. [1975-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - #11968-B / FILE N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Saint Louis; Missouri; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
water tower
industrial complex
industrial building
tanks (containers)
boiler house
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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