View of the north façade of the Assembly Building at night from below the skywalk, 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 north façade of the Assembly Building at night from below the skywalk, 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.: 17.5 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0230

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use the / following credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 11968-O" [inscribed negative number appears over a stamped underline] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [LINCOLN-MERCURY DIVISION / FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [St. Louis, Missouri] / DESCRIPTION / [Assembly Building - North Elevation / at Bridge] / DATE TAKEN [Jan. 1949] JOB No. [1975] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - 11968-O]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Saint Louis; Missouri; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
industrial complex
industrial building
night photography
skywalk
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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