View of the principal and lateral façades of the Administration Building and Manufacturing Building, General Motors Corporation Southern California division Automobile Assembly Plant, Los Angeles, California

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
General Motors Corporation (client)

Title:

Date:

1936

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 23.4 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0236

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" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P805 4" 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 / [GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION] / LOCATION / [Los Angeles, California] / DESCRIPTION / [Office and Manufacturing Building] / DATE TAKEN / [1936] JOB No. [1710] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Mott Studios - 2115 W. Pico Blvd. / Los Angeles / Forster - P-805-4]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Los Angeles; California; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
stairs
windows
industrial complex
industrial buildings
administration building
office building
automobile assembly plant
manufacturing building
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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