View of the principal and lateral façades of the Hospital, Chrysler Corporation Plymouth division Automobile Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Hospital, Chrysler Corporation Plymouth division Automobile Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

December 1939

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.0 x 22.8 cm sheet: 19.7 x 24.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0243

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGR[APH] / IS USED FOR REPROD[UCTION,] / CREDIT MUST BE [GIVEN] / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." [text in square parentheses covered by a label] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black pencil crayon, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 5597-A" [inscribed negative number appears over 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 / [CHRYSLER CORPORATION / PLYMOUTH DIVISION] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Hospital - Exterior] / DATE TAKEN [Dec. 1939] JOB No. [1456-AF] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 5597-A]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
hospital
industrial complex
industrial building
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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