View of the principal [?] façade of the Engineering Building (formerly the Personnel Building), Chrysler Corporation Highland Park Plant, Highland Park, Michigan

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Chrysler Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal [?] façade of the Engineering Building (formerly the Personnel Building), Chrysler Corporation Highland Park Plant, Highland Park, Michigan

Date:

July 1947

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.1 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0258

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "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, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO/ CHICAGO / NEG. No. 10407-F" [inscribed negative number 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, c. to c.r.: "NAME OF OWNER / [CHRYSLER CORPORATION] / LOCATION [Highland Park, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Engineering Building (Formerly / Personnel)] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1947] JOB No. [1659-Z] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 10407-F]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "H. Pk."

Location:

Highland Park; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
railings
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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