View of the principal and lateral façades of the Boiler House, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Automobile Assembly Plant, Flint, Michigan

People:

Crooks Studio (photographic studio)
General Motors Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Boiler House, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Automobile Assembly Plant, Flint, Michigan

Date:

October 1947

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.5 x 24.1 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0262

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "RE-ORDER BY / NO. 34857-17 / CROOKS STUDIO / 122 1/2 E. KEARSLEY ST. / FLINT, MICHIGAN" [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 / [CHEVROLET FLINT DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Flint, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Assembly Plant - Boiler Home [sic]] / DATE TAKEN [Oct. 1947] JOB No. [1950-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Crooks Studio, 122 1/2 E. Kearsley St., / Flint - 34857-17]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Flint; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
water towers
industrial complex
tracks
industrial building
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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