View of the lateral and rear façades of Warehouse No. 2, General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach division Pontiac Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

View of the lateral and rear façades of Warehouse No. 2, General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach division Pontiac Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

Date:

22 July 1946

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.4 x 24.0 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0266

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, u.l.: "MANNING BROS. / COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS / 16300 BRUSH STREET / (Block South of 6 Mile) / HIGHLAND PARK 3, MICH." 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 / [GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Pontiac, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Warehouse #2 - Extension to / Storage Shed] / DATE TAKEN [7-22-46] JOB No. [1728-L] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Manning 167704]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] numbered - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.l.: "167704" numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.l.: "25428-13 / 7-22-46"

Location:

Pontiac; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
industrial complex
warehouse
tracks
industrial building
lumber
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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