View of the north and east façades of the Engineering [?] Building, General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach division Pontiac Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographer)
General Motors Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the north and east façades of the Engineering [?] Building, General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach division Pontiac Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

Date:

February 1949 or before

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.6 x 23.5 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0271

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" 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 / [GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION / GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION] / LOCATION [Pontiac, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Engineering Bldg. - NE Corner] / DATE TAKEN / [Received Feb. 1949] JOB No. [1728-N] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [FROM OWNER - 25400-139]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "TAKEN" is covered by a series of X's] numbered - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.l.: "25400-139" imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the sheet, l.l.: "GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION"

Location:

Pontiac; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
stairs
windows
walkway
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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