View of the south façade of the Boiler House showing the water tower, General Motors Corporation New Departure division Automobile [?] Assembly Plant, Sandusky, Ohio

People:

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

Title:

View of the south façade of the Boiler House showing the water tower, General Motors Corporation New Departure division Automobile [?] Assembly Plant, Sandusky, Ohio

Date:

February 1949

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.1 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0276

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" stamped and imprinted - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use / the following credit line: HEDRICH-BLESSING" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING, LTD. / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 12044 B" [negative number is added by a second stamp and 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, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [NEW DEPARTURE DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Sandusky, Ohio] / DESCRIPTION / [Western Manufacturing Plant / Boiler House - South Elevation] / DATE TAKEN / [February 1949] JOB No. [1977] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich-Blessing / 12044B]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Sandusky; Ohio; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
water tower
industrial complex
tracks
industrial buildings
pipes (conduits)
boiler house
automobile assembly plant
floodlights
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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