View of the east façade of the Office Building, 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 east façade of the Office Building, 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.: 16.9 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0277

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, I[nc]." [text in square brackets covered by a label] 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 / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 12044 F" [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, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [NEW DEPARTURE DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION / [Sandusky, Ohio] / DESCRIPTION [Western Manufacturing Plant - / Office Building - East Elevation] / DATE TAKEN / [Feb. 1949] JOB No. [1977] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich - 12044-F / Negative in File]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Sandusky; Ohio; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
stairs
windows
walkways
identification sign
industrial complex
industrial building
office 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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