Distant view of the south and east façades of the Automobile Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Company, San Jose, California

People:

Stover Studio (photographic studio)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)

Title:

Distant view of the south and east façades of the Automobile Assembly Plant, Ford Motor Company, San Jose, California

Date:

10 June 1955

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.4 x 24.0 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0284

Point of View:

distant view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The bottom right corner of the composition is blank.

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted, numbered and dated - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "Ask for No. 6818-325 / When Ordering Copies of this Print / AUG 1 - 1955 / STOVER STUDIO / 731 - 6th Ave. Oakland 6, Calif. / TE 4-[33]75 [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp; there is a thin black line surrounding the text] 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 / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [San Jose (Milpitas), California] / DESCRIPTION [Assembly Plant - View Showing / Southeast Corner of / Plant] / DATE TAKEN [6-10-55] JOB No. [2088] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Stover Studio, 731 6th Ave., Oakland 6, / 6818-325 / Calif.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

San Jose; California; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
automobiles
industrial complex
industrial building
driveway
smokestacks
automobile assembly plant
tank (container)
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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