View of the lateral [?] façade of the Manufacturing Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Aviation Engine Assembly Plant, Tonawanda, New York

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
General Motors Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of the lateral [?] façade of the Manufacturing Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Aviation Engine Assembly Plant, Tonawanda, New York

Date:

June 1938

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.6 x 23.6 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0287

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICA- / TION PURPOSES CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN / TO THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. / ALBERT KAHN / Associated Architects and / Engineers, Inc. Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER / STUDIO / 2832 E. GRAND BOULEVARD / DETROIT / File No. A8349-1" [hand written negative number appears over stamped underline; name surrounds an image of an aperture of a camera] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c.: "STUDIO QUADRANTE s.n.c. / vie [sic] montepulciano [sic] 2-20124 milano [sic]"; and by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "48" labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed, in typescript and black ink and by an unknown hand in pen and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [CHEVROLET] / LOCATION [Tonawanda, New York] / DESCRIPTION / [Mfg. Bldg.] / DATE TAKEN [June '38] JOB No. [1756] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Demora - 200 C 3 / Forster - A 8349-1]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "- A 8349-1" inscribed]

Location:

Tonawanda; New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
industrial complex
industrial building
skywalk
manufacturing building
airplane engine 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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