View of the principal façade of the Assembly Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Aviation Engine Assembly Plant, Tonawanda, New York

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
General Motors Corporation (client)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Assembly Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Aviation Engine Assembly Plant, Tonawanda, New York

Date:

June 1944

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.2 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.0 x 24.6 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0289

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 8038-L" [hand written negative number appears over stamped underline] 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 / [CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Tonawanda, New York] / DESCRIPTION / [Aviation Engine Plant] / DATE TAKEN [June 1944] JOB No. [1892] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - 8038-L]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Tonawanda; New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
automobile
industrial complex
industrial building
manufacturing building
floodlights
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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