View of the principal façade of the Test Cells (also known as Building No. 5), Dodge Chicago Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division Automobile Assembly Plant, Chicago, Illinois

People:

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

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Test Cells (also known as Building No. 5), Dodge Chicago Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division Automobile Assembly Plant, Chicago, Illinois

Date:

September 1943

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.1 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0315

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 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 STUDIO/ CHICAGO / NEG. No. 7595 M" [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over the word "CHICAGO"; there is a line beside the negative number] 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]"; by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "69"; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, u.c.: "95" [upside down] 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 / [DODGE CHICAGO PLANT / Division of Chrysler Corporation] / LOCATION / [Chicago, Illinois] / DESCRIPTION / [Test Cells - Bldg. #5] / DATE TAKEN [Sept. 1943] JOB No. [1917=C] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich Blessing 7595-M]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Chicago; Illinois; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
industrial complex
industrial building
vents
airplane 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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