View of the principal and lateral façades of the addition to the Assembly Building, Curtiss-Wright Corporation Propeller division Assembly Plant, Caldwell, New Jersey

People:

Sommil Photo Corp. (photographic studio)
John W. Ryan Co. (role unspecified)
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the addition to the Assembly Building, Curtiss-Wright Corporation Propeller division Assembly Plant, Caldwell, New Jersey

Date:

18 July 1941

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.7 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0342

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in red ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "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" [diagonally] stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "NAME OF OWNER [Curtis Propeller Div.] / LOCATION [Caldwell, N.J.] / DESCRIPTION [Factory Extension] / DATE TAKEN [7/18/41] JOB No. [18537] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Sommil Photo Corp. #13]" [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within stamped form]; and by the same hand, below the stamped form, l.l. to l.c.: "829 B[road] St. / Newark, N.J." labelled, imprinted, numbered, inscribed and dated - in typescript and by an unknown hand in black ? felt pen, on a label placed in the negative, l.l.: "Factory Extension - Job 1853-F / Curtiss Propeller Div. / Curtiss-Wright Corp. / Albert Kahn Inc., Architect / John W. Ryan Co. Contractor / Date - [7-18-41] Serial # [13]" [text in square parentheses is inscribed]

Location:

Caldwell; New Jersey; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
walkway
industrial complex
industrial building
addition
monitors (roof appendages)
manufacturing building
airplane propeller 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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