Interior view from the north of the Assembly Building showing airplanes, Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airplane Division St. Louis Assembly Plant, Robertson, Missouri

People:

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

Title:

Interior view from the north of the Assembly Building showing airplanes, Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airplane Division St. Louis Assembly Plant, Robertson, Missouri

Date:

March 1942

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.9 x 23.3 cm sheet: 20.3 x 25.8 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0355

Point of View:

interior 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 and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use the / following credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO/ CHICAGO / NEG. No. 6928-H" [inscribed negative number appears over a stamped underline] 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.: "73" [number has a white sticker covering it] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. / Airplane Division] / LOCATION [St. Louise [sic] Pl., Robertson, Missouri] / DESCRIPTION / [Final Assembly looking north to south] / DATE TAKEN [March 1942] JOB No. [1868] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 6928-H]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "12" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 18"

Location:

Robertson; Missouri; United States;

Subject:

architecture
interior design
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
industrial complex
industrial building
trusses
monitors (roof appendages)
manufacturing building
overhead doors
airplane assembly plant
airplanes
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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