View of the lateral [?] façade of a Hangar, United States Aviation School, Langley Air Force Base, Langley, Virginia

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)
United States Government (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the lateral [?] façade of a Hangar, United States Aviation School, Langley Air Force Base, Langley, Virginia

Date:

1917

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 16.0 x 24.0 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0375

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [UNITED STATES NAVY] / LOCATION [Langley Field [sic], Virginia] / DESCRIPTION / [Permanent Airplane Hangar] / DATE TAKEN / [ERECTED 1917] JOB No. / [796] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "TAKEN" is covered by a series of X's]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "16" numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and orange ink, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "45 bis" [circled] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.r.: "cm 17,2" [with arrows pointing to the edges of the composition]

Location:

Langley; Virginia; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
identification sign
industrial complex
industrial building
hangar
aviation school
bond (masonry)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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