View of the north façade of the Assembly Building, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the north façade of the Assembly Building, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

Date:

June 1942

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.7 x 23.6 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0387

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" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P 1814" 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 / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Willow Run - Near Ypsilanti, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant] / DATE TAKEN [June 1942] JOB No. [1888] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - #7074U / Forster - P-1814]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "16" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 16"

Location:

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
automobiles
industrial complex
industrial building
manufacturing building
floodlights
bomber 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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