View of the employees' entrance to the Assembly Building, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the employees' entrance to 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.: 18.1 x 22.9 cm sheet: 19.9 x 24.7 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0392

Point of View:

exterior 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, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 7074-Q" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underlined] 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 / [(Formerly Operated by) / FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION / [Willow Run, nr. Ypsilanti] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant - Employees' Entrance] / DATE TAKEN [June 1942] JOB No. [1888-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 7074-Q]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "25" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 25"

Location:

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
tower (single built work)
stairs
walkway
railings
industrial complex
industrial building
manufacturing building
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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