Interior view of the Engineering Room showing draughtsmen, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan, United States

People:

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

Title:

Interior view of the Engineering Room showing draughtsmen, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan, United States

Date:

June 1942

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

composition: 18.2 x 22.9 cm sheet: 19.9 x 24.7 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0393

Point of View:

interior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l. to u.l.: "Kindly return this Photograph / when it has served your purpose / ALBERT KAHN, INC., Detroit" [diagonally] 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, c.l to 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 / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 7074-G" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION / [Willow Run, nr. Ypsilanti] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant - Ship Engineering] / DATE TAKEN [June 1942] JOB No. [1888] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 7074-G]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, u.c.: "Formerly Operated by"; and l.r.: "20" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 20" numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "46374-V / 10-10-46" [sideways]

Location:

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
interior design
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
ceiling fixtures
industrial complex
industrial building
tables (support furniture)
aeronautical engineering 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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