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View of the east and south [?] façades of the Boiler House, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan
View of the east and south [?] façades of the Boiler House, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan
People:
  • Unknown (photographer)
  • Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
  • Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
Title:

View of the east and south [?] façades of the Boiler House, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

Date:

December 1942

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.2 x 24.1 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0395

Point of View:
  • exterior view
Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" 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, (Ypsilanti), Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant - Boiler House] / DATE TAKEN [Dec. 1942] JOB No. [1888-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Owner - 77250-2 / Negative in File]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "26" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 26"

Location:

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

Subject:
  • architecture
  • engineering
  • military
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • entrance
  • stairs
  • automobiles
  • industrial complex
  • truck
  • industrial building
  • train (vehicle grouping)
  • boiler house
  • 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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