Aerial view of the 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:

Aerial view of the Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

Date:

15 November 1946 or before

Description:

- This photograph shows the airplane plant from the south.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.0 x 23.3 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0397

Point of View:

aerial 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" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER / STUDIO / 2832 E. GRAND BOULEVARD / DETROIT / File No. B848" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline; name surrounds an image of an aperture of a camera] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c.: "STUDIO QUADRANTE s.n.c. / vie [sic] montepulciano [sic] 2-20124 milano [sic]"; and by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "7[illeg.]" [a white sticker has been placed over the original sticker; the number has been torn off] 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] / DATE TAKEN / [Received 11-15-46] JOB No. [1888, etc.] / PHOTOGRAPHER [FROM Kaiser-Frazer (Present Operators) / Forster B-848 / Neg. in File]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "TAKEN" is covered by a series of X's; "Neg. in File" is by an unknown hand in pen and black ink]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "15" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 15"

Location:

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

school
manufacturing building
hangars
bomber assembly plant
factory (structure)
entrances
walkways
water towers
industrial complex
industrial building
administration building
office building
parking lots
boiler house

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

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