View of the rear [?] façade of the Manufacturing Building from beneath an airplane wing, Glenn L. Martin Company Bomber Plant, Omaha, Nebraska

People:

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

Title:

View of the rear [?] façade of the Manufacturing Building from beneath an airplane wing, Glenn L. Martin Company Bomber Plant, Omaha, Nebraska

Date:

November 1944

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.2 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.0 x 24.8 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0398

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c..l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTI[ON], / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engin[eers, Inc.]" [text in square parentheses is covered by a label] stamped and imprinted - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use / the following credit line: HEDRICH-BLESSING" 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. 8268-A" [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.: "NAME OF OWNER / [THE GLENN L. MARTIN-NEBRASKA CO.] / LOCATION [Omaha, Nebraska] / DESCRIPTION [Manufacturing Building] / DATE TAKEN / [Nov. 1944] JOB No. / [1886] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 8268-A]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.l.: "4" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 4" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "1" [circled]

Location:

Omaha; Nebraska; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
industrial complex
industrial building
monitors (roof appendages)
manufacturing building
floodlights
military airplane assembly plant
bomber assembly plant
bombers

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

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