View of the principal and lateral façades of the addition to the Manufacturing Building, Burroughs Adding Machine Company Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)
Burroughs Adding Machine Company (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the addition to the Manufacturing Building, Burroughs Adding Machine Company Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

between 1912 and 1919

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 10.8 x 15.3 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.5 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0419

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "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 blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M4614[-11]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] 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.: "8" 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 / [BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Exterior] / DATE TAKEN [1912-19] JOB No. / [300] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Manning Brothers / Forster Studio M4614-11]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, u.r.: "5"; and l.l.: "47" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "46%"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
automobiles
industrial complex
industrial building
assembly plant
addition
manufacturing building
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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