Views of the principal façade of the Administration Building and the lateral façades of the Administration Building and the Plant, Lady Esther Company, Chicago, Illinois

People:

Chicago Architectural Photo Co. (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Lady Esther Company (role unspecified)

Title:

Views of the principal façade of the Administration Building and the lateral façades of the Administration Building and the Plant, Lady Esther Company, Chicago, Illinois

Date:

May 1938

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 8.3 x 24.2 cm (3 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.) comp.: 9.2 x 24.2 cm (3 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 20.7 x 25.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH2000:0420

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This photograph contains two compositions placed horizontally on the sheet.

Inscription:

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 [LADY ESTHER, Ltd.] / LOCATION [Clearing (Chicago), Illinois] / DESCRIPTION / [Office and Factory] / DATE TAKEN [May 1938] JOB No. [1736-A] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Chi. Arch. Photo. Co. - T-7686 / 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.: "36" numbered - by an unknown hand, in the lower image, l.r.: "T-7686"

Location:

Chicago; Illinois; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
water tower
identification sign
industrial complex
industrial buildings
administration building
office building
assembly plant
smokestacks
cosmetics factory

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

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