View of the principal façade of the Manufacturing Building, General Motors Corporation Argonaut Realty division Diesel Engine Assembly Plant, Redford, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
General Motors Corporation (client)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Manufacturing Building, General Motors Corporation Argonaut Realty division Diesel Engine Assembly Plant, Redford, Michigan

Date:

June 1938

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 23.7 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0428

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M4698" 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.: "47" labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [DIESEL ENGINE] / LOCATION / [Redford Township [sic]] / DESCRIPTION / [Factory] / DATE TAKEN [June 1938] JOB No. [1755] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich Blessing 4803-E / Forster Studio M4698]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Redford; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
walkway
industrial complex
industrial building
manufacturing building
engine 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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