General view of the principal [?] façade of the Roll and Heavy Machine Shop from across a river [?], Ohio Steel Foundry, Lima, Ohio

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Ohio Steel Foundry (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

General view of the principal [?] façade of the Roll and Heavy Machine Shop from across a river [?], Ohio Steel Foundry, Lima, Ohio

Date:

May 1940

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.2 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0435

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Inscription:

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 and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 5598 E" [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp] stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "COPIED BY / FORSTER STUDIO / DATE [11-73] / NO. M9665[-7]" [text in square parentheses indicates inscription; date appears over an underline from the original stamp; negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp; text is surrounded by a square] 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.: "40" 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 / [OHIO STEEL FOUNDRY COMPANY] / LOCATION [Lima, Ohio] / DESCRIPTION / [Roll and Heavy Machine Shop] / DATE TAKEN [May 1940] JOB No. [1806] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 5598-E]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "62"

Location:

Lima; Ohio; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

river
windows
smokestack
industrial complex
industrial building
steel mill
monitors (roof appendages)
machine shop
founding
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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