View of the principal façade of the Power House, American Steel Foundries Cast Armor Plant, East Chicago, Indiana

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
American Steel Foundries (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Power House, American Steel Foundries Cast Armor Plant, East Chicago, Indiana

Date:

July 1943

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.1 x 23.7 cm sheet: 20.9 x 25.2 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0439

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 and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P805 2" 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 / [AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRY] / LOCATION / [East Chicago, Indiana] / DESCRIPTION / [Power House] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1943] JOB No. [1903-D] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - 7314-K / Forster - P-805-2]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "9" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 9"

Location:

East Chicago; Indiana; United States;

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
water tower
industrial complex
loading dock
industrial building
train (vehicle grouping)
steel mill
powerhouse
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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