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