Aerial view of the Press and Hub Building, Budd Wheel Company Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Budd Wheel Company (role unspecified)

Title:

Aerial view of the Press and Hub Building, Budd Wheel Company Assembly Plant, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1925 or 1927

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 13.7 x 23.4 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0441

Point of View:

aerial 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 / P1356" labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [BUDD COMPANY] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Press and Hub Buildings] / DATE TAKEN / [Budd Wheel Co. / Edw. G. Budd Mfg. Co.] / JOB No. / [1284 (1925) / 1317 (1927)] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Forster - P-1356]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
water towers
industrial complex
industrial buildings
smokestacks
trains (vehicle groupings)
automobile wheel assembly plant
monitors (roof appendages)
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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