View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Railway and Harbour Terminal warehouse (also known as Building No. 41), Detroit, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Railway and Harbour Terminal warehouse (also known as Building No. 41), Detroit, Michigan

Date:

6 August 1926

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.0 x 23.8 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0442

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M9938[-6]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] labelled and imprinted - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [DETROIT RAILWAY & HARBOR TERMINAL] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER [Forster Studio - Detroit]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] numbered - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.r.: "76561" labelled, imprinted, inscribed, numbered and dated - in typescript and by an unknown hand, on a label attached to the negative, l.l.: "DETROIT RAILWAY AND HARBOR / TERMINALS WAREHOUSE / NO. [41] DATE [8-6-26] / ALBERT KAHN, ARCHITECT / PARKLAP INCORPORATED, GENERAL CON- / TRACTORS / PHOTO BY MANNING BROS." [text in square parentheses is inscribed; there are lines between "NO." and "DATE" as well as a line between the date and the text following]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
river
windows
automobiles
water tower
warehouse
outbuildings
industrial building
port
smokestacks
train (vehicle grouping)
freight terminal

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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