View of the principal [?] façade of Axle Plant No. 5, General Motors Corporation Pontiac Motor division Axel [?] Assembly Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

People:

General Motors Photographic (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
General Motors Corporation (client)

Title:

View of the principal [?] façade of Axle Plant No. 5, General Motors Corporation Pontiac Motor division Axel [?] Assembly Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

Date:

18 November 1947

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 23.5 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0497

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "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 black ink, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "PLEASE GMP CREDIT / GENERAL MOTORS / PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION / G.M. RESEARCH BLDG. DETROIT 2, MICH. / no. 83112-6 / please refer to this number / when ordering prints" [text is surrounded by a box; "PLEASE GMP CREDIT" appears above the box; negative number is added by a second stamp] 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 / [PONTIAC MOTOR DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Pontiac, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Axle Plant #5] / DATE TAKEN / [11-18-47] JOB No. / [1402-AF] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [GM Photographic 83112-6 / (PP #75)]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Pontiac; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
industrial complex
tracks
loading docks
industrial building
monitor (roof appendage)
factory (structure)
axel assembly plant

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

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