View of the principal façade of the Walbri Building, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Walbri Building, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

July 1945

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.2 x 17.7 cm sheet: 25.8 x 20.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0525

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 8661-A2" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline; final "2" is in superscript] 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 / [THE WALBRI] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Apartment Building] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 8661-A2]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed sideways]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
parapet
apartment house
bay (building divisions)
broken pediment

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

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