View of the principal façade of the Children's Aid Society building, West Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Children's Aid Society (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the Children's Aid Society building, West Warren Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1930 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.4 x 23.9 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0550

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" labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [W. Warren Avenue Building / (Erected in 1930)] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / [1603] / PHOTOGRAPHER [File N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "File N." is by an unknown hand in red felt pen]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
automobiles
identification sign
tracks
administration building
office building
orphanage

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

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