View of the Belle Isle Park Conservatory (also known as the Aquarium and Horticulture Building) from across the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Joseph P. Messana (photographer)
Mason & Kahn (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn (architect)

Title:

View of the Belle Isle Park Conservatory (also known as the Aquarium and Horticulture Building) from across the Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1903

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 23.6 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0577

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" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in blue felt pen, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M4567[-26]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] 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 / [BELLE ISLE PARK CONSERVATORY] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Exterior] / DATE TAKEN / [1903] JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Joseph P. Messana / Forster Studio - #M4567-26]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

river
wall
domes
cupolas
conservatory
aquarium (building)

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

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