View of the principal façade of Temple Beth El (now the Bonstelle Theater of Wayne State University), Detroit, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal façade of Temple Beth El (now the Bonstelle Theater of Wayne State University), Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1903

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 15.5 x 23.8 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0578

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" [upside down] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c.: "STUDIO QUADRANTE s.n.c. / vie [sic] montepulciano [sic] 2-20124 milano [sic]"; and by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "80" labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [TEMPLE BETH EL] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Altered beyond recognition, the / building is now the Wayne State / University Bonstelle Theatre.] / DATE TAKEN / [1903] JOB No. / [136] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, u.l.: "2" and l.r.: "29" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "33%"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
reliefs
stairs
cresting
dome
columns (architectural elements)
identification sign
pediment
theatre
Ionic order columns (architectural elements)
synagogue

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

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