View of the principal façade of the S.S. Kresge Office Building (now the Kales Building), Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Manning Bros. (photographic studio)
S.S. Kresge (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the S.S. Kresge Office Building (now the Kales Building), Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1914 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.2 x 18.2 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.6 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0587

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.r.: "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.: "83" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to l.c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [S. S. KRESGE OFFICE BUILDING] / LOCATION [Park & Adams (Grand Circus Park) / Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [This 18-story [sic] Office Building is now / the Kales Building] / DATE TAKEN / [Erected / 1914] JOB No. / [599] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N. / MANNING BROS.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "File. N" is crossed out and "MANNING BROS." is written by an unknown hand in black felt pen; label is placed sideways]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "49"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
parapet
automobiles
cornice
identification signs
office building
balustrades
mercantile building
gable (architectural element)

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

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