View of the principal and lateral façades of the S.S. Kresge Building (now the Kales Building), Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan

People:

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

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the S.S. Kresge 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.: 23.5 x 19.1 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.7 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0588

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 and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [S. S. KRESGE COMPANY] / LOCATION [Park & Adams / Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Office Building] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / [599] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed over a similar label]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
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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