View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
Detroit Athletic Club (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

July 1945

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 22.4 x 19.0 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.8 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0590

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to 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] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P686" [negative number is added by a second stamp] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.l.: "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.: "99" 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 / [DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / [593] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich - 8661-12 / Forster - P-686]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed sideways]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, u.l.: "6" and l.r.: "68" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "37%"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
balconets
pilasters
pediments
crests
athletic club
Corinthian (architectural style) pilasters

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

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