View of lateral and rear façades of the Police Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Thomas Ellison (photographer)
Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of lateral and rear façades of the Police Headquarters, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1921 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.7 x 23.7 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0597

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 and imprinted - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit" labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [POLICE HEADQUARTERS] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Erected 1921] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / [844] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Forster - A-8589-1 / File N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] inscribed - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.r.: "T[HOS] ELLISON, / BOSTON MASS"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
parapet
automobiles
crests
garage
police station
overhead doors
radio towers

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

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