View of the principal and lateral façades of the General Motors Building, 3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Unknown (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
General Motors Corporation (client)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the General Motors Building, 3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1922 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.5 x 23.1 cm sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0604

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to 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"; and by unknown hands, on the label, u.l.: "no 9" [crossed out]; and l.r.: "32" labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.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.: "106" labelled and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the negative, c.: "General Motors Bldg / Detroit, Michigan" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "31%"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
parapet
stores
automobiles
restaurant
show-windows
office building
bank (building)
factory (structure)

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

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