Aerial view of Detroit showing the Fisher Building on the left and the General Motors Building in the centre, West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Fisher Body Company (client)
General Motors Corporation (client)

Title:

Aerial view of Detroit showing the Fisher Building on the left and the General Motors Building in the centre, West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1927 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 23.4 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0605

Point of View:

aerial view

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in pen and blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / [P]327[-3]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FISHER BUILDING (at left) / GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING (at right)] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Office Building] / DATE TAKEN / [GMB Erected 1920 / Fisher Erected 1927-28] JOB No. / [902 (GM) / 1378 (Fisher)] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Forster - P327-3]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] labelled and imprinted - in typescript, on a label attached to the negative, l.r.: "CURTISS-WRIGHT FLYING SERVICE - Photo Div."

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
stores
roads
automobiles
restaurant
tracks
office building
office buildings
bank (building)
commercial buildings
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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