View of the principal and lateral façades of the Siegel Building (also known as the Woodward Building [?]) showing the S.S. Kresge Co. 5 & 10 c. Store, Woodward and Clifford Streets, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)
Benjamin Siegel (role unspecified)

Title:

Date:

1915

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.5 x 19.0 cm sheet: 25.5 x 20.6 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0619

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] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M5356" 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 / [SIEGEL BUILDING / (Woodward Building)] / LOCATION / [Woodward & Clifford / Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Erected for [sic] Mr. Siegel for Kresge / 5 & 10 Store] / DATE TAKEN [1915] JOB No. [500] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Manning Bros. 39506 / Forster Studio #M5356]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed sideways]

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
stores
show-windows
office building
balustrades
commercial buildings
mercantile buildings

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

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