Photograph of a perspective drawing for or of the principal and lateral façades of the Aaron Furniture Company building, Uniontown, Pennsylvania

People:

Manning Bros. (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn (architect)
Harry W. Altman (role unspecified)

Title:

Photograph of a perspective drawing for or of the principal and lateral façades of the Aaron Furniture Company building, Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Date:

between 1888 and 1939

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.0 x 15.5 cm sheet: 25.1 x 19.9 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0631

Drawing Type:

rendering
perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in purple ink, on the sheet, verso, c.: "MANNING BROS. / COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS / 504-505 LINCOLN BUIDING / CORNER STATE and PARK STS. / DETROIT, MICH." inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.c.: "Aaron Bldg. / [illeg.]tower / Albert Kahn, Arch." imprinted - printed in black ink, in the negative, l.r.: "- ALBERT - KAHN; ARCHITECT; DETROIT: / - HARRY:W:ALTMAN; ASSOC: ARCHITECT: / - UNIONTOWN, - PA.-" [sic] numbered - by an unknown hand, in white ? ink, in the negative, l.r.: "36262"

Location:

Uniontown; Pennsylvania; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
parapet
architectural drawing
identification sign
store
office building
furniture store
commercial building

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

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