View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Times Building, Detroit, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)
Detroit Times (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Times Building, Detroit, Michigan

Date:

1929 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.6 x 19.0 cm sheet: 25.6 x 20.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0637

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, 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 / M5610[-2]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.r.: "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.: "98" [sideways] labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [THE DETROIT TIMES] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Newspaper Plant 1929] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / [1041] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Manning Bros., Inc. - 103981 / Forster Studio - M5610-2]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "1929" is by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink; label is placed sideways] numbered - by an unknown hand, in white ? ink, in the negative, l.r.: "10298V"

Location:

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
automobiles
identification sign
wall clock
printing plant
mercantile buildings
news agency

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

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