Photograph of a perspective drawing for or of the Providence Journal Building, Providence, Rhode Island

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
Providence Journal (role unspecified)

Title:

Photograph of a perspective drawing for or of the Providence Journal Building, Providence, Rhode Island

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.: 12.4 x 23.3 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0639

Drawing Type:

rendering
perspective drawing

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER / STUDIO / 2832 E. GRAND BOULEVARD / DETROIT / File No. A9458-2" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline; name surrounds an image of an aperture of a camera] labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "NAME OF OWNER / [THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL] / LOCATION [Providence, Rhode Island] / DESCRIPTION / [Newspaper Plant] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Forster A-9458-2]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] imprinted - printed in white ? ink, in the negative, l.r.: "ALBERT KAHN INC. ARCHTS. / DETROIT."

Location:

Providence; Rhode Island; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
windows
parapet
automobiles
architectural drawing
identification sign
pediments
printing plant

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

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