View of housing in the First Block, Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union (now in Russia)

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Ernst May (architect)

Title:

View of housing in the First Block, Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union (now in Russia)

Date:

early 1930s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 9.1 x 18.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1998:0020:102

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- A label or other piece of paper was formerly affixed to the verso, u.r. to l.r. of this print. It has since been torn off, along with the surface layers of the verso of the print, leaving traces of glue. The image and the inscription u.l. to t. of the verso have been cropped.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the print, verso, u.l. to u.c.: with title; c.: "gruppa Ernsta Maia" [group of Ernst May] and "3787"; c.r.: "X" [circled]; and b.: "arkhiv Balikhina" [archive of Balikhin]; and in pen and purple ink, l.r.: "N 300" stamped - in black ink, on the secondary support, verso, l.r.: "Kabinet Teorii i / Istorii Arkhite- / ktury V.A.A." [Cabinet of Theory and / History of Archite- / cture V.A.A.; within rectangle]

Location:

Magnitogorsk; Russia (Federation);

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

apartment houses
industrial housing

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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