• Unknown (photographer)
• Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

View of the principal façade of the Engineering Laboratory, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

3 July 1936

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.4 x 23.1 cm sheet: 19.4 x 24.2 cm

PH2000:0185

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICA- / TION PURPOSES CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN / TO THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. / ALBERT KAHN, INC. / DETROIT, MICHIGAN" stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "Kindly return this Photograph / when it has served your purpose / ALBERT KA[illeg.]" stamped and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the sheet, verso, u.r.: "Kindly return this Photograph / when it has served your purpose / ALBERT KAHN, INC., Detroit" labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR / PUBLICATION PURPOSES, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO: / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / DETROIT, MICHIGAN" labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "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.: "29" stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER [Ford motor [sic] Co.] / LOCATION [Dearborn] / DESCRIPTION [Eng. Lab.] / DATE TAKEN / [7-3-36] JOB No. [1077] / PHOTOGRAPHER [-]" [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within stamped form]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, within the stamp, l.r.: "33" inscribed and numbered - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, u.l.: "[illeg.] / Ford Eng. Lab."; c.l.: "No [sic] 11"; l.c.: "- 6 1/2 -"; and l.r.: "24 %" numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.r.: "11994-7-3-36"

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrance
• windows
• smokestack
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• driveway
• automobile assembly plant
• engineering building
• laboratory
• factory (structure)