• Forster Studio (photographic studio)
• Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

View of the principal façade of the Pressed Steel Shop, Rouge River Plant, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

September 1939

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 19.2 x 23.9 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0192

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "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, u.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.: "44" [the number 44 has two white circle stickers covering it] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Dearborn, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Press Shop] / DATE TAKEN [Sept. 1939] JOB No. [1772] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Owner / 69464-102 / Forster Studio M 4590]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite: "33" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 33"

Dearborn; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrance
• windows
• industrial complex
• tracks
• industrial building
• wall clock
• automobile assembly plant
• monitors (roof appendages)
• factory (structure)